Carmen Brewer Ph.D. (1981, University of Maryland, Audiology and Hearing Science), CCC-A Adjunct, Department of Hearing & Speech Sciences Chief of Audiology, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) Email:       ccb2@mng.edu Phone:      301-496-5368 Address:    National Institutes of Health                  10 Center Drive, Building 10, 5C306                  Bethesda, MD 20892

Courses Taught         Research/Clinical Activities         

Research/Clinical Interests

Diagnosis and identification of auditory disorders

Genetic aspects of auditory function

Otoacoustic emissions

Physiological measures of auditory and vestibular system

Auditory Processing

Courses Taught in the Past Five Years

HESP 632: Medical Audiology

HESP 701: Hearing Aids II

HESP 706: Advanced Clinical Audiology

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Research/Clinical Activities

Currently investigating and phenotyping auditory characteristics in several rare genetic disorders including Smith Magenis syndrome, McCune Albright syndrome and Fabry's disease.  These projects are multidisciplinary and involve collaboration with otolaryngology, neurology and geneticists.

Participating in several projects in which heritability of auditory processing skills is being evaluated.  One study involves an annual trip to a Twins Festival in which data is gathered on monozygotic and dizygotic twins to evaluate heritability.  Another study is investigating auditory function in a group of subjects with tune deafness.   Measures of interest include otoacoustic emissions and pitch perception.

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