Marc Brennan
Associate Professor, Audiology Program Coordinator/Director
Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Contact
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BKC 241
Lincoln NE 68583-0738 - Phone
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402-472-2149 On-campus 2-2149
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marc.brennan@unl.edu
- Website
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Amplification and Perception Lab
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Marc Brennan joined the faculty in the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders as an associate professor in August 2017. Prior to arriving at Nebraska, Marc served as an audiologist and the director of the Amplification and Perception Laboratory at Boys Town National Research Hospital in Omaha.
He was an adjunct professor in the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders at the University of Nebraska - Omaha from 2013-15. Marc previously held research and audiologist positions at Northwestern University, University of Washington, University of Wisconsin-Madison and William S. Middleton VA Medical Center in Madison, Wisconsin.
Marc earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in communicative disorders from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After completing his doctorate in speech and hearing sciences at the University of Washington, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Boys Town National Research Hospital.
Education
Ph.D., Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, 2011
M.A., Communicative Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2001
B.S., Communicative Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1999
Areas of Expertise
- Understanding the mechanisms that support speech recognition
- Understanding how hearing aids impact the encoding of speech cues
Honors and Recognition
- 2018, Honors of the Association, Nebraska Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- 2017, Boss of the Month, Nebraska Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- 2013, HearStrong Award, HearStrong Foundation
- 2012, Student Research Travel Award, Annual Meeting of the American Auditory Society
- 2011, Fellowship Travel Award for Lessons for Success Research Conference, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- 2010, Student Research Travel Award, International Hearing Aid Research Conference
- 2010, Student Research Travel Award, Acoustical Society of America
- 2009, Best Quick Read, The Hearing Journal
- 2008, Student Research Award, American Academy of Audiology
- 2003, Best of Audiology Literature Award, The Hearing Journal
Experience
- 2017-present, Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- 2014-17, Director, Amplification and Perception Laboratory, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska
- 2014-17, Audiologist, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska
- 2013-15, Adjunct Professor, Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders, University of Nebraska-Omaha
- 2011-13, Postdoctoral Fellow, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska
- 2010, Visiting Predoctoral Research Assistant, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University
- 2006-10, Research Assistant, Hearing Aid Laboratory, University of Washington
- 2004-06, Audiologist, William S. Middleton VA Medical Center, Madison, Wisconsin
- 2001-04, Audiologist, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska
- 1999-2001, Research Assistant, Speech Database Project, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Memberships
- Acoustical Society of America
- American Auditory Society
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- International Society of Audiology
- Nebraska Speech-Language-Hearing Association