The Dallas Cochlear Implant Program (DCIP) Laboratory housed at the Callier Advanced Hearing Research Center is one of several research arms associated with the DCIP, a joint endeavor of The University of Texas at Dallas, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children’s Medical Center to provide quality care for individuals using cochlear implants.
Research activities in the UT Dallas Callier-based laboratory focus on early communication development in children using cochlear implants, cortical plasticity and neural responsiveness to electrical hearing, literacy development and speech intelligibility. In addition, the laboratory is engaged in clinical trials associated with new products designed to assist individuals with hearing impairments.
| Director | Current students |
| Location | Current post docs |
| Current faculty | NIH Clinical Scholars |
| Affiliated faculty | Alumni |
| Projects | Publications |
| Funding | Laboratory meeting dates |
Dr. Emily A. Tobey (curriculum vitae)
Professor and Nelle C. Johnston Chair
Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer
Callier Advanced Hearing Research Center
1966 Inwood Road
Dallas, TX 75235
Office (214) 905-3105
Fax (214) 905-3146
Callier Center Dallas
Callier Advanced Hearing Research Laboratory, J214 and J215
Dr. Ann Geers
Adjunct professor
Callier Advanced Hearing Research Laboratory
1966 Inwood Road
Dallas, TX 75235
(214) 905-3105 office
(214) 905-3146 fax
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Clinical Trials
National Institutes of Health, NIDCD, “Childhood development after cochlear implantation,” Principal Investigator for UT Dallas subcontract first year direct costs, $176,875, 8/1/07-7/30/12.
Alexander Graham Bell Clinical-Research Fellowship Program, E. Tobey, Mentor, Madhu Sundarrajan, recipient, 6/01/08 - 5/30/09.
National Institutes of Health, NIDCD, "Long term outcomes associated with early childhood cochlear cmplantation,” Co-principal investigator, first year direct costs, $254,247; 4/1/07-3/31/11.
National Institutes of Health, NIDCD, R01 “Effect of very early cochlear implantation on language.” Principal investigator for UT Dallas subcontract first year direct costs, $361,474, 4/01/06-3/30/11.
National Institutes of Health, National Center for Research Resources, Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA), “North and central Texas clinical and translational science initiative,” (M. Packard, principal investigator; E. Tobey, mentor; A. Warner-Czyz, and D. Weinberger, clinical scholars), first year direct costs, $811,546.
Undergraduate
Carla Clark
Rachel Hay
Megan Smith
Katherine Stewart
Stacie Turnbow
Master of Speech Language Pathology
Britany Barwick-Schroeder
Kendra Breuker
Darla Camacho
Megan Dooley
Brittney Newman
Anna Schmidt
Brenda Snow
Angela Tchoumak
Doctorate of Audiology
Edith Chung
Tonya McIntosh
Heena Peshwani
Lauren Ryan
Doctorate of Philosophy
Yun Gong
Fereshteh Kunkel
Janet Lane
Sujin Shin
Madhu Sundarrajan
Nicole Weissner
Dr. Lana Britt
Dr. Andrea Warner-Czyz
Dr. Debra Weinberger
Dr. Kristi Buckley
Dr. Melissa Miles
Dr. Linsey Wagner
Dr. Julie Martinez-Verhoff
Fink NE, Wang NY, Visaya J, Niparko JK, Quittner A, Eisenberg LS, Tobey EA and the CDaCI investigative team. “Childhood development after cochlear implantation (CDaCI) study: Design and baseline characteristics.” Cochlear Implants Int 8: 92-116, 2007.
Bharadwaj, S., Katz, W. and Tobey, E. “Effects of auditory feedback deprivation on non-native French vowels produced by children with cochlear implants.” J. Audiological Medicine, 5(4): 274-282, 2007.
Quittner, A., Barker, D., Snell, C., Cruz, I., McDonald, L., Grimley, M., Botteri, M., Marciel, K. and the CDaCI investigative team. “Improvements in visual attention in deaf infants and toddlers after cochlear implantation.” J. Audiological Medicine, 5(4): 242-249, 2007.
Tobey, E., Wiessner, N., Lane, J., Sundarrajan, M., Buckley, K. and Sullivan, J. “Phoneme accuracy as a function of mode of communication in pediatric cochlear implantation.” J. Audiological Medicine, 5(4): 283–292, 2007.
Wang, N., Eisenberg, L., Johnson, K., Fink, N., Tobey, E., Quittner, A., Niparko, J. and the CDaCI investigative team. “Tracking development of speech recognition: longitudinal data from hierarchical assessments in the childhood development after cochlear implantation (CDaCI) study.” Journal of Otology and Neurology, 29 (2): 240-245, 2008.
Lin FR, Quittner AL, Wang NY, Fink NE, Eisenberg LS, Tobey EA, Niparko JK, and the CDaCI investigative team. “Understanding the relative importance of clinical speech and language measures in young deaf children: association with parental perceptions.” Journal of Otology and Neurotology, 29(2): 208-213, 2008.
Announced each semester. Contact Dr. Tobey or Dr. Warner-Czyz for times.
