Dr. Frank Musiek

Frank E. Musiek, PhD, is a renowned hearing researcher, scholar, teacher and clinical audiologist. His research on electrophysiology and central auditory processing has led to the discovery and implementation of numerous tools that are widely used for assessment of the auditory brainstem and central auditory pathways. His research career has contributed in a substantial way to our fundamental understanding of the anatomy, physiology and neurophysiology of the human auditory system. Dr. Musiek has published over 140 refereed articles and presented more than 220 invited lectures and seminars and nearly 300 papers at national and international conferences, research symposia and other venues around the world. He has developed four clinical audiologic tests, three of which are mainstays of the clinical central auditory test battery. He has published nine books and authored no fewer than 35 book chapters.
Feb. 03, 2016

Commentary on “Effects of Low Pass Filtering on Ear Asymmetry in Dichotic Listening and Some Uncontrolled Error Sources” (Spreen and Boucher, 1970)

Dr. Frank Musiek
[gview file=”https://hearinghealthmatters.org/pathways/files/2016/02/Corrected-View-Article.pdf”] Comment: Though some aspects of this article we may not agree with— there is an interesting finding that may need reiterated in the current research world. Progressive filtering of the high frequency energy of dichotically presented words appears to compromise the right ear advantage (REA). The REA has been well recognized for many years. This filtering obviously would
Jan. 06, 2016

Cochlear Dynorphins, Stress and Tinnitus

Dr. Frank Musiek
Tony L. Sahley, School of Health Sciences, Cleveland State University Subjective tinnitus is a clinical disorder, defined traditionally as a perception of sound (a tone, a hum or a hiss) that is experienced in the absence of an externally evoking auditory stimulus. For this reason, subjective tinnitus is often referred to as a phantom auditory perception. Approximately 25.3% of the general
Dec. 02, 2015

Status of Central Auditory Processing Disorders in India

Dr. Frank Musiek
N. Shivashankar, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences  India poses a unique challenge for the audiologists and speech-language pathologists dealing with central auditory processing disorders (CAPD). These challenges are multifaceted because India is a multi-lingual country and people hail from various socio economic backgrounds. This makes it hard to develop uniform CAPD tests in different languages. Further, CAPD testing, unlike
Oct. 07, 2015

Some Random Thoughts on Frequency (Pitch) and Duration Patterns

Dr. Frank Musiek
by Frank Musiek, Ph.D., University of Arizona   In pondering about an article for Pathways I began to think about frequency and duration patterns referred to from now on in this article as FP and DP. The FP test was originally conceptualized by Marilyn Pinheiro and Paul Ptacek at Case Western Reserve University in the early 1970’s. I had the
Sep. 02, 2015

Alzheimer’s Disease and CAPD: George Gates’ Contributions

Dr. Frank Musiek
by Giau N. Le, B.S. and Frank E. Musiek, Ph.D., The University of Arizona   Introduction Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a disorder of the neurodegenerative disease that primarily effects the elderly population. There are approximately 5.2 million people living with AD in the United States. Of that population, 5 million of those individuals are over the age of 65 years (Fargo, 2014).
Aug. 05, 2015

Auditory Evoked Potentials in Autism

Dr. Frank Musiek
By Hillary Siddons, AuD Candidate at UConn Introduction Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a group of multifaceted neurodevelopment disorders, characterized by significant social impairments, communication difficulties, and restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior or activities (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). ASD is a lifelong disorder that affects approximately 5.7 to 21.9 per 1,000 children, and is disproportionality more prevalent (5:1) in males
Jul. 09, 2015

Thoughts on Hearing and Cognition

Dr. Frank Musiek
by Vasiliki (Vivian) Iliadou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki The importance of the sense of hearing as the main vehicle of information transmission during language acquisition, learning and communication is widely accepted. As hearing extends beyond hearing sensitivity (acuity) measured by an audiogram (Jerger & Musiek, 2000; Iliadou, Chermak, Bamiou, 2015), auditory processing evaluation provides more ecological information on functional everyday hearing.
Jun. 03, 2015

Speech in Noise Deficits in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Dr. Frank Musiek
Donna Geffner, Ph.D., CCC-Sp/A, Long Island AuD. Consortium St. John’s University, New York   As audiologists it is not typical for us to encounter a population of children and adults with AD/HD unless they disclose their diagnosis. However, this is the very population that we should encounter for they exhibit many auditory processing deficits. It was of interest to investigate
May. 06, 2015

Cryoloop Cooling: A Research Advance with Clinical Implications

Dr. Frank Musiek
By Barrett St. George, Diane Cheek, Alyssa Everett & Frank E. Musiek, PhD The University of Arizona, Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences   Introduction Occasionally there is a breakthrough in science, basic or clinical, that affords investigators a definite advantage in their quest for more knowledge and solutions. Sometimes the uptake of this new approach takes a period of time before its
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Apr. 01, 2015

Geschwind and Levitsky Revisited

Dr. Frank Musiek
By Frank E. Musiek, Ph.D. The field of auditory neuroanatomy has had a varied but respectful history. This history could be divided into neuroanatomical studies on humans and animals. The human cadaver studies, and now more recently various imaging studies, have been perhaps more germane to clinicians and those involved in clinical research. One of the most cited and renowned