| Present | Professor, East Tennessee State University ‐ Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
| 2018 - 2020 | Tracking Tinnitus: iCBT for Tinnitus |
| NIH-funded R21 | |
| Role: Senior Key Personnel | |
| Colleague(s): Vinaya Manchaiah-PI | |
| 2013 - 2015 | Hearing Aids for Remote Area Medical Expeditions |
| Hear the World Foundation | |
| Role: PI | |
| $62,500 | |
| 2007 - 2010 | Randomized Study of Tinnitus Retraining Therapy |
| National Institutes of Health - NIH R01#DC005972 | |
| Role: Local PI | |
| Colleague(s): Richard Tyler (PI) | |
| $30,000 | |
| 2009 - 2009 | Evaluation of within-channel and between-channel Gap Detection in Tinnitus Patients |
| Tinnitus Research Initiative | |
| Role: Co-PI | |
| $13,000 | |
| 2009 - 2009 | Temporal Integration of Loudness in Tinnitus Patients |
| Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing | |
| Role: Co-PI | |
| $39,949 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| Present | Fellow, American Academy of Audiology | Present | Journal Reviewer, American Journal of Audiology | Present | Certified Member and Reviewer, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association | Present | Grant Reviewer and Member, American Tinnitus Association | Present | Member, British Society of Audiology | Present | Journal Reviewer, Ear and Hearing | Present | Science Advisor, Earth and Sky (Byrd & Block Productions) | Present | Journal Reviewer, International Journal of Audiology | Present | Journal Reviewer, Journal of Acoustical Society of America | Present | Journal Reviewer, Journal of Speech-Language-Hearing Research | Present | Member, Tennessee Association of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists | Present | Editorial Board Appointment and Member, American Auditory Society |
Honors and Awards
- 2003 - College of Public and Allied Health Foundation Teaching Award
- 2007 - College of Public and Allied Health Foundation Service Award
- 2009 - College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences Foundation Service Award
- 2012 - Supervised Student Project Award Winner at the National Hearing Conservation Association
- 2016 - Supervised Student Project 1st Prize in Biomedical Graduate School Student Category at ETSU Appalachian Student Research Forum
- 2017 - College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences Foundation Research Award
Courses
- CDIS 6115 - Audiologic Evaluation I
- CDIS 6160 - Audiologic Evaluation II
- CDIS 6145 - Pathologies of the Auditory System
- CDIS 6355 - Tinnitus Management
- CDIS 6380 - Medical and Deaf Issues in Audiology
- CDIS 6370 - Hearing Conservation
- CDIS 4037/5037 - Anatomy and Physiology of Speech and Hearing Mechanisms
- CDIS 6520 - Audiology Clinic
| 1991 - 1995 | PhD, Hearing Science, University of Texas at Austin | |
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| 1988 - 1990 | MS, Audiology, Columbia University Teachers' College | |
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| 1981 - 1986 | BA, English, Columbia University (NYC) | |
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