Guests:
Dr. Curtis Billings is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders in the Audiology Program. He graduated from the University of Utah and then the University of Washington with a Masters in Audiology and a PhD in hearing science. He worked for about 15 years as a full-time research scientist in Veterans Affairs in Portland, Oregon before coming to Idaho State about four and a half years ago. He studies how the brain and resulting behavior change with hearing loss and then when starting to wear hearing aids especially in noise complex listening situations. The long-term goal of this research program is to improve diagnosis and treatment of hearing impairment.
Garrett Anderson is an Au.D. student at Idaho State University with a focus on neural plasticity in hearing loss and hearing rehabilitation. His current clinical interests include hearing aid and cochlear implant outcomes, tinnitus evaluation and management, and hearing conservation.
