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PHOTO: Ayasakanta Rout

Ayasakanta Rout, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Office: HHS 1143
Phone: 540-568-2719
Email: routax@jmu.edu

Research and Teaching:

Areas of research interest:

  • Benefit from Amplification
  • Signal Processing in Hearing Aids
  • Speech Perception in Individuals with Hearing Loss

Areas of Teaching:

  • Introduction to Amplification (CSD 551)
  • Advanced Hearing Aids (CSD 622)
  • Cochlear Implants (CSD 720)
  • Geriatric Audiology (CSD 710)
  • Audiologic Assessment (CSD 514)

Research Laboratory

Hearing Aid Research Laboratory (HARL)

Current and Ongoing Research Projects:

  • Benchmarking digital signal processing algorithms in hearing aids.
  • Acceptable Noise Level for different target speech (rapid, conversational, and clear speech)
  • Evaluation of the impact of real ear measurements during hearing aid fitting

National and International Conference Presentations (last five years)

Rout, A., Hanline, L., and Halling, D. (2007, June). New stimuli for evaluation of multichannel noise reduction. European Federation of Audiological Societies joint meeting with 10th Congress of the German Audiologic Society, Heidelberg, Germany.

Sadler, J., Ratigan, J., Syms, M., and Rout, A. (2007, April). BAHA effects on single sided deafness speech recognition. Annual Convention of the American Academy of Audiology, Denver, CO.

Rout, A., Hanline, L., and Halling, D. (2007, April). Novel stimuli for electroacoustic evaluation of multichannel noise reduction hearing aids. Annual Convention of the American Academy of Audiology, Denver, CO

Rout, A., Hanline, L., and Halling, D. (2007, March). A comparative electroacoustic evaluation of digital noise reduction in hearing aids. Annual Meeting of the American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ.

Rout, A., Laflen, J.B., Neel, A.T., Long, G.R., and Ricketts, T.A. (2006, March). Hearing loss, spectral enhancement, and speech recognition.  Annual Meeting of the American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ.

Rout, A., Laflen, J.B., Neel, A.T., Long, G.L., and Ricketts, T.A. (2005 September). The effect of spectral enhancement on speech perception. Presented at the Veterans Administration Biennial International Conference on Geriatric Audiology, Portland , OR .

Jump, R.L. and Rout A. (2005 April). Discrepancy between predicted and measured programmable parameters in digital hearing aids. Presented at the annual convention of the American Academy of Audiology, Washington , DC .

Rout, A. (2004 December). Electroacoustic evaluation of modern digital hearing aids. Invited presentation at the annual convention of the Hearing Health Providers of California, Palm Springs , CA .

Rout, A. (2004 August). ANSI tests for advanced digital hearing aids. Invited presentation at the annual convention of the International Hearing Society (IHS), Minneapolis , MN .

Rout, A., Xu, L., and Bond, B.L.(2003 April). Effect of processing delay in hearing aids on perception and its clinical implications. Presented at the annual convention of the American Academy of Audiology, San Antonio , TX .

Laflen, J.B., Rout, A., and Talvage, C. (2002 August). A flexible, analytical framework for spectral enhancement algorithms. Presented at the International Hearing Aid Conference (IHCON), Lake Tahoe , CA .

Rout, A., Ricketts, T.A., and Laflen, J.B. (2002 August). Perception of spectrally enhanced natural speech by normal-hearing and hearing-impaired listeners. Presented at the International Hearing Aid Conference (IHCON), Lake Tahoe , CA .

Rout, A. and Dhar, S. (2000 April). Measurement of Compression attack and release times: Beyond ANSI. Presented at the annual convention of the American Academy of Audiology, Chicago , IL .

Honors and Awards

  • Nominated for the College of Integrated Sciences and Technology Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, 2008.
  • Successful Grant Writing Workshop Travel Award, Deafness Research Foundation & NIDCD, March 2006
  • Purdue Research Foundation Fellowship, 2000, 2001.
  • International Hearing Aid Research Conference (IHCON), Student Scholarship, 2000.
  • American Academy of Audiology, Outstanding Student Investigator Award, 1999.
  • American Speech-Language and Hearing Foundation, Science and Research Career Forum Travel Fellowship, 1999.
  • Annual Academic Excellence Scholarship, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore, 1995, 1996.
  • Outstanding Podium Presentation in Audiology, Annual Convention of the Indian Speech-Language & Hearing Association, Calcutta, India, 1995.
  • Special Recognition Award for establishing Newborn Hearing Screening program at Tripolia Hospital, Patna, India, 1994.

Service

  • Assistant Editor,  Journal of the American Academy of Audiology
  • Ad-Hoc reviewer: Ear & Hearing, Thieme, AJA

College Level Service

  • Dean’s Faculty Advisory Committee, James Madison University

Departmental Level Service

  • Ph.D. Council, Dept. of CSD, James Madison University
  • Audiology Council, Dept. of CSD, James Madison University
  • Academic Adviser (Seniors) & Undergraduate Council, Dept. of CSD, James Madison University
  • Library Faculty Liaison, Dept. of CSD, James Madison University
  • Webmaster, Dept. of CSD, James Madison University (with Charles M. Runyan)
  • Innovations in Clinical Communication Sciences Conference Organization - Exhibitors

Professional Affiliations

  • American Auditory Society, Member
  • American Academy of Audiology, Affiliate
  • International Society for Audiology, Member