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Investigators and Laboratories Available to Clinical+Research Externship Students

​​ Adam Bosen, Ph.D., Auditory Perceptual Encoding

Research focuses on quantifying the aspects of perception, cognition, and linguistic knowledge that limit speech recognition in listeners with cochlear implants.

Kristen Janky, Ph.D., Vestibular Assessment and Balance Disorders

The work in this laboratory is concerned with the study of vestibular disorders, including their diagnosis and treatment.

Kaylah Lalonde, Ph.D., Audiovisual Speech Processing

Research in this lab focuses on development of the perceptual and linguistic mechanisms underlying adults and children’s ability to use visual speech to compensate for noisy listening environments. Current research is also examining the effects of hearing aid compression on the temporal characteristics of audiovisual speech.

Ryan McCreery, Ph.D., Perceptual and Cognitive Development in Children with Hearing Loss

This research program is concerned with enhancing speech and language outcomes in children with hearing loss by improving audibility based predictions of speech recognition.

Gabrielle Merchant, Ph.D., Translational Auditory Physiology and Perception

Research in this laboratory uses clinical audiological assessments combined with experimental measures to improve the understanding and diagnosis of various auditory pathologies, particularly those impacting children.

Krystal Werfel, Ph.D., Written Language

This lab studies language and literacy acquisition in children with hearing loss, with a focus on sound-based skills that impact academic outcomes.

Lori Leibold, Ph.D., Human Auditory Development

This research lab studies the development of auditory behavior in children with normal hearing and children with hearing loss, with a focus on understanding how infants and children with Down syndrome hear and recognize speech in the presence of background noise.

Ellen Peng, Ph.D., Functional Hearing

This lab studies the development of functional hearing, including spatial hearing and speech perception, in complex everyday indoor environments in children with normal hearing and those with cochlear implants. ​​