Annual Symposium Best Posters

2023

First Place
Insights into Access to Gender-Affirming Voice Services
Erin Wind, MM, BM, Shannon Salley, CCC-SLP

Second Place
Rats as a Translatable Model for the Study of Vocal Folds with Estrogen Loss and Replacement
Naila Cannes do Nascimento, PhD, BS, MSc, Taylor Bailey, PhD, MS, MPH, Abigail Cox, PhD, Preeti Sivasankar, PhD, CCC-SLP

Honorable Mention
Anthologizing the Canon: An Examination of Repertoire Anthologies 
Paul Patinka, MM

2022

First Place 
Location of Deep Brain Stimulation in Adductor Laryngeal Dystonia Affects Postoperative Voice Outcomes
Rita R. Patel, PhD, S. Elizabeth Zauber, MD, Thomas C. Witt; MD, Stacey Halum, MD; Benjamin Anthony, MD, Kunal Gupta, MD

1st Honorable Mention
Detection of Amplitude Modulation Glottal Area Waveforms: Application for Detecting Disorders of Vocal Folds 
Vinod Devaraj, MSc, Doria-Aaria Denk-Linnert, MD, Imme Roesner, MD, Philipp Aichinger, PhD

2nd Honorable Mention
Clinical Cutoff Scores for an Acoustic Index of Vocal Hyperfunction that Combines Relative Fundamental Frequency and Cepstral Peak Prominence
Mara R. Kapsner-Smith, MS, Manuel E. Díaz-Cádiz, MS,
Jennifer M. Vojtech, PhD, Daniel P. Buckley, MS,
Daryush D. Mehta, PhD, Robert E. Hillman, PhD, Lauren F. Tracy, MD, Jacob Pieter Noordzij, MD, Tanya L. Eadie, PhD, Cara E. Stepp, PhD

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)
Carolyn K. Novaleski, PhD – 1st Place Poster, and Dr. Robert Sataloff

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)

     

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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
Shigeru Hirano, MD receives award from Chairman Robert T. Sataloff, MD

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
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Hawazin Aljehani presenting her poster: Ambulatory Voice Monitoring of a Muslim Imam During Ramadan

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)

     

Ingo Titze and Richard Lissemore discussing posters
Ingo Titze and Richard Lissemore discussing posters(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

Dr. Ramil Hashimli, our first presenter from Azerbaijan, with Mara Behlau from Brazil.
Dr. Ramil Hashimli, our first presenter from Azerbaijan, with Mara Behlau from Brazil.

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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