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CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Ron D. Chambers
Address: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Speech and Hearing Science
901 South Sixth Street
Champaign, IL 61820
Contacts: Telephone: (217) 244-2541; Fax: (217) 244-2235
email: rdc@illinois.edu
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
1983 Doctor of Philosophy, Audiology; Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
1976 Master of Science, Audiology; Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.
1974 Bachelor of Arts, with Honors, Speech Pathology; Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.
1971 Associate of Arts; South Plains Junior College, Levelland, TX.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
2016-2017 Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
2008-2016 Program Director for CAA Accreditation, Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
2012-2015 Associate Head, Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
2001-07 Head, Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1999-01 Interim Head, Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1998-99 Associate Head, Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1997-98 Acting Head, Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1996-97 Associate Head, Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1992- Associate Professor, Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1989-90 Director of Hearing Clinic, Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1984-91 Assistant Professor, Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1983-84 Research Associate, Cognitive Psychophysiology Laboratory (directed by Emanuel Donchin, Ph.D.), Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1983 Teaching Assistant (supervision of graduate students' audiological practicum experience), Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
1982-83 Research Assistant, otology research laboratory, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN.
1982 Teaching Assistant, Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
1981 Teaching Assistant, Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
1981-82 Audiologist (part-time), office of Kyle Loy, M.D., Lafayette, IN.
1980-81 Research Assistant, NIH Grant NO1-NS-0-2329, Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
1979-80 Teaching Assistant (supervision of graduate students' audiological practicum experience), Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
1979-80 Administrative Assistant, Hearing Clinic, Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
1978-79 Teaching Assistant, Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
1978 Audiologist (part-time), St. Vincent's Hospital, Indianapolis, IN.
1976-77 Audiologist, Abilene State School, Abilene, TX.
HONORS
2016 Excellence in Professional and Graduate Teaching Award, College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
2005 ASHA Award for Continuing Education (ACE), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
2002 ASHA Award for Continuing Education (ACE), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
1999 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, College of Applied Life Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1999 Honorable Mention for Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate B Faculty, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1990 William F. Prokasy Award for Distinguished Teaching, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1990 Finalist for the Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1983 Postdoctoral Research Appointment, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1971 Who's Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges.
1971 Phi Theta Kappa Honorary Fraternity, South Plains Junior College, Levelland, TX.
MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
1991- American Academy of Audiology.
1989- Association for Research in Otolaryngology.
1985- American Auditory Society
1983- Acoustical Society of America.
1976- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE
1989- License in Audiology, State of Illinois.
1978-83 Hearing Aid License, State of Indiana.
1977-83 License in Audiology, State of Indiana.
1977- Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
RESEARCH/SCHOLARSHIP
Graduate Research Assistantships
1982-83 Indiana University School of Medicine - Research design and data collection for studies of auditory brainstem, frequency-following, and middle latency responses in
human and animal subjects.
1980-81 Purdue University - Data collection for studies in effective shielding of electro-magnetic radiation from earphones; development of evoked potential laboratory; collection of auditory brainstem response data for laboratory norms.
Postdoctoral Research Appointment
1983-84 University of Illinois, Department of Psychology - Studies using event-related potentials to index age-related changes in cognitive processing in the elderly.
Publications
Published manuscripts:
Theodoroff, S. M., Chambers, R. D., Folmer, R. L., & McMillan, G.P. (2011). Auditory middle latency
responses in individuals with debilitating tinnitus. International Tinnitus Journal, 16/2), 104-110.
Ramkissoon, I., & Chambers, R. (2008). Effects of chronic and acute smoking on AMLRs in older and
younger listeners. International Journal of Audiology, 47, 715-723.
Firszt, J. B., Chambers, R. D., & Kraus, N. (2002). Neurophysiology of cochlear implant users
II: Comparison among speech perception, dynamic range, and physiologic measures. Ear and Hearing, 23, 516-531.
Firszt, J. B., Chambers, R. D., Kraus, N., & Reeder, R. (2002). Neurophysiology of cochlear implant
users I: Effects of stimulus current level and electrode site on the electrical ABR, MLR, and N1-P2 response. Ear and Hearing, 23, 502-515.
Firszt, J. B., Rotz, L., Chambers, R. D., & Novak, M. A. (1999). Electrically evoked potentials recorded
in adults and pediatric Clarion implant users. Annals of Otology, Rhinology, & Laryngology, 108, suppl 177, 58-63.
Chambers, R. D. & Meyer, T. A. (1993). Reliability of threshold estimation in hearing-impaired adults using the AMFR. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 4, 22-32. (Invited by James Jerger, editor)
Chambers, R. D. (1992). Differential age effects for components of the adult auditory middle latency response. Hearing Research, 58, 123-131.
Chambers, R. D. & Griffiths, S. K. (1991). Effects of age on the adult auditory middle latency response. Hearing Research, 51, 1-10.
Griffiths, S. K. & Chambers, R. D. (1991). The amplitude-modulation following response as an audiometric tool. Ear and Hearing, 12, 235-241.
Chambers, R. D., Rowan, L. E., Matthies, M. L., & Novak, M. A. (1989). Auditory brain-stem responses in children with previous otitis media. Archives of Otolaryngology, 115, 452-7.
Chambers, R. D., Matthies, M. L., & Griffiths, S. K. (1989). Correlations between various measures of head size and auditory brainstem response latencies. Hearing Research, 41, 179-188.
Griffiths, S. K., Chambers, R. D., & Bilger, R. C. (1989). Statistical dependence among the wave
latencies of the auditory brainstem response. Ear and Hearing, 10, 299-303.
Chambers, R. D., Feth, L. L., & Burns, E. M. (1986). The relation between the human frequency-
following response and the low pitch of complex tones. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 80, 1673-80.
Published Abstracts:
White, L., Loucks, T., Gooler, D., & Chambers, R.D. (2013). Sensory gating in adults who stutter. 2013 ASHA Convention Program Book, 155.
Brault, L. M., Han, W., Lansing, C. L., Chambers, R. D., McNew, J., Bellina, A., O’Brien, W. D. (2008).
Influence of static force on bone conduction threshold measurement. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 124(4), Pt. 2, 2456.
Brault, L. M., Melamed, S., Lansing, C. L., Chambers, R. D., O’Brien, W. D. (2007). Numerical and
experimental study of bone-conducted sound and the occlusion effect. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 121(5), Pt. 2, 3198.
Brault, L. M., Lansing, C. L., Chambers, R. D., O’Brien, W. D. (2007). Examination of bone-conducted
sound pathways. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 122(5), Pt. 2, 3063.
Ramkissoon, I., & Chambers, R.D. (2004). Nicotine and aging effects on auditory middle latency responses (AMLR). ASHA Leader, 9 (15), 61.
Firszt, J. B., Rotz, L., Novak, M. A., & Chambers, R. D. (1998). Objective measures with Clarion: electrically evoked potentials recorded in adult and pediatric cochlear implant users. American Academy of Audiology Convention Program, 67.
Firszt, J. B., Rotz, L., Novak, M. A., & Chambers, R. D. (1997). Electrically evoked potential recordings in Clarion multichannel cochlear implant users. American Academy of Audiology Convention Program, 126.
Firszt, J. B., Rotz, L., Novak, M. A., & Chambers, R. D. (1997). Pilot results of electrically evoked
whole nerve action potential responses recorded with the Nucleus CI 24M device. 1997 Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses, 107.
Rowan, L. E., Chambers, R. D., & Augenstein, P. S. (1996). Linguistic skills of children with OME. Asha Leader, 16(1), 72.
Brestal, K. L. & Chambers, R. D. (1995). The effects of age and gender on the adult AMLR. American Auditory Society Bulletin, 20, 26.
Brestal, K. L. & Chambers, R. D. (1994). The effects of age and gender on the adult AMLR. Asha, 36, 206.
Chambers, R. D., Richards, C. T., & Brestal, K. L. (1993). Age, hearing loss, and sex effects for components of the adult auditory middle latency response. Abstracts of the Sixteenth Midwinter Research Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology.
Richards, C. T. & Chambers, R. D. (1993). Effects of age and hearing loss on the adult AMLR. Asha, 35, 179.
Chambers, R. D. (1992). Differential age effects for components of the adult auditory middle latency response. Abstracts of the Fifteenth Midwinter Research Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology.
Chambers, R. D. & Meyer, T. A. (1992). Reliability of threshold estimation using the AMFR. Asha, 34, 238.
Chambers, R. D. & Meyer, T. A. (1992). Use of the AMFR with hearing-impaired adults: case studies. American Auditory Society Bulletin, 17, 17.
Meyer, T. A. & Chambers, R. D. (1992). Repeatability of threshold estimation in hearing-impaired
adults using the AMFR. Abstracts of the Fifteenth Midwinter Research Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngolgy.
Chambers, R. D. (1991). The adult AMLR - Aging effects on Pa and Pb. Asha, 33, 195.
Chambers, R. D., & Griffiths, S. K. (1990). The effect of age on the auditory middle latency response. Asha, 32, 67.
Griffiths, S. K., Chambers, R. D., & Bilger, R. C. (1990). The amplitude modulation following response as an audiometric tool. Asha, 32, 7l.
Griffiths, S. K., Chambers, R. D., & Bilger, R. C. (1989). Statistical dependence among auditory brainstem response wave latencies. Asha, 31, 120.
Chambers, R. D., Matthies, M. L., & Griffiths, S. K. (1988). The ABR latencies, oral temperature, and head size. Asha, 30, 198.
Chambers, R. D., Paden, E. P., Rowan, L. E., & Novak, M. A. (1988). The ABR in children with
previous OME. Asha, 30, 198.
Chambers, R. D., Rowan, L. E., & Novak, M. A. (1988). The auditory brainstem response in children
with a history of OME. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 83, S56.
Chambers, R. D., Paden, E. P., Rowan, L. E., & Novak, M. A. (1987). Has the influence of OME on
child development been overstated? Asha, 29, 184.
Chambers, R. D. (1986). Event-related potentials: Tools in the study of aging. Asha, 28, 63.
Echols-Chambers, L., Chambers, R. D., & Carney, A. E. (1985). Adult aural rehabilitation - an integral part of hearing aid dispensing. Asha, 27, 87.
Farwell, L. A., Chambers, R. D., Miller, G. A., Coles, M. G. H., & Donchin, E. (1985). A specific memory deficit in elderly subjects who lack P300. Society for Psychophysiological Research, 22, 589.
Chambers, R. D., Feth, L. L., & Burns, E. M. (1984). The relation between the human
frequency-following response and the low pitch of complex tones. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 75, S81.
Chambers, R. D. & Brown, D. D. (1983). A comparison of several electrophysiological measures of 500-Hz hearing thresholds in normal-hearing and hearing-impaired subjects. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 73, S81.
Chambers, R. D. & Brown, D. D. (1983). Assessing 500 Hz thresholds with four evoked potential techniques. Asha, 25, 65.
Published Book Reviews:
Chambers, R. D. (1988). A review of "Proceedings of a Symposium in Audiology," Ear and Hearing, 9, 220-1.
Chambers, R. D. (1988). A review of "Hearing Impairment in Children," Ear and Hearing, 9, 352.
Chambers, R. D. (1987). A review of "Clinical Otology and Audiology," Archives of Otolaryngology,
113, 560-1.
Presentation of Papers, Colloquia, and Panels
2016 Clinical protocol for real ear attenuation at threshold (REAT) for 3M Classic E-A-R foam hearing protectors, AudiologyNOW! Annual Convention of the American Academy of Audiology, Phoenix, AZ.
2013 Sensory gating in adults who stutter, Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Chicago, IL.
2009 Contributions of static force and oscillator placement in bone conduction sensitivity. Middle Ear Mechanics in Research and Otology, 5th International Symposium, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
2007 Potential objective measures of tinnitus. The American Auditory Society Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
2004 Nicotine and aging effects on Auditory Middle Latency Responses (AMLR). Fourteenth Annual Research Symposium, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA.
2004 Nicotine and aging effects on Auditory Middle Latency Responses (AMLR). Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA.
2001 Speech perception in cochlear implant recipients: electrophysiologic and electrical dynamic range measures. Twenty-second Midwinter Research Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology.
2000 Professional practice in academia: another career option. Annual Convention of the Illinois Speech-Language Hearing Association.
1998 Electrically evoked potentials in Clarion cochlear implant users. First International Symposium and Workshop on Objective Measures in Cochlear Implantation. Nottingham, UK.
1997 Pilot results of electrically evoked whole nerve action potential responses recorded with the Nucleus CI 24M device. 1997 Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses.
1993 Age, hearing loss, and sex effects for components of the adult auditory middle latency response. Sixteenth Midwinter Research Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology.
1992 Differential age effects for components of the adult auditory middle latency response. Fifteenth Midwinter Research Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology.
1992 Differential age effects for components of the adult auditory middle latency response. Spring 1992 Conference: Aging and Gerontology. Beckman Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1992 Repeatability of threshold estimation in hearing-impaired adults using the AMFR. Fifteenth Midwinter Research Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology.
1991 The Amplitude-Modulation-Following Response. Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1990 The Effect of Age on the Auditory Middle Latency Response. The annual meeting of the Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Chicago, IL. Invited Speaker.
1989 Aging and Event-Related Potentials. Symposium on Electrophysiologic Measurements, Carle Clinic Association, Urbana, IL.
1989 Aging and the Middle Latency Response. Symposium on Electrophysiologic Measurements, Carle Clinic Association, Urbana, IL.
1989 The Influence of Advancing Age on the Auditory Middle Latency Responses. Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1988 The Auditory Brainstem Response in Children with Previous OME. Program in Communication Disorders, Department of Speech Communication, University of Texas, Austin, TX.
1987 Event-Related Potentials and Aging. The annual meeting of the Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Chicago, IL.
1987 The Relation Among Oral Temperature, Head Size and Between and Within Subject Variation in ABR Latencies. The X Biennial Symposium of the International Electric Response Audiometry Study Group, Charlottesville, VA.
1986 Performance of Young "Otitis-Prone" Children on Auditory-Neural and Linguistic Measures. Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1986 Recent Findings on the Middle Latency Responses. Audiology Journal Club, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1985 A Perspective on Event-Related Potentials in Studies of Maturation and Aging. Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1984 The Relative Effectiveness of Four Electrophysiologic Measures of Low-Frequency Hearing Thresholds. Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
1984 The Relation between the human Frequency-Following Response and the low pitch of complex tones. Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1983 The relation between the human frequency-following response and the low pitch of complex tones. Cognitive Psychophysiology Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
Grants Written and Submitted
2008-2009 Department of Education. Project EPPA: Enhancing the Preparation of Pediatric
Audiologists. Combined Personnel Preparation. Project Director, Ron Chambers; Co-Directors, Charissa Lansing and David Gooler; Teaching Faculty, SHS faculty and audiologists and otologists in the ECHO program at Carle Clinic Grant period 2009-2013, $754,416. Grant not funded.
2008. National Institutes of Health. A modeling of sound paths to the middle ear and cochlea, NIH
R21. Principal investigator, Jont Allen, Co-investigators, Ron D. Chambers and William O’Brien, Jr. Second resubmission, grant not funded.
2008. National Institutes of Health. A modeling of sound paths to the middle ear and cochlea, NIH
R21. Principal investigator, Jont Allen, Co-investigators, Ron D. Chambers and William O’Brien, Jr. First resubmission, not funded.
2006-2007 National Institutes of Health. A modeling of sound paths to the middle ear and cochlea, NIH
R21. Principal investigator, Jont Allen, Co-investigators, Ron D. Chambers and William O’Brien, Jr. Grant not funded.
2005-2008 Air Force Office of Scientific Research. #FA9550-06-1-0128. Evaluation of Acoustic Propagation Paths into the Human Head. Principal Investigator, William D. O”Brien, Jr; Co-Investigators, Ron D. Chambers, Charissa Lansing. Awarded: December 1, 2005-November 30, 2009, $510,162.
2003-04 Mary Jane Neer Research Fund. The effect of stimulus frequency on the effect of advancing age on the Auditory Middle Latency Response (AMLR). Principal Investigator, Ron D. Chambers. Grant Awarded.
2002-05 National Institute on Deafness and Other Communicative Disorders, RFA-DC-02-001. Innovative Education for Young Adults on Safe Noise. Principal Investigator, Janet Reis; Co-Principal Investigator, Ron D. Chambers. Grant not funded.
1987-93 National Institute on Aging, Grant NS 17273. The effects of aging on speech perception.
Principal Investigator, Robert C. Bilger; Co-Principal Investigator, Ron D. Chambers. Grant awarded.
1986-88 Carle Foundation. The effects of otitis media on auditory-neural and linguistic measures including younger children. Principal Investigator, Ron D. Chambers. Grant awarded.
1985-86 University Research Board. Seed money for an electrophysiology laboratory. Grant awarded.
1985-86 Biomedical Research Support Grant. The effects of otitis media on auditory-neural and linguistic measures. Grant awarded.
1985-86 Deafness Research Foundation. The effects of otitis media on auditory-neural and linguistic measures in older children. Principal Investigator, Ron D. Chambers. Funding denied.
Reviews
1991- Reviewer, Ear and Hearing.
1989- Reviewer, Journal of Speech and Hearing Research.
1989-98 Reviewer, Electroencephalography Clinical Neurophysiology.
1988 Reviewed Introduction to Audiology, 3rd Ed., by Fred N. Martin for Prentice Hall.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Courses Taught
Purdue University:
1978-82 Lectures and laboratory demonstration in basic and differential audiology for undergraduate and graduate students.
University of Illinois:
1983-2016 SPSHS 495J (later 495E): Applications of evoked potentials for graduate students.
SPSHS 492: Advanced audiology for graduate students.
SPSHS 390: Introduction to hearing disorders and audiology for undergraduates.
SPSHS 4950: Laboratory methods in Speech and Hearing Science (team
taught).
SPSHS 495: Special problems.
SPSHS 495: Independent study.
SPSHS 290: Independent study.
SPSHS 491M: Seminar in hearing disorders, advanced lecture sessions in evoked potentials for
graduate students and professionals.
SPSHS 491B: Seminar in hearing disorders, differential audiology for graduate students.
SPSHS 495M: Seminar in hearing disorders, advanced lecture and laboratory sessions in
differential audiology and evoked potentials.
SPSHS 491: Seminar in hearing disorders.
SPSHS 491A: Seminar in hearing disorders, hearing aids (coordination
and teaching of team taught course).
SPSHS 490: Medical audiology for graduate students.
SPSHS 451: Electrophysiologic indices of audition and balance.
SPSHS 454: Advanced audiological assessment.
SPSHS 302: Manual communication.
SPSHS 496 (592): Pro-Seminar in Research.
SPSHS 499 (599): Thesis Research.
SPSHS 199D: Hearing Health for the Individual and Society (Discovery course).
SPSHS 495A: Topics in audiology.
SPSHS 495: Topics in Speech, Language, and Hearing Science
SHS 551: Electrophysiologic indices of audition
SHS 554: Seminar in advanced audiologic assessment
SHS 593: Auditory pathophysiology and medical disorders
SHS 593 EP: Laboratory Experience in Auditory Evoked Potentials
SHS 551: Indices of Audition and Balance
SHS 593: Medical Audiology
SHS 554: Advanced Audiological Assessment
SHS 593 AEP: Auditory Evoked Potential Laboratory
SHS 593 APD: Auditory Processing Disorders
SHS 593 HC: Hearing Conservation Programs
(See Honors section for listing of college and campus level teaching awards.)
Revenue Generation for Improved Teaching
Grant from the Educational Technologies Board (ETB) for developing WEB based instruction for undergraduate
and graduate audiology/hearing science courses, $20,000, 1999-2000.
Doctoral Dissertations Directed and/or Chaired
Han, W. (2011). Methods for robust characterization of consonant perception in hearing-impaired listeners.
Melamed, S. (2006). Objective measures of tinnitus in humans.
Ramkissoon, I. (2005). Effects of smoking/nicotine in the auditory middle latency responses in older individuals.
Firszt, J. B. (1998). Electrically evoked auditory potentials recorded at three levels of the auditory pathway from
multi-channel cochlear implant subjects: characterization and comparison to behavioral measures.
Griffiths, S. K. (1990). The amplitude-modulation-following response as an audiometric tool.
Doctoral Dissertation Defense Committees (Not Directed)
Bielski, L. (2013). Relation of short-term working memory and speech perception: a cross-sectional study.
Han, W. (2011). Methods for robust characterization of consonant perception in hearing-impaired listeners.
Gilbert, J. (2009). Neural correlates of auditory-visual speech perception in noise.
Yoon, Yang-Soo (2007). Perceptual confusions for temporally smoothed envelope of syllables in noise.
Meyer, T. A. (1995). Simulating the effects of aging and hearing loss on the masking-level difference.
Russell, A. F. (1992). Heritability of spontaneous otoacoustic emissions.
Doctoral Preliminary Examination Committee
2011 Woojae Han
2011 Lynn Bielski
2007 Jamie Gilbert
2005 Yang-Soo Yoon
2004 Sarah Melamed
2002 Ishara Ramkissoon
1995 Jill Blair Firszt
1993 Ted Meyer
1990 Ann Faith Russell
1988 Scott Griffiths
Capstone Project (for the Doctor of Audiology) Chaired and Directed
Hix, H. (2015). Effects of stimulus level and high-pass filter setting on sensory gating of the P50 auditory evoked
response.
Wilkinson, C. (2015). Influence of the occlusion effect on bone-conduction thresholds with both ears occluded
using shallow and deep insertion of foam-insert earphones.
Olson, C. (2015). Clinical protocol for real ear attenuation at threshold (REAT) for 3M Classic foam hearing
protectors.
Lauren, L. (2015). The effect of S1 intensity of sensory gating of the S2 response in a paired-stimulus paradigm.
Hughes, A. (2013). Case studies of the Dichotic Sentence Identification Test in older subjects with average hearing
levels ranging from normal hearing to moderate hearing loss.
Nelloms, A. (2014). Investigation of the Pb/P50 component of the auditory middle latency response.
Seper, E. (2013). Assessment of ultra-high-frequency hearing sensitivity and real-ear measures in young adults
with normal hearing who use personal listening devices.
Burke, K. (2013). Local norms for the tone-evoked cortical auditory evoked potentials for the Biologic Navigator
PRO.
Miller, W. (2012). Esteem Totally Implantable Hearing System vs. Open-Fit/RITE Hearing Aids
Bielski, W. (2012). Local norms for the click-evoked auditory middle latency response with the Biologic
Navigator PRO.
Atzhorn, K. (2011). Effect of occlusion on bone-conducted speech perception at the forehead and mastoid.
Bussing, A. (2011). Local norms for the toneburst-evoked auditory brainstem response for the Biologic Navigator
PRO.
Edwards, C. (2011). The reliability of ultra-high-frequency and conventional pure-tone audiometry.
Umphlett, K. (2011). Local norms for the click-evoked neurodiagnostic auditory brainstem response with the
Biologic Navigator PRO.
Burr, H. (2011). Post-operative electrophysiologic assessment in the auditory brainstem implant (ABI) recipient.
Lewandowski, S. (2011). The effect of oscillator placement and contact force on bone conduction hearing
thresholds in normal hearing individuals.
Weston, A. (2012). Effects of contralateral white noise on the click evoked auditory middle latency response and
its implications for binaural interaction..
Ramrattan, H. (2010). Effects of transducer location on bone-conducted suprathreshold speech perception in noise.
Fisher, K. (2008). Effects of exposure to simulated rehearsal music on the hearing of college-age musicians who
report symptoms of auditory fatigue and/or tinnitus.
Woods, K. (2008). Effects of contralateral noise on the click-evoked auditory middle latency response (AMLR) in
humans.
Capstone Project (for the Doctor of Audiology) Committee Member (Not Directed)
Nebel, M. (2017). Comparing cochlear implant users’ speech perception at +10 and +5 signal-to-noise ratio.
Prasad, A. (2017). Bimodal vs. bilateral stimulation in individuals with residual hearing.
Yarde, L. (2016). Self-reports of risk perceptions of noise exposure and hearing protection use in workers enrolled
in an annual hearing conservation program.
Stelmach, J. (2015). Developing a clinically feasible pitch matching task for bilateral cochlear implant users.
Lynch, D. (2015). Expansion of distortion product optoacoustic emission normative data at the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Audiology Clinic for patients with normal hearing.
Fenstermacher, M. (2015). Sensory gating in musicians and non-musicians.
Peters, C. (2015). The effect of frequency-specific tone-burst stimuli on auditory sensory gating of the P50 evoked
potential in a paired-stimulus paradigm.
Sherren, A. (2014). Zwicker tone and tinnitus: Understanding the phantom perceptions.
Jansen, J. (2014). Expectations for tinnitus treatments and outcomes: A survey study of audiologists and patients.
Miller, K. (2012). Are distortion product otoacoustic emissions related to risk factors for hearing loss in college
students with otherwise normal hearing sensitivity?.
O’Brien, K. (2012). Risks of developing noise-induced hearing loss associated with participation in a Highland
bagpipe band: A pilot study of current auditory status and perceptions about hearing protection devices.
Heller, C. (2012). Passive listening & auditory discrimination therapy: A sound therapy for tinnitus management.
Preliminary exam passed 12/16/2010.
Purdy, J. (2008). Case study: Cochlear implants and disability, the benefits for social and emotional
development.
Brueckner, C. (2008). Case study: communication stimulation and language outcomes for children with cochlear
implants and disabilities.
Master’s Theses Directed
Brestal, K. (1993). The effects of age and gender on the components of the adult auditory middle latency
response.
Richards, C. T. (1993). The effects of age and hearing loss on the adult AMLR.
Olson, J. W. (1989). The effect of age on the auditory evoked middle latency responses.
Master’s Thesis Committee Member (Not Directed)
Yoon, Y. (2007). Perceptual confusions for temporally smoothed envelope of syllables in noise. Project-in-lieu of
master’s thesis equivalency project.
Gilbert, J. L. (2004). Spatial release from informational masking and effects of talker, list, and ensemble.
Project-in-lieu of master’s thesis equivalency project.
Clark, M. (1997). Voice quality of farmers who spray pesticides.
Han, Minkyung. (1996). Speechreading supplemented with auditorily presented fundamental frequency.
Firszt, J. B. (1994). Adaptation findings in Nucleus multichannel cochlear implant users. Project-in-lieu
of master’s thesis equivalency project.
Meyer, T. A. (1991). Effect of set size and method on speech reception thresholds in noise. Master’s thesis
equivalency project.
Hubbard, C. (1986). Clustering of disfluencies in the speech of stuttering and normal-speaking preschool
children. Master's thesis equivalency project.
Knox, A. (1986). The effects of cognitive development on comprehension by school age language-impaired
children.
SERVICE
Professional Service
Committees:
Member, CAA Nominating Committee, Council on Academic Accreditation, 2015-2016.
Member, Committee for the Summer Institute for Communication Sciences and Disorders, CAPCSD, 2005.
Member, Mentoring AuD students (MAuDs), Illinois Academy of Audiology, 2004-present.
Member, Program subcommittee for instructional courses in audiology, ASHA convention, 2003-2004.
Member, Directors of Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders in Illinois, 2000-2007.
Member, Subcommittee on Ph.D. Shortage, CAPCSD, 2003-2006.
Member, Audit Committee, Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1993-1998.
Member, Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association Program Committee, Audiology Track, 1988.
Member, CAA Nominating Committee, 2015.
Convention Program Chair:
Program Chair for Minseminar Session MS24, To screen or not to screen hearing in aged individuals, at the
annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 1991.
Program Chair for Miniseminar Session MS27, Early event-related potentials: Index for hearing and language
diagnosis, at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 1990.
Program Chair for Miniseminar Session MS25B, Monitoring with Sensory Evoked Potentials in the Intensive
Care Unit, at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 1988.
Program Chair for Miniseminar Session MS25A, Identification of Hearing Loss in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Graduates, at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 1988.
Program Chair for Technical Session M8-TS3, Evoked Potentials in Groups, at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 1985.
Program Chair for Technical Session F8-TS1, Electric Response Audiometry: BSER and MLR, at the annual
meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 1983.
University Service
Senator for SHS, Faculty Senate, 2010-2011.
Member, Beckman Institute Coordinating Committee, 2002-2007.
Member, Ad Hoc committee to review nominations for Campus Teaching Awards, 2001.
Member, Teaching Advancement Board (TAB), 1999-2002.
Member, Subcommittee of the Teaching Advancement Board (TAB) for reviewing proposals for the Provost=s
Initiative for Teaching Advancement (PITA), 1999-2002.
Member, Professional Graduate Studies Area Subcommittee of the Graduate College, 1991-1994.
Reviewed student research paper for the annual student research paper competition of the University of Illinois
chapter of Sigma Xi, 1988.
College of Applied Life Studies
Standing Committees:
Member, AHS Executive Committee, 2009-2012.
Administrative Council, 1997-98, 1999-2007.
Member, Executive Committee, 1998-2000.
Member, Educational Policy Committee, 1991-1993, 1994-1999; Chair, 1992-1993.
Alternate, Alleged Capricious Grading Committee, 1993-97.
Search Committees:
Member, Search Committee for Head of the Department of Speech and Hearing Science, 2011-2013.
Member, Search Committee for College of Applied Life Studies Initiatives Hire, 2006-2007.
Member, Search Committee for College of Applied Life Studies Initiatives Hire, 2005-2006.
Member, Search Committee for College of Applied Life Studies Initiatives Hire, 2004-2005.
Member, Search Committee for Associate Dean of Research and Academic Affairs, 2003-2004.
Member, Search Committee for College Initiatives Hire, 2003-2004.
Member, Search Committee for Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, 1999-2000.
Member, Search Committee for Head of the Department of Kinesiology, 1998-1999.
Member, Search Committee for Undergraduate Advisor of Department of Speech and Hearing Science, 1995-96.
Member, Search Committee for Head of the Department of Speech and Hearing Science, 1991-1992.
Member, Search Committee for Disabilities – Veteran’s Issues, 2014-2015.
Award Committees:
Member, SHS Awards Committee, 2010-2011.
Member, Bob Bilger Graduate Student Award Selection Committee, 2006-2007.
Chair, Bob Bilger Graduate Student Award Selection Committee, 2007-2008.
Departmental Service
Standing Committees:
Chair, Program Policy Committee, 2011- 2015.
Chair, Graduate Admissions Committee, 2012-2013.
Member, Program Policy Committee, 2010-2011.
Member, Educational Policy Committee, 2007-2008, 2016-2017.
Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, 1984-88, 1991-97, 1998-present; Chair, 1985-86, 1995-97, 1998-00, 2005-2008, 2013-2014.
Member, Faculty Advisory Committee, 1993-97, 1998-1999, 2016-2017.
Member, Ph.D. Curriculum Committee, 1998-2001.
Member, Master’s Curriculum Committee, 1991-1996; Chair, 1994-96.
Member, Human Subjects Committee, 1991-92; Chair, 1993-94.
Leader, Audiology Working Group, 1993-2006.
Member, Courses and Curriculum Committee, 1988-89.
Search Committees:
Member, Search Committee for Speech Science and Hearing Science Faculty Member, 2016-2017.
Member, Search Committee for Director of Clinical Education, 2015-2016.
Member, Search Committee for Audiology/Hearing Science Faculty Member, 2012-2013.
Chair, Search Committee for Audiology Faculty Member, 1996-97.
Member, Search Committee for Department Head, 1989-90.
Chair, Search Committee for Audiology Faculty Member, 1989-90.
Member, Search Committee for Director of Hearing Clinic, 1988-89.
Member, Search Committee for Director of Hearing Clinic, 1986-87.
Administrative:
Director of Undergraduate Studies, 2016-2017.
Program Director for CAA Accreditation, 2000-2006, 2008-2015.
Associate Head of the Department of Speech and Hearing Science, 2012-2015.
Ad Hoc Director of Undergraduate Studies, 2007-2008.
Head of the Department of Speech and Hearing Science, 2000-2007.
Associate Head of the Department of Speech and Hearing Science, 1996-97, 1998-1999.
Interim Head of the Department of Speech and Hearing Science, 1999-2000.
Director of Graduate Studies of the Department of Speech and Hearing Science, 1996-2007.
Member, Clinic Coordinating Committee, 2001-2007.
Chair, Clinic Coordinating Committee, 1999-2007.
Acting Head of the Department of Speech and Hearing Science, 1997-1998.
Clinical Supervision:
Supervised measures of evoked brain potentials in the Department's Audiology Clinic, 1986-1994.
Other Departmental Service:
Wrote and submitted annual CAA accreditation reports for MA SLP and AuD programs, 2011-2015
Completed annual Higher Education Survey (HES) for department, 2011-2015
Assisted in preparation of the CAA reaccreditation applications, 2010-2011.
Organized and wrote the proposal for a minor in speech, hearing, and language sciences, 2007-2008.
Organized and wrote the proposal for a departmental name change, 2006-2007.
Organized the site visit for reaccreditation for the CAA, 2003-2004.
Organized and wrote the application for reaccreditation for the CAA, 2003-2004.
Organized and wrote the Substantive Change Report for the Au.D. for the CAA, 2003-2004.
Organized, spearheaded, and wrote the proposal for a Doctor of Audiology program, 2001-2003.
Funds secured from the Graduate College to recruit graduate students from underrepresented groups, $1200,
1999-2000.
Coordinated the development and implementation student outcomes assessment, 1997-98.
Organized, spearheaded, and wrote documentation for extensive revision of the curriculum for the Master=s
degree, 1995-1997.
Public Service
Cub Scouts of America, Prairielands Council, Pack 119, Den Leader, Champaign, IL, 1997-2001.
Boy Scouts of America, Prairielands Council, Troop 101, Adult Leader, Champaign, IL, 2001-2003.
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