Christi Michelle Harper MA CCC SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
300 STONECREST BLVD SMYRNA TN, 37167About
Dr. Christi Harper is a speech language pathologist practicing in SMYRNA, TN. Dr. Harper specializes in speech, language and swallowing disorders in patients. As a speech language pathologist, Dr. Harper evaluates, diagnoses and treats patients with communication and swallowing troubles. These conditions may be due to developmental delay, brain injury, hearing loss, autism, stroke or other diseases and injuries. Dr. Harper helps patients make sounds and improve their voices through various methods. Speech language pathologists also work with patients to strengthen muscles used to speak and swallow, and work with individuals and families to help cope with their conditions.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Rapsyn mutations in humans cause endplate acetylcholine-receptor deficiency and myasthenic syndrome.
- Reversible myelopathy in a 34-year-old man with vitamin B12 deficiency.
- The natural history of long thoracic and spinal accessory neuropathies.
- Intraoperative electromyographic monitoring during periacetabular osteotomy.
- Comment on study by Perkins et al.
- Individual attributes versus composite scores of nerve conduction abnormality: sensitivity, reproducibility, and concordance with impairment.
- Needle EMG of abductor hallucis and peroneus tertius in normal subjects.
- Intraoperative cranial nerve monitoring.
- Congenital myasthenic syndromes.
- Preoperative and intraoperative electrophysiologic assessment of brachial plexus injuries.
- Monotonicity of nerve tests in diabetes: subclinical nerve dysfunction precedes diagnosis of polyneuropathy.
- Frequency of seronegativity in adult-acquired generalized myasthenia gravis.
- Electromyographic aspects of neuromuscular junction disorders.
- Complications of needle electromyography: hematoma risk and correlation with anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapy.
- Ultrasound-guided needle EMG of the diaphragm: technique description and case report.
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