Voice Disorders, Workbook

About Bari Hoffman-RuddyChristine M. Sapienza

Christine Sapienza Ph.D. Christine Sapienza Ph.D. is a Professor and Chair in the Department of Speech Language and Hearing Sciences at the University of Florida Gainesville Florida. She also is a research career health scientist at the Malcom Randall VA in Gainesville Florida with the Brain Rehabilitation Research Center. Dr. Sapienza received her Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1993 in speech and voice science and her current research interests are disordered voice production treatment of neuromotor disorders defining outcomes of strength training paradigms and integrating basic physiological techniques to study rehabilitation strategies. Her most recent work focuses on the use of strength training paradigms in multiple populations including Parkinson's disease voice disorders spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis. She maintains an active research laboratory with four current Ph.D. students. She has several active grants including an NIH/NCMMR R21 and a VA Merit Review. She has over 100 publications and 150 lectures presentations and workshops to date. Bari Ruddy Ph.D. Dr. Hoffman Ruddy is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Central Florida Orlando. She also serves as the Director of the Voice Care Center at the Ear Nose & Throat Surgical Associates Orlando Florida and has worked clinically in this center for over twelve years. Hoffman Ruddy received her Ph.D. from the University of Florida in 2001. Her clinical work and research focus on the physiologic study of voice production in pediatric professional and neurogenic populations. Her current research interests involve the application of computer simulation training of voice therapy with children and adults as well as 3D computer modeling of upper and lower airway function in patients with malignant lesions. She actively publishes and lectures in these clinical areas.