AuD Research Topics

I have been looking into the research emphasis for UNC so I can tailor my personal statement.  It’s all about meshing your goals with your dream school’s current projects.  So here’s what I found:

–Central Neurophysiological Markers Underlying Degraded Speech Recognition

–Optimization of FSP and HDCIS: Influence on Speech Perception

–Vestibulo-ocular Reflex and Functional Balance Correlates of Aging

–Neurophysiological Indicators of Early-Stage Cognitive Decline

–Concentration-Dependent Effects of Bone Morphogenetic Proteins on Atoh1 Expression During Avian Hair Cell Regeneration

–Mechanisms Underlying Short-Term Synaptic Plasticity in the Auditory Brainstem

–The Effect of Active Listening on Cochlear Mechanics in Children

–Objective Measures of Fatigue in Children with and Without Hearing Loss

–Characterizing Effects of Fatigue Following Physical Exertion on Dynamic Visual Acuity Test in Collegiate Athletes

–Tablet Audiometry: Accurate Enough for Clinical Use?

–Noise-induced Hearing Loss Alters Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Activity in Rats

–Repeatability and Stability of Medial Olivocochlear Reflex Effects on Short- and Long-latency Transient-evoked Otoacoustic Emissions

–Musical Experience and Hearing Loss: Perceptual, Cognitive and Neural Benefits 

–Further Developing the Auditory Nerve Overlapped Waveform (ANOW) as an Objective Measure of Low-Frequency Hearing

–Development of a Head Shake Postural Control Protocol for Potential Use in Concussion Assessment

–cVEMP Measures in Adolescents

–Speech-evoked Envelope Following Responses as an Objective Aided Outcome Measure

–Onset-Offset N1-P2 Response Comparisons: A Possible Index for Tinnitus Verification

–Attitudes of Audiologists Toward Individuals with Multiple Disabilities

–Proliferation Patterns in Zebrafish Neuromasts Following Cisplatin Toxicity

 

And a little easier to decipher–here’s what came up when I pasted each name into Google Scholar:

–Kathryn Bright = stuff on spontaneous OAE

-**Deanne Meinke = noise-induced hearling loss (shooting range, mp3, classrm); DPOAEs

–Tina Stoody = auditory electrophysiology (whatever that is. . .)

–Jennifer Weber = (common name) but maybe h-aid gain, possibly some chemistry-sounding compound stuff or genetics, digital noise reduction for better background noise level.

-**Robert Traynor = HL in aging ppl, personal style & h-aid fitting, dx & rehab of elders in facilities, 

-*Daniel Ostergren = case study of classrm acoustics (+handbook acoustic accessability), tag team parenting, 

–Gustav Mueller = EZ method to calc AI, digital noise reduction & background noise, affects of amplification on tinnitus, lots of stuff about amplification, AI, and speech-sciency-looking topics

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