Research Interests and Expertise

  • Experimental psychology

  • Trauma and different measures of voice (e.g. acoustics, perception)

  • Trauma, psychophysiology, and voice

    See voiceandtrauma.com

Published Work

Monti, E., Durham, M., & Reynolds, A. (2024). Focusing the Scope: The Voice Practitioner's Role in Trauma-Informed Care. Journal of Singing, 80(4), 455-462.

Monti, E., & Carroll, L. M. (2023). Psychology of Performance. Current Otorhinolaryngology Reports, 11(4), 381-386.

Becker, D. R., Welch, B., Monti, E., Sullivan, H., & Helou, L. B. (2022). Investigating Past Trauma in Laryngoresponders Versus Non-Laryngoresponders: Piloting New Methods in an Exploratory Study. Journal of Voice.

Monti, E., D’Andrea, W., Freed, S., Kidd, D. C., Feuer, S., Carroll, L. M., & Castano, E. (2021). Does Self-Reported Childhood Trauma Relate to Vocal Acoustic Measures? Preliminary Findings at Trauma Recall. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 1-20.

Norbury, A., Brinkman, H., Kowalchyk, M., Monti, E., Pietrzak, R., Schiller, D., & Feder, A. (2021). Latent cause inference during extinction learning in trauma-exposed individuals with and without PTSD. Psychological Medicine, 1-12. doi:10.1017/S0033291721000647

Monti, E. (2020). Trauma in Voice. In Rosen, D. C., Sataloff, J.B. & Sataloff, R. T. ed, Psychology of Voice Disorders (2nd Edition). San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing (221-240).

Monti, E., & Sidtis, D. V. L. (2018). Can childhood trauma impact the adult voice through the brain? Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies, 3(1), 45-59.

Monti, E., & Austin, D. (2017). The dialogical self in vocal psychotherapy. Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, 1-12.

Monti, E., Kidd, D. C., Carroll, L. M., & Castano, E. (2017). What’s in a singer’s voice: The effect of attachment, emotions and trauma. Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology, 42(2), 62-72.

Monti, E., Aiello, R., & Carroll, L. (2016). Singing: Some Do It for Passion, All Do It for Evolution. Journal of Singing, 72(4), 485.

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— Oliver Sacks