Laura Toles, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School Medical School
Department Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
Education
- Undergraduate School
- University of North Texas (2006), Speech-language Pathology
- Medical School
- University of North Texas (2010)
- Graduate School
- University of North Texas (2010), Speech-language Pathology
- Fellowship
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2011)
- Fellowship
- MGH Institute of Health Professions (2021)
Research Interest
- Improving therapeutic outcomes
- Individual differences
- Personality and voice connections
- Phonotrauma
- Vocal behavior
Publications
Featured Publications
- 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, J Speech Lang Hear Res 2021 Nov 1-19
- 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, Am J Speech Lang Pathol 2021 01 30 1 199-209
- 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, J Voice 2020 May
- 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, Am J Speech Lang Pathol 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, J Speech Lang Hear Res 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, J Speech Lang Hear Res 2021 05 64 5 1457-1470
- 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, J Speech Lang Hear Res 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, J Acoust Soc Am 2020 06 147 6 EL552
- 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, J Speech Lang Hear Res 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, J Speech Lang Hear Res 2019 09 62 9 3339-3358
Professional Associations/Affiliations
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (2011)
- Pan-American Vocology Association (2015)
- The Voice Foundation (2010)