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Date/Time
Title/Topic
Speaker
3/11/11 The speech intelligibility of children who use cochlear implants Steven Chin, from the Dept. of
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the IU School of
Medicine
3/9/11 A piece of the action: Sensory-motor systems in semantics
Rutvik Desai, from the Dept. of Neurology at the
Medical College of Wisconsin
2/24/11 Developing speech perception and production in infants exposed to
two languages
Megha Sundara , Ph.D., Univ. of Washington
12/1/10
Gesture as input in language acquisition
Whitney Goodrich Smith, Ph.D., Post-doctoral scientist in Language Development and Perception Labs
11/10/10
Examining the relative phonetic contributions of a cochlear implant and residual acoustic hearing to bimodal speech perception
Benjamin Sheffield, Res. Audiologist, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
10/20/10
Synaptic dynamics in the neural processing of acoustic timing and intensity information in the brain stem
Katrina MacLeod, Ph.D., Asst Res. Scientist, Dept. of Biology and NACS program, UMCP
10/6/10
Investigation of Self-Monitoring in Fluent Aphasia with Jargon
Monica Sampson (HESP PhD student, advisor Dr. Yasmeen Shah)
5/6/10
Adaptive significance of right hemisphere activation in aphasic language comprehension
Dr. Jed Meltzer
5/5/10
Measuring sound detection and reaction time in infant and toddler cochlear implant recipients
Vasant Dasika, Scientific Reviewer at the US-FDA
5/4/10
Investigation of Self-Monitoring in Fluent Aphasia with Jargon
Monica Sampson, PhD student in Yasmeen Shah's Aphasia lab
5/3/10
Phonetic Cues Are Weighted Differently When Spectral Resolution Is Degraded
Matt Winn, AuD/PhD, Cochlear Implants and Psychophysics Lab
4/30/10
A role for declarative and procedural memory in normal and disordered language
Michael Ullman, Professor, Dept of Neuroscience, Co-Director, Center for the Brain Basis of Cognition, and Director, Brain and Language Lab, and Director, Georgetown EEG/ERP Lab, GUMC.
4/29/10
The making of an inner ear
Dr. Doris Wu, Chief, Section on Sensory Cell Regeneration and Development, NIDCD
4/28/10
Go Ahead and Ask What MEG Can Do for You Dan Hertz (post doc, Jonathan Simon's lab, UMD)
4/20/10
Genetics and Hearing
Andrew Griffith, Chief of The Otolaryngology Branch of the intramural research division of NIDCD
4/1/10
Vestibular and Balance Assessment in Clinical Research
Chris Zalewski, Audiologist, and Dr. Carmen Brewer, Chief, Audiology Unit, NIDCD
3/31/10
Speech segregation in rooms
Mickael Deroche, Post-doc, Cochlear Implants and Psychophysics Lab, HESP, UMD
3/30/10
Vestibular and Balance Assessment in Clinical Research
Chris Zalewski, Audiologist, and Dr. Carmen Brewer, Chief, Audiology Unit, NIDCD
3/25/10
Targeted capture and next-generation sequencing identifies TPRN, encoding TAPERIN, as the mutated gene in nonsyndromic human deafness DFNB79
Dr. Thomas Friedman, Chief, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, NIDCD/NIH
3/23/10
Mutations of the gene encoding Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF) can cause inherited hearing loss DFNB39
Dr. Thomas Friedman, Chief, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, NIDCD/NIH
3/9/10 and 3/11/10
Using Brain Connectivity Analysis to Investigate Brain Disorders
Dr. Barry Horwitz, Chief, Section on Brain Imaging and Modeling (Voice, Speech and Language Branch), NIDCD
3/11/10
Dual Language Exposure and Early Bilingual Development
Dr. Erika Hoff, Professor of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University
12/9/09
What was that? Aspects of adult learner speech production and native
speaker perception in Vietnamese.
Allison Blodgett, Asst Research Scientist, CASL, UMCP
12/7/09
From Speech to Articulatory Regime
Vikramjit Mitra, PhD student, Espy-Wilson Lab, Elec and Comp Engg, UMCP
12/2/09
Treatment Outcome for Vocal Cord Dysfunction using the Airflow Perturbation Device - Presentation of Pilot Data
Sally Galena, PhD student, Tian Lab, Hearing and Speech Sciences, UMCP
10/28/09
Reducing Noise-Trauma induced Tinnitus in a Rat Model
Didier Depireux, Asst Research Scientist, Institute for Systems Research, UMCP
10/8/09
Probing the cochlea with focused electrical stimulation through a cochlear implant
Julie Bierer, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle
9/25/09
Otoacoustic emissions and energy reflectance in young adults with a history of pressure equalization tube insertion".
Meggin Petronis (AuD student, Hearing and Speech Sciences)
5/14/09
Speech perception in noise by Japanese listeners using the HINT and the Japanese HINT
Kaori Nakamura, PhD student, Hearing and Speech Sciences
4/16/09

Spectral and temporal processing of auditory information in normal hearing adults

Kara Schvartz, PhD Student, Cochlear Implants and Psychophysics Lab, HESP, UMCP
4/15/09
Abnormal velopharyngeal anatomy and physiology in children with VPI following palatal repair
Dr. Wei Tian, Asst Professor, HESP, UMCP
2/20/09
Aphasia rehabilitation research in the context of the current healthcare climate
Margaret Rogers, Chief Staff Officer for Science and Research, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
2/13/09
Binaural hearing in deaf
adults fitted with bilateral cochlear implants
Gary Jones, PhD student (Advisor: Ruth Litovsky), University of Wisconsin-Madison
12/4/08
The Brain Might Read that Way!
Donald J. Bolger, Ph.D., Department of Human Development
11/17/08
Development of articulatory features in children
Dr. Nandini C. Singh, Associate Professor, National Brain Research Center, Gurgaon, India
11/5/08
Functional Correlates of Preserved Syntactic Comprehension in Aphasia
Jed Meltzer, Research Scientist, NIDCD
10/27/08
Reshaping current fields to improve spectral resolution and reduce channel interactions in cochlear implants
David Landsberger, Post Doc. at House Ear Institute (with Bob Shannon)
10/15/08
Effects of speech-noise channel separation on speech recognition by cochlear implant users
Dr. Bomjun Kwon, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders, University of Utah
5/07/08
""Acoustic Cue Integration in Speech Intonation Recognition by Cochlear Implant Users and Normal Hearing Listeners"
Shu-Chen Peng, Ph.D., Scientific Reviewer, US-FDA and Adjunct Faculty Member, HESP
5/06/08
"Effects of Phonological Neighborhood in Mandarin Chinese Word Access"
Peitzu Tsai, PhD student, HESP

4/09/08
Evoked cortical activity and speech recogntion as a function of the number of stimulated cochlear implant channels
Lendra Friesen, PhD
Senior Researcher, Cochlear Implant Program, Dept. of Otolaryngology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center;
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Otolaryngology-HNS, University of Toronto
3/05/08
Characteristics of and Treatment Effectiveness for Nonspecific Chronic Cough in Children
Sally Galena, Ph.D. Student, Hearing and Speech Sciences, University of Maryland
12/03/07
Correlation among craniofacial and velopharyngeal structures: How does it help with diagnosis and treatment of VPI?
Dr. Wei Tian, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Hearing and Speech Sciences, University of Maryland

11/20/07
Fish Hearing: From Evolution to Application
Arthur M. Popper, Phd.D.,
Professor, Department of Biology,
and Co-Director, Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing,
University of Maryland, College Park
10/24/07
Neural Instantiation of Verb Argument Structure Processing: Implications for Phrase Structure Building
Dr. Cynthia K. Thompson, Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University
10/12/07
Cross Linguistic Studies of the Acquired Dyslexias-Vetting the Models
Dr. Pratibha Karanth, PhD, Director, Com-DEALL Trust, Bangalore, India
9/18/07
Electrical Stimulation of the Human Cochlea, Brainstem, and Midbrain: Selecting the Right Prosthesis
Bob Shannon
Head, Dept. of Auditory Implants and Perception
House Ear Institute
5/09/07
"Expanding the Availability and Use of Audiologic Rehabilitation: New Tools and Approaches"
Dr. Matthew Bakke
Associate Professor,
Gallaudet University,
Department of Hearing, Speech and Language Sciences
Director,
Rehabilitation Engineering,
Research Center (RERC) on Hearing Enhancement
4/18/07

When Right Is Wrong: An fMRI Study of Overt Naming in Patients with Aphasia

Dr. Whitney Anne Postman-Caucheteux
Post-doctoral Fellow
NIDCD

4/11/07
Auditory perceptual deficits of older people: timing is everything
Dr. Sandra Gordon Salant
Professor
Dept. of Hearing and Speech Sciences
UMCP
3/29/07
Parental Psychopathology: Impact on Developmental and Treatment Outcomes for Children with ADHD

Dr. Andrea Chronis
Director,
Maryland ADHD Program
Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Psychology,
UMCP
Host: Dr. Rochelle Newman
3/15/07
Action and audition in echolocating bats
Dr. Cynthia Moss
Professor and Director, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program,
UMCP
12/13/06
Presentation 1: The Role of Selected Lexical Factors on Confrontation Naming Accuracy and Speed in Children

Presentation 2: An Investigation of Epilepsy in Children: Language Profiles
Speaker 1: Lisa King
Graduate Student in HESP

Speaker 2: Amy Strekas
Graduate Student in HESP
12/06/06
Aphasia Therapy:
A neurobehavioral perspective & other stories
Dr. Yasmeen Shah,
Asst Professor,
Hearing and Speech Sciences
11/09/06
Channel independence in pediatric cochlear implant subjects (abstract)
Marc D. Eisen, M.D., Ph.D.
Neurotology Fellow
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Johns Hopkins Medical School
10/11/06
(Lab)Notes from the Underground (or, What's New in the CIP Lab).
Dr. Monita Chatterjee,
HESP
7/12/06
Functional imaging studies of categorical and sensory processing of simple sounds and sign language gestures
Dr. Fatima Husain, Research Fellow,
Brain Imaging and Modeling Section,
NIH/NIDCD
5/04/06
Perceptual consequences of hereditary inner ear abnormalities in Belgian Waterslager canaries
Amanda Lauer,
Ph.D. Student,
Dooling Lab
5/03/06
Dr. Whitney Postman, NIDCD
4/20/06
Effect of Electrical Stimulation on Swallowing: Fact vs. Fiction
Dr. Barbara C. Sonies, HESP
2/15/06
Understanding the role of prefrontal cortex in intact and impaired phonological processing
Martha Burton,
Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine
1/23/06
Models of pitch perception: Clues from sensorineural hearing loss
Joshua G. Bernstein,
Ph.D. student, Harvard-MIT Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology Program
12/07/05
Self-hearing: Its characteristics and role in speech production.

Dr. Dragana Barac-Cikoja,
Research Scientist II, Gallaudet Research Institute, Gallaudet University
11/09/05
Infants' early ability to segment the conversational speech signal predicts later language development
Drs. Nan Ratner and Rochelle Newman,
HESP
10/27/05
Mechanisms of pitch perception: Implications for hearing impairment and cochlear implants
Andy Oxenham, Ph.D.
MIT
10/26/05
Effects of acoustic stimulation on the responses of the auditory nerve to electric stimulation
Paul Abbas, Ph.D.
University of Iowa

 

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