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Assistant Professor
Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
Purdue University
G-002, Heavilon Hall
500 Oval Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Email: msivasankar@purdue.edu
Office Phone: (765) 496 6628
Lab Phone: (765) 496 1723
Fax: (765) 494 0771 |
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of vocal fold vibration Laryngeal hydration Vocal fatigue and endurance Vocal pathologies
Neurogenic disorders of communication
HONORS AND AWARDS
Editor's Award, Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 2003J. L. Carke & J. Levin Dissertation Year Fellowship, 2003-2004 NIDCD-Travel Fellowship Award, 2002 Northwestern University Research Travel Award, 2001-2004 Northwestern University Summer Research Fellowship, 2000-2003 Northwestern University Pre-doctoral Fellowship, 1999-2000
Best Paper in Voice, Annual Conference of Indian Speech and Hearing Association, 1998
PUBLICATIONS
Sivasankar, M., Bauer, J., Babu, T. & Larson, C.R. (2005). A comparison of vocal responses to pitch changes in voice, triangular and sinusoidal tone feedback. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 117, 2, 850-857 Full text (pdf)
Sivasankar, M. & Fisher, K.V. (2003). Oral breathing challenge in subjects with vocal attrition. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 46, 1416-142 Full text (pdf)
Sivasankar, M. & Fisher, K.V. (2002). Oral breathing increases Pth and vocal efort by superficial drying of vocal fold mucosa Journal of Voice, 16, 2, 178-181 Full text (pdf)
Sivasankar, M. (2002). Effects of vocal fatigue on voice parameters of Indian schoolteachers. Indian Journal of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 54, 3, 245-247.
RECENT PRESENTATIONS
Sivasankar, M. & Fisher, K.V. Vocal fold response to luminal ionic perturbations. Presented at the 34th Annual Symposium of The Voice Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, June 2005.
Sivasankar, M. & Fisher, K.V. Vocal fold epithelium: beyond the barrier- an introduction to in vitro methods to study water fluxes in vocal folds. Presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech and Hearing Association, Chicago, IL, November 2003.
Sivasankar, M. & Fisher, K.V. Superficial dehydration in fatigue-prone subjects. Presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech and Hearing Association, Atlanta, GA, November 2002.
Sivasankar, M., Bauer, J., Babu, T. & Larson, C.R. A comparison of vocal F0 responses to pitch changes in voice, triangular and sinusoidal tone feedback. Presented at the International Conference of Vocal Fold Physiology and Biomechanics, Denver, CO, September 2002.
Sivasankar, M., Bauer, J. & Larson, C.R. Voice responses to changes in pitch of voice or tone auditory feedback. Presented at the Eleventh Biennial Conference on Motor Speech, Williamsburg, VA, March 2002.
Sivasankar, M. & Fisher, K. Oral breathing increases phonation threshold and vocal effort by superficial drying of vocal fold mucosa. Presented at the 31st Annual Symposium of The Voice Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, June 2001.
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