Year II Research Practicum

Research experiences and clinical projects are completed in Year II of the AuD program.  Students work with a research mentor from the UCSD campus. Experiences range from studies at the cellular level to electrophysiologic examinations of auditory function, behavioral studies of auditory function, grant applications, and Internal Review Board applications.  These experiences may provide a foundation for Year III research projects.

Characteristics/Success Rate of Canalplasty for Exostosis: A Retrospective Review

John King, 2006-2007

Research Mentor: Quyen Nguyen, MD and Jeffrey Harris, MD

Behavioral Puretone Thresholds at Conventional and Extended High Frequencies: Normative Data

Lindsay Moneymaker, 2006-2007

Research Mentor: Erika Zettner, PhD

DPOAE a Conventional and Extended High Frequencies: Normative Data

Jerilyn Dutton, 2006-2007

Research Mentor: Erika Zettner, PhD

Hearing Assessment in Patients with HIV

Nicole Conrad and Sierra Brower, 2006-2007

Kathryn Pegan, 2005-2006

Research Mentor: Elizabeth Keithley, PhD

Continuous Positive Air Pressure (CPAP) Treatment for Tympanic Membrane Atelactasis

Dave Stewart, 2006-2007

Jennifer Clark and Kristy Baldwin, 2005-2006

Research Mentors: Erika Zettner, PhD and Jeffrey Harris, MD

Tobramycin Ototoxicity in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

Aaron Jones, 2006-2007

Michael Lindeman and Stephanie Smith, 2005-2006 Poster presented at AAA AudiologyNow!2006

Research Mentor: Erika Zettner, PhD

Analysis of TEOAE suppression tuning curves

Danielle Stein, 2005-2006

Research Mentor: Erika Zettner, PhD

Cell-to-cell signaling with inner ear hair cells

Carrie Lakin, 2005-2006

Research Mentor: Allen Ryan, PhD

Balance Assessment

Shannon Lees, 2005-2006

Research Mentor: Erik Viirre, MD

Tinnitus

Courtney Ewell, 2005-2006

Research Mentor: Erik Viirre, MD

Organ of Corti Explant Culture

Kristy Baldwin 2005-2006

Research Mentor: Allen Ryan, PhD

Spiral Ganglia Explant Culture--Dendritic Growth

Noemi Haro, 2004-2005

Research Mentor:  Allen Ryan, Ph.D.

Photo: Co-Culture of Spiral Ganglia and Organ of Corti Explants

Electrophysiologic Investigation of Mechanisms of Tinnitus using ABR

Ariz Slali, Lori Summerfield and Yan Li,  2004-2005

Research Mentors:  Erik Viirre, Ph.D. and Erika Zettner, Ph.D.

Crone's Disease: Human Subjects Study Application Submission to Internal Review Board

Lesli Guthrie, 2004-2005

Research Mentor:  Jeffrey Harris, M.D.

Developmental Biology:  Polymerase Chain Reaction of Actin and P75 with Neurotrophin 3

Kate Moyer, 2004-2005

Research Mentor: Allen Ryan, Ph.D.

Retrospective Review of AIED Patient Audiograms: Pre- vs. Post-Prednisone Treatment

Kristin Cowart, 2004-2005

Research Mentor: Jeffrey Harris, M.D.