Kara Schvartz B.S. (2004, Ohio University, Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences; Minor: Psychology) Email: kschvartz@hesp.umd.edu   Advisor: Monita Chatterjee, Ph.D.

Research/Clinical Interests and Activities         Presentations           Publications

Research/Clinical Interests and Activities

Complex signal processing in cochlear implants

Are-related auditory processing deficits

Auditory scene analysis

My current research focuses on interactions between aging and the processing of spectrally degraded stimuli. In particular, I am interested in the effect of age on the ability of listeners to utilize residual temporal cues to perceive simple and complex stimuli, when spectral cues are severely reduced or absent. Such research could have important implications for cochlear implantation among the geriatric population.

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Presentations

Schvartz, K. C. , Chatterjee, M. & Dade, M. "Multi-channel Loudness Perception in Cochlear Implant Listeners". Poster: 2006 Midwinter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology , Baltimore, MD.

Schvartz, K. C. , & Chatterjee, M.. "The Relative Loudness of One, Two, and Three Channel Stimuli in Cochlear Implant Listeners". Poster: 2005 Conference on Implantable Auditory Prosthesis , Pacific Grove, CA.

King, K., Zalewski, C., Schvartz, K ., Yanjanin, N., Porter, F., & Brewer, C. " Auditory Phenotype in Niemann-Pick Type C". Poster: 2007 American Auditory Society Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.

Schvartz, K. , Chatterjee, M., & Gordon-Salant, S. "Effects of Aging on the Recognition of Spectrally Degraded Speech". Poster: 2007 Conference on Implantable Auditory Porsthesis, Lake Tahoe, CA.

Schvartz, K. , Chatterjee, M. & Gordon-Salant, S. "Effects of Aging on the Recognition of Spectrally Degraded Speech". Poster: 2007 Aging and Speech Communication: An International and Interdisciplinary Research Conference. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

Schvartz, K. C. , Chatterjee, M., & Gordon-Salant, S. "Recognition of spectrally degraded phonemes by younger, middle-aged, and older normal hearing listeners", Invited Speaker: University of Maryland CAUD Winter Workshop, January 2008.

Chatterjee, M., & Schvartz, K. C . "Multi-electrode spatial pattern discrimination with cochlear implants". Poster: 2008 Midwinter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Phoenix, AZ.

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Publications

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