Laura Toles

Laura Toles is a speech-language pathologist and researcher specializing in voice disorders, with affiliations to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Her work focuses on vocal hyperfunction, phonotrauma, and ambulatory voice monitoring.

• Undergraduate: University of North Texas (2006), Speech-Language Pathology
• Graduate: University of North Texas (2010), Speech-Language Pathology
• Fellowships: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2011), MGH Institute of Health Professions (2021)

Her research explores biomechanical and acoustic correlates of vocal disorders, with recent studies on telehealth interventions, vocal effort, and spatiotemporal analysis of hyperfunctional voices. She has contributed to clinical outcome metrics for voice surgery and therapy.

Her 15 most recent publications (2022–2025) emphasize ambulatory monitoring, stimulability testing, and machine learning applications in voice classification. Collaborative work spans institutions like Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.