October 2024
Our collaborative ASHA presentation, titled “The Relationship Between Age-Related Hearing Loss, Phonological Working Memory, and Cognitive Decline,” in partnership with the Aging Gracefully Lab and the Aging Brain Cohort (ABC) Study, has received the 2024 ASHA Convention Visionary Session Award.
October 2024
Our 2024 ASHA Convention Poster presentation titled, "Child Vocalizations, Child-directed Speech, and Caregiver Responsiveness in Home Environments of Children With Cochlear Implants", has been recognized as a Meritorious Poster Submission.
September 2024
Our doctoral student, Samin Ashjaei, presented a research poster on “Investigating the Impact of Altered Auditory Feedback on Vocal Control in Simulated Cochlear Implant Listening” at Discover USC 2024.
September 2024
Our undergrad student, Reed Farrar, presented a research poster on “Cortical Activations in Response to Varying Levels of Spectral Degradation in Simulated Cochlear Implant Speech” at Discover USC 2024.
September 2024
Our undergrad student, Kathryn Morgan, presented a research poster on “A Novel Spectral Resolution-Based Method to Assess Functionality of Cochlear Implant Electrodes” at Discover USC 2024.
April 2024
Our undergraduate research assistant, Shaivee Fozdar, has received a Magellan Scholar Award from the Office of Undergraduate Research at the University of South Carolina. This grant will support her research on studying sensorimotor processing in adult cochlear implant listeners.
December 2023
Our undergraduate student, Kathryn Morgan, has received a Magellan Scholar Award from the office of undergraduate research at the University of South Carolina. This grant will support her research on a novel spectral resolution-based method to assess functionality of cochlear implant electrodes.
December 2023
Our undergraduate student, Reed Farrar, has received a Magellan Scholar Award from the office of undergraduate research at the University of South Carolina. This grant will support his research on understanding the neural correlates of simulated cochlear implant speech using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS).
November 2023
Our collaborative ASHA presentation, titled “The Relationship of Hearing Loss, Cognition,
Social Isolation, and Brain Imaging,” with the Aging Gracefully Lab and The Aging
Brain Cohort (ABC) Study, has been designated as a 2023 ASHA Convention Changemaker.
November 2023
Dr. Arjmandi presented a research talk on “Language Input to Children with Cochlear
Implants: Child-Directed Speech vs. Adult-Directed Speech in Home Environments” at
2023 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention in Boston, MA.
July 2023
The Translational Auditory Neuroscience Lab presented a poster on “A novel tool for faster psychophysical tuning curve measurement in cochlear implant listeners: data from listeners with normal hearing” at the 2023 Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses in Tahoe, CA.
April 2023
Our undergraduate students, Reed Farrar and Kathryn Morgan, have received two Honors
College Research Grants from the office of undergraduate research at the University
of South Carolina. This grant will support their research on understanding the role
of the quality of electrode-neuron interface on perceptual outcomes of cochlear implant
listeners.
April 2023
Our undergraduate student, Karen Melnik, has received a Magellan Journey Award from
the office of undergraduate research at the University of South Carolina. This grant
will support her research on understanding how adult speakers can adapt their speaking
style to facilitate speech understanding in listeners with cochlear implants.
March 2023
Our undergraduate student, Shaivee Fozdar, has received a Magellan Journey Award from
the office of undergraduate research at the University of South Carolina. This grant
will support her research on understanding the effects of partially restored auditory
feedback on speech production in cochlear implant listeners.
March 2023
Dr. Arjmandi was awarded the ASHA Lessons for Success Travel Award by the American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) in Rockville, MD. This training aims to
provide specific instruction on how to effectively review research grants and to conduct
reviews of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation research grant applications.
February 2023
The Translational Auditory Neuroscience Lab presented a poster titled “Background Noise in Early Auditory Environments of Children with Cochlear Implants is Detrimental to Quantity and Quality of Language Input” at the ARO 46th Annual Midwinter Conference in Orlando, FL.