Education

• PhD, Communicative Disorders and Behavioral Disabilities, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 1971
• Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI, 1971-1972
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Kurume University Medical School, Japan, 1980-1981

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Bless heads the Division’s Voice Section, which specializes in the evaluation and treatment of patients with voice, resonance, and airway disorders.

Research Interests

Dr. Bless is director of the UW vocal functions laboratories communication processes unit. She has research interests in lifespan change in voice production, efficacy of treatment of vocal dysphonias, assessment/measurement of laryngeal function, and physiological effects of voice treatments.

Funding/Grants

• University of Wisconsin Voice Research Training Program
  Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
  Principal Investigator(s): Diane M Bless, PhD
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Recent Publications

• Vocal Fold Vibratory Characteristics in Normal Female Speakers From High-Speed Digital Imaging.
  Ahmad K, Yan Y, Bless DM
  J Voice 2011 May 27.
  [PubMed ID: 21621975]
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• Prospective multi-arm evaluation of surgical treatments for vocal fold scar and pathologic sulcus vocalis.
  Welham NV, Choi SH, Dailey SH, Ford CN, Jiang JJ, Bless DM
  Laryngoscope 2011 Jun; 121(6):1252-60.
  [PubMed ID: 21557241, PMC ID: 3100420]
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• Differential vibratory characteristics of adductor spasmodic dysphonia and muscle tension dysphonia on high-speed digital imaging.
  Patel RR, Liu L, Galatsanos N, Bless DM
  Ann. Otol. Rhinol. Laryngol. 2011 Jan; 120(1):21-32.
  [PubMed ID: 21370677]
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• Characterization of vocal fold scar formation, prophylaxis, and treatment using animal models.
  Bless DM, Welham NV
  Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2010 Dec; 18(6):481-6.
  [PubMed ID: 20962643, PMC ID: 3086344]
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• Reactive response of fibrocytes to vocal fold mucosal injury in rat.
  Ling C, Yamashita M, Zhang J, Bless DM, Welham NV
  Wound Repair Regen 2010 Sep-Oct; 18(5):514-23.
  [PubMed ID: 20840521, PMC ID: 3021622]
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