Lena Hartelius

Professor/ Speach Therapist

Department of Health and

Rehabilitation

Telephone

+46 31-786 68 83

Mail

lena.hartelius@neuro.gu.se

Visiting address

Arvid wallgrens backe hus 1 o 2

41346 Göteborg

Room number

A622

Postal address

Box 455

40530 Göteborg

About Lena Hartelius

Present employment

Since 1999 employed as senior lecturer (universitetslektor) and became associate professor (docent) in 2003 and professor in 2010. The position is conjoint with the Neuro Care Division at Sahlgrenska University Hospital. Previous experiences include doctoral studies and post-doc year at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA and Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australien.

Teaching interests

Lectures on acquired speech disorders, supervises master’s theses and PhD students (Malin Antonsson, Emma Forsgren).

Research interests

Research is being focused on two long-term projects. (1) ITA – Measures of speech Intelligibility, Timing and Articulation in individuals with speech disorders (follow link) and (2) Increased communication ability after stroke (including rTMS and communicative interaction, follow link).

Publications

Huntington’s
disease

Charlotta Saldert, Ulrika Ferm, Lena Hartelius
Handbook of Pragmatic Language Disorders. Complex and Underserved Populations - 2021-01-01
Written text production and its relationship to writing processes and spelling ability in persons with post-stroke
aphasia

Charlotte Johansson-Malmeling, Lena Hartelius, Åsa Wengelin, Ingrid Henriksson
Aphasiology - 2021-01-01
Speech Function Following Deep Brain Stimulation of the Caudal Zona Incerta: Effects of Habitual and High-Amplitude
Stimulation

L. Sandstrom, E. Schalling, F. Karlsson, P. Blomstedt, Lena Hartelius
Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research - 2021-01-01
Communicative Participation in People with Amyotrophic Lateral
Sclerosis

Malin Sixt Börjesson, Lena Hartelius, Katja Laakso
Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica - 2021-01-01
Self-Reported Changes in Cognition, Communication and Swallowing in Multiple Sclerosis: Data from the Swedish Multiple Sclerosis Registry and from a National
Survey

K. Johansson, E. Schalling, Lena Hartelius
Folia Phoniatrica Et Logopaedica - 2021-01-01
The Effects of Deep Brain Stimulation on Speech Intelligibility in Persons With Essential
Tremor

L. Sandström, P. Blomstedt, F. Karlsson, Lena Hartelius
Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR - 2020-01-01
Assessment of speech impairment in patients with Parkinson's disease from acoustic quantifications of oral diadochokinetic
sequences

F. Karlsson, E. Schalling, Katja Laakso, K. Johansson, Lena Hartelius
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America - 2020-01-01
Cultural adaptation and validation of the Norwegian version of the swallowing quality of life questionnaire
(SWAL-QOL)

Maribeth Caya Rivelsrud, M. Kirmess, Lena Hartelius
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - 2019-01-01
How Well Does Diadochokinetic Task Performance Predict Articulatory Imprecision? Differentiating Individuals with Parkinson's Disease from Control
Subjects

F. Karlsson, Lena Hartelius
Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica - 2019-01-01
An Investigation of the Clinical Use of a Single-Word Procedure to Assess Intelligibility (Swedish Test of Intelligibility for Children) and an Evaluation of the Validity and Reliability of the Intelligibility in Context
Scale

Tove B Lagerberg, A. Hellstrom, E. Lundberg, Lena Hartelius
Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research - 2019-01-01
Pre-operative language ability in patients with presumed low-grade
glioma

Malin Antonsson, Francesca Longoni, Asgeir Store Jakola, Magnus Tisell, Magnus Thordstein, Lena Hartelius
Journal of Neuro-Oncology - 2018-01-01
Assessment of voice, speech and communication changes associated with cervical spinal cord
injury

K. Johansson, A. Seiger, M. Forsen, J. H. Nilsson, Lena Hartelius, E. Schalling
International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders - 2018-01-01
Writing fluency in patients with low-grade glioma before and after
surgery

Malin Antonsson, Charlotte Johansson, Lena Hartelius, Ingrid Henriksson, Francesca Longoni, Åsa Wengelin
International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders - 2018-01-01
Post-surgical effects on language in patients with presumed low-grade
glioma

Malin Antonsson, Asgeir Store Jakola, Francesca Longoni, Louise Carstam, Lena Hartelius, Magnus Thordstein, Magnus Tisell
Acta Neurologica Scandinavica - 2018-01-01
Speech and Communication Changes Reported by People with Parkinson's
Disease

E. Schalling, K. Johansson, Lena Hartelius
Folia Phoniatrica Et Logopaedica - 2017-01-01
Narrative writing in patients with low-grade glioma - using keystroke logging to investigate differences in the writing process before and after tumour
resection

Malin Antonsson, Charlotte Johansson, Francesca Longoni, Åsa Wengelin, Ingrid Henriksson, Lena Hartelius
Meaningful outcomes Nordic Aphasia Conference. Copenhagen, 15 -17 June 2017 - 2017-01-01
Improving medical students’ knowledge and skill in communicating with people with acquired communication
disorders

Emma Forsgren, Lena Hartelius, Charlotta Saldert
International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology - 2017-01-01
Signs of dysarthria in adults with 22q11.2 deletion
syndrome

Christina Persson, Katja Laakso, Hannah Edwardsson, Johanna Lindblom, Lena Hartelius
American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A - 2017-01-01
Improving medical students’ knowledge and skill in communication with people with speech-language
disorders

Emma Forsgren, Lena Hartelius, Charlotta Saldert
Poster presentation, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), Philadelphia, USA, 2016-11-17 - 2016-01-01
Teaching medical students about communication in speech-language disorders: Effects of a lecture and a
workshop

Charlotta Saldert, Emma Forsgren, Lena Hartelius
International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology - 2016-01-01
High-level language ability in healthy individuals and its relationship with verbal working
memory

Malin Antonsson, Francesca Longoni, Christina Einald, Lina Hallberg, Gabriella Kurt, Kajsa Larsson, Tina Nilsson, Lena Hartelius
Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics - 2016-01-01
Perceptual assessment of dysarthria: Comparison of a general and a detailed assessment
protocol

Petter Wannberg, E. Schalling, Lena Hartelius
Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology - 2016-01-01
Participant characteristics and observed support in conversations involving people with communication
disorders

Karin Eriksson, Lena Hartelius, Charlotta Saldert
International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology - 2016-01-01
On the diverse outcome of communication partner training of significant others of people with aphasia: an experimental study of six
cases

Karin Eriksson, Lena Hartelius, Charlotta Saldert
International journal of language and communication disorders - 2016-01-01
Communication partner training of enrolled nurses working in nursing homes with people with communication disorders caused by stroke or Parkinson's
disease

Karin Eriksson, Emma Forsgren, Lena Hartelius, Charlotta Saldert
Disability and Rehabilitation - 2016-01-01
Syllable Repetition vs. Finger Tapping: Aspects of Motor Timing in 100 Healthy
Adults.

Maria Sundqvist, Jakob Åsberg Johnels, Jonas Lindh, Katja Laakso, Lena Hartelius
Motor control - 2016-01-01
Communicative barriers and resources in nursing homes from the enrolled nurses’ perspective: a qualitative interview
study

Emma Forsgren, Carola Skott, Lena Hartelius, Charlotta Saldert
International Journal of Nursing Studies - 2016-01-01
Generalised EPG treatment effect in a cochlear implant user maintained after two
years

Marja Öller Darelid, Lena Hartelius, Anette Lohmander
International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology - 2016-01-01
Writing personal narratives with
aphasia

Charlotte Johansson, Lena Hartelius, Åsa Wengelin, Ingrid Behrns
Stem-, Spraak- en Taalpathologie. 16th International Science of Aphasia Conference. Sept. 17-22 2015, Aveiro, Portugal. - 2015-01-01
The effect of number of repetitions on listener transcriptions in assessment of speech intelligibility in
children.

Tove B Lagerberg, Lena Hartelius, Jakob Åsberg Johnels, Christina Persson
International journal of language and communication disorders - 2015-01-01
Swedish Test of Intelligibility for Children (STI-CH) - Validity and reliability of a computer-mediated single word intelligibility test for
children

Tove B Lagerberg, Lena Hartelius, Jakob Åsberg Johnels, Anna-Karin Ahlman, Andrea Börjesson, Christina Persson
Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics - 2015-01-01
Incidence of Developmental Speech Dysfluencies in Individuals with Parkinson's
Disease

Lena Hartelius
Folia Phoniatrica Et Logopaedica - 2014-01-01
Cervical auscultation as an adjunct to the clinical swallow examination: a comparison with fibre-optic endoscopic evaluation of
swallowing.

Liza Bergström, Per Svensson, Lena Hartelius
International journal of speech-language pathology - 2014-01-01
Assessment of intelligibility using children's spontaneous speech: methodological
aspects

Tove B Lagerberg, Jakob Åsberg Johnels, Lena Hartelius, Christina Persson
International journal of language and communication disorders - 2014-01-01
Communicative strategies used by spouses of individuals with communication disorders related to stroke-induced aphasia and Parkinson's
disease

Emilia Carlsson, Lena Hartelius, Charlotta Saldert
International journal of language and communication disorders - 2014-01-01
Aspects of rating communicative interaction: Effects on reliability and
agreement

Karin Eriksson, Sara Bergström, Emilia Carlsson, Lena Hartelius, Charlotte Johansson, Anneli Schwarz, Charlotta Saldert
Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders/Equinox - 2014-01-01
Communicating with individuals receiving home mechanical ventilation, the experiences of key communication
partners

Katja Laakso, Agneta Markström, Christina Havstam, Markus Idvall, Lena Hartelius
Disability and Rehabilitation - 2014-01-01
Talking Mats in a discussion group for people with Huntington's
disease

Lisa Hallberg, Elin Mellgren, Lena Hartelius, Ulrika Ferm
Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology - 2013-01-01
Speech in Spinocerebellar
Ataxia

Ellika Schalling, Lena Hartelius
Brain and Language - 2013-01-01
Conversation partner training with spouses of persons with aphasia: A pilot study using a protocol to trace relevant
characteristics

Charlotta Saldert, Ellen Backman, Lena Hartelius
Aphasiology - 2013-01-01
"I can walk briskly and talk at the same time" - effects of Expiratory Muscle Strength Training (EMST) on respiration and speech in multiple
sclerosis

Kerstin Johansson, Lena Hartelius, Liselotte Kjellmer, Sten Fredriksson, Ellika Schalling
Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology - 2012-01-01
Acoustic and perceptual characteristics of speech in 22q11 deletion syndrome: Measures of voice onset time and syllable durations related to articulation and
prosody.

Maria Sundqvist, Jonas Lindh, Lena Hartelius, Christina Persson
Proceedings of ICPLA2012 - 2012-01-01
Voice Onset Time before and after STN-surgery in patients with Parkinson’s
disease

Joel Åkesson, Jonas Lindh, Lena Hartelius, Emilia Carlsson
ICPLA2012 - 2012-01-01
Swedish Test of Intelligibility (STI) – Development of computerized assessment of word and sentence intelligibility and the performance of adult control
speakers

Katja Laakso, Jonas Lindh, Lena Hartelius
ICPLA2012 - 2012-01-01
A comparison of Written and Spoken Narratives in
Aphasia.

Ingrid Behrns, Åsa Wengelin, Malin Broberg, Lena Hartelius
the 12th International Conference of the EARLI Special Interest Group on Writing, 8th to 10th of September 2010, Heidelberg, Germany - 2011-01-01
Impact of communication disability across the lifespan: Acquired motor speech
disorders

Nick Miller, Lena Hartelius
The impact of communication disability across the lifespan - 2011-01-01
Communicative Intervention in Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders: Intervention With Focus on the Conversation
Partner

Karin Eriksson, Malin Antonsson, Emma Forsgren, Lena Hartelius, Charlotta Saldert
3rd Nordic Aphasia Conference - 2011-01-01
Perceived changes in communication as an effect of STN surgery in Parkinson's disease: a qualitative interview
study.

Emilia Ahlberg, Katja Laakso, Lena Hartelius
Parkinson's disease - 2011-01-01
Perceived changes in communicative interaction in atypical
Parkinsonism

Lena Hartelius, Johan Lindberg, Lena Petersson, Charlotta Saldert
ISRN Neurology - 2011-01-01
Communication experience of individuals treated with home mechanical
ventilation

Katja Laakso, Agneta Markström, Markus Idvall, Christina Havstam, Lena Hartelius
International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders - 2011-01-01
Echolalia or functional repetition in conversation - a case study of an individual with Huntington's
disease

Charlotta Saldert, Lena Hartelius
Disability & Rehabilitation - 2011-01-01
Communication and Huntington's disease: qualitative interviews and focus groups with persons with Huntington's disease, family members, and
carers.

Lena Hartelius, Maria Jonsson, Anneli Rickeberg, Katja Laakso
International journal of language & communication disorders - 2010-01-01
Formant Transitions in Ataxic Speech: The Shape and Speed of Formant Trajectories in Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis and Control
Speakers

Lena Hartelius, Ellika Schalling, Diana Krull, Bjorn Lindblom
Journal of medical speech-language pathology - 2010-01-01
Interaction in conversation in Huntington´s disease: An activity-based analysis and the conversation partner's view of
change

Charlotta Saldert, Elisabeth Eriksson, Kerstin Petersson, Lena Hartelius
Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders - 2010-01-01
The ICF framework and its relevance to the assessment of people with motor speech
disorders

Lena Hartelius, N Miller
Assessment of motor speech disorders. Eds. A Lowit, R Kent - 2010-01-01
Comprehension of complex discourse in different stages of Huntington's
disease.

Charlotta Saldert, Angelika Fors, Sofia Ströberg, Lena Hartelius
International journal of language & communication disorders / Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists - 2010-01-01
Using Talking Mats to support communication in persons with Huntington's
disease.

Ulrika Ferm, Anna Sahlin, Linda Sundin, Lena Hartelius
International journal of language & communication disorders / Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists - 2010-01-01
Post surgery effects on VOT for Parkinson Disease STN/DBS
patients

Joel Åkesson, Jonas Lindh, Lena Hartelius
Proceedings from FONETIK 2010, Working Papers - 2010-01-01
Short-term effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on speech and voice in individuals with Parkinson's
disease.

Lena Hartelius, P Svantesson, A Hedlund, Björn Holmberg, David Revesz, Thorleif Thorlin
Folia phoniatrica et logopaedica : official organ of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP) - 2010-01-01
Aphasia and computerised writing aid supported
treatment

Ingrid Behrns, Lena Hartelius, Asa Wengelin
Aphasiology - 2009-01-01
Communication and health-related quality of life in individuals receiving home mechanical
ventilation

Katja Laakso, Agneta Markström, Lena Hartelius
International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation - 2009-01-01
Aphasia and Computerised Writing Aid Supported
Treatment.

Ingrid Behrns, Asa Wengelin, Lena Hartelius
EARLI/SIG Writing Conference in Amsterdam, 25-29 August, 2009 - 2009-01-01
Ventilator-supported communication – a case study of patient and staff
experiences

Katja Laakso, Lena Hartelius, Markus Idvall
Journal of Medical Speech - Language Pathology - 2009-01-01
A comparison between written and spoken narratives in
aphasia.

Ingrid Behrns, Asa Wengelin, Malin Broberg, Lena Hartelius
Clinical linguistics & phonetics - 2009-01-01
Communication and quality of life in individuals receiving home mechanical
ventilation

Katja Laakso, Agneta Markström, Lena Hartelius
2009 ERS Annual Congress, Wien, Österrike, 12-16 september - 2009-01-01
Speech-language pathology students' self-reports on voice training: easier to understand or to
do?

Christina Lindhe, Lena Hartelius
Logopedics, phoniatrics, vocology - 2009-01-01
A longitudinal study of dysarthria in spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) - aspects of articulatin, prosody and
voice

Ellika Schalling, Britta Hammarberg, Lena Hartelius
Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology - 2008-01-01
Understanding language comprehension and supporting communication in individuals with Huntington's
disease

Lena Hartelius, Ulrika Ferm, Charlotta Saldert
Proceedings from the EHDN Annual Meeting Lisboa 2008 - 2008-01-01
Living with dysarthria: evaluation of a self-report
questionnaire.

Lena Hartelius, Marie Elmberg, Rebecca Holm, Ann-Sofie Lovberg, Stiliani Nikolaidis
Folia phoniatrica et logopaedica : official organ of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP) - 2008-01-01
Perceptual and acoustic analysis of speech in individuals with spinocerebellar ataxia
(SCA).

Ellika Schalling, Britta Hammarberg, Lena Hartelius
Logopedics, phoniatrics, vocology - 2007-01-01
Neurologiskt betingade talstörningar hos
vuxna

Lena Hartelius
Lärobok i Logopedi. Hartelius L, Nettelbladt, U, Hammarberg B (red) - 2007-01-01
Logopedi

Lena Hartelius, Ulrika Nettelbladt, Britta Hammarberg
- 2007-01-01
Klassifikation av funktionstillstånd, funktionshinder och hälsa: ICF-perspektivet inom
logopedi

Lena Hartelius
Lärobok i Logopedi. Hartelius L, Nettelbladt, U, Hammarberg B (red) - 2007-01-01
Talstörningar allmän
del

Lena Hartelius, Anette Lohmander
Lärobok i logopedi. Hartelius L, Nettelbladt, U, Hammarberg B (red) - 2007-01-01
Aphasia and Computerised Writing
Aid

Ingrid Behrns, Asa Wengelin, Lena Hartelius
SIG writing, the 11th international conference of the EARLI Special Interest Group on Writing, Lund, 2008 - 2006-01-01
Perceptual analysis of speech in multiple system atrophy (MSA) and progressive supranuclear palsy
(PSP)

Lena Hartelius, H Gustavsson, M Åstrand, B Holmberg
Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology - 2006-01-01
Dysarthrie de Sclerose on Plaque (dysarthria in
MS)

Lena Hartelius
Les Dysarthries - 2006-01-01
Living with communication problems related to multiple sclerosis: A 9-year
follow-up

P-A Bringfelt, Lena Hartelius, Björn Runmarker
International Journal of MS Care - 2006-01-01
Språk, tal och kommunkation samt
sväljning

M. Jennische, M Blom Johansson, Lena Hartelius, P Svensson
Rehabiliteringsmedicin. Teori och praktik - 2006-01-01
Comorbidity in severe developmental language disorders: neuropediatric and psychological
considerations.

Gunilla Rejnö-Habte Selassie, Margareta Jennische, Mårten Kyllerman, Gerd Viggedal, Lena Hartelius
European Journal of Pediatric Neurology - 2005-01-01
Comorbidity in severe developmental language disorders: neuropediatric and psychological
considerations.

Gunilla Rejnö-Habte Selassie, Margareta Jennische, Mårten Kyllerman, Gerd Viggedal, Lena Hartelius
Acta paediatrica - 2005-01-01
The use of electropalatography in the treatment of disordered articulation in traumatic brain injury: A case
study

Lena Hartelius, DG Theodorus, BE Murdoch
Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology - 2005-01-01
Acoustic analysis of speech tasks performed by three individuals with spinocerebellar
ataxia.

Ellika Schalling, Lena Hartelius
Folia phoniatrica et logopaedica : official organ of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP) - 2004-01-01
How does fatigue affect communication? The influence of fatigue on cognitive, physical, psychosocial and communicative ability in individuals with multiple
sclerosis

Lena Hartelius, Å Burge, A Johansson, A Ljungfors, A Mattsson, A Winkworth, Oluf Andersen
International Journal of MS Care - 2004-01-01
Speech recognition and dysarthria: a single subject study of two individuals with profound impairment of speech and motor
control.

Christina Havstam, Margret Buchholz, Lena Hartelius
Logopedics, phoniatrics, vocology - 2003-01-01
High-level language difficulties in Parkinson´s
disease

Elvira Berg, Björnram, C, Katja Laakso, Bo Johnels, Lena Hartelius
Clinical linguistics & phonetics - 2003-01-01
Speech disorders in mild and moderate Huntington disease: results of dysarthria assessments of 19
individuals

Lena Hartelius, A Carlstedt, M Ytterberg, Malin Lillvik, Katja Laakso
Journal of medical speech-language pathology - 2003-01-01
Subtle language disorders – a test battery and studies of multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease and aging
subjects

Elisabeth Ahlsén, Lena Hartelius, Katja Laakso, Karin Brunnegård
Journal of Language and Language Behaviour - 2001-01-01
Assessing high-level language in individuals with multiple sclerosis: a pilot
study

Katja Laakso, Karin Brunnegård, Lena Hartelius, Elisabeth Ahlsén
Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics - 2000-01-01
Speech and swallowing symptoms associated with Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis: a
survey.

Lena Hartelius, P. Svensson
Folia phoniatrica et logopaedica : official organ of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP) - 1994-01-01