Sarah is an active researcher in the field of voice SCIENCE and applications in clinical voice rehabilitation.

Her research areas include:

• the effects of the menstrual cycle on the voice

• portable videostroboscopy technnology and applications

• clinical terminology use in voice therapy

• belting and other singing voice topics

• pitch perception

Sarah collaborates extensively with the team at the Sean Parker Institute for the Voice (Dr. Anais Rameau, Dr. James Curtis, Dr. Lucian Sulica, Dr. Babak Sadoughi, and Dr. Christine Clark) as well as pursuing cross-institution collaborations through Dr. Aaron Johnson’s Lab at New York University Langone Health and with clinical researchers at the University of Illinois, Mass Eye & Ear Infirmary, and University of South Florida. Sarah also continues to work with singing pedagogue-researchers and strongly believes in the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration to foster clinical and real-world applications of research findings.

Publications and Presentations

Kervin, S.R., Mahalingham, S., Aviles, C., & Titze, I. (2024). Chapter 9: Hormone Upregulation and the Voice [book chapter]. In: Vocalization for General Health. Project sponsored by the Pan American Vocology Association. National Center for Voice and Speech (NCVS): Clearfield, UT. (In press)

Kervin, S. R., Harris, K. J., Urbano, M., & Curtis, J. A. (2024). The Relationship Between Speech-Language Pathologists' Perceptions of Clinical Terminology and Its Use in Voice Therapy with Adults. Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation, S0892-1997(24)00241-8. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2024.07.030

Kervin S. R. (2023). The Key to Singing Off-Key: The Trained Singer and Pitch Perception Distortion. Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation, S0892-1997(22)00417-9. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2022.12.016