About our authors

Daniel R. Boone, late of the University of Arizona, celebrated 60-plus years as a speech-language pathologist with the publishing of the 10th edition of The Voice and Voice Therapy. Dr. Boone held professorships at Case Western Reserve University, University of Kansas Medical Center, University of Denver and the University of Arizona, where he is professor emeritus. Dr. Boone was a former president of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and held both a Fellowship and the Honors of that organization. He was the author of over 100 publications and was well known nationally and internationally for his many workshop presentations. Dr. Boone served as a consultant to the Parkinson Voice Project in Dallas, TX from 2011 to 2018. Dr. Boone will be remembered for his love of his students and turning them on to the excitement of clinical voice practice.

Stephen C. McFarlane is professor emeritus at the School of Medicine at the University of Nevada, Reno. He was awarded the ASHA Fellowship in 1982 and ASHA honors in 1999. He received his BS and MS degrees from Portland State University and his PhD degree from the University of Washington. Dr. McFarlane has a long history of research interests in the area of voice disorders. Study of the outcomes from voice therapy and the development of new treatment techniques are of particular interest. His scholarly work has been published in dozens of books and journals, among them Seminars in Speech and Language; American Journal of Speech Language Pathology, Phonoscope; and Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery.

Shelly L. Von Berg teaches, practices and researches in the areas of voice, dysphagia and motor speech disorders in adults and children in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the California State University, Chico, where she holds the rank of Professor. She earned her MS and PhD degrees from the School of Medicine at the University of Reno. She has presented on the assessment and intervention of neurogenic speech-language disorders nationally and abroad. Dr. Von Berg has been published in the ASHA Series; Unmasking Voice Disorders; Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools; Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery; Cleft PalateCraniofacial Journal; and ACC Journal.

Richard I. Zraick holds the rank of Professor and is the Director of the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Central Florida. He was awarded the ASHA Fellowship in 2014. He earned his doctorate at Arizona State University. Dr. Zraick is a clinician and teacher-scholar with over 30 years of experience in clinical practice and academia. His scholarship focuses on voice disorders, speech and voice perception, interprofessional education, healthcare simulation, and health communication. He regularly speaks about these topics at state, regional and national scientific and professional conventions.