Chaya Guntupalli

Professor of Communications Sciences & Disorders

Chaya Guntupalli

Dr. Guntupalli (Research published under Nanjundeswaran) is a Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Mississippi. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in 2013 specializing in integrating exercise physiology and voice in understanding vocal fatigue.

Research Interests

  • Basic Voice Science
  • Voice Disorders and Treatment
  • Vocal Fatigue
  • Integration of Voice Disorders with Exercise Physiology
  • Fluency Disorders

Biography

Dr. Guntupalli (Nanjundeswaran) is a Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Mississippi. Dr. Guntupalli’s primary research focus is in understanding the multifaceted and heterogenous nature of vocal fatigue. Along those lines, she has developed and validated the Vocal Fatigue Index (VFI) to identify individuals with vocal fatigue. This index has been culturally and linguistically adapted and validated in multiple languages across the globe.  She has utilized principles from the exercise physiology literature to identify potential metabolic mechanisms that may underlie vocal fatigue. Dr. Guntupalli’s work on VFI, and metabolic mechanisms of vocal fatigue has been recognized by the Editor Awards for the best paper in Speech Pathology from Journal of Voice. Her work on identifying the metabolic mechanism underlying vocal fatigue has led to a novel utilization of body-system level conditioning in the treatment of vocal fatigue and was funded by the National Institutes of Health- NIH-NIDCD. Dr. Guntupalli is currently focused on systematically studying vocal fatigue using the developed conceptual framework on.

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Publications

Nudelman, C.J., Bottalico, P., van Mersbergen, M., & Nanjundeswaran, C. (2024). Toward Enhanced Voice-Related Self-Reports: Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation, and Validity, Apr 5:S0892-1997(24)00089-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2024.03.016. 

Shembel, A., & Nanjundeswaran, C. (2022). Potential Biophysiological Mechanisms Underlying Vocal Demands and Vocal Fatigue. Journal of Voice, S0892-1997(22)00220-X, doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2022.07.017

Nanjundeswaran, C. & Shembel, A. (2022). Laying the Groundwork to Study the Heterogenous Nature of Vocal Fatigue. Journal of Voice, S0892-1997(22)00210-7, doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2022.07.008

Nanjundeswaran, C., van Mersbergen, M., Banks, R., & Hunter, E. (2021). Vocal Fatigue Index in Teachers Using Mokken Analysis, Journal of Voice, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2020.12.053 

Nanjundeswaran, C., VanSwearingen, J., & Verdolini-Abott, K., (2017). Metabolic Mechanisms of Vocal Fatigue. Journal of Voice, 31 (3), 378e1-378e11.

Nanjundeswaran, C., Jacobson, B., Gartner-Schmidt, J., & Verdolini-Abbott, K. (2015). Vocal Fatigue Index: Development and Validation. Journal of Voice, 29 (4), 433-40.

Education

Ph.D. Speech Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Main Campus (2023)