Undergraduate Research

  • David Sanchez – Minority Health Disparities Initiative. Project title: Assessing healthcare providers' knowledge of ototoxicity effects of illicit drugs and prescription opioids. Jan 2021-May 2022.
  • Sarah Rogoz – Undergraduate UCARE. Project title: The relationships between race/ethnicity, mental health, socioeconomic status, gender, and substance use. Summer 2022.

AuD Capstones

  • Molly Donnell, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Project title: Examining inconsistencies in speech perception scores in adult cochlear implant users based on cognitive functions. Jan 2021-present.
  • Megan Peterson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Project title: A comparison of cochlear implant results to the hearing aid data from the Communication Profile for the Hearing Impaired. Jan 2021-present.
    *American Auditory Society Mentored Student Travel Award
  • Summer Brown, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Project title: Characterizing the effects of chronic alcohol and illicit drug use on auditory function. Jan 2019-May 2022.
  • Emily Graves, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Project title: A comparison of Montreal Cognitive Assessment scores among individuals with normal hearing and cochlear implants. Jan 2020-May 2022.
    *American Auditory Society Mentored Student Travel Award
  • Jamie Petersen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Project title: Hearing loss and cognitive decline measured in individuals with partially restored audibility versus individuals with profound deafness. Jan 2020-July 2021.
  • Josie Zimmel, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Project title: Effects of EchoBlock on speech understanding for cochlear implant users in reverberant conditions. Jan 2020-May 2022.
    *American Auditory Society Mentored Student Travel Award
  • Elysa Binger, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Project title: How pulse rate affects electrically evoked stapedial reflex thresholds and the relation with upper-comfort levels in cochlear implants. Jan 2019-May 2021.
  • Jamie Koch, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Project title: What factors predict discrepancies between word and sentence scores in adult cochlear implant users? Jan 2019-May 2021.
  • Emily Sanders, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Project title: Influence of polarity on temporal response properties of the electrically evoked compound action potential in cochlear implant users. Jan 2019-May 2021.