Melanie B. Fried-Oken, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

  • Professor of Neurology, School of Medicine
  • Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine
  • Professor of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine

Biography

Melanie Fried-Oken, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is a research speech-language pathologist who provides expertise about assistive technology for people with acquired disabilities who cannot use speech or writing to communicate. She is a leading international clinician and researcher in the field of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC).

Dr. Fried-Oken has led a number of federal grants to research communication technology for people with:

She leads a translational research team, the Consortium for Accessible Multimodal Brain-Body Interfaces (CAMBI), that develops and evaluates brain-computer interfaces and other AAC technologies. 

Dr. Fried-Oken’s greatest passion is to identify gaps in current AAC practices for people with complex communication needs and to develop ways to help people participate to their greatest potential.

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • B.A., 1976, University of Rochester
    • M.A., 1978, Northwestern University
    • Ph.D., 1984, Boston University

Memberships and associations:

  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
  • Oregon Speech-Language-Hearing Association
  • International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication
  • United States Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication
  • Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America

Publications

Elsevier pure profile

Publications

  • Communication Bridge-2 randomized controlled trial

    Alzheimer's and Dementia
    1. Emily Rogalski
    2. Matthew Bona
    3. Marissa Esparza
    4. Aimee Mooney
    5. Melanie Fried-Oken
    6. Alfred Rademaker
    7. Angela Roberts

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    Journal of Neural Engineering
    1. Betts Peters
    2. Basak Celik
    3. Dylan Gaines
    4. Deirdre Galvin-McLaughlin
    5. Tales Imbiriba
    6. Michelle Kinsella
    7. Daniel Klee
    8. Matthew Lawhead
    9. Tab Memmott
    10. Niklas Smedemark-Margulies
    11. Jack Wiedrick
    12. Deniz Erdogmus
    13. Barry Oken
    14. Keith Vertanen
    15. Melanie Fried-Oken

  • A recent survey of augmentative and alternative communication use and service delivery experiences of people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the United States

    Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology
    1. Betts Peters
    2. Kerth O’Brien
    3. Melanie Fried-Oken

  • Ethical issues raised by incorporating personalized language models into brain-computer interface communication technologies

    Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology
    1. Eran Klein
    2. Michelle Kinsella
    3. Ian Stevens
    4. Melanie Fried-Oken

  • Smart Predict

    AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication
    1. Melanie Fried-Oken
    2. Michelle A. Kinsella
    3. Erik Jakobs
    4. Tom Jakobs
    5. Aimee Mooney
    6. Elizabeth Peters
    7. Rebecca Pryor
    8. Scott Spaulding

  • What stakeholders with neurodegenerative conditions value about speed and accuracy in development of BCI systems for communication

    Brain-Computer Interfaces
    1. Melanie Fried-Oken
    2. Michelle Kinsella
    3. Ian Stevens
    4. Eran Klein

  • Communication Bridge™-2 (CB2)

    Trials
    1. Angela C. Roberts
    2. Alfred W. Rademaker
    3. Elizabeth Ann Salley
    4. Aimee Mooney
    5. Darby Morhardt
    6. Melanie Fried-Oken
    7. Sandra Weintraub
    8. Marsel Mesulam
    9. Emily Rogalski

  • Feedback Related Potentials for EEG-Based Typing Systems

    Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
    1. Paula Gonzalez-Navarro
    2. Basak Celik
    3. Mohammad Moghadamfalahi
    4. Murat Akcakaya
    5. Melanie Fried-Oken
    6. Deniz Erdoğmuş

  • Methodology and preliminary data on feasibility of a neurofeedback protocol to improve visual attention to letters in mild Alzheimer's disease

    Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications
    1. Deirdre Galvin-McLaughlin
    2. Daniel Klee
    3. Tab Memmott
    4. Betts Peters
    5. Jack Wiedrick
    6. Melanie Fried-Oken
    7. Barry Oken
    8. Deniz Erdogmus
    9. David Smith
    10. Steven Bedrick
    11. Brandon Eddy
    12. Michelle Kinsella
    13. Matthew Lawhead
    14. Aziz Kocanaogullari
    15. Shiran Dudy

  • BciPy

    Brain-Computer Interfaces
    1. Tab Memmott
    2. Aziz Koçanaoğulları
    3. Matthew Lawhead
    4. Daniel Klee
    5. Shiran Dudy
    6. Melanie Fried-Oken
    7. Barry Oken

  • SSVEP BCI and Eye Tracking Use by Individuals With Late-Stage ALS and Visual Impairments

    Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
    1. Betts Peters
    2. Steven Bedrick
    3. Shiran Dudy
    4. Brandon Eddy
    5. Matt Higger
    6. Michelle Kinsella
    7. Deirdre McLaughlin
    8. Tab Memmott
    9. Barry Oken
    10. Fernando Quivira
    11. Scott Spaulding
    12. Deniz Erdogmus
    13. Melanie Fried-Oken

  • New and emerging access technologies for adults with complex communication needs and severe motor impairments

    AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication
    1. Susan Koch Fager
    2. Melanie Fried-Oken
    3. Tom Jakobs
    4. David R. Beukelman

  • Robust Fusion of c-VEP and Gaze

    IEEE Sensors Letters
    1. Berkan Kadioglu
    2. Ilkay Yildiz
    3. Pau Closas
    4. Melanie B. Fried-Oken
    5. Deniz Erdogmus

  • Trends in research participant categories and descriptions in abstracts from the International BCI Meeting series, 1999 to 2016

    Brain-Computer Interfaces
    1. Brandon S. Eddy
    2. Sean C. Garrett
    3. Sneha Rajen
    4. Betts Peters
    5. Jack Wiedrick
    6. Deirdre McLaughlin
    7. Abigail O’Connor
    8. Ashley Renda
    9. Jane E. Huggins
    10. Melanie Fried-Oken

  • Effects of simulated visual acuity and ocular motility impairments on SSVEP brain-computer interface performance

    Brain-Computer Interfaces
    1. Betts Peters
    2. Matt Higger
    3. Fernando Quivira
    4. Steven Bedrick
    5. Shiran Dudy
    6. Brandon Eddy
    7. Michelle Kinsella
    8. Tab Memmott
    9. Jack Wiedrick
    10. Melanie Fried-Oken
    11. Deniz Erdogmus
    12. Barry Oken

  • Group Communication Treatment for Individuals with PPA and Their Partners

    Seminars in Speech and Language
    1. Aimee Mooney
    2. Naomi Beale
    3. Melanie Fried-Oken

  • Mobile technology to support lexical retrieval during activity retell in primary progressive aphasia

    Aphasiology
    1. Aimee Mooney
    2. Steven Bedrick
    3. Glory Noethe
    4. Scott Spaulding
    5. Melanie Fried-Oken

  • Person-Centered Approaches to Communication Participation and Engagement for Individuals with Primary Progressive Aphasia and Dementia

    Seminars in Speech and Language
    1. Melanie Fried-Oken

  • Vigilance state fluctuations and performance using brain–computer interface for communication

    Brain-Computer Interfaces
    1. Barry Oken
    2. Tab Memmott
    3. Brandon Eddy
    4. Jack Wiedrick
    5. Melanie Fried-Oken

  • Heading for new shores! Overcoming pitfalls in BCI design

    Brain-Computer Interfaces
    1. Ricardo Chavarriaga
    2. Melanie Fried-Oken
    3. Sonja Kleih
    4. Fabien Lotte
    5. Reinhold Scherer

  • Rehabilitation research at the National Institutes of Health

    Assistive Technology
    1. Walter R. Frontera
    2. Jonathan F. Bean
    3. Diane Damiano
    4. Linda Ehrlich-Jones
    5. Melanie Fried-Oken
    6. Alan Jette
    7. Ranu Jung
    8. Rick L. Lieber
    9. James F. Malec
    10. Michael J. Mueller
    11. Kenneth J. Ottenbacher
    12. Keith E. Tansey
    13. Aiko Thompson

  • Rehabilitation Research at the National Institutes of Health

    American Journal of Physical Medicine
    1. Walter R. Frontera
    2. Jonathan F. Bean
    3. Diane Damiano
    4. Linda Ehrlich-Jones
    5. Melanie Fried-Oken
    6. Alan Jette
    7. Ranu Jung
    8. Rick L. Lieber
    9. James F. Malec
    10. Michael J. Mueller
    11. Kenneth J. Ottenbacher
    12. Keith E. Tansey
    13. Aiko Thompson