Nicole Tomassi, B.S.

Email: ntomassi@bu.edu

Speech Motor Control; Human-Machine Interface; function of the autonomic nervous system on speech; Neural Modeling

Ph.D., Computational Neuroscience, Boston University 2019-Present

B.S., Applied Mathematics, San Diego State University 2015-2019

SigHPC Computational and Data Science Fellowship 2022-2025

ASA Raymond H. Stetson Fellowship in Phonetics and Speech Science 2023-2024

ASHA Research Mentoring-Pair Travel Award 2023

Tomassi, N. E., Castro M. E., Timmons Sund, L., Díaz-Cádiz, M. E., Buckley, D. P., & Stepp, C. E. (2023). Effects of sidetone amplification on vocal function during telecommunication. Journal of Voice. PMCID: PMC8586047.
Miller, H.E., Kearney, E., Nieto-Castañón, A., Falsini, R., Abur, D., Acosta, A., Chao, S.C., Dahl, K.L., Franken, M., Heller Murray, E.S., Mollaei, F., Niziolek, C.A., Parrell, B., Perrachione, T., Smith, D.J., Stepp, C.E., Tomassi, N.E., Guenther, F.H. (2023) Do Not Cut Off Your Tail: A Mega- Analysis of Responses to Auditory Perturbation Experiments. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research. PMCID: PMC10715843
Tomassi, N.E., Williams, A., Turshvili, D.M., Stepp, C.E. Effects of autonomic arousal and cognitive load on sensorimotor adaptation of voice. (2022) Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (pp. 982-986). Guarant International
Weerathunge, H. R., Tomassi, N. E., & Stepp, C. E. (2022). What can altered auditory feedback paradigms tell us about vocal motor control in individuals with voice disorders? Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups.
Tomassi, N. E., Weerathunge, H. R., Cushman, M. R., Bohland, J. W., Stepp, C. E. (2022) Assessing ecologically valid methods of auditory feedback measurement in individuals with typical speech. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. PMCID: PMC9153919