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Students currently working or volunteering in the Hearing Health Lab, September 2020. 
Rebekah Havens presenting Features of MFi and MFA hearings at the Texas Academy of Audiology Annual Conference in 2019. 
Hearing Health Lab students at the American Speech Language and Hearing Conference in 2019. 
WELCOME DR. SEEON KIM
We welcome Dr. Seeon Kim to the Hearing Health Lab! Dr. Seeon Kim is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Callier Center. She earned her PhD in speech and hearing science from Arizona State University, with her thesis focusing on “The Mechanisms of Auditory Training with Cochlear Implant Simulations.” Prior to her PhD, she worked as an audiologist at a hearing aid center in South Korea, primarily serving elderly patients with hearing loss. She holds her bachelor’s degrees in electronic engineering and English literature from Soongsil University, South Korea, and a master’s degree in audiology from Hallym University of Graduate Studies, South Korea. Her research aims to improve the lives of people with hearing loss by enhancing the use of hearing devices, improving speech recognition through novel auditory training, and reducing listening effort.
In her free time, Seeon enjoys cooking, dancing, and hiking. We look forward to working with you, Dr. Kim!
Study on Hearing and Early Music Classes
Please view the Study on Hearing and Early Music Classes below for more information.
View Study Flyer
Registration:
Sign up using our Google form
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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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 
View Communication Tips During the COVID-19 Pandemic 
Try our Facemask study videos for yourself! 
Demo of facemask effects when using remote microphone system.
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
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