Events

Relating hearing loss, cocktail parties, and social-emotional health. Podium presentation at the meeting of the American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, Arizona. February 2026.

Effects of hearing loss and hearing aids on environmental sound perception in the lab and real world. Poster presentation at the meeting of the American Auditory Society. Scottsdale, Arizona. February 2026.

The association between hearing loss, hearing aid use, and acoustic environments. Young Investigator Symposium at the meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Puerto Rico, February 2026.  

Hearing-related behavior and social-emotional health. Keynote address for the Hearing4All Colloquium. University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany. November 2025. 

A moderated mediation model linking speech in noise exposure, speech perception in noise, loneliness, and depression. Poster presentation at American Speech and Hearing Association, Washington D.C. November. Meritorious Poster Award winner.

The relationship between the acoustic environment, hearing aid use, and loneliness among older adults. Poster presentation at American Speech and Hearing Association, Washington D.C. November.

Effects of hearing loss and hearing aid use on environmental sound perception. Talk at UW-Madison CSD Prosem. November 17 at 12:00.

Hearing-related behavior: Understanding the Connections between Hearing Loss, Hearing Aids, and Social-Emotional Health. Talk for the UW-Madison Institute on Aging Annual Colloquium. Thursday, October 16, 2025. This talk is free and open to the public. Register to attend here: https://aging.wisc.edu/annual-colloquium/#speakers-talks

Fall community conversation: hearing loss and dementia. Middleton Performing Arts Center, October 9, 5:00-7:30.

Influence of acoustic and non-acoustic environmental factors on speech perception in real-world complex listening environments. Invited talk, special session on cognition and virtual acoustic scenes. Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. New Orleans, Louisiana, May, 2025.

Comparison of speech perception in virtual and real-life acoustic environments. Poster presentation at the meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. New Orleans, Louisiana, May 2025.  

Bridging the sound booth and the real world: laying groundwork to improve predictions of listening performance in real-world noisy environments. Podium presentation at the American Academy of Audiology Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana. March 2025.

Effects of age and hearing aid use on auditory environments. Podium presentation at the annual meeting of the American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, Arizona, February 2025.