Biography
Pasquale Bottalico earned his bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering from Univeristà Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria (Italy), while simultaneously pursuing a degree in Opera Singing at the F. Cilea Music Academy of Reggio Calabria (Italy). In 2005, he moved to Turin where he earned his master’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering from Politecnico di Torino (Italy). For his master’s thesis, Dr. Bottalico combined his studies of engineering and music to explore musician perceptions of acoustics and the correlation with objective index from ISO 3382.
Dr. Bottalico earned his Ph.D. in Metrology, studying acoustics with particular attention to the uncertainty of measurements and statistical analysis of data. For his dissertation, he investigated classroom acoustics of primary schools, and its relationship with safety, examining the students and the teachers separately. Specifically, he: 1) described the speech intelligibility in the classroom, which affects students’ learning; and 2) examined how the acoustical features of a classroom can influence vocal performances. Dr. Bottalico is particularly interested in the professional voice user and singer techniques, as well as the definition and the quantification of the vocal load. Other fields he is interested in are Speech Intelligibility, Room Acoustics, and Musical Acoustics. Bottalico is also a professional chorister, performing under such prestigious directors as Rafael Frühbeck De Burgos, Yuri Ahronovitch, Jeffrey Tate, Juanio Mena, Gianandrea Noseda, Ottavio Dantone, Wayne Marshall, Helmuth Rilling, Christopher Hogwood, Robert King, and Ivor Bolton.
Additional Campus Affiliations
Associate Professor, Speech and Hearing Science
Associate Professor, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Affiliate, School of Music
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Recent Publications
Guastamacchia, A., Albera, A., Puglisi, G. E., Nudelman, C. J., Soleimanifar, S., Astolfi, A., Aronoff, J. M., & Bottalico, P. (2024). Impact of cochlear implants use on voice production and quality. Scientific reports, 14(1), Article 12787. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-63688-3
Nudelman, C., Webster, J. M., & Bottalico, P. (2024). The Effects of Reading Speed on Acoustic Voice Parameters and Self-reported Vocal Fatigue in Students. Journal of Voice, 38(1), 243.e1-243.e10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2021.05.021
Nudelman, C. J., Bottalico, P., van Mersbergen, M., & Nanjundeswaran, C. (Accepted/In press). Toward Enhanced Voice-Related Self-Reports: Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation, and Validity. Journal of Voice. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2024.03.016
Anand, S., Gutierrez, D., & Bottalico, P. (2023). Acoustic-Perceptual Correlates of Voice Among Steam Train Engineers: Effects of Noise and Hearing Protection. Journal of Voice, 37(3), 366-373. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2021.01.006
Bottalico, P., & Nudelman, C. J. (2023). A Tutorial to build a voice dosimeter. In A. Astolfi, F. Asdrubali, & L. Shtrepi (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association Forum Acusticum 2023 (pp. 1225-1229). (Proceedings of Forum Acusticum). European Acoustics Association. https://doi.org/10.61782/fa.2023.0213