UW Vocal Function Lab

Congratulations, to our newly minted Doctor of Philosophy from the UW Vocal Function Lab.... Dr. Mara Kapsner-Smith! Dr. Kapsner-Smith (more than) successfully defended her dissertation on Friday May 10th 2024, entitled "Examining the Link Among Motor Symptoms in Hyperfunctional Voice Disorders, Auditory Discrimination, and Auditory-Motor Function". We are so proud of everything you've done and can't wait to see what the future holds for you!

We are excited to share our latest publication in the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology: https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_AJSLP-23-00174
Special thanks to our participants and for the support provided by the incredible Stepp Lab at Boston University.

The Effect of Rating Method on Reliability of Judgments of Strain Across Populations Purpose: Variability in auditory-perceptual ratings of voice limits their utility, with the poorest reliability often noted for vocal strain. The purpose of this study was to determine whether an experimental method, called visual sort and rate (VSR), promoted stronger rater reliability than visual....

Congratulations to our great colleague and friend, Sandy Hirsch, CCC-SLP, who was recently awarded the 2023 Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Contributions in Clinical Achievement by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). We were excited to share the celebration with Sandy with some of the great SLP team from UW/UWMC at the ASHA convention in Boston in November.

Congratulations to our colleague and friend, Dr. Albert Merati, on this very well-deserved recognition from AAO-HNS!