The Austin American-Statesman featured the exceptional work of UT Voice Lab student Greg Jebaily and the Moody IT Team in optimizing telepractice for speakers with voice disorders.
Read the Statesman articleMay 30, 2024 - Voice Foundation Symposium
Nayanika Ghosh will present Quality of Life in Essential Vocal Tremor (co-author: Rosemary A. Lester-Smith) at the Voice Foundation Symposium in Philadelphia, PA.
February 22, 2024 - Conference on Motor Speech
Nayanika Ghosh will present the poster Auditory-Motor Control of Fundamental Frequency in Essential Vocal Tremor (co-authors: Rosemary A. Lester-Smith, Elizabeth Eidson, Charles R. Larson, and Elaina Derrick) at the Conference on Motor Speech in San Diego, CA.
February 13, 2024 - Health Alliance for Austin Musicians Voice Seminar
Dr. Lester-Smith will present Getting to Knowing Your Instrument: Anatomy and Physiology of Voice at the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians (HAAM) Voice Seminar, where voice scientists, otolaryngologists, and speech-language pathologists will come together to share information about vocal health with HAAM members.
June 3, 2023 - Voice Foundation Symposium
Nayanika Ghosh will present Breathy Voice as a Compensatory Strategy for Essential Vocal Tremor: A Single Case Experiment Across Participants (co-author: Rosemary A. Lester-Smith) at the Voice Foundation Symposium in Philadelphia, PA.
May 16, 2023 - Health Alliance for Austin Musicians Voice Seminar
Dr. Lester-Smith will present Knowing Your Instrument: Anatomy and Physiology of Voice at the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians (HAAM) Voice Seminar, where voice scientists, otolaryngologists, and speech-language pathologists will come together to share information about vocal health with HAAM members.
October 14, 2022 - Texas Acoustics Seminar
Dr. Lester-Smith will present Source-Filter Interactions in Vocal Tremor and Vibrato at the Texas Acoustics Seminar in Austin.
April 29, 2022 - UT Interprofessional Health Showcase
Nayanika Ghosh will present the poster Effect of Breathiness on Essential Voice Tremor (co-authors: Elaina Derrick and Rosemary A. Lester-Smith) at the UT Interprofessional Health Showcase.
February 19, 2022 - Conference on Motor Speech
Lizzy Eidson will present the poster Source-filter Interactions in Simulated Respiratory and Laryngeal Tremor (co-authors: Brad H. Story and Rosemary A. Lester-Smith) at the Conference on Motor Speech in Charleston, SC.
July 7, 2021 - Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association Webinar
Dr. Lester-Smith will present Evidence-Based Voice Therapy for Vocal Tremor and Laryngeal Dystonia for the Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association Webinar Series.
June 3-5, 2021 - Voice Foundation Symposium
Dr. Lester-Smith will present Characterization of Source-Filter Interactions in Vocal Vibrato Using Neck-Surface Accelerometry (co-authors: Elaina Derrick and Charles R. Larson) and Optimizing Acoustical and Perceptual Assessment of Vocal Tremor for Telepractice (co-authors: Charles G. Jebaily and Brad H. Story) at the Voice Foundation Virtual Symposium.
October 24, 2020 - Fall Voice Virtual Conference
Dr. Lester-Smith will present The Effects of Voice Quality, Pitch, and Loudness Adjustments on Vocal Tremor and Vibrato (co-authors: Kylie E. Dunne, Elaina Derrick, Charles R. Larson, & Leora R. Cherney) and the poster Treating Vocal Tremor and Dystonia: Evidence for Voice Therapy (co-authors: Corinne H. Miller & Leora R. Cherney) at the Fall Voice Virtual Conference.
February 8, 2020 - Austin Spasmodic Dysphonia Support Group Meeting
The UT Voice Lab will welcome members of the Austin Spasmodic Dysphonia Support Group to UT for a presentation on Clinical and Research Perspectives on Vocal Tremor and a tour of the lab.
December 4, 2019 - Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America
Dr. Lester-Smith will present the poster Degree of Vocal Fold Adduction Affects Listener Perception of Simulated Laryngeal Vocal Tremor (co-author: Brad H. Story) at the Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in San Diego, CA.
October 18, 2019 - Fall Voice Conference
Dr. Lester-Smith, Kylie E. Dunne, and Melanie A. Looper will present the poster The Effects of Masked and Delayed Auditory Feedback on Fundamental Frequency Modulation in Vocal Vibrato (additional co-author: Charles R. Larson) at the Fall Voice Conference in Dallas, TX.
August 21, 2019 - Health Alliance for Austin Musicians Voice Seminar
Dr. Lester-Smith will present Getting to Know Your Instrument at the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians (HAAM) Voice Seminar, where voice scientists, otolaryngologists, speech-language pathologists, and voice teachers will come together to share information about vocal health with HAAM members.
May 30, 2019 - Voice Foundation Symposium
Dr. Lester-Smith will present the poster Auditory-Motor Control of Pitch in Individuals with Essential Vocal Tremor: A Pilot Study (co-author: Charles R. Larson) at the Voice Foundation Symposium in Philadelphia, PA.
March 20, 2019 - Center for Brain, Behavior, and Evolution Annual Spring Symposium
Dr. Lester-Smith will present Auditory-Motor Control of Voice in Healthy and Neurologically-Impaired Speakers at this interdisciplinary symposium on vocalization hosted by The Center for Brain, Behavior, and Evolution at The University of Texas at Austin.