Mosher Laryngology Research Laboratory

Opened in 1991, the laryngeal anatomy and physiology laboratory conducts basic research in laryngology. Together with the Voice and Speech laboratory, it performs grant-funded research that focuses primarily on normal and disordered voice and speech production. Projects range from basic studies of laryngeal electrophysiology and computer modeling of vocal cord vibration to clinically-based investigations of the efficacy of methods used to treat voice disorders (including the development of new laryngeal surgical approaches. Both laboratories are involved in a major effort to develop an improved artificial electrolarynx, as part of the W.M. Keck Neural Prosthesis Research Center.