Publications

Publications with doi links

* Denotes authorship of PhD students and ** denotes Bachelor’s or Master’s students for whom I was the primary mentor.

  • Lowell, SY, Kelley, RT, **Dischinat, N, Monahan, M, *Hosbach-Cannon, CJ, Colton, RH, & Mihaila, D (in press). Clinical features of essential voice tremor and associations with tremor severity and response to octanoic acid treatment. Laryngoscope.
  • Lowell, SY, Colton, RH, Kelley, RT, **Auld, M, & **Schmitz, H (EPub ahead of print). Isolated and combined respiratory training for muscle tension dysphonia: preliminary findings. Journal of Voice. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2020.06.013
  • *Mendes, MB & Lowell, SY (2020). A systematic review of the physiological effects of the effortful swallow maneuver in adults with normal and disordered swallowing. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 29(3), 1655-1673. https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_AJSLP-19-00132
  • *Hosbach-Cannon, CJ, Lowell, SY, Colton, RH, Kelley, RT, & **Bao, X (2020). Assessment of tongue position and laryngeal height in two professional voice populations. Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research, 63(1), 109-124. https://doi.org/10.1044/2019_JSLHR-19-00164
  • **Mercer, E & Lowell, SY (2020). The Low Mandible Maneuver: preliminary study of its effects on aerodynamic and acoustic measures. Journal of Voice, 34(4), 645.e1-645.e9. EPub release Jan, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2018.12.005
  • Lowell, SY, Kelley, RT, Monahan, M, *Hosbach-Cannon, CJ, Colton, RH, & Mihaila, D (2019). The effect of octanoic acid on essential voice tremor: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Laryngoscope, 129(8), 1882-1890. https://doi.org/10.1002/lary.27695
  • Lowell, SY, Vigil DC, Abdelaziz M, Edmonds K, Goel-Sakhalkar P, Guiberson M, Fleming Hamilton A, Hung P, Lee-Wilkerson D, Miller C, Rivera Perez J, Ramkissoon I, Scott D (2018). Pathways to cultural competence: diversity backgrounds and their influence on career path and clinical care. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, SIG 14, 3(Part 2), 30-39. https://doi.org/10.1044/persp3.SIG14.30
  • Lowell, SY (2019). Muscle tension dysphonia. In M.J. Ball & J. Damico (Eds.), SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/the-sage-encyclopedia-of-human-communication-sciences-and-disorders/book245001
  • Lowell, SY, Kelley, RT, Busekroos, L, Voleti, RV, *Hosbach-Cannon, CJ, Colton, RH, Mihaila, D (2017). The effect of anchors on reliability of endoscopic tremor ratings. Laryngoscope, 127(2), 411-416. https://doi.org/10.1002/lary.26034
  • Lowell, SY & **Hylkema, JA (2016). The effect of speaking context on spectral- and cepstral-based acoustic features of normal voice. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 30(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3109/02699206.2015.1087049
  • *Hosbach-Cannon, CJ, Lowell, SY, Kelley, RT, & Colton, RH (2016). A preliminary quantitative comparison of vibratory amplitude using rigid and flexible stroboscopic assessment. Journal of Voice, 30(4), 485-492. EPub release May, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2015.05.018
  • **Rosenthal, AL, Lowell, SY, & Colton, RH (2014). Acoustic and aerodynamic features of vocal effort. Journal of Voice, 28(2), 144-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2013.09.007
  • Lowell, SY, Colton, RH, Kelley, R, & **Mizia, SA (2013). Predictive value and discriminant capacity of cepstral and spectral-based measures during continuous speech. Journal of Voice, 27(4), 393-400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2013.02.005
  • Lowell, SY, Kelley, RT, Awan, SN, Colton, RH & **Chan, NH (2012). Spectral and cepstral-based acoustic features of dysphonic, strained voice quality. Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology, 121(8), 539-548. https://doi.org/10.1177/000348941212100808
  • Lowell, SY, Reynolds, RC, Chen, G, Horwitz, B & Ludlow, CL (2012). Functional connectivity and laterality of the motor and sensory components within the volitional swallowing network. Experimental Brain Research, 219(1), 85-96. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-012-3069-9
  • Lowell, SY, Kelley, RT, Colton, RH, Smith, PB & Portnoy, JE (2012). Position of the hyoid and larynx in people with muscle tension dysphonia. Laryngoscope, 122, 370-377. https://doi.org/10.1002/lary.22482
  • Lowell, SY (2012). The acoustic assessment of voice in continuous speech. Perspectives on Voice and Voice Disorders, 22 (2), 57-63. https://doi.org/10.1044/vvd22.2.57
  • Lowell, SY, Colton, RH, Kelley, R, & **Hahn, YC (2011). Spectral and cepstral-based measures during continuous speech: capacity to distinguish dysphonia and consistency within a speaker. Journal of Voice, 25(5), e223-232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2010.06.007
  • Lowell, SY, Poletto, CJ, Knorr-Chung, BR, Reynolds, RC, Simonyan, K, & Ludlow, CL (2008). Sensory stimulation activates both motor and sensory components of the swallowing system. NeuroImage, 42(1), 285-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.04.234
  • Lowell, SY, Barkmeier-Kraemer, JM, Hoit, JD & Story, BH (2008). Respiratory and laryngeal   function during spontaneous speaking in teachers with voice disorders. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 51(2), 333-349. https://doi.org/10.1044/1092-4388(2008/025)
  • Ludlow, CL, Loucks, T, Simonyan, K, & Lowell, SY (2008). Brain imaging of voice, swallow, and other upper airway functions. In In R. Ingham (Ed.), Neuroimaging in Communication Sciences and Disorders (pp. 87-128). San Diego: Plural Publishing. ISBN13: 978-1-59756-102-0
  • Lowell, SY, & Story, BH (2006). Simulated effects of cricothyroid and thyroarytenoid muscle activation on adult-male vocal fold vibration. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. Jul, 120(1), 386-97. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.2204442
  • Hockensmith, GB, Lowell, SY, & Fuglevand, AJ (2005). Common input across motor nuclei mediating precision grip in humans. Journal of Neuroscience, 25(18), 4560-4564. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0046-05.2005
  • Lowell, S, Beeson, P, & Holland, A (1995). The efficacy of a semantic cueing procedure on naming performance in adults with aphasia. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 4, 109-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomdis.2015.01.003
  • Swisher, L, Restrepo, MA, Plante, E, & Lowell, S (1995). Effects of implicit and explicit “rule” presentation on bound morpheme generalization in specific language impairment. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 38, 168-173. https://doi.org/10.1044/jshr.3801.168
  • Swisher, L, Plante, E, & Lowell, S (1994). Nonlinguistic deficits of children with specific language disorders complicate the interpretation of their non-verbal IQ scores. Language, Speech and Hearing Services in Schools, 25, 235-240. https://doi.org/10.1044/0161-1461.2504.235