Our lab focuses on developing new ways to assess hearing, vestibular, and multi-sensory function and to evaluate outcomes with hearing devices (hearing aids, cochlear implants) -- ultimately supporting children’s developmental trajectory and improving their interactions within their environment and with the people around them.
We use a combination of electroencephalography (EEG) and behavioral measures using more naturalistic sounds such as narrated stories.
This paper systematically examined the optimal f0-phase combination for evoking the largest―and thus fastest to record―multiband peaky continuous speech ABRs to make this paradigm more practical.
This paper demonstrates that simultaneously recording ABR and MLR multi-frequency responses is feasible using the pABR paradigm with parameters optimized for ABR, and provides normative data for the tone-pip MLRs.
This paper confirms that bone conduction testing is feasible with the pABR and provides dB nHL norms, which are important steps toward the pABR’s translation to the clinic.
Dr. Melissa Polonenko in the PoloLab. Photo by Jo Heidorn.
Check out CLA's Brief article about the work we do in the lab!
With the See, Hear, MN mobile health unit, we performed over 1,100 vision and hearing screens this summer at county fairs and the MN state fair!! This included our new audiobook-based brain-based hearing screen. Check out more in this CLA article.