School of Communication

Visiting Scholars

June 2008 Brian McDermott, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Department of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery
Case Western Reserve University
Analysis and functional evaluation of the hair-cell transcriptome
April 2008
David Kemp, Ph.D.,
University College, London, Ear Institute
OAEs: Sound from ears. Where does it come from and where is it leading us?
February 2008
*James Jerger, Ph.D.
Distinguished Scholar in Residence
University of Texas, Dallas
Listening to Words: An Electrophysiological Perspective
December 2007 Anu Sharma, Ph.D.
Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder
Cortical development and re-organization in children with cochlear implants
December 2007 Jeffrey R. Holt, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience,
University of Virginia, School of Medicine
The Molecules and Mechanisms of Mechanosensation in the Mammalian Inner Ear
October 2007 Mikkos Sams, Ph.D.
Helsinki University of Technology, Laboratory of Computational Engineering
From reactive to active auditory system
October 2007
Christoph Schreiner, Ph.D.
University of California – San Francisco
Cellular mechanisms of auditory cortical function and plasticity
October 2007 Carrick L. Talmadge, Ph.D.
University of Mississippi, National Center for Physical Acoustics
Human cochlear physics: theory and experiment
May 2006 Brad May, Ph.D.
Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Johns Hopkins University
Sensory screening procedures for mouse models of hearing
May 2006 Dan Sanes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neural Science and Biology
New York University
Functional development of the auditory central nervous system & the impact of hearing loss
February 2006 Peter Heil, Ph.D.
Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Germany
Temporal summation and auditory pattern recognition
February 2006 David R. Moore, Ph.D.
Director of the Medical Research Council
Institute of Hearing Research
University of Oxford, U. K.
Auditory learning in theory and practice
March 2006 *Brian C. J. Moore, Ph.D.
Professor of Auditory Perception
University of Cambridge, U. K.
Perception of pitch by normally hearing & hearing-impaired people
October 2005 Kelly L. Tremblay, Ph.D.
University of Washington, Seattle
The aging auditory system: physiological perspectives on temporal processing and auditory rehabilitation
* Lectures sponsored in conjunction with the Doctor of Audiology Program, Northwestern University