Tracy Fitzgerald Ph.D. (2001, Syracuse University, Audiology), CCC-A Assistant Professor, Department of Hearing & Speech Sciences Faculty Member, Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science (NACS) Director, Clinical Auditory Physiology Lab 0119C, Lefrak Hall; 301-405-7776 Email:   tfitzgerald@hesp.umd.edu Phone:  301-405-4224  Room:   0119B, LeFrak Hall
Curiculum Vitae
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Research/Clinical Interests

Otoacoustic emissions in normal and impaired ears

Middle ear reflectance measures

Electrophysiological measures of hearing

Diagnosis of hearing loss in infants and children

Courses Taught in the Past Five Years

HESP 411:  Introduction to Audiology

HESP 630:  Electrophysiological Measurements

HESP 645:  Pediatric Audiology

HESP 658a Seminar: Clinical Topics in Hearing and Speech Sciences: Clinical Ethics

HESP 706:  Advanced Clinical Audiology

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Research/Clinical Activities

My research focuses on physiological measures of auditory system function with the long-term goal of improving the ability to diagnose hearing loss and auditory system pathology in hard-to-test populations such as infants.

Current research includes investigations of distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) and the prediction of hearing thresholds. This project is supported by the New Century Scholars Reserach Grant from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation. Previous work has included investigation of the 2f2-f1 DPOAE for detection of hearing loss and suppression of the 2f1-f2 DPOAE in hearing-impaired children.

Other research includes investigations of wideband reflectance in adults.

For more information about the various projects in our lab, please visit our Clinical Physiology Lab webpage.

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