Pathways Interview with Amy Bradbury, Educational Audiologist
Editors note: Pathways had an opportunity to learn about educational audiology—an area for which our Pathway readers have had a paucity of exposure. So here for your edification, is an interview with educational audiologist, Amy Bradbury. Q Hi Amy, thanks for this interview. Tell us about your background and your employer. Thank you, Frank, for…
Read MoreFrequency discrimination in children at a glance
Jessica Gilligan and Mary Sisson AuD students, University of Arizona Frequency discrimination, also referred to as pitch discrimination, is a test of auditory function that underlies complex auditory processes such as speech understanding and comprehension. Typically adults without neurological impairment are able to perform tasks involving frequency discrimination well. There is varying data to…
Read MorePart 1 – Gap Detection: The Past, Present, and Future
Chris Niemczak , AuD, Ph.D. Scientist at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Department of Medicine Assistant Professor of Medicine at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Accurate timing perception of auditory information, known as temporal processing, is essential for human communication and environmental awareness. It’s necessary for auditory psychoacoustic abilities, such as frequency discrimination, modulation detection,…
Read More
Tonotopicity of Heschl’s Gyrus: Selected Comments for Audiology
Pathways Article: An Informative 5 minute Read….. – Frank Musiek When audiologists conduct an audiogram, different discrete frequencies, usually 250 through 8000 Hz are generally selected. At each of these selected frequencies threshold of detection is determined. This threshold information is important as it can relate to various disorders as well as how well…
Read More