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Pediatric Auditory Research Laboratory
Thierry Morlet, PhD
Thierry Morlet, PhD is an Associate Professor with a broad background in human auditory and vestibular physiology. He has extensively studied otoacoustic emissions, efferent auditory pathways and event-related potentials in the normally functioning and diseased auditory systems of children and adults. He has authored or co-authored more than 60 articles on the development of hearing, pediatric hearing loss, vestibular and balance disorders, auditory processing disorders, auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder and inner ear malformations and is a co-editor of the “Manual of Pediatric Balance Disorders”.
Graduate Assistants:
Landry Wirth, B.S.
Kelsey McDermott, B.S.
Bailey Reeves, B.A.
Student Researchers:
Eden Landry, B.S.
Eden is a second-year doctor of audiology student completing her capstone research project in the PARL. She is measuring behavioral responses in speech in noise compared to Cortical Auditory Evoked Potentials (CAEPs) in various signal to noise ratios for young, typically hearing adults. She hopes to gain a better understanding of speech in noise processing at the cortical level and estimating behavioral responses with those results.
Emma Kate Thompson, B.A.
Emma Kate is a second-year doctor of audiology student completing her capstone research project in the PARL. She is utilizing CAEPs to measure residual hearing in unilateral and bilateral cochlear nerve deficiency, a form of Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder (ANSD), for the purpose of implementing individualized treatment plans within the pediatric population.
Parks Flynt, B.S.
Parks is a second-year doctor of audiology student completing her capstone research project in the PARL. For her research, she will be utilizing CAEPs to measure responses in patients with ANSD before and after receiving hearing aids. Results will be analyzed to determine hearing aid benefit and potential need for cochlear implantation.
Lab Affiliates:
- Dr. Celine Richard, MD, PhD, PD, MBA
- Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center
- Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital
- St. Jude Research Hospital