Eric J. Hunter
Grants
R03 DC006801 A Computational Tool for Simulation of Phonosurgical Procedures
Education
2001 University of Iowa PhD, Speech & Hearing Science
1997 Brigham Young University MS, Physics
1995 Brigham Young University BS, Physics (major), Mathematics (minor)
Research Interests: Biomechanical modeling of laryngeal system; Constitutive modeling; Laryngeal and vocal tract physiology; Laryngeal muscle mechanics; Material viscoelastic measurement and quantification; Tissue vibration and deformation; Vibration modeling; Vocal tract acoustic modeling; Joint and tissue biomechanics; Forensic acoustics; Musical acoustics; Numerical optimization; Occupational vocal health; Tissue vibration dose; Tissue vibration injury/recovery; Fluid flow in vibration; Speech perception and psychoacoustics; Voice and speech measurement and instrumentation; Acoustic fundamentals of research-based recording and mixing; Metrics/instrumentation for voice quantification and vocal health/rehabilitation; Signal Processing
Professional and Academic Positions
2008 - present Editorial Board The Open Acoustics Journal, Bentham Science Publishers
2008 - present Assoc Research Scientist National Center for Voice & Speech, DCPA
2007 - present Deputy Exec Director National Center for Voice & Speech, DCPA
2005 - present Lecturer Department of Physics, Department of Music, University of Colorado at Denver (courses: Physics of Music and Sound; Acoustics of Vocal Performance & Recording)
Professional Memberships
2008 - present Member, American Physical Society, division of Biological Physics (DBP)
Acoustical Society of America [website]
American Society of Biomechanics [website]
Awards / Fellowships
2001 National Research Service Award Doctoral Fellow, University of Iowa
1995 BYU Office of Research & Creative Work Recognition Award, Brigham Young University
Other Experience
2008 Expert Witness, American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado, et al. v. City and County of Denver, et al.; Case No. 08-cv-910-MKS-KMT
2006 Grant Reviewer (Ad Hoc), National Institutes of Health
2005 Grant Reviewer, Canada Foundation for Initiative (CFI) New Initiatives Fund
Refereed / Peer-reviewed Publications
Halpern AE, Spielman J, Hunter EJ , and Titze IR. ( in review ). The inability to produce soft phonation (IPSV): A tool to detect vocal change in school teachers. Log. Phon. Voc.
Hunter EJ. ( in review ). An acoustical c omparison of a child's fundamental frequencies using traditional structured tasks and unstructured daily activities . Int. J. Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol.
Hunter EJ, and Titze, IR. ( in review ). In search of vocal fatigue: Dynamic vocal dermal recovery trajectories after a vocal loading task. Ann. Otol. Rhinol. Laryngol.
Little MA, McSharry PE , Hunter EJ , Spielman J, and Ramig LO. (2008). Suitability of dysphonia measurements for telemonitoring of Parkinson's disease. IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng.
Riede T, Lingle S, Hunter EJ , and Titze IR. ( in review ). Vocal fold elasticity in a mammal with very little vocal activity. J. Exp. Bio.
Spielman JL, Hunter EJ , Halpern AE, and Titze IR. ( in review ). Measuring voice improvement in non-dysphonic teachers using the Inability to Produce Soft Voice rating (IPSV): Preliminary data. Am. J. Sp. Lang. Path.
Hunter EJ , Alipour F., and Titze IR, (2007). Sensitivity of elastic properties to measurement uncertainties in laryngeal muscles with implications for voice fundamental frequency prediction. J. Voice. 21(6):641-50.
Titze IR, and Hunter EJ . (2007) A two-dimensional biomechanical model of vocal fold posturing. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 121(4):2254-60.
Hunter EJ , and Titze IR. (2007) Refinements in Modeling the Passive Properties of Laryngeal Soft Tissue. J. Appl. Physiol. 103(1):206-19.
Titze IR, Hunter EJ , and Svec JG. (2007). Voicing and silence periods in daily and weekly vocalizations of teachers. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 121(1):469-78.
Hunter EJ , Svec JG, Titze IR. (2006) Comparison of the produced and perceived voice range profiles in untrained and trained classical singers. J Voice. 20(4):513-26.
Carroll T, Nix J, Hunter E , Emerich K, Titze I, and Abaza, M. (2006) Objective measurement of vocal fatigue in classical singers: A vocal dosimetry pilot study. Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg. 135 (4):595-602.
Hunter EJ , and Titze IR. (2005). A technical report. Individual subject laryngeal dimensions of multiple mammalian species for biomechanical models. Ann. Otol. Rhinol. Laryngol. 114(10) 809-18.
Hunter EJ , and Titze IR. (2005) Review of range of arytenoid cartilage motion. Acoustic Res Lett Online. 6(3), 112-117.
Alipour F, Titze IR, Hunter EJ , and Tayama N. (2005). Active and passive properties of canine abduction/adduction laryngeal muscles. J. Voice. 19(3) 350-359
Titze IR, and Hunter EJ . (2004). Normal vibration frequencies of the vocal ligament. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 115(5), 2264-2269.
Hunter EJ , Titze IR, and Alipour F. (2004). A three-dimensional model of vocal fold adduction/abduction. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 115(4), 1747-1759.
Kim MJ, Hunter EJ , and Titze IR. (2004). Comparison of human, canine, and ovine laryngeal dimensions. Ann. Otol. Rhinol. Laryngol. 113(1), 60-68.
Titze IR, Bergan CC, Hunter EJ , and Story B. (2003). Source and filter adjustments governing the perception of the vocal qualities twang and yawn. Log. Phon. Voc., 28(4), 147-155.
Invited Short Articles or Book Chapters Reviewed by an Editor
Hunter EJ , Spielman J, Starr A, and Popolo P. (2007). Acoustic Voice Recording, “I Am Seeking Recommendations for Voice Recording Hardware …” SID3 Perspectives on Voice & Voice Disorders 17(3):7-14.
Hunter EJ , and Titze IR. (2004) Overlap of Hearing and Voicing Ranges in Singing. Journal of Singing. 61(4):387-392.
Titze IR, Hunter EJ , and Švec JG. (2007) How Much Do Teachers Talk? Do They Ever Get a Break? 153rd Acoustical Society of America Meeting Lay Paper. June 4-8, 2007. Salt Lake City , UT (http://www.acoustics.org/press/153rd/lay_lang.html).
References in Secondary Publications
Avril, T. (23 Jun. 2008). “Classroom woe: Working hoarse” Philadelphia Inquirer .
Meyer, JP. (15 Nov. 2007). “Teachers fail to get vocal rest” The Denver Post .
Hollenhorst, J. (7 June 2007). "New Study Shows Teachers Talk Too Much." KSL-TV (NBC affiliate). Salt Lake City , UT.
Mosher, D. (30 May 2007). “Blah, Blah, Blah: Teachers Top Talking Tests.” LiveScience . <http://www.livescience.com/health/070530_teacher_voices.html>
“Dinosaur hearing, listening to muscle noise, quieter cubicles” (15 May 2007). EurekaAlert , Biology News , and Biomedics .
Fallik, D. (8 Jul. 2006). “Striking a Cord” Philadelphia Inquirer. ( Also in San Jose Mercury, Miami Herald, and Akron Beacon Journal)
“Meet our new faculty: Powers, Hunter, Geyer, and Carlson as well as the new chair Tagg” (2006). Physics Chronicles . University of Colorado-Denver.
Bergin, M. (31 Oct. 2005). “Therapist Helps Get Vocal Cords in Shape for Power Yelling” The Capital Times .
“New computer tools aim to fix poor voices” (29 Apr. 2003). United Press International.
Conference Proceedings / Abstracts
Hunter EJ . (Nov. 2008). “An acoustical comparison of a child's fundamental frequencies during structured tasks and unstructured daily activities.” 156th Meeting of Acoustical Society of America : Miami , FL.
Hunter EJ , and Titze IR. (Oct. 2008). “Vocal fatigue dynamic recovery trajectories as measured by 3 vocal fatigue measures” UCSF Voice Conference: San Francisco , CA .
Hunter EJ , and Titze IR. (Oct. 2008). “Refinements in modeling the mechanical properties of laryngeal soft tissue” USCF Voice Conference: San Francisco , CA .
Austin S, and Hunter EJ . (May 2008). “Vocal dose in vocal performance majors.” Voice Foundation: Philadelphia , PA.
Hunter EJ , and Titze IR. (Aug. 2007) “Refinements in modeling the mechanical properties of laryngeal soft tissue.” American Society of Biomechanics: Stanford University , Palo Alto , CA .
Hunter EJ , and Titze IR. (June 2007). “The Voice Use Profile: Illustrating Actual Voice Use from Long Term Monitoring Using the NCVS Dosimeter.” Acoustical Society of America Meeting: Salt Lake City , UT.
Titze IR, Hunter EJ , and Švec JG. (June 2007). “Voicing and Silence Periods in Daily and Weekly Vocalizations of Teachers.” Acoustical Society of America Meeting: Salt Lake City , UT.
Titze IR., Alipour F., Fitch WT, Hunter EJ , and Walsh EJ. (2006). Simulation of Siberian tiger vocalization. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 120(5). 3189.
Titze IR, and Hunter EJ . (Sept. 2004). “Normal vibration frequencies of the vocal ligament.” American Society of Biomechanics: Portland , OR .
Hunter EJ , and Titze IR. (Sept. 2004). “A three-dimensional model of vocal fold abduction/adduction.” American Society of Biomechanics: Portland , OR .
Hunter EJ , and Titze IR. (Oct. 2004). “Overlap of hearing and voicing ranges in singing.” International Physiology and Acoustics of Singing Conference: Denver , CO .
Alipour F, Hunter EJ , and Titze IR. (2003). “Viscoelastic properties of laryngeal posturing muscles.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 114, 2458.
Kim MJ, Hunter EJ , and Titze IR. (2003) “Comparison of human, canine, and ovine laryngeal dimensions.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 114, 2397.
Hunter EJ , and Titze IR. (2003) “Comparison of hearing and voicing ranges in singing.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 113, 2243.
Hunter EJ . (2002). “Optimization of Passive Tissue Model Parameters of Intrinsic Laryngeal Adductory Muscles.” World Congress of Biomechanics: Calgary , CA .
Hunter EJ . (2002). “Three Dimensional Biomechanical Model of Vocal Fold Posturing.” International Conference on Spoken Language Processing: Denver , CA .
Hunter EJ , Titze IR, and Alipour F. (2001) “Finite-element analysis of passive vocal fold posturing using nonlinear muscle responses.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 109, 2413.
Hunter EJ , and Titze IR. (2000). “Parameters for a first-order Kelvin model of laryngeal muscles.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 108, 2531.
Hunter EJ . (1999). “Finite element analysis of vocal fold posturing.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 106, 2240.
Hunter EJ , and Strong WJ. (1997). “Geometrical display of speech spectra as an aid to lipreading.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 102, 3166.
Other Published Works and Abstracts
Hunter EJ . (2008). General Statistics of the NCVS Self-Administered Vocal Rating (SAVRa). NCVS Online Technical Memo. No.11. http://www.ncvs.org/ncvs/library/tech.
Spielman J, Starr AC, Popolo PP, and Hunter EJ . (2007). Recommendations for the Creation of a Voice Acoustics Laboratory. NCVS Online Technical Memo. No.7. http://www.ncvs.org/ncvs/library/tech.
Hunter EJ . (2006) Optimization of Passive Tissue Model Parameters of Intrinsic Laryngeal Tissues. NCVS Online Technical Memo No.6. http://www.ncvs.org/ncvs/library/tech.
Hunter EJ , Hunter LM, and Titze IR. (2005) Individual Subject Laryngeal Dimensions of Multiple Mammalian Species for Biomechanical Models: A Supplement. NCVS Online Technical Memo No.9. http://www.ncvs.org/ncvs/library/tech.
Hunter EJ , and Hunter LM. (2005) Statement on the need for an arytenoid motion knowledge base. NCVS Online Technical Memo No.8. http://www.ncvs.org/ncvs/library/tech.
Hunter EJ , and Titze IR. (2004) “Dynamics of a three-dimensional model of vocal fold.” NCVS Online Technical Memo No.3. http://www.ncvs.org/ncvs/library/tech.
Popolo PP, Svec JG, Hunter EJ , Starr AC, Rogge-Miller K, Nix J, and Titze IR. (2004). Teachers' Guide to Voice Dosimetry. NCVS Online Technical Memo No.4. http://www.ncvs.org/ncvs/library/tech.
Svec JG, Hunter EJ , Popolo P, Rogge-Miller K, and Titze IR, (2004), The Calibration and Setup of the NCVS Dosimeter. NCVS Online Technical Memo No.2. http://www.ncvs.org/ncvs/library/tech.
Invited Lectures and Conference Presentations
"Acoustics of Voice and Speech." (June 2008). National Performing Arts Convention: Denver, CO.
"Acoustics of Voice and Speech." (Aug. 2007). Voice and Speech Trainers Association Meeting: Denver, CO.
"Sound Technology and Voice." (Aug. 2007). Voice and Speech Trainers Association Meeting: Denver, CO.
"The Dosimeter: A Tool Used to Record and Quantify Long-term Voice Use." (2007). Computational Mathematics Colloquium. University of Colorado-Denver, Denver, CO.
"Research toward Occupational Safety in Vocalization." (2006). Acoustics Colloquium: Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.
“Anatomy of the Larynx and How to Optimize Its Use for Vocal Performance.” (2001). Invited Pedagogy Class Lecturer Univ. of N. Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA.
“What is the NCVS?” and “Caring for Your Voice” (1999). Guest Speaker Rotary Club of Manchester, Manchester IA.
“Controlling Computer Models of Speech in Real Time Using a MIDI Keyboard” (1998). Speaker NCVS Meeting, Madison WI Madison, Wisconsin.
Invited Short Articles or Book Chapters Reviewed by an Editor(s)
1. Hunter EJ, Spielman J, Starr A, and Popolo P. (2007). Acoustic Voice Recording, "I Am Seeking Recommendations for Voice Recording Hardware ..." SID3 Perspectives on Voice & Voice Disorders 17(3):7-14.
2. Hunter EJ, and Titze IR. (2004) Overlap of Hearing and Voicing Ranges in Singing. Journal of Singing. 61(4):387-392.
3. Titze IR, Hunter EJ, and Švec JG. (2007) How Much Do Teachers Talk? Do They Ever Get a Break? 153rd Acoustical Society of America Meeting Lay Paper. June 4-8, 2007. Salt Lake City, UT (http://www.acoustics.org/press/153rd/lay_lang.html).