Expertise

Clinical interests:

  • Hearing conservation programs
  • Central auditory processing in children
  • The hearing aid effect; the contribution of high-frequency audibility to speech understanding
  • Practice and training effects for speech understanding
  • Factors for predicting benefit and successful use of amplification

He is particularly interested in the development and provision of amplification technologies, and has worn hearing aids for many years. He also has special interest in diagnostic testing of auditory system dysfunction, and the application of relevant translational research.

Communities
Audiology, Speech-Language Pathology
Degrees
PhD, Indiana University, Hearing Science, 2001
MS, Wayne State University, Audiology, 1994
BA, Wheaton College, Communications, 1989