VITA 
 January, 2000 
 
 
 
Name:      Howard B. Rothman, Ph.D. 
 
Address:   Communication Processes & Disorders 
                  P. O. Box 117420 
                  336 Dauer Hall 
                  University of Florida 
                  Gainesville, Florida  32611 
 
Phone:     (352) 392-2113, ext. 248 
E Mail:    hrothman@csd.ufl.edu 
 
Date/Place of Birth:  July 17, 1938; New York, New York, U.S.A. 
 
Marital Status:  Married, 3 dependents 
 
Rank and Department:  Professor of Speech and Undergraduate Coordinator, Department of Communication Sciences and   Disorders, University of Florida. 
Member, Mind Machine Interaction Research Center,   Department of Electrical Engineering, University of   Florida. 
 
Degrees:  B.A.  City College of New York - 1961- Music 
          M.A.  New York University -1964 - Speech Pathology 
          Ph.D. Stanford University - 1971 - Hearing & Speech Sciences 
Honors: 
Member, Sigma Xi 
 Member, Board of Judges, UF Program of the President's Scholars 
 Listed in 13th Register of Experts in Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, 1979. 
Appointed to Council of Representatives, International  Society of Phonetic Sciences,1979-1982 
Teacher of the Year Award, 1980, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Florida 
Teacher of the Year Award, 1982, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Florida 
Who's Who Among Human Services Professionals, National Reference Institute, Washington, D.C. 1986.
American Men and Women of Science, Jacques Cattell    Press, 16th Edition 
Member, University of Florida Review Committee for     Research Development Award Competition.
Teacher of the Year Award, 1990, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Florida 
Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 1st Edition, Marquis Who's Who, MacMillan Directory Division, Illinois, 1991-92. 
Listed, 5th Edition of the International Directory of Distinguished Leadership, 1994-95. 
Recipient, University of Florida TIP award for excellence in teaching. 
Anderson/CLAS Scholar Faculty Honoree, 1996 and 1997. 
Listed in 8th Edition of the International Directory of Distinguished Leadership, American Biographical Institute 1997-98. 
Memberships:  
 
American Speech, Language and Hearing Association; 
Acoustical Society of America; American Institute of Physics; 
American Association of Phonetic Sciences; 
New  York  Academy  of  Sciences, 1974-1997; 
International Society of Phonetic  Sciences; 
Academy  for the Forensic Application of the Communication Sciences; 
Medical Arts International. 
 
Major Research Interests: 
Acoustic Phonetics, Speech Perception, Underwater 
Communication, Speech of the Laryngectomized, Speaker 
Identification, Singing Voice, Speech of the Deaf. 
 
Grants: 
Co-Principal Investigator, NIH Program Project Grants, wrote sections on research with deaf speech, tone languages, speaker identification and contributed to general areas involving programs in voice and acoustic phonetics, 1970-1977. 
Principal Investigator, Research on Speaker Identification, University of Florida, Division of Sponsored Research, $12,000, 5-22-74 through 6-30-79. 
Co-Principal Investigator, Veterans Administration Grant for the Development and Evaluation of a New  Artificial  Larynx, $270,150, 1978-1982. 
Co-Principal Investigator, Easter Seal Research Grant, Temporal/Articulatory Factors Related to the Intelligibility of Deaf Speakers,  $14,948, 1-1-82 through 1-1-83. 
Principal Investigator, Effect of Menstruation on the Professional Female Voice, Division of Sponsored Research, $6,116, March, 1984. 
 Principal Investigator, Changes in Vibrato:  Perceptual and  Acoustic  aspects, Division of Sponsored Research, Research  Development Award,  University of Florida, $15,734/00. August,  1988 - August 1989. 
 Principal Investigator, Graduate Research Assistant Support Program, Division of Sponsored Research, $4,680.00, January 4, 1991-August 9, 1991. 
 Principal Investigator, Establishment of Undergraduate Instrumentation Laboratories, National Science Foundation, $20,035 with Matching Funds of $20,600.50 from University of  Florida's Division of Sponsored Research and College of  Liberal Arts & Sciences, Aug. 1994 to May, 1996. 
 
Academic Experience: 
VRA Trainee, Department of Hearing and Speech Science, Stanford University, 1964-1969. Research Instructor, Communication Sciences Laboratory, University of Florida, 1969-1970. 
Assistant Professor, Department of Speech, University of  Florida, 1971-1976; Communication Sciences Laboratory, 1971-1975; Institute for Advanced Study of the Communication   Processes, 1975-1976. 
Associate Professor, Department of Speech, University of Florida, 1976-1987. 
 Professor, Department of Speech, University of Florida, 1988-  present. 
 Invited Lecturer, NSF Summer Research Participation Program   for Secondary School Students, July 1971 ? July 1972,    July 1975 ? July 1979. 
Member, Curriculum Committee, Scientist?in?the?Sea Training   Program, 1972. 
Member, Speech Department Curriculum Committee, 1975?1976; 1982?present. 
Member, Communication Sciences Laboratory Equipment/Shop Committee and Committee to Develop Frequency Domain Instrumentation, Dive Board and Academic Committee, 1973-1975. 
Chairman, Speech Department Student Petition and Appeals Committee, 1975-1976. 
Member, Speech Department Academic Committee, 1975-1979. 
Member, Isser & Rae Price Library of Judaica Advisory Committee, 1978-present. 
Member, Speech Department Salary Policy Advisory Committee, 1979-1981. 
Member, Speech Department Search and Screen Committee, 1981-1982. 
Undergraduate Coordinator, Speech Department, 1981-present. 
Member, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Committee, l98l-l983. 
Chairman, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Committee, l983-1988, 1990. 
Chairman, Speech Department Advisory Committee on Travel Requests, 1982. 
Member, Speech Department Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1980-l985. 
Member, Liberal Arts and Sciences Assembly Nominating Committee, 1982-1984. 
Chairman, Speech Department Salary Policy Advisory Committee, 1982-1984, 1986-present. 
Member, Speech Department Committee to Investigate Thesis/No Thesis Option, 1982. 
Member, Speech Department Self Study Steering Committee, l984-l985. 
Member, University of Florida Academic Honesty Task Force, 1993-94. 
Chair, Departmental TIP Award Committee, 1994-95. 
Chair, Departmental Neurogenics Search Committee, 1994-95. 
Mentor, Departmental Research Productivity for Assistant Professors, 1993 to present. 
Appointed to University Senate, August, 1994 to July, 1996. 
Appointed, alternate member to the UF Institutional Review Board, Sept. 1994. 
Assistant Director of Academic Services, Institute for  Advanced Study of the Communication Processes, 1994. 
Mentor, Departmental Teaching Proficiency for Assistant  Professors, 1995 to present. 
Teaching Experience: 
 
     SPA 3001     Survey of Communication Disorders 
     SPA 3011     Acoustics of Speech 
     SPA 4210     Voice Disorders 
     SPA 6145     Experimental Phonetics II 
     SCH  360     Lecturer on Acoustic Phonetics and Underwater 
                          Communication 
     SPC 2260     Oral Interpretation and Criticism 
     LIN 2701     Introduction to Psycholinguistics 
     LIN 2711     Phonetic Theory 
     LIN 3221     Sounds of Human Language 
     LIN 7295     Seminar in Experimental Phonetics 
     CCJ 4934     Forensic Communications 
     HUM 2930   Integrative Studies Program 
     BES 2411     Cybernetics and Society 
     SPA 5011     Speech Acoustics 
     SPC 4931     Honors in Speech 
     SPA 2024     Human Communication Dynamics 
     IDH 2931     Human Communication Dynamics ? Honors 
 
      In addition to the above, I have chaired numerous Ph.D. dissertation and Master's thesis committees and served as a member of many dissertation and theses committees in both Communication Sciences and Disorders, Psychology, Linguistics and Electrical Engineering. 
 
State University System Activities: 
 
     Chairman, Florida Students Abroad in Israel, Spring 1977-1979. 
 
Professional Experience: 
 
Aphasia Therapist, Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, New York, 1963-1964. 
Invited principal for presentation of lectures and directing research, Scientist-in-the-Sea Training Program sponsored by the Sea Grant and MUST Programs of NOAA, the Naval Coastal Systems Laboratory and the State University System of Florida, November 1970-June 1972. 
Invited principal and participant, Scientist-in-the-Sea Symposium, Gainesville, Florida, April 1971. 
Invited principal BUMED?ONR sponsored Helium Speech Workshop, New London, Connecticut, August 1971. 
Participant, Man's Performance in the Sea Seminar, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, September 1969. 
Chairman, Publications Committee, Scientist-in-the-Sea Training Program, 1972. 
Chairman, Communication Sciences Laboratory Reorganization Committee, 1973-1974. 
Chairman, Institute for Advanced Study of the Communication Processes Organizational Committee, 1974-1975. 
Member, Executive Committee, Institute for Advanced Study of the Communication Processes, 1975-1979. 
Consultant, Conquest Marketing Company, Costa  Mesa, California, 1978-1979. 
Consultant, Tallahassee Police Department, 1977-1980. 
Acting Director, Institute for Advanced Study of the Communication Processes, August-September 1978. 
Invited faculty, Voice Science:  The New Frontier in Singing.  A Summer Workshop for Voice Teachers sponsored by the Voice Foundation, IASCP, and the Department of        Music, June 17?29, 1979, Gainesville, Florida. 
Member, 1980 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention Program Committee, Speech Science section,  November 16?19, 1980. 
Chairman, Working Task Force for Evaluating Spectrograms and Voice-print Techniques, Academy for the Forensic Application of the Communication Sciences (AFACS), December 1979-1982. 
Consultant, Department of Neurology Grant Proposal, Emotional Disorders Induced by Hemispheric Dysfunction, 1980-present. 
Member, 1984 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention Scientific Exhibits Committee. 
Panels: 
 
Invited participant in a debate with Dr. Oscar Tosi on the issue of "Voiceprints" for speaker identification  purposes.  Pro: Oscar Tosi; Con: Howard Rothman, International Phonetic Sciences Congress, Miami Beach, Florida, December 1977. 
Discussion of Positions and Issues regarding speaker recognition.  Invited participant at the Academy for Forensic Application of the Communication Sciences (AFACS) Interdisciplinary Symposium "Voice Analysis on Trial", Salt Lake City, Utah, November 30 - December 1, 1979. 
Judge, Alachua County Science/Engineering Fair, March 1983. 
 Judge, Florida High School Student Competition for entering Florida Blue Key Society, March, 1994. 
 Judge, University of Florida Graduate Student Research Papers, March, 1994. 
 
 
 
Exhibits: 
 
Development of a New Artificial Electronic Larynx:  2nd Annual Interagency conference on Rehabilitation Engineering, Atlanta, Georgia, August 26-31, 1979. 
      American Speech?Language?Hearing Association Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, November 16-19, 1979. 
     
    Court Testimony: 
     
         Qualified as expert witness in Federal Court, Western District of Tennessee, Eighth Judicial Circuit of Florida and Northern District of California. 
     
    Extension Program Activities: 
     
         Taught through Santa Fe Community College:  Classical Listening for Pleasure, 1974-1977. 
     
    Major Civic and Social Organization Activities: 
     
      Chairman, Board of Directors, B'nai Brith Hillel Foundation, l976-79,1983-1988, 1990-1997. 
      Member, Board of Directors, B'nai Brith Hillel Foundation,l971-present. 
      Chairman, Publications and Radio Production Committees, and Chairman, Concert Selection Committee, Pro Arte Musica, Inc., l971-1988. 
      Member, Gainesville Cultural Commission, l978?79. 
      Commentator for WRUF?FM, Classical Listening for      Pleasure, l974?79. 
      Commentator for Cable Radio l0l, Masterpieces of Music, l979-8l. 
      Producer and Commentator for WUFT?FM, Classics for Pleasure, l98l-l983. 
      Member, Congregation B'nai Israel Education Committee, l982-1988. 
      Member, Gainesville Chamber Orchestra Advisory Board, l984-1994. 
      Foreman, Alachua County Grand Jury, October l985 - April l986. 
      Vice-President, North Central Region of the Florida Hillel Council, 1993 to present. 
      Member, Florida Hillel Council Task Force on Jewish Campus Life in Florida, 1994-95. 
      Teacher, B'nai Israel Day School, Music Appreciation for 3rd and 4th graders. 
      Teacher, B'nai Israel Hebrew High School, The Holocaust and its Importance for Jews Today, 1989-present. 
      Teacher, B'nai israel Hebrew High School, The Shtetl: Past and Future Cultural Significance. 
     
    Major Publications: 
     
  • Hollien, H., Coleman, R. F., and Rothman, H. B., Further Evaluation of Diver Communication Systems,  Proceedings of the Institute of Electrical Engineers International Conference on Engineering in the Ocean Environment, l:24-36, l970. 
  • Hollien, H., Coleman, R. F. and Rothman, H. B., Evaluation of Diver Communication Systems by a Diver-to-Diver Technique,  IEEE Transactions on Communication Technology, COM-l9, 4:403-409, August l97l. 
  • Hollien, H., Rothman, H.B., Studies of Diver Communication and Retrieval: Scientists-in-the-Sea: Tektite  II,  J.W. Miller, J.G. Van Derwalker and R.A. Waller, Editors, U.S.Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., (U.S. Government Printing Office Stock Number 2400-0682), August, l97l. 
  • Rothman,  H.B. and Hollien, H., An Investigation of HeO2 Speech Unscramblers Under controlled Conditions, Processing Helium Speech: Proceedings of a Navy-Sponsored Workshop, August l97l, R.L. Sergeant and T. Murray, editors, Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory Report 708, May l972, 39-52.
  • Rothman, H.B. and Hollien, H., Phonetic Distortion in the HeO2 Environment, Proceedings, VII International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, The Hague:  Mouton and Company, 589-597, l972. 
  • Giordano, T.A., Rothman, H.B., and Hollien, H., Helium Speech Unscramblers:  A Critical Review of the State-of-the-Art, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Transactions on Audioacoustics Technology, AU-2l,  l973,  436-444. 
  • Rothman, H.B., and Hollien, H., "Evaluation of  Helium Speech Unscramblers Under controlled Conditions," Marine Technology Society Journal, 8:35-44, l974.
  • Hollien, H., Feinstein, S.H., Rothman, H.B. and Hollien P., The Auditory Sensitivity of Divers at High Pressures, Chapter in Underwater Physiology V, C. Lambertsen, Ed.) FASEB, Bethesda, MD., l976, 665-674. 
  • Hollien, H. and Rothman, H.B., "Diver Communication,"  Chapter in Underwater Research, E.A. Drew, John Lythgoe and John Woods, Editors, Academic Press, l-80, l976. 
  • Rothman, H.B., An Acoustic Investigation of Consonant-Vowel Transitions in the Speech of Deaf Adults, Journal of Phonetics, 4: 95-l02, l976. 
  • Majewski, W., Rothman, H.B. and Hollien, H., Acoustic Comparisons of American English and Polish, Journal of Phonetics, 5:247-252, l977. 
  • Rothman, H.B., An Electromyographic Investigation of Articulation and Phonation Patterns in the Speech of Deaf Adults, Journal of Phonetics, 5:39-376, l977. 
  • Rothman, H.B., The Decoding of Speech from Tape Recordings, Proceedings: l977 Carnahan Conference on Crime Countermeasures, Lexington, KY, 63-67, l977. 
  • Rothman,  H.B., Interpreting the Laryngeal Models of Ingo Titze, Transcripts of Sixth Symposium, Care of the Professional Voice, The Juilliard School, New York City, N.Y., 54-56, June ll-l5, l977. 
  • Rothman, H.B., A Perceptual (Aural) and Spectrographic Identification of Talkers with Similar Sounding Voices, Proceedings: l977 International Conference on Crime Countermeasures-Science and Engineering, Oxford, England, 37-42, July 25-29, l977. 
  • Rothman, H.B., Analyzing Artificial Electronic Larynx Speech, Chapter in The Artificial Larynx Handbook, S. Salmon and L. Goldstein, Editors, New  York: Grune & Stratton, 87-lll, l978. 
  • Brown, W. S., Rothman, H.B., and Williams, W.M., Physiological Differentiation Between Singers and Non-Singers, Transcripts of the Seventh Symposium for the Care of the Professional Voice, The Juilliard School, New York City, The Voice Foundation, ll-l8, June l978. 
  • Rothman, H.B., Further Analysis of Talkers with Similar Sounding Voices, Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, Vol. 9: Current Issues in the Phonetic Sciences, Amsterdam-John Benjamins B.V., l979. 
  • Rothman, H.B., Neilsen, K. and Hicks, J.W., Jr., Perceptual Classification of Voice Movements, Transcripts of the Eighth Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice, Part I, the Voice Foundation, New York, N.Y., 57-59, June l979. 
  • Rothman, H.B., Neilsen, K. and Hicks, J.W., Jr., Perceptual and Acoustic Analysis of Vocal Tones, Transcripts of the Ninth Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice, Part I, the Voice Foundation, New York, N.Y., 84-88, June l980. 
  • Large, J. and Rothman, H.B., Electrical Analogs of the Vocal System:  Application to Singing, Journal of Research in Singing, lll, 24-40, l980. 
  • Rothman, H.B., Gelfand, R., Hollien, H. and Lambertsen, C.J., "Speech Intelligibility at High Helium-Oxygen Pressures," Undersea Biomedical Research, 7:l8-26, l980. 
  • Rothman, H.B., Acoustic Analysis of Artificial Electronic Larynx Speech, Chapter in Electroacoustic Analysis and Enhancement of Alaryngeal Speech, A. Sekey, Editor, Charles C. Thomas,  95-ll8, l982. 
  • Rothman, H.B., Speaking After Losing Your Voice, Chapter in The Linguistic Connection, Jean Casagrande, Editor, University Press of America, 2l5-238, l983. 
  • Isenberger, H., Brown, W.S. and Rothman, H.B., Effects of Menstruation on the Singing Voice, Part II:  Further developments in research, Transcripts of the Twelfth Symposium for the Care of the Professional Voice, The Juilliard School, New York City, NY, The Voice Foundation, Part I, ll7-l23, June l983. 
  • Brown, W.S., Goldberg, D., and Rothman, H.B., An Acoustic Study of the Intelligible Utterances of Deaf Speakers,  Transcripts of the XIXth Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Vol. 2, 477- 482, l983. 
  • Merwin, G., Goldstein, L. and Rothman, H.B., A Comparison of Speech Using Artificial Larynx and Tracheoesophageal Puncture with Valve in the Same Speaker, Laryngoscope, 95, June l985, 730-734. 
  • Rothman, H.B., and Timberlake, C., Perceptual Evaluation of Singers' Vibrato, Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Symposium:  Care of the Professional Voice, The Juilliard school, New York City, New York, The Voice Foundation, l984. 
  • Rothman, H.B., Varying Vibrato:  Is it Rate or Extent?, Proceedings of the Fourteenth Symposium for the Care of  the Professional Voice, New York City, NY, The Voice Foundation, 75-78, l986. 
  • Rothman, H.B. and Brown, W. S., The Menstrual Cycle and Its Relationship to the Highly Stressed Female Voice, Proceedings of the Fifteenth Symposium for the Care of the Professional Voice, New  York City, NY, The  Voice Foundation, ll4-l23, l986. 
  • Rothman, H.B., Vibrato: What is it?, The NATS Journal, 43, l6-l9, l987. 
  • Rothman, H.B. and Arroyo, A.A., Acoustic Variability in Vibrato and Its Perceptual Significance, Journal of Voice, l, l23-l4l, l987. 
  • Murry, T., Brown, W.S., Rothman, H.B, Judgements of Voice Quality and Preference:  Acoustic Interpretations, Journal  of Voice, 1, 1987, 252-257. 
  • Rothman, H.B., The Case Against the Use of Voicegram Analysis, Chapter in Voice Analysis on Trial, Wayne A. Lea, Editor, Charles C. Thomas, in press. 
  • Kim, U.T. Lombardino, L.J., Rothman, H.B. and B. Vinson, Effects of Symbolic Play Intervention With Children Who Have Mental Retardation, Mental Retardation, 27: 159-165, 1989. 
  • Rothman, H.B., Rullman, F. and Arroyo, A.A., Inter- and Intra-Subject Changes in Vibrato: Perceptual and Acoustic Aspects, The Journal of Voice, 4: 309-316, 1990. 
  • Rothman, Howard B., Research on Voice Productions From Diverse Traditions, Journal of Synagogue Music, Vol. XXI, Dec. 1991, 5-12. 
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    Minor Publications: 
          Numerous non-refereed publications and abstracts. 
    Invited Papers: 
     
  •  Rothman, H.B., An Acoustic and Electromyographic Investigation of Consonant?Vowel Transitions in the Speech of Deaf  Adults, Invited Paper presented at the 83rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Buffalo, NY, April l972. 
  • Rothman, H.B., Forensic Issues Concerning "Voiceprint" Identification, Invited Paper presented at the 45th Annual Convention of the Southern Speech Communication Association Convention, Tallahassee, FL, April 2-4, l975. 
  • Rothman, H.B., The Decoding of Speech from Tape Recordings, Invited  Paper presented at the l977 Carnahan Conference on Crime  Countermeasures, Lexington, KY, April 7, l977. 
  • Rothman, H.B., A Further Perceptual (Aural) and Spectrographic investigation of Talkers with Similar Sounding Voices, Invited Paper presented at the l977 International Phonetic Sciences Congress, Miami Beach, FL, December l7-l9, l977. 
  • Rothman, H.B., Interpreting the Laryngeal Models of Ingo Titze, Invited Paper presented at the Sixth Juilliard Symposium: The Care of the Professional Voice, The Juilliard School, New York City, June l3-l7, l977. 
  • Rothman, H.B., Neilsen, K. and Hicks, J.W., Analysis of Vocal  Movements, Invited Paper presented at the Eighth Juilliard Symposium on the Care of the Professional Voice, The Juilliard School, New York City, June ll-l5, l979. 
  • Rothman, H.B., The Case Against the Use of the Voicegram Analysis, Invited Paper presented at the Academy for Forensic Application of the Communication Sciences (AFACS)  Interdisciplinary Symposium, Voice Analysis on Trial, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 30 - December l, l979. 
  • Rothman, H.B., Acoustic Analysis of Artificial Electronic Larynx  Speech, Invited Paper presented at the Conference  on Electroacoustic Analysis and Enhancement of Laryngectomee Speech, Santa Barbara, CA, June l980. 
  • Rothman, H.B., Neilsen, K. and Hicks, J.W.,Jr., Perceptual  and Acoustic Analysis of Vocal Tones, Invited paper presented at the Ninth Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice, Part  I, the Voice Foundation, New York, N.Y., 84-88, June l980. 
  • Rothman, H.B., Acoustics of Voice Production as Related to the singing Voice, Invited  Paper presented to the NATS Southeastern Regional Conference, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL, June l982. 
  • Rothman, H.B., Anatomy, Physiology and Acoustics of Voice Production, Invited Headliner Presentation to the 9th Annual Iowa Choral Directors Association Summer Convention  and Choral Symposium, Mason City, Iowa, July l983. 
  • Rothman,  H.B., Normal Motor Speech Physiology, Invited Paper presented at the Southeast Regional Conference of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Kissimmee, FL, July 9, l984. 
  •  Rothman, H.B., and Timberlake, C., Perceptual Evaluation of Singers' Vibrato, Invited Paper presented at the 13th Annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice, The Juilliard School of Music, New York, NY, June l2, l984. 
  • Rothman, H.B., Varying  Vibrato:  Is It Rate or Extent?, Invited Paper presented at the l4th Annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice, The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Denver, CO, June l0, l985. 
  • Rothman, H.B., and Brown, W.  S.,  The Menstrual Cycle and Its  Relationship to the Highly Stressed Female Voice, Invited Paper presented at the l4th Annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice, The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Denver, CO, June l0, l985. 
  • Rothman, H.B. and Arroyo, A. A., Acoustic Variability in Vibrato and its Perceptual Significance, Invited Paper presented at the l5th Annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice, The Juilliard School of Music, New York, NY, June 2?6, l986. 
  • Murry, T., Brown, W. S. and Rothman, H.B., Judgements of Voice Quality and Preference: Acoustic Interpretations, Invited Paper presented at  the l5th Annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice, The Juilliard School of Music, New York, NY, June 2?6, l986. 
  • Rothman, H. B., Rullman, J.F. and Arroyo, A.A., Inter- and Intra-Subject Changes in Vibrato:  Perceptual and Acoustic Aspects, Journal of Voice, 4, 1990, 309-316. 
  • Rothman, H.B., Research on Voice Productions from Diverse Traditions, Journal of Synagogue Music, XXI, 1991, 5-12. 
  • Brown, W.S.,JR., Rothman, H.B., Sapienza, C. and Jarman, N, Perceptual and Acoustic Study of Professionally Trained Versus Untrained Voices, Paper presented at the 26th Annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice, Phila., Pa., June, 1997. 
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    Seminars Presented: 
  •  Use of Research Instrumentation to Objectify and Quantify Speech and Voice Disorders.  Tel Hashomer Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, January 3, 1989. 
  • Acoustics of Voice Production in the Singing Voice.  Beit Shmuel, Hebrew Union College, Jerusalem, January 9, 1989. 
  • Establishing Models for the "Good" Speaking Voice.  Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, March 14, 1989. 
  • The Singing Voice as an Example of the Exceptional Voice:  Past and Current Research.  Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, April 4, 1989. 
  • Dynamic Aspects of Speech Production in the Deaf.  Israel Speech and Hearing Association, Gates of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, April 11, 1989. 
    • Papers 
     
  • Hollien, H., Hollien, P., and Rothman, H.B., Divers' Work  Effectiveness With and Without Underwater Communication Systems, Paper presented at the Seventh International Conference on Underwater Education, Miami Beach, FL  September, 1975. 
  • Hollien, H., Coleman, R., and Rothman, H.B., Further Evaluation of Diver Communication Systems, Paper presented at the 1970 IEEE International Conference on Engineering in the Ocean Environment, Panama City, FL, September 1970.
  • Hollien, H., Rothman, H.B. and Hollien, P., Effectiveness of Work by Divers With and Without Communication, Paper presented at the 81st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Washington, D.C., April 1971. 
  • Rothman, H.B. and Hollien, H., Evaluation of Helium-Processing Systems, Paper presented at the BUMED-ONR Sponsored Workshop on the Processing of Helium Speech, Groton, Connecticut, August 18-20, 1971. 
  • Rothman, H.B. and Hollien, H., Evaluation of Helium-Processing Systems, Paper presented at the 7th Annual Conference and Exposition, Marine Technology Society, Washington, D.C., August 16-18, 1971.
  • Rothman, H.B., Hollien, H., Phonetic Distortions in the HeO2 Environment, Paper presented at the International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Montreal, Canada, August 22-28, 1971. 
  • Rothman, H.B. and Hollien, H., Evaluations of HeO2 Speech  Unscramblers, Paper presented at the 2nd Annual Diving Safety Symposium, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 1971. 
  • Hollien, H., Rothman, H.B. and Feinstein, S.H., Research Program in Underwater Communication, National Park Service Scuba Seminar, Biscayne National Monument, Homestead, FL, February 2, 1972.
  • Hollien, H., Feinstein, S.H., Rothman, H.B., and Hollien, P., The Auditory Sensitivity of Divers at High Pressures, 5th Symposium on Underwater Physiology, Freeport, British Bahamas, August 25, 1972. 
  • Hollien, H., Feinstein, S.H., Rothman, H.B., and Hollien, P., The Auditory Sensitivity of Divers at High Pressures, 5th Symposium on Underwater Physiology, Freeport, British Bahamas, August 25, 1972. 
  • Rothman, H.B., Hollien, H. and Hollien, P., Helium Speech  Unscramblers: A Critical-Review, Paper presented at the 84th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Miami Beach, FL, November 29, 1972. 
  • Rothman, H.B., Feinstein, S.H. and Hollien, H., Scientist-in-the-Sea: A Training Program, Paper presented at the First Convention of the American Association of Phonetic Sciences, Miami Beach, FL, November 27, 1972. 
  • Rothman, H.B., Underwater Speech: Equipment Development or Diver Training, Paper presented at the Second Convention of the American Association of Phonetic Sciences, Detroit, Michigan, October 11, 1973. 
  • Feinstein, S., Hollien, H. and Rothman, H.B., Some Contributions of the Communication Sciences to the Diving Community, Paper presented at the Third Scientific Symposium of Confederation Mondiale Des Activities Subaquatiques, London, England, October 1973. 
  • Hollien, H., Feinstein, S.H., Rothman, H.B. and Hollien P., "Underwater Sonar Systems (Passive) in Humans," Speech Communication Seminar, Stockholm, Sweden, August 1-3, 1974. 
  • Rothman, H.B., Research Concerning Perceptual Aspects of Speaker Identification, Paper presented at the 45th Annual Convention of the Southern Speech Communication Association Convention, Tallahassee, FL, April 2-4, 1975. 
  • Rothman, H.B., Voiceprint Matching as Performed by Members of the International Association of Voiceprint Identifiers, Paper presented at American Association of Phonetic Sciences, San Francisco, CA, November 3, 1975.
  • Hollien, P., Hollien, H. and Rothman, H.B., Shifts in Vowels Formants and Fundamental Frequency Resulting from HeO2/P Environments, Paper presented at American Association of Phonetic Sciences, San Francisco, CA, November 3, 1975. 
  • Rothman, H.B., A perceptual (Aural) and Spectrographic  Investigation of Speaker Homogeneity, Paper presented at the 90th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, November 4-7, 1975, San Francisco, CA. 
  • Rothman, H.B., A Perceptual (Aural) and Spectrographic  Investigation of Homogeneous Speech Patterns, Paper presented at the Eight International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Leeds, England, August 17-23, 1975.
  • Hollien, P., Rothman, H.B. and Hollien, H., Effects of  Communication Upon Work by Divers, Paper presented at the Eighth International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Leeds, England, August 17-23, 1975. 
  • Hollien, H., Hollien, P. and Rothman, H.B., Diver's work  Effectiveness With and Without Underwater Communication Systems, Paper presented at the Seventh International Conference on Underwater Education, Miami Beach, FL, September 26, 1975. 
  • Goldstein, L.P. and Rothman, H.B., Measurement and Analysis of Artificial Larynx Speech, Paper presented at Veterans Administration Southeastern Regional Medical Education Conference, Birmingham, Alabama, January 21-23, 1976. 
  • Rothman, H.B. and Hayden, M., An Acoustic, Physiologic and  Perceptual comparison Between Normal and Ventriloguial Speech, Paper presented at American Association of Phonetic Sciences, San Diego, CA, November 15, 1976. 
  • Rothman, H.B. and Goldstein, L.P., Analysis of Speech produced with an Artificial Larynx, Paper presented at 92nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Diego, CA, November 19, 1976. 
  • Goldstein, L.P. and Rothman, H.B., Analysis of Speech produced with an Artificial Larynx, Paper presented at the American Speech and Hearing Association Annual Convention, Houston, Texas, November 23, 1976. 
  • Rothman, H.B., A Perceptual (Aural) and Spectrographic  Identification of Talkers with Similar Sounding Voices, Paper presented at the Second International Conference, Crime Countermeasures-Sciences and Engineering, Oxford, England, July 1977. 
  • Brown, W.S., Goldberg, D. and Rothman, H.B., Aerodynamic/Timing Factors Related to the Intelligibility of Deaf Speakers, Paper presented at the 104th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Orlando, FL, November 1982. 
  • Merwin, G., Goldstein, L. and Rothman, H.B., Comparison of Speech Using Artificial Larynx and Tracheoesophageal Puncture with Valve in the Same Speaker, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana, October 1982. 
  • Rothman, H.B., Goldstein, L.P. and Flynn, P.A., Intelligibility of Electronic Larynx Speech as Produced Over the Telephone, Paper presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, San Francisco, CA, November 16, 1985. 
  • Goldstein, L.P., Merwyn, G.E. and Rothman, H.B., Intrasubject Comparisons of Artificial Larynx and Tracheoesophageal Puncture Speech, Paper presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, San Francisco, CA, November 16, 1985. 
  •  Rothman, H.B. and Arroyo, A.A., Acoustic Parameters of Violin Vibrato, Paper presented at the 112th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Anaheim, CA, December 11, 1986. 
  • Brown, W.S., Jr., Rothman, H.B., Sapienza, C. and Jarman, Nikole, Perceptual and Acoustic Study of Professionally Trained Versus Untrained Voices, Paper presented at the 26th Annual Symposium:  Care of the Professional Voice, Phila, Pa., June, 1997. 
  • McCann, M.E., Rothman, H.B. and Brown, W.S., Jr., Acoustic Changes from Speaking to Singing in Singers and Nonsingers, Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, Ma., November, 1997. 
  • Rothman, H.B., Brown, W.S.,Jr., Sapienza, C. and Morris, R., Acoustic Analyses of Trained Singers perceptually Identified From Speaking Samples, paper presented at the 27th Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice, Phildelphia, PA, June, 1998. 
  • Rothman, H.B., Vincent, K., Comparing Historical and Contemporary Opera Singers with Historical and Contemporary Jewish Cantors, paper presented at the 27th Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice, Philadelphia, PA, June, 1998. 
  • Rothman, H.B., Brown, W.S., Jr. and Lafond, R., Spectral changes due to performance environment in singers, nonsingers and actors, Paper presented at the 28th annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice, Phil., PA, June, 1999. 
  • Mendes-Schwartz, A., Rothman, H.B., Brown, W.S., Jr. and Sapienza, C., Longitudinal study of acoustic changes in voice students, Paper presented at the 28th annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice, Phil., PA, June, 1999. 
  • Mendes-Schwartz, A., Rothman, H.B., Sapienza, C. and Brown, W.S., Jr., Acoustic and temporal effects of vocal training, Paper presented at the ASHA Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA., Nov. 1999. 
  • Diaz, J.A., Rothman, H.B. and Arroyo, A.A., A mathematical model of singers’ vibrato based on waveform analysis, Paper presented at the semi-annual convention of the Acoustical Society of America, Cincinnati, OH, Oct. 1999. 
 

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