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Study on Hearing and Early Music Classes


Please view the Study on Hearing and Early Music Classes below for more information.

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Registration:
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Participant Directions:
If you are coming to the Hearing Health Lab please come to the Callier Clinical Research Center (address below) and park in the white spaces marked for patients. There are two Callier buildings and we are in the smaller, one-story building with a green dome you can see from the street. Come in the lobby under the green dome and we will meet you there with a parking pass.

Callier Clinical Research Center
811 Synergy Park Blvd.
Richardson, TX 75080
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CAMP CHAT – April 12-14, 2024


Camp CHAT is a weekend retreat for teens with hearing loss and their families. Campers will engage in communication activities using the latest digital wireless microphones and technology.

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Camp CHAT - April 12-14, 2024

SIARC 2024


SIARC 2024

Summer Intensive Auditory Revitalization Conference for 2024 will be July 21-25! For more information regarding the workshop for couples click on the link below.

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Registration link coming soon


About Dr. Thibodeau

Notable


Facemask Research


Dr. Thibodeau and the Hearing Lab were selected to receive the Ear and Hearing Readers’ Choice Award for their paper Communicating During COVID-19: The Effect of Transparent Masks for Speech Recognition in Noise. The Readers’ Choice Award is given to the article published in 2021 that has been accessed most often on the journal website and/or through the Ovid online portal in 2021. The article was accessed more than 3,000 times in the 2021 calendar year! Congratulations to the lab!

The facemask research is ongoing with a focus now on the benefits of adding a remote microphone. Please click the link below to participate even if you completed the first study.
Participate in the study

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, individuals are required to wear masks. Opaque masks prevent individuals with hearing loss from reading speech cues in listening environments.

Dr. Thibodeau and the hearing health lab have been investigating the impact of transparent window masks. We conducted a study and found a significant benefit of transparent masks when measuring speech recognition for listeners with normal hearing and hearing loss (Thibodeau et al. 2020).

This research was submitted and accepted for publication in Ear and Hearing: The official journal for the American Auditory Society. See the article:
Communicating During COVID-19 – The Effect of Transparent Masks for Speech Recognition in Noise Download file.

View Communication Tips During the COVID-19 Pandemic View PDF.

Try our Facemask study videos for yourself! YouTube icon

Demo of facemask effects when using remote microphone system. YouTube icon

Hearing Optimally at Home

As students return to school this fall, some are attending from home via online connections and some are returning to the classroom for in-person instruction. Wireless technology can be of significant benefit in either situation. Click below for a video about using wireless technology at home or for a handout regarding cleaning instructions when using equipment at school.

Watch the Hearing Optimally at Home video

Steps for Passing Transmitters View PDF.