Ongoing research in the Human Sensori-motor Control (HSC) Laboratory, directed by School of Kinesiology professor Jürgen Konczak, PhD, was featured in the National Spasmodic Dysphonia Association (NSDA) newsletter Our Voice.

Over the past six years, the HSC Laboratory has investigated the use of laryngeal vibration as a non-invasive method to treat speech symptoms associated with the voice disorder spasmodic dysphonia (SD). The HSC team has established the short-term effectiveness of the approach, with about two-thirds of SD patients responding to the treatment. This research has been partially funded by the NSDA, and the research highlighted in the newsletter mentions that this is “the first grant the NSDA has funded specifically for abductor spasmodic dysphonia.” 

Read more about the effects of spasmodic dysphonia; the history of this research project, including the formation of the HSC lab’s hypothesis; and where the project is headed next. The article, “Wearable Non-Invasive Neuromodulation Technology for the Symptomatic Treatment of Spasmodic Dysphonia” can be found on page 12, in the “Research Updates” section of the newsletter.