Dr. Mahalakshmi Sivasankar

COS Expertise®

Purdue University

Liberal Arts

Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

Assistant Professor

Mailing Address

1353 Heavilon Hall

500 Oval Drive

West Lafayette, Indiana 47907

United States

Contact Information

Phone: (765) 496-6628

Fax: (765) 494-0771

msivasankar@purdue.edu

http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~msivasan/

Qualifications

Ph.D., Northwestern University, Communication Sciences and Disorders, 2005.

Expertise and Research Interests

Vocal fold homeostasis
Hormonal regulation of vocal fold ion transport
Inflammatory processes and vocal fold ion transport
Susceptibility to benign voice disorders

Honors and Awards

2006, Advancing Academic-Research Careers Award, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

2003, Editor's Award, Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research

2003-2004, J. L. Clarke & J. Levin Dissertation Year Fellowship, Northwestern University

2001-2004, Research Travel Award, Northwestern University

2000-2004, Summer Research Fellowship, Northwestern University

2002, Travel Fellowship Award, NIDCD

1999, Pre-doctoral University Fellowship, Northwestern University

1998, Best Paper in Voice, Indian Speech and Hearing Association

Previous Positions

2004-2005, Clinical Fellow, Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital

1999, Lecturer, Institute for Cognitive Communicative Neurosciences, Speech-Language Pathology

Funding Received

National Institutes of Health (NIH): , 2008 to 2013.

National Institutes of Health (NIH): , 2008 to 2011.

Kinley Trust: , 2008 to 2009.

Purdue Alumni Association: , 2007 to 2008.

American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation; New Century Scholars Research Grant: , 2007 to 2008.

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association: , 2006 to 2008.

American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation; New Investigators Research Grant: , 2006 to 2007.

Indiana Lions Club: , 2005 to 2006.

Publications

Sivasankar, M, Nofziger, C, Blazer-Yost, B (2008) cAMP regulation of ion transport in porcine vocal fold mucosa, Laryngoscope, 118 (8), 1511-1517
Sivasankar M, Fisher KV (2008) Vocal folds detect ionic perturbations on the luminal surface: an in vitro investigation, Journal of Voice, 22 (4), 408-419
Sivasankar, M, Ivanisevic, A (2007) Atomic Force Microscopy Investigation of Vocal Fold Collagen, Laryngoscope, 117 (10), 1876-1881
Sivasankar M, Fisher KV (2007) Vocal Fold Epithelial Response to Luminal Osmotic Perturbation, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 50 (3), 886-898
Sivasankar M, Bauer JJ, Babu T, Larson CR (2005) Voice responses to changes in pitch of voice or tone auditory feedback., The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 117 (2), 850-7
Sivasankar M, Fisher KV (2003) Oral breathing challenge in participants with vocal attrition. (Editors Award), Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 46 (6), 1416-27
Sivasankar, M. (2002) Effects of Vocal fatigue on the Voice Parameters of Indian School Teachers, Indian Journal of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, 6, 44-48
Sivasankar M, Fisher KV (2002) Oral breathing increases Pth and vocal effort by superficial drying of, Journal of Voice, 16 (2), 172-81
Sivasankar, M, Blazer-Yost, B, Effects of long-acting beta agonists on vocal fold ion transport, Laryngoscope, In Press
Sivasankar, M, Erickson, E, Schneider, S, Hawes, A, Phonatory effects of oral breathing: Preliminary evidence for impaired compensation to airway dehydration in individuals with vocal fatigue., Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, In Press
Leydon, C, Sivasankar, M, Lodewyck, D, Atkins, C, Fisher, KV, Vocal fold surface hydration: A review, Journal of Voice, In Press

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Speech and Language Disorders, Speech Pathology.

Additional Terms:

Larynx, Vocal Fold Hydration, Vocal Fold Oscillation, Voice, Voice Disorders, Voice Therapy.

Profile Details

Last Updated: 11/2/2008

COS Expertise ID #981171

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