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Research & Projects (updated on September, 2004):

Grant NIDCD 1 R01-DC04224, "Research Toward Occupational Safety in Vocalization"
This project aims to : 1) design and construct a dosimeter (Poster presentation at ASA Cancun, Dec. 2002), (Powerpoint presentation at The Voice Foundation, Phil., June 2003), Supplementary photo for Adaptation of a Pocket PC for use as a wearable voice dosimeter (.jpg image), J Speech Lang Hear Res. (in press); 2) measure the daily and weekly dose received by approximately 120 teachers on the job; 3) provide a voice-economy oriented therapy program to a subset of about 60 of these; 4) relate vibration dose at the larynx to vocal output; 5) relate auto-perceptive measures of recovery time to vocal fatigue, short term rest periods and tissue health; and 6) to provide amplification to another 20 teachers who are in a classroom setting.