• Audio
• Video

Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:

A: M.S. in Forensic Science (2017) from the University of Florida.
Magna Cum Laude

Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:

A: American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA)
International Association for Identification (IAI)
New England Division International Association for Identification (NEDIAI)

Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:

A: Yonovitz J., When Criminals Say Too Much: The Past and Present of Forensic Voice ID.
International Association for Identification. (Upcoming) 2023.

Yonovitz J., The Current Scientific Legal Standing of Aural Acoustic Speaker Identification and Spectrographic Voiceprint Analysis. New England Division International Association of Investigation 2022.

Yonovitz J., Joe H., Trained, critical listener performs speaker identification as earwitness, challenged by novel method of disguised speech. American Speech and Hearing Association, 2022

Yonovitz J., Yonovitz A., Herbert J., Forensic Voice Identification: Error rates in Forensic Speaker Identification Using a Contemporary Aural-Acoustic-Spectrographic Approach American Speech and Hearing Association, 2019.

Yonovitz A., Herbert J., Yonovitz J., Forensic Voice Identification: From State of Florida vs. George Zimmerman to Present American Speech and Hearing Association, 2019.

Yonovitz A., Herbert J., Yonovitz J., Legal Qualifications of a Speech-Language Pathologist as an Expert Witness, 2019.
Joe, H., Yonovitz, A., Yonovitz, J Challenges & Needs for Modern Courtroom Discourse Analysis’. American Speech, Language and Hearing Association, 2015.

Joe, H., Yonovitz, J. and Yonovitz, A. Historical Perspectives and current status of forensic speaker identification. American Speech, Language and Hearing Association, 2015.

Joe, H., and Yonovitz, A. and Yonovitz, J. The Frye Hearing and Forensic Analyses of the Audio and Speech Evidence in the State of Florida vs. George Zimmerman trial. American Speech, Language and Hearing Association, 2014.

Joe, H., and Yonovitz A and Yonovitz, J. Crying for Help: The Frye Hearing and Forensic Acoustic Analyses in State of Florida vs. George Zimmerman, Presented at the American Congress of Forensic Examiners, 2014.

Yonovitz, A.,Herbert Joe and Yonovitz, J. Academically acceptable, legally reliable standards and methodologies in Forensic Voice Identification/Elimination. American Speech language-Hearing Association, 2013.

Quigley and Yonovitz, A and Yonovitz, J. Signal detection of lipreading visemes using two dimensional and three dimensional images. Presented at the Acoustical Society of America Meeting, 2013.

Yonovitz, A, and Yonovitz, J. A new class of personal noise monitoring devices in hearing conservation. Presented at the Acoustical Society of America Meeting, 2013.

Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)

A: No.

Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?

A: 500+

Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?

A: Forensic audio and forensic video. Including:

Authenticity analysis
Enhancement
Discourse Analysis
Gunshot Analysis
Linguistic Analysis
Forensic Acoustics
Forensic voice/speaker identification

Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?

A: Approximately 50%

Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?

A: Approximately 50%

Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?

A: Since 2010.

Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)

A: Authenticity analysis
Enhancement
Discourse Analysis
Gunshot Analysis
Linguistic Analysis
Forensic Acoustics
Forensic voice/speaker identification

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