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Berry, David A. Ph.D.




Medical School Education
Institution: Ph.D. in Physics at Brigham Young University
Year: 1991

Postdoctoral Education
Institution Level (Intern,
Resident, Fellow)
Department Year
The University of Iowa Fellow Speech Pathology & Audiology 1991-93

Research Interests

  • Laryngeal Dynamics (especially medial surface dynamics of the vocal folds)
  • Computer and Laboratory Modeling of Vocal Fold Vibration
  • Mechanisms of Irregular Vocal Fold Vibration
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • High-speed Digital Imaging of Vocal Fold Vibration
  • Phonosurgical Optimization of Vocal Disease
  • Validation of Traditional Measures of Glotta Volume Velocity using Direct, Invasive Measures on Laboratory Models of Phonation

Clinical Interests

  • High-speed digital imaging of the vocal folds to assess mechanisms of irregular vibration

Honors and Awards

  • Principal Investigator, NIH/NIDCD grant no. R01 DC03072 entitled "Medial Surface Dynamics of the Vocal Folds," 1997-2002
  • Co-Principal Investigator on NIH/NIDCD grant no. R01 DC04428 entitled "Phonosurgical Optimization of Sulcus Vocalis and Scarring,"
  • Co-Investigator on NIH/NIDCD grant no. R01 DC04688 entitled "Direct and Indirect Measures of Glottal Volume Velocity."

Hospital Staff Appointments

  • Director of the Laryngeal Dynamics Laboratory

Academic/Teaching Appointments

  • Division of Head and Neck Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine
  • Department of Biomedical Engineering, UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Titles

  • Associate Professor

Memberships in Scholarly or Professional Societies

  • The Acoustical Society of America
  • The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
  • The American Society of Biomechanics

Head and Neck Surgery Division


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