Faculty

Professor Cavallo joined the Department in 2004. He currently serves as associate director and voice specialist for New York Speech Consultants. For more information on his work with this organization, visit www.nyspeechconsultants.com.

Academic Interests:
Anatomy and Physiology
Acoustic Phonetics
Speech Science
Voice Disorders
Clinical Supervision
Evaluation and Treatment of Voice Disorders
Foreign and Regional Accent Modifcation

Research Interests:
Speech Production: vocal tract aerodynamics and aerostatics
Speech Ventilatory Control
Speech Acoustics
Normal and Disordered Voice Production

Publications:

Speech Breathing Behavior in Normal and Moderately-to-Severely Dysphonic Subjects During Connected Speech (2002). (with N. Schaeffer, M. Wall, and C. Diakow). Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology, 10:1.

Intervention Planning for Adults with Voice Disorders (1999). Invited chapter in Intervention Planning for Adults with Communication Problems (Klein, H. and Moses, N., Eds.), Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Chest Wall Preparation for Phonation in Congenitally Profoundly Hearing-Impaired Persons (1991). (with D.E. Metz, R.L. Whitehead and R.J. Baken). Volta Review, 93:7, 287 - 300.

A Response to Hixon: Letter to the Editor. (1988). (with R.J. Baken). Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 31, 726-729.

Respiratory Function. (1988). Invited chapter in Decision-Making in Speech-Language Pathology (Yoder and Kent, Eds.). Toronto: B.C. Decker.

Prephonatory Laryngeal and Chest Wall Dynamics (1985). (with R.J. Baken). Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 28, 79 - 87.

Frequency Perturbation Characteristics of Pulse Register Phonation (1984). (with R.J. Baken and S. Shaiman) Journal of Communication Disorders, 17, 231-243.

Prephonatory Chest Wall Posturing in Stutterers (1983). (with R.J. Baken and D. McManus) Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 26, 444-450.

Prephonatory Chest Wall Posturing. (1981) (with R.J. Baken). Folia Phoniatrica, 33, 193-203.

Chest Wall Movements Prior to Phonation. (1979). (with R.J. Baken & K. Weissman). Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 22, 862-892.

News Interview:
Secret Speech Aid (2004). ScienCentral News, November 2004.