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Introduction
I am an Associate Professor of Music Therapy, teaching undergraduate coursework in music therapy, conducting research with adults and children who have cochlear implants, hearing loss, and normal hearing. My interests are in re/habilitation of music perception through online training, co-treatment of speech-language delays of children with hearing loss through music therapy and undergraduate research experiences.
Current institution
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August 2004 - February 2006
Position
- Researcher
Description
- Music Perception Team. As Graduate research assistant, responsible for scheduling of patients and staff, regulatory protocol and approval (IRB), test development, data entry, data analysis, and assistance with manuscript preparation and grant submissions for the Music Perception Team
February 2006 - May 2019
Position
- Research Specialist
Description
- Research specialist in the Department of Otolaryngology, Music Perception Team. Evaluated perceptual accuracy & sound quality of music, rehabilitation methods to improve music perception, & clinical application of music therapy for adults and children with cochlear implants, hearing aids. Collaborated with audiologists and speech-language pathologists in research and clinical practice.
April 2012 - January 2014
Position
- Researcher
Description
- Speech Perception Team--Responsible for maintaining research protocols, IRB & multicenter studies of speech perception of adults & children with hearing loss, cochlear implants, & normal hearing regarding perception of speech in varying levels of background noise.
Education
January 2015 - December 2019
August 2004 - December 2006
Publications
Publications (36)
Objectives
To describe the effects of two types of auditory training on both behavioral and physiological measures of auditory function in cochlear implant (CI) users, and to examine whether a relationship exists between the behavioral and objective outcome measures.
Design
This study involved two experiments, both of which used a within-subject d...
Research is a pivotal element of music therapy education. Finding, interpreting, and integrating research into clinical practice are required in the professional competencies (American Music Therapy Association, 2013, 2021). Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CURE) have been identified by the National Science Foundation to increase ac...
This poster is about the normal hearing, high frequency hearing and relative pitch perception of pianists and vocalists and the differences between them. These results will determine if a particular group is more inclined to noise related hearing loss or if a particular group is better at the interpretation of sound and perception of pitch.
The purpose of this exploratory study is to examine the traditional and extended high-frequency (EHF) hearing of musicians and non-musicians, comparing hearing levels between left and right ears within- and between-groups to determine if perception of those extended high frequencies can be linked to instrument or instrument-family
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of dialect and masker condition on speech recognition in noise performance. The subjects were divided into Southern or non-Southern dialect groups. Speech recognition in noise ability was evaluated using the adult AzBio sentences in four different maskers. No main effect for dialect group was...
The purpose of this poster is to provide a look into the experiences of four educators of CI recipients as they attempted to create situations where both teacher and student had successful interactions. We were interested in teachers’ previous knowledge before they began working with these students with CIs, what resources they used, if any, as wel...
Introduction: Successful music perception continues to be a challenge for cochlear implant (CI) recipients. This study presents the second phase of a sequential exploratory mixed methods study involving experiences and desires of CI recipients in complex listening experiences involving music. New developments with electroacoustic, or hybrid, hearin...
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships across speech-in-noise measures and Grammar Mixed Test results.
The purpose of this study was to examine the differences between musician and non-musician participants’ speech recognition skills in various maskers. Musician and non-musician participants completed an online protocol that included the AzBio sentence lists paired with noise and music backgrounds. Results showed that musical experience did not prov...
The main objective of this study was to investigate speech recognition in noise performances across listener dialect groups. The participants completed an online dialect quiz that determined the geographical location of their dialect. Speech perception in noise was evaluated using AzBio sentence lists presented in five types of background noise. It...
It is well documented in music therapy literature that older adults benefit from music therapy. While literature exists in the music therapy area regarding adaptive lessons for young children, there are scant resources available for providing similar instruction for older adults. This presentation discusses providing adaptive lessons as music thera...
Background
Cochlear implants (CIs), which have been designed primarily to support spoken communication of persons with severe to profound hearing loss, are highly effective in supporting speech perception in quiet listening conditions. CI users as a group achieve significantly poorer perception and appraisal of music, and speech perception is compr...
Background:
Music engagement (the active making of music, e.g., music lessons and ensembles) is a common part of educational and community experiences. Music making typically involves listening to and production of rapidly changing combinations of pitch, timbre, and rhythm, which can be challenging for cochlear implant (CI) recipients, given that...
Objective: Evidence suggests that musicians, as a group, have superior frequency resolution abilities when compared to non-musicians. It is possible to assess auditory discrimination using either behavioral or electrophysiologic methods. The purpose of this study was to determine if the auditory change complex (ACC) is sensitive enough to reflect t...
BACKGROUND:
Preserved residual hearing in adult recipients of short electrode cochlear implants (CIs) contributes to improve perception of speech in noise as well as music. Recently, children and adolescents with sufficient low-frequency hearing but profound loss at higher frequencies enrolled in a FDA trial intended to evaluate the benefit of a sh...
Objective This paper provides a preliminary report of a music-based training program for adult cochlear implant (CI) recipients. Included in this report are descriptions of the rationale for music-based training, factors influencing program development, and the resulting program components. Methods Prior studies describing experience-based plastici...
Objective
Children with cochlear implants (CIs) participate in musical activities in school and daily lives. Considerable variability exists regarding the amount of music involvement and enjoyment. Using the Music Engagement Questionnaire-Preschool/Elementary (MEQ-P/E), we wanted to determine patterns of musical participation and the impact of fami...
Effective musical communication requires conveyance of the intended message in a manner perceptible to the receiver. Communication disorders that impair transmitting or decoding of structural features of music (e.g., pitch, timbre) and/or symbolic representation may result in atypical musical communication, which can have a negative impact on music...
Objectives:
The objectives were to evaluate the relationships among music perception, appraisal, and experience in cochlear implant users in multiple clinical settings and to examine the viability of two assessments designed for clinical use.
Design:
Background questionnaires (IMBQ) were administered by audiologists in 14 clinics in the United S...
Background:
Cochlear implant (CI) users have difficulty perceiving some intonation cues in speech and melodic contours because of poor frequency selectivity in the cochlear implant signal.
Objectives:
To assess perceptual accuracy of normal hearing (NH) children and pediatric CI users on speech intonation (prosody), melodic contour, and pitch ra...
Objectives
This study examined speech recognition abilities of cochlear implant (CI) recipients in the spectrally complex listening condition of 3 contrasting types of background music, and compared performance based upon listener groups: CI recipients using conventional long-electrode devices, Hybrid CI recipients (acoustic plus electric stimulati...
In recent years, there has been increasing interest in music perception of cochlear implant (CI) recipients and a growing body of research conducted in this area. The majority of these studies have examined perceptual accuracy for pitch, rhythm, and timbre. Another important, but less commonly studied aspect of music listening is appreciation, or a...
This study examines the efficiency and effectiveness of three types of training on recognition of musical instruments by adults with cochlear implants (CI). Seventy-one adults with CIs were randomly assigned to one of three training conditions: feedback on response accuracy, feedback-plus (response accuracy plus correct answer), and direct instruct...
The purpose of this study was to examine the musical engagement (participation and attitude) of pediatric CI recipients who were implanted during early childhood and who have reached age 15 or older. A questionnaire was administered to a group of 31 prelingually deaf CI users who receive annual follow up services and assessment in a clinical resear...
Cochlear implants (CI) are effective in transmitting salient features of speech, especially in quiet, but current CI technology is not well suited in transmission of key musical structures (e.g., melody, timbre). It is possible, however, that sung lyrics, which are commonly heard in real-world music may provide acoustical cues that support better m...
This paper provides research and clinical information relevant to music therapy for preschool children who use cochlear implants
(CI). It consolidates information from various disciplinary sources regarding (a) cochlear implantation of young prelingually
deaf children (~age 2–5), (b) patterns of auditory and speech-language development, and (c) res...
Aim: To compare accuracy of prelingually deaf adolescents and postlingually deaf adult CI users on detection of pitch errors in commonly-heard melodies. This examines normalization of interval sizes in Western musical scales.
Material & Methods: Adolescent and adult CI users were tested on detection of pitch change errors (2, 4 semitones) in 2 co...
Aim: To provide information regarding the use of music-based therapy to enhance communication skills of preschool cochlear implant recipients in a group settings. Therapy goals include improved sound discrimination, recognition, comprehension, as well as speech production and language development.
Material and Methods: In collaboration with speec...
An extensive body of literature indicates that cochlear implants (CIs) are effective in supporting speech perception of persons with severe to profound hearing losses who do not benefit to any great extent from conventional hearing aids. Adult CI recipients tend to show significant improvement in speech perception within 3 mo following implantation...
This study examines the effects of 3 types of instrumental accompaniments (piano, guitar, piano + guitar) and contrasting CI groups (long electrode-LE; bilateral long electrode-Bilat; long electrode + hearing aid-LE+HA; short electrode with acoustic + electric stimulation-SE) on recognition of song lyrics sung by a male or female vocalist. The test...
The simulation of the CI (cochlear implant) signal presents a degraded representation of each musical instrument, which makes recognition difficult.
To examine the efficiency and effectiveness of three types of training on recognition of musical instruments as presented through simulations of the sounds transmitted through a CI.
Participants were r...
The research examined whether performance by adult cochlear implant recipients on a variety of recognition and appraisal tests derived from real-world music could be predicted from technological, demographic, and life experience variables, as well as speech recognition scores. A representative sample of 209 adults implanted between 1985 and 2006 pa...
