Oh, dear! Oh, dear!
I cannot hear.
Will you please
come over near?
Will you please look in my ear?
There must be something there, I fear.
Theodor Seuss Geisel
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Pamela Souza, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
- Hearing aids
- Speech perception of hearing-impaired listeners
- Effect of age-related changes on speech recognition
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Dept. of Speech & Hearing Sciences
University of Washington
1417 NE 42nd St., Box 354875
Seattle, WA 98105
psouza@u.washington.edu
Office:(206) 543-7829 Fax:(206) 543-1093
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Pamela Souza joined the University of Washington faculty after completing her doctorate at Syracuse University. Her research focus was on the effect of compression hearing aids on speech audibility and temporal cues. Prior to that she completed master's work at Syracuse University and undergraduate work at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. In addition to her research background, she has worked as a clinical audiologist for several medical facilities, including the Veterans Administration.
She continues to work in the area of hearing aids and speech recognition. Recent research focuses on the effects of amplification (especially wide-dynamic range compression) on speech recognition in severe hearing loss; on how age changes the ability to use temporal information; and on the cost-effectiveness and patient benefit of group vs individual aural rehabilitation models. Her research is currently supported by the National Institutes of Deafness and Communication Disorders and by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Souza is the former Amplification Section Editor for Ear and Hearing and current Assistant Editor for the Journal of the American Academy of Audiology.
Some of the courses Dr. Souza is responsible for teaching include:
- Hearing aid amplification (SPHSC 582)
- Hearing aid selection (SPHSC 583)
- Advanced topics in amplification (SPHSC 589)
- Advanced hearing science (SPHSC 509)
Selected Publications
Won JH, Schimmel S, Drennan W, Souza P, Atlas L, Rubinstein J. (2008). Improving performance in noise for hearing aids and cochlear implants using coherent modulation filtering. Hearing Research, 239, 1-11.
Bor S, Souza P, Wright R. (2008). Multichannel compression: Effects of reduced spectral contrast on vowel identification. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, 51, 1315-27.
Gallun F, Souza P. Exploring the role of the modulation spectrum in phoneme recognition. Ear and Hearing, 29, 800-13.
Davies-Venn E, Souza P. Fabry D. (2008). Speech and music quality ratings for linear and non-linear hearing aid circuitry. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 18, 688-699.
Souza P, Boike K, Witherell K, Tremblay K. (2007). Prediction of speech recognition from audibility in older listeners with hearing loss: Effects of age, amplification, and background noise. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology 18, 54-65.
Collins M, Souza P, Yueh B, Styer S. (2007) Effectiveness of Group versus Individual Hearing Aid Visits. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 44(5):739-50.
Jenstad L, Souza P (2007) Temporal envelope changes of compression and speech rate: The combined effects on recognition for older adults. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 50(5):1123-38.
Souza, P. (2006). Selecting and adjusting amplification for older listeners. Seminars in Hearing, 27.
Souza, P., & Tremblay, K. (2006). New perspectives on assessing amplification effects. Trends in Amplification, 10, 119-143.
Souza, P., & Boike, K. (2006). Combining temporal-envelope cues across channels: Effects of age and hearing loss. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 49, 138-149.
Souza, P., Jenstad, L., & Boike, K. (2006). Measuring the acoustic effects of compression amplification on speech in noise. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 119, 41-44.
Tremblay, K., Billings, C., Friesen, L., & Souza, P. (2006). Neural representation of amplified speech sounds. Ear and Hearing, 27, 93-103.
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