‘My voice was gone’: Understanding and treating phonotraumatic voice disorders
August 27, 2026
- Pan-American Vocology Association (2015)
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (2011)
- The Voice Foundation (2010)
Laura Toles, Ph.D.
- Otolaryngology
Education & Training
- Graduate School - University of North Texas (2008-2010), Master of Science Speech-Language Pathology
- Fellowship - UT Southwestern Medical Center (2010-2011)
- Graduate School - Massachusetts General Hospital of Health Professions (2017-2021), Doctor of Philosophy - Rehabilitation Sciences
- Other - MGH Institute of Health Professions (2017-2021), Doctor of Philosophy
Professional Associations & Affiliations
Books & Publications
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Publications
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Relationships Among Personality, Daily Speaking Voice Use, and Phonotrauma in Adult Female Singers.
Toles LE, Roy N, Sogg S, Marks KL, Ortiz AJ, Fox AB, Mehta DD, Hillman RE, Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR 2021 Nov 1-19 -
Psychometric Analysis of an Ecological Vocal Effort Scale in Individuals With and Without Vocal Hyperfunction During Activities of Daily Living.
Marks KL, Verdi A, Toles LE, Stipancic KL, Ortiz AJ, Hillman RE, Mehta DD, American journal of speech-language pathology 2021 Oct 1-16 -
Changes in the Daily Phonotrauma Index Following the Use of Voice Therapy as the Sole Treatment for Phonotraumatic Vocal Hyperfunction in Females.
Van Stan JH, Ortiz AJ, Marks KL, Toles LE, Mehta DD, Burns JA, Hron T, Stadelman-Cohen T, Krusemark C, Muise J, Fox AB, Nudelman C, Zeitels S, Hillman RE, Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR 2021 Aug 1-10 -
Differences in Daily Voice Use Measures Between Female Patients With Nonphonotraumatic Vocal Hyperfunction and Matched Controls.
Van Stan JH, Ortiz AJ, Cortes JP, Marks KL, Toles LE, Mehta DD, Burns JA, Hron T, Stadelman-Cohen T, Krusemark C, Muise J, Fox-Galalis AB, Nudelman C, Zeitels S, Hillman RE, Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR 2021 05 64 5 1457-1470 -
Differences Between Female Singers With Phonotrauma and Vocally Healthy Matched Controls in Singing and Speaking Voice Use During 1 Week of Ambulatory Monitoring.
Toles LE, Ortiz AJ, Marks KL, Burns JA, Hron T, Van Stan JH, Mehta DD, Hillman RE, American journal of speech-language pathology 2021 01 30 1 199-209 -
Changes in a Daily Phonotrauma Index After Laryngeal Surgery and Voice Therapy: Implications for the Role of Daily Voice Use in the Etiology and Pathophysiology of Phonotraumatic Vocal Hyperfunction.
Van Stan JH, Mehta DD, Ortiz AJ, Burns JA, Marks KL, Toles LE, Stadelman-Cohen T, Krusemark C, Muise J, Hron T, Zeitels SM, Fox AB, Hillman RE, Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR 2020 12 63 12 3934-3944 -
Ambulatory monitoring of Lombard-related vocal characteristics in vocally healthy female speakers.
Whittico TH, Ortiz AJ, Marks KL, Toles LE, Van Stan JH, Hillman RE, Mehta DD, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 2020 06 147 6 EL552 -
Amount and Characteristics of Speaking and Singing Voice Use in Vocally Healthy Female College Student Singers During a Typical Week.
Toles LE, Ortiz AJ, Marks KL, Mehta DD, Van Stan JH, Hillman RE, Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation 2020 May -
Differences in Weeklong Ambulatory Vocal Behavior Between Female Patients With Phonotraumatic Lesions and Matched Controls.
Van Stan JH, Mehta DD, Ortiz AJ, Burns JA, Toles LE, Marks KL, Vangel M, Hron T, Zeitels S, Hillman RE, Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR 2020 02 63 2 372-384 -
Impact of Nonmodal Phonation on Estimates of Subglottal Pressure From Neck-Surface Acceleration in Healthy Speakers.
Marks KL, Lin JZ, Fox AB, Toles LE, Mehta DD, Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR 2019 09 62 9 3339-3358 -
Automatic speech and singing classification in ambulatory recordings for normal and disordered voices.
Ortiz AJ, Toles LE, Marks KL, Capobianco S, Mehta DD, Hillman RE, Van Stan JH, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 2019 07 146 1 EL22 -
A randomized controlled trial of stretch-and-flow voice therapy for muscle tension dysphonia.
Watts CR, Hamilton A, Toles L, Childs L, Mau T The Laryngoscope 2015 Jun 125 6 1420-5 -
The Effect of Stretch-and-Flow Voice Therapy on Measures of Vocal Function and Handicap.
Watts CR, Diviney SS, Hamilton A, Toles L, Childs L, Mau T Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation 2014 Oct -
Relationship between patient-perceived vocal handicap and clinician-rated level of vocal dysfunction.
Childs LF, Bielinski C, Toles L, Hamilton A, Deane J, Mau T The Laryngoscope 2014 Aug -
Video laryngoscopy-assisted secondary tracheoesophageal puncture placement for the patient with severely limited neck extension.
Crozier EE, Klein K, Deane J, Toles LE, Myers LL The Laryngoscope 2012 Jan 122 1 134-6
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Relationships Among Personality, Daily Speaking Voice Use, and Phonotrauma in Adult Female Singers.
Research
- Individual differences
- Personality and voice connections
- Phonotrauma
- Vocal behavior
- Improving therapeutic outcomes
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