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C(SD)2 - Computational, Speech, Sensory, Development & Diseases Lab

[pronounced “CSD-two lab”]

Focus of Lab

Collaborative efforts in this lab investigate environmental and genetic influences on the normal and abnormal development of hearing and auditory processing disorders. Parallel projects in various species (humans, mice, chickens, and quail) attempt to uncover general principles of hearing development. Current research involves the effects of low-level heavy-metal poisoning, ototoxic drugs, noise, early experience, and genetics on the development of hearing acuity, attention deficits, and more complex auditory processing. Various methods of minimizing auditory perceptual disorders – such as stimulant medication, enriched rearing, and training and intervention– are investigated.

Personnel

Director: Lincoln Gray

Other Faculty:

Research Staff:

  • Nathan Havasy, Senior Laboratory Technician/Research Assistant

Students:

  • Heather Bennett, Au.D. Candidate
  • Kate Belzner, Au.D. Candidate
  • Elizabeth Deeb, SLP Masters Candidate
  • Carrie Hambrick, Au.D. Candidate
  • Lisa Mages, Au.D. Candidate

Current Projects in the lab; sources of funding

  • Early Development of Auditory Temporal Processing” NIH R01 DC004303 (L .Gray, P.I.)
  • Hair Cell Regeneration – Functional Significance” NIH R01 DC001372 (B. Ryals and R. Dooling, P.I.s)