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Mountain Home Hearing and Balance Research Program

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Hearing Research Program

The Hearing Research Program receives support from the Rehabilitation Research and Development (RR&D) Service through the Department of Veteran Affairs, and is located on the Mountain Home VAMC campus.

Current Funding
Previous Funding

People

Kim Schairer, Ph.D.
Sherri L. Smith, Au.D., Ph.D.
Elizabeth Kolberg, Au.D.
George L. Spanos, Au.D.
David Ryan, Ph.D.

Auditory Research Labs

Applied Hearing Science Laboratory
Audiologic Rehabilitation Laboratory
Hearing Aid Research Laboratory

Current Auditory Research Funding

2017 - 2019

Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP). Rehabilitation Research and Development Service, Department of Veterans Affairs
Auditory Processing in Veterans with Concussion and Blast Exposure
Principal Investigator:Kim Schairer, Ph.D.

2014 - 2018

Merit Review. Rehabilitation Research and Development Service, Department of Veterans Affairs
Comprehensive Wide Bandwidth Test Battery of Auditory Function in Veterans
Principal Investigators: Kim Schairer, Ph.D. & Pat Feeney, Ph.D.

2009 - 2018

National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center
Technologies in Support of Successful Aging with Disability (TechSage)
Principal Investigators: Sanford, Katharina Echt, Ph.D. & Carrie Bruce, Ph.D.
Co-Investigators:Sherri Smith, Au.D., Ph.D.

2015 - 2017

Small Projects in Rehabilitation Research (SPiRE). Rehabilitation,Research and Development Service, Department of Veterans Affairs
Efficacy of a Coupler-Based Hearing-Aid Fitting Approach for Experienced Users
Principal Investigator: Sherri Smith, Au.D., Ph.D.

Previous Auditory Research Funding

2014 - 2016

Starkey Hearing Technologies
Evaluation of a Clinical Protocol Designed for Patients with High Intolerance for Background Noise
Principal Investigator: Sherri L. Smith, Au.D., Ph.D.

2008 - 2013

Career Development Award Level II. Rehabilitation Research and Development Service, Department of Veterans Affairs
Auditory Cognitive Factors Influencing Speech-in-Noise Performance
Principal Investigator: Sherri Smith, Au.D., Ph.D.
Co-Investigators: Kathy Pichora-Fuller, Ph.D. & Richard Wilson, Ph.D.

2010 - 2011

Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Investigation of the Links between Stigma Related to Aging and Hearing Loss: Effects on Social Interaction and Health Behaviours
Principal Investigator: Kathy Pichora-Fuller, Ph.D.
Co-Investigator: Sherri Smith, Au.D., Ph.D.

2008 - 2011

Merit Review. Rehabilitation Research and Development Service, Department of Veterans Affairs
Evaluation of Open-Canal and Traditional Custom-Fit Hearing Aids
Principal Investigators: Gene Bratt, Ph.D. & Richard Wilson, Ph.D.
Co-Investigator: Sherri Smith, Au.D., Ph.D.

2008 - 2011

Merit Review. Rehabilitation Research and Development Service, Department of Veterans Affairs
Supplementing Hearing Aids with Computerized Auditory Training
Principal Investigators: Theresa Chisholm, Ph.D. Richard Wilson, Ph.D.
Co-Investigators: Sherri Smith, Au.D., Ph.D.

2009

Merit Review. Rehabilitation Research and Development Service, Department of Veterans Affairs
Speech-in-Noise Measures as a Predictor of Hearing Aid Outcomes
Principal Investigator: Richard Wilson, Ph.D.
Co-Investigator: Sherri Smith, Au.D., Ph.D.



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