Dr. Shelly L. Von Berg practices, teaches, and researches in the areas of voice, dysphagia, and motor speech disorders in children and adults in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the California State University, Chico, where she holds the rank of Professor. She got her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the School of Medicine at the University of Reno. Dr. Von Berg has presented on the assessment and intervention of neurogenic speech-language disorders nationally and abroad. She has been published in the ASHA Series; Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools; Unmasking Voice Disorders; Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal; Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery; and ACC Journal.