The
ability to ask the right question is more than half the
battle of finding the answer .
--
Thomas J. Watson
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Kelly
Tremblay , Ph. D. CCC-A
Associate Professor
- Electrophysiologic
Measurement of Central
- Auditory Neural Representation
of Speech Plasticity
of the Central Auditory System
- Aging
and the Auditory system
Lab Website
Dept.
of Speech & Hearing Sciences
(For Campus Mail only: Box 354875)
University of Washington
1417 NE 42nd St.
Seattle, WA 98105-6246
tremblay@u.washington.edu
Office:(206) 616-2479 Fax:(206) 543-1093
Education & Research: Audiology
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Professor
Tremblay's research focuses on how listening training
alters neurophysiologic representation of speech in the
central auditory system. Hearing aids and cochlear implants
help compensate for disorders of the ear, but successful
rehabilitation depends on the brain's ability to learn
and retain new acoustic cues representing auditory information.
Although most individuals using hearing aids are elderly,
the contribution of aging to performance has not been
established. Therefore, current research projects in
the Brain and Behavior Laboratory include studying the
effects of aging and age-related hearing loss on the
brains ability to compensate for hearing loss.
Selected
Publications
Kraus N., McGee T., Carrell T., King C., Tremblay
K. and
Nicol T. Central auditory system plasticity associated with
speech discrimination training. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.
7:1, 25-32, 1995
Stein L.K., Tremblay K., Pasternak J.,
Banerjee S., Lindemann K. and Kraus N. Brainstem abnormalities
in neonates with normal otoacoustic emissions. Seminars in
Hearing. 17:2, 197-213, 1996
Tremblay K., Kraus N., McGee T., Carrell
T. and Nicol T. Central auditory system plasticity: Generalization
to novel stimuli following listening training. Journal of
the Acoustical Society of America.102:6, 3762-3773, 1997
Tremblay K., Kraus N., and McGee T. The
time course of learning: Neurophysiologic changes during
speech training. NeuroReport. 9:16, 3557-3560,1998
McGee T., King C., Nicol T., Tremblay
K., Cunningham J.,
Allen J. and Kraus N. Long-term habituation of the speech-elicited
mismatch negativity. Psychophysiology.
Tremblay K., Kraus N., McGee T., Ponton
C. and Otis B. Central Auditory Plasticity: Changes in the
N1-P2 complex following speech-sound training. Ear and Hearing.
22:2, 79-90, 2001
Ponton C., Juha-Pekka V., Tremblay
K., Khosla D., Kwong
B. and Don M. Plasticity in the adult human central auditory
system: Evidence from late-onset profound unilateral deafness.
Hearing Research. 154, 32-44, 2001
Tremblay K.L. and Kraus N. Auditory training
induces asymmetrical changes in cortical neural activity.
Journal of Speech-Language-Hearing Research.
Tremblay K.L., Piskosz, M. and Souza, P.
Aging alters the neural representation of speech-cues. NeuroReport.
13:15, 1865-1870, 2002
Tremblay K.L. and Kraus N. Beyond the ear:
Central auditory plasticity. Otorhinolaryngologia. 52:3,
93-100, 2002*
Tremblay K.L. Friesen L., Martin B.A. and
Wright R. Test- retest reliability of cortical evoked potentials
using naturally-produced speech sounds. Ear and Hearing.
24:3, 225-32, 2003
Tremblay K.L., Piskosz, M. and Souza, P.
Effects of age and age-related hearing loss on the neural
representation of speech-cues. Clinical Neurophysiology.
114:1332-43, 2003
Souza P.E., Tremblay K.L. and Boike, K.
Effects of decreased audibility produced by high pass maskers
in younger and older adults. Journal of the American Academy
of Audiology. 14:8, 427-33; 2003
Friesen L. and Tremblay K.L. Electrophysiologic
measures of speech, language and hearing. In: Perspectives
on Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders.
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 13:1, 3-10,
2003 *
Tremblay, K.L., Billings C.J and Rohila,
N. Speech evoked cortical potentials: Effects of age and
stimulus presentation rate. Journal of the American Academy
of Audiology. 15:3, 226-37; 2004.
Tremblay K.L. (expected publication date
11/2004). Implications of neural system plasticity for auditory
rehabilitation. Seminars in Hearing.
Honors
and Awards
Northwestern
University Graduate Student Scholarship (1992
- 1997)
Whitaker Foundation Student Fellowship (1995)
American
Academy of Audiology - Young Investigator Award
(1996)
University of Washington - Mary Gates
Research Assistant Award (1999)
National Institutes of Health/National Institute
on Aging - Summer Institute on Aging Research – competitive
invitation (1999)
Best of 2000 Hearing Science - “Moment of
Science” publications acknowledged in the Hearing Journal
April 2001 Vol. 54, No. 4
Best of 2001 Hearing Science - “Central Auditory Plasticity:
Changes in the N1-P2 Complex after Speech-Sound Training.” acknowledged
in the Hearing Journal. May 2002, Vol. 55, No. 5
Best of 2001 Hearing Science - “Moment of Science” publications
acknowledged in the Hearing Journal. May 2002 Vol. 55, No. 5
Editor’s Award 2002 Outstanding Research in Audiology and the
Hearing Sciences. Awarded by the American Auditory Society for the
publication - Central Auditory Plasticity: Changes in the N1-P2 Complex after
Speech-Sound Training. Ear and Hearing. Vol.22, 2002
Best of 2002 Audiology - “Auditory training induces
asymmetrical changes in cortical neural activity” publications acknowledged
in the Hearing Journal. May 2003, Vol. 56, No. 5
Best of 2002 Hearing Science - “Moment of Science” publications
acknowledged in the Hearing Journal. May 2003 Vol. 55, No. 5
University of Washington - Nominated for Distinguished Graduate
Mentor Award (2003)
2003
M.A.B. Brazier - M.A.B. Brazier Young Investigator
Award in Clinical Neurophysiology. Honored by the International
Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology.
Assistant Editor - Journal of the American Academy
of Audiology
Associate Editor - American Journal of Audiology
Guest Section Editor – Ear and Hearing
Student
Mentored Awards
University
of Washington-
Mary Gates Undergraduate Research Award - Brian Otis (1999)
University of Washington- Mary Gates Undergraduate
Research Award - Allison Cunningham (2002) and (2003)
Community
of Science: complete description of research and updated
bibliography with abstracts.
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