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Robert E. Hillman

MGH Institute of Health Professions

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School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

MGH Institute of Health Professions

School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Robert E. Hillman is a Senior Professor at the MGH Institute of Health Professions. His research integrates audiology, speech science, and neuroscience to advance the understanding and clinical management of voice disorders. His recent work focuses on the pathophysiology of phonotraumatic vocal hyperfunction, employing ambulatory monitoring, computational modeling, and machine learning to classify phonotrauma severity and improve treatment outcomes. He has also developed acoustic-based normalization techniques for laryngeal EMG and investigated the discriminative power of the Daily Phonotrauma Index. His 2024–2025 publications appear in leading journals, including the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research and the Journal of Voice.

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audiology hearing research ophthalmology speech science acoustical engineering communication linguistics bioacoustics speech processing neuroscience otorhinolaryngology speechlanguage pathology vocal hyperfunction speech perception speech communication speech production audio electroacoustics electrophysiology clinical otolaryngology audio analysis oral biology auditory science phonology acoustic signal processing acoustic modeling speech analysis acoustic ecology psychoacoustics human performance communication disorders oral medicine applied physiology respiratory medicine voice technology engineering acoustic voice therapy phonotraumatic vocal hyperfunction hearing loss speech technology voice disorders vocal folds wearable technology larynx voice interaction oral communication laser science laryngeal high-speed videoendoscopy glottal airflow voice production vocal fold nodules avian biology cancer treatment auditory physiology voice surgery early glottic cancer relative fundamental frequency disordered voices ambulatory voice biofeedback ambulatory monitoring oral radiology mammalian biology health technology voice recognition accelerometers spoken language processing auditory modeling audio signal processing underwater acoustics glottal papillomatosis vocal nodules fluency disorders mobile computing wireless communications behavioral disorders evaluation protocol speech fluency disorder rehabilitation engineering language testing neuromuscular medicine recovery speech recognition gross anatomy language assessment surgery translational research integrative medicine neurorehabilitation spoken language technology craniofacial research music therapy maxillofacial surgery implementation research phonetics oral rehabilitation rehabilitation clinical trials aphasia craniofacial surgery diagnosis assistive technology jama psychiatry therapeutic approaches medicine

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Classifying Phonotrauma Severity From Vocal Fold Images With Soft Ordinal Regression. ArXiv.org (2025)

speech perceptionspeech analysissoundaudiologyspeech processingdiagnosisphoniatricsspeech recognitionbiostatisticsvoice surgeryspeech technologyhearing research

Effects of Recording Condition and Number of Monitored Days on the Discriminative Power of the Daily Phonotrauma Index. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research (2025)

Estimating the Pathophysiology of Phonotraumatic Vocal Hyperfunction Using Ambulatory Data and a Computational Model. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research (2025)

Simplified Vocal Efficiency Metrics Normalize Following Voice Therapy in Subgroups of Patients With Nonphonotraumatic Vocal Hyperfunction. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (2025)

speech perceptionmedicinerehabilitationspeech sciencespeech communicationspeech sound disorderscommunication disordersspeech processingclinical otolaryngologyphoniatricsnonphonotraumatic vocal hyperfunctionmusic therapy

Toward Acoustic-Based Normalization of Laryngeal Emg for Improved Interspeaker Consistency in Muscle-To-Acoustic Mapping. Journal of Voice (2025)

Acoustic Voice and Speech Biomarkers of Treatment Status During Hospitalization for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure. (2024)

Characterizing Vocal Hyperfunction Using Ecological Momentary Assessment of Relative Fundamental Frequency. Journal of Voice (2024)

Ahsan J CheemaKatherine L MarksHamzeh GhasemzadehJarrad H Van StanRobert E HillmanDaryush D Mehta

psychoacousticsrelative fundamental frequencyvocal hyperfunctionecological momentary assessmentecology

Comparing Ambulatory Voice Measures During Daily Life With Brief Laboratory Assessments in Speakers With and Without Vocal Hyperfunction. (2024)

Consistency of the Signature of Phonotraumatic Vocal Hyperfunction Across Different Ambulatory Voice Measures. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research (2024)

Floating Ball Voice Therapy: Preliminary Effects on Outcomes and Predicting Individual Patient Differences in Generalization. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research (2024)

Jarrad H. Van StanRobert E. HillmanCarol KrusemarkJason MuiseTara Stadelman-CohenDaryush D. MehtaDagmar Sternad

ball voice therapyoutcomes researchindividual patient differenceshearing researchspeechlanguage pathology

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Robert E. Hillman

MGH Institute of Health Professions

Affiliations

School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

MGH Institute of Health Professions

School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

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Notable Scholarly Works

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Classifying Phonotrauma Severity From Vocal Fold Images With Soft Ordinal Regression. ArXiv.org (2025)

speech perceptionspeech analysissoundaudiologyspeech processingdiagnosisphoniatricsspeech recognitionbiostatisticsvoice surgeryspeech technologyhearing research

Effects of Recording Condition and Number of Monitored Days on the Discriminative Power of the Daily Phonotrauma Index. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research (2025)

Estimating the Pathophysiology of Phonotraumatic Vocal Hyperfunction Using Ambulatory Data and a Computational Model. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research (2025)

Simplified Vocal Efficiency Metrics Normalize Following Voice Therapy in Subgroups of Patients With Nonphonotraumatic Vocal Hyperfunction. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (2025)

Toward Acoustic-Based Normalization of Laryngeal Emg for Improved Interspeaker Consistency in Muscle-To-Acoustic Mapping. Journal of Voice (2025)

Acoustic Voice and Speech Biomarkers of Treatment Status During Hospitalization for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure. (2024)

Characterizing Vocal Hyperfunction Using Ecological Momentary Assessment of Relative Fundamental Frequency. Journal of Voice (2024)

Ahsan J CheemaKatherine L MarksHamzeh GhasemzadehJarrad H Van StanRobert E HillmanDaryush D Mehta

psychoacousticsrelative fundamental frequencyvocal hyperfunctionecological momentary assessmentecology

Comparing Ambulatory Voice Measures During Daily Life With Brief Laboratory Assessments in Speakers With and Without Vocal Hyperfunction. (2024)

Consistency of the Signature of Phonotraumatic Vocal Hyperfunction Across Different Ambulatory Voice Measures. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research (2024)

Floating Ball Voice Therapy: Preliminary Effects on Outcomes and Predicting Individual Patient Differences in Generalization. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research (2024)

Jarrad H. Van StanRobert E. HillmanCarol KrusemarkJason MuiseTara Stadelman-CohenDaryush D. MehtaDagmar Sternad

ball voice therapyoutcomes researchindividual patient differenceshearing researchspeechlanguage pathology

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