Research interests:
- Vocal physiology and voice production in normal and disordered voice across the lifespan
- Pediatric vocal development and identification of physiological factors of laryngeal function that underlie severely disturbed voice qualities
- Development of biomechanical modeling and assessment tools to identify children at risk of developing voice disorders by establishing physiological biomarkers of the unique vibratory features observed with high speed digital imaging
- Pathophysiology of hoarseness resulting from severe voice disturbances such as spasmodic dysphonia
Dr. Patel's broad areas of research and teaching interests include vocal physiology and voice production in normal and disordered voice across the lifespan. More specifically, Dr. Patel is interested in pediatric vocal development and identification of physiological factors of laryngeal function that underlie severely disturbed voice qualities.
The other research area that interests Dr. Patel relates to the pathophysiology of hoarseness resulting from severe voice disturbances, spasmodic dysphonia, for example.
