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Ayasakanta Rout, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office: HHS
1148
Phone: 540-
568-3867
Email:
routax@jmu.edu
Research and Teaching Areas:
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
- Advanced Hearing Aids
- Cochlear Implants
- Geriatric Audiology
- Audiologic Assessment
Research Laboratory
Hearing Aid Research Laboratory (HARL)
Current and Ongoing Research Projects:
- Project I: The effect of spectral enhancement on speech perception.
- Project II. Discrepancy between the predicted gain and the actual gain for advanced digital hearing aids.
National and International Conference Presentations (last five years)
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 .
