Publications

Below, you’ll find my writing organized by publication type. Links to publications are listed where copyright allows. Note that for many publications, the link is to the post-print, meaning it is the accepted, peer-reviewed version of the manuscript that has not yet been formatted for publication.

If you have questions about any of the publications below, please feel free to email me.

10. Young, E. D., Ferguson, S. H., & Morgan, S. D. (2026). Pitch Variability, Speaking Rate, and Low-Amplitude Modulation Affect Perception of Anger in Clear Speech. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 159, 1359-1372. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0042447

9. Kim, D., Young, E. D., Morrison, R. A., Smeltzer, J.C., & Shembel, A. C. (2026). Clinician Perceptions of Phonatory-Respiratory Kinematic Patterns in Primary Muscle Tension Dysphonia.  Journal of Voice. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2025.12.032

8. Coleman, R. E., Young, E. D., Sussman, S., Toles, L., & Sulica, L. (2025). Use of Stimulability Testing Among Laryngologists: High Value, High Variability. Journal of Voice. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2025.10.001

7. Picou, E. M., Morgan, S., Young, E. D., & Gustafson, S. J. (2025). Effects of stimulus amplitude-scaling approach on emotional responses to non-speech sounds. PLOS One. 20(7), e0328659. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0328659  

6. Ferguson, S. H., Smalley, T., Bennion, S., & Young, E. D. (2025). The Role of Voice Fundamental Frequency in the Perception of Anger in Clear Speech. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 10(5), 1616-1623. https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_PERSP-24-00311

5. Morgan, S. D., Picou, E. M., Young, E. D., & Gustafson, S. J. (2025). Relationship between auditory distraction and emotional dimensionality for non-speech sounds. Ear and Hearing, 46(4), 983-996, https://doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000001643

Note: Post-print will be available after a 12-month embargo period (Dec 2025)

4. Young, E. D., Morgan, S. D., & Ferguson, S. H. (2025). Talker Differences in Perceived Emotion in Clear and Conversational Speech. American Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 68(3), 1263-1276. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_JSLHR-24-00325 

3. Young, E. D., Ferguson, S. H., Brewer, L. M., Schiedermayer, B. F., Brown, S. M., & Leither, L. M. (2024). Using a Novel In-Mask Non-Invasive Ventilator Microphone to Improve Talker Intelligibility in Healthy and Hospitalized Adults. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 26(6) 845-860.  https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2023.2251726

2. Ferguson, S. H., Wageck, M., & Young. E.D. (2023). Acoustic properties of anger in clear and conversational speech. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups. 8(3), 448–454. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_PERSP-22-00219

1. Toles, L. & Young, E. D.  (2023). Understanding the use and importance of voice stimulability assessment among Speech-Language Pathologists who treat voice disorders: An international survey. Journal of Voice. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2023.01.007

Young, E. D. (2025). How Voice-Specialized Speech-Language Pathologists Across the Experience Spectrum Describe and Perform Stimulability Testing: A Mixed-Methods Study. [Doctoral Dissertation, University of Utah].

Young, E. D. (2021). Talker differences in clear and conversational speech: Perceived vocal emotion  [Master’s thesis, University of Utah].

Young, E. D. (2019). Using Electropalatography to Analyze Intra-Speaker Variability in German Second Language Fricative Production. [Undergraduate thesis, Brigham Young University].