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COSM 2026

April 22, 2026 - Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meeting

Dr. Lester-Smith will give an invited presentation Updates on Interdisciplinary Assessment and Treatment of Vocal Tremor at the Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meeting in Phoenix, AZ.

HAAM 2026

April 14, 2026 - Health Alliance for Austin Musicians Voice Seminar

Dr. Lester-Smith will present Getting to Know Your Instrument: Anatomy and Physiology of Voice at the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians (HAAM) Voice Seminar, where she, Drs. Whited, Lackey, and Yium from Austin ENT, and Erik Landry from the Vocodojo Voice Center will come together to share information about vocal health with HAAM members.

ASA 2025

December 3, 2025 - Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America

Nayanika Ghosh will present Acoustical Outcomes of a Behavioral Voice Treatment Program Targeting Breathiness in Essential Vocal Tremor (co-authors: Charles Jebaily, Elaina Brown, Isabella Forestieri, Sidney Becktold, & Rosemary A. Lester-Smith) at the 189th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in Honolulu, HI.

May 19, 2025 - Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America

Dr. Lester-Smith will present Audio- and Sensor-Based Classification of Essential Vocal Tremor With and Without Respiratory Involvement (co-authors: Jinuk Kwon and Jun Wang) at the 188th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in New Orleans, LA.

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April 16, 2025 - Health Alliance for Austin Musicians Voice Seminar

Dr. Lester-Smith will present Getting to Know 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 24, 2024 - Fall Voice Conference

Dr. Lester-Smith will present When the Voice Shakes but the Larynx Looks Great: Management of Tremor and Dystonia Affecting the Speech Mechanism and Temporal Synchrony of Frequency Modulations in Essential Vocal Tremor (co-authors: Elizabeth Eidson and Nayanika Ghosh) at the Fall Voice Conference in Phoenix, AZ.

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May 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.

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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: Elizabeth Eidson, Charles R. Larson, Elaina Derrick, and Rosemary A. Lester-Smith) at the Conference on Motor Speech in San Diego, CA.

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February 13, 2024 - Health Alliance for Austin Musicians Voice Seminar

Dr. Lester-Smith will present Getting to Know 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.

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March 3, 2023 - UT CARE Research Day

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 CARE Research Day.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.