Sarah is an active researcher in the field of 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 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. (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
