David W. Brewer Award for Best Poster

2024

First Place
Takeshi Ikuma, PhD, Melda Kunduk, PhD, CCC-SLP, Andrew McWhorter, MD, Brad Story, PhD
for
Synthesis of Subharmonic Voice with Kinematic Vocal Fold Model”

Honorable Mention
Leonardo Lopes, PhD, SLP, Samylle Leite do Ó, SLP, Marina Englert, PhD, SLP, Samuel Abreu, MD, Mara Behlau, PhD, SLP
for
Differences in Cepstral Acoustic Measurements as A Function of Speech Task, Presence and Severity of Voice Disorder”

2021

First Place
Use of A Vortex Whistle for Measures of Respiratory Capacity
Shaheen Awan, Jordan Awan

Honorable Mention
Real-World Audio Experiences Can Be Transparently Recreated in Virtual Reality
Florence May Roberts, David Howard
Students’ Experience with Vocal Injury in Undergraduate Performing Arts Training Programs
Christine Suddeth, Amanda Flynn

2019

First Place
Classification Performance of Paired Subjects with Vocal Hyperfunction in the Presence of Subglottal Inverse Filtering Uncertainties: Pilot Study under Laboratory Conditions
Juan Pablo Cortés, Víctor M. Espinoza, Christian Castro Toro, Rodrigo Manríquez Peralta, Alba Testart Tobar, Matías Zañartu (Chile)

2018

First Place

• Examining Chemosensation in Laryngeal Health and Disorders
  Carolyn K. Novaleski, Richard L. Doty, Marco Tizzano, Alissa A. Nolden, Pamela H. Dalton
  (USA)

Second Place

• Comparison of Cepstral Peak Prominence for Reproductive Age and Post-Menopausal Women
  Laura W. Plexico, Mary Sandage
  (USA)

2017

First Place

• Regenerative Effects of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor on Restoration of Thyroarytenoid Muscle Atrophy Caused by Recurrent Laryngeal Nerves Transection
  Mami Kaneko, SLP; Shigeru Hirano, MD
  (Japan)
  

Second Place

• Autonomic and Acoustic Measures during Speech as a Function of Cognitive Load in Healthy Older Adults
  Mega K. MacPherson, PhD; Adrianna C. Shembel, MA; Cara E. Stepp, PhD
  (USA)

   

Third Place

• Exploring the Neural Bases of Primary Muscle Tension Dysphonia (pMTD): A Case Study using fMRI
  Nelson Roy, PhD; Amanda Heller, MA; Michael Blomgren, PhD; James Lee, PhD; Dan Houtz, MS, Maria Dietrich, PhD
  (USA)
  

2016

First Place

• The Relationship between Relative Fundamental Frequency and a Kinematic Estimate of Laryngeal stiffness in Healthy Adults
  Victoria S. McKenna, Elizabeth Heller Murray, Yu-An S. Lien, Cara E. Stepp

Second Place

• The Effect of Voice Therapy for Superior Laryngeal Nerve Paresis on Laryngeal Motor Units During Phonation
  Mami Kaneko, Shigeru Hirano
  (Japan)

Honorable Mention

• Laryngeal Symptoms in Weightlifting
  Melissa Maddox, Med, Michael Hull, BA,  Aliaa Khidr, MD
  (USA)
  

2015

First Place

• Acoustical Bases for the Perception of Vibrato as a Model of Vocal Tremor
  Rosemary A. Lester, Brad H. Story

Second Place

• Effects of a Cognitively Demanding Task on Spectral-Cepstral Acoustic Features of Voice in Healthy Young Adults
  Megan K. MacPherson, Carolyn M. Michener, Cara E. Stepp (USA)

Third Place

• An iOS-based Cepstral Peak Prominence App: Usability and Feasibility for Patient Practice of Voice Therapy Technique
  Eva Van Leer, Xuefu Zhou (USA)

   

2014

First Place

• Relationships between the Cepstral/Spectral Index of Dysphonia and Vocal Fold Vibratory Function During Phonation
  Melissa Cooke, Daryush Mehta, and Robert Hillman

Second Place

• When Does Voice Warm-up Become Endurance Training?
  Mary Sandage and Matthew Hoch

Honorable Mention

A New Perceptual Parameter to Evaluate the Sound Ssource of Tracheoesophageal Voice with Videofluoroscopy
Marina Fouquet, Mara Behlau, and Antonio Goncalves

2013

First Place

• The Use of Ultrasound to Track Tongue Profiles as a Method of Understanding Resonance Creation in the Singing Voice
  Angelika Nair and Garyth Nair

Second Place

• Modulation of the Voice related to Tremor and Vibrato
  Rosemary Lester and Brad Story

Honorable Mention

• Effort Scaling and Phonation Threshold Pressure in Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia
  Katherine Marks, Edie Hapner, and MaryAnn Romski
• Influence of Voice Characteristics on Sentence Production in Adductor versos Abductor Spasmodic
  Michael Cannito, Lesya Chorna, and Joel Kahane
• Access to Pediatric Voice Care: A Telehealth Solution
  Lisa Kelchner, Dimitar Deliyski, and Stephanie Zacharias

2012

First Place

• The Effects of Tones on Vocal Attack Time in Cantonese Speakers
  Estella Ma, R.J. Baken, Rick Roark, and P-M. Li

Second Place

• Inexperienced Listener Impressions of Speakers with Spasmodic Dysphonia
  Derek Isetti, Tanya Eadie, Kathy Nagle, Albert Merati, and Devon Sawin

Honorable Mention

• The Use of an Inspiratory Muscle Strength Training Program for Reducing Dyspnea in Patients with Upper Airway Obstruction
  Susan Baker Brehm, Barbara Weinrich, Laura Schwietering, Erin Donahue,
  William Hardie, and Ravindhra Elluru

2011

First Place

• Is Intonation Expressive?
  Johan Sundberg, Filipa La

Second Place

• The Role of Social-Cognitive Factors in Voice Therapy Adherence and Outcomes
  Eva van Leer, Nadine P. Connor

Third Place

• Pain Related to Voice Usage
  Thays Vaino, Felipe Moreti, Ana Claudia Guerrieri, Sophia Constancio, Clara Rocha,
  Gisele Oliveira, Mara Behlau

2010

First Place

Second Place

2009

First Place

• Establishment of a Reliable Mouse Laryngeal Transplantation Rejection Grading System
  David Lott, Olivia Dan, Robert R. Lorenz, and Marshall Strome

Second Place

• Structural Heterogeneity of the Vestibular Folds
  Joel Kahane

Third Place

• Are All Breathing Strategies Equal? An Acoustic Examination of “High” and “Low” Breathing Techniques for Singing
  David Meyer, Lina Zeine, and Amber Bone

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