NCVS: Giving Voice to America

Eric Hunter, Deputy Executive Director

Eric J. Hunter is an associate research scientist with the National Center for Voice and Speech. At the University of Utah, he is an adjunct professor in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering (College of Engineering) and the Division of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery (School of Medicine), as well as in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (College of Public Health), where he teaches Hearing Science. He also teaches Voice Instrumentation (a University of Iowa Communication Sciences and Disorders course) at the NCVS’s Summer Vocology Institute. .

Dr. Hunter is on the board of editors of The Open Acoustics Journal (Bentham Science Publishers) and the International Journal of Research in Choral Singing. He is also a member of the American Physical Society, the Acoustical Society of America, and the American Society of Biomechanics.

After receiving his B.S. and M.S. in Physics, he received the National Research Service Award traineeship to complete his PhD in Speech and Hearing Science from The University of Iowa. Dr. Hunter now uses this background in physics and acoustics to study all aspects of the voice mechanism (anatomy, biomechanics, acoustics, etc).

Link to abbreviated CV (pdf)

Research Interests:

Occupational and habilitative speech science
Aging effects on voice
Gender differences in vocal health
Biomechanics of speech articulators (specifically the larynx and laryngeal muscle mechanics)
Vibration and posturing models of the vocal system
Muscle mechanics and muscle models
Biomechanical properties of tissues
Signal processing

Broader Academic Interests:

Human Vibration Exposure
Psychoacoustics
Speech Perception
Musical Acoustics

Teaching Experience:

Acoustics
Speech Science
Hearing Science
Voice Instrumentation
Musical Acoustics

Broader academic interests include: psychoacoustics, recording techniques, speech perception, musical acoustics, integrated circuit processes creation, machine recognition of speech.

Contact
eric.hunter@ncvs2.org | 801.596.2012

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