BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Current Position:
Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology
Assistant Professor (Joint), Program in Audiology and Communication Sciences

Education:
B.S., Communicative Disorders, East Tennessee State University, 1985
M.S., Audiology, Washington University at Central Institute for the Deaf, 1987
Ph.D., Speech and Hearing Sciences, Washington University, 2003

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Pediatric audiology; cochlear implants in children



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PUBLICATIONS:

Holstad, B., Sonneveldt, V., Fears, B., Davidson, L., Aaron, R., Richter, M., Matusofsky, M., Brenner, C., Strube, M., Skinner, M., (in review). Comparison of electrically evoked compound action potentials measured using neural response telemetry with optimized cochlear implant map t- and c-levels in children. Ear and Hearing.

Davidson, L. & Skinner, M. (2006). Audibility and speech perception of children using wide-dynamic-range-compression (WDRC) hearing aids. American Journal of Audiology 15, 141–153.

Davidson, L. (2006). Effects of stimulus level on the speech perception abilities of children using cochlear implants or hearing aids. Ear and Hearing, 27, 493-507.

Geers, A., Brenner, C., and Davidson, L. (2003). Factors associated with development of speech perception skills in children implanted by age five. Ear and Hearing, 24, February Suppl.: 24S-35S.

Davidson, L., Brenner, C., and Geers, A. (2000). Predicting speech perception benefit from loudness growth measures and other map characteristics of the Nucleus 22 implant. Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology, 109 (12), Suppl. 185: Part 2.

Geers, A., Brenner, C., and Davidson, L. (1999). Speech perception changes in children switching from MPEAK to SPEAK coding strategy. in Cochlear Implants, eds. Waltzman, S., and Cohen, N. Thieme Publications, N.Y., 211.

Moog, J., Biedenstein, J., Davidson, L. and Brenner, C. (1994). Instruction for developing speech perception skills. In A.Geers and J. Moog, Eds. “Effectiveness of Cochlear Implants and Tactile Aids for Deaf Children: The Sensory Aids Study at Central Institute for the Deaf.” Volta Review; Vol. 96, No. 5.

Moog, J., Biedenstein, J., Davidson, L. (1995) Speech Perception Instructional Curriculum and Evaluation (SPICE), St.Louis, MO. Central Institute for the Deaf.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Lisa S. Davidson, Ph.D.
Department of Otolaryngology
Washington University School of Medicine
660 S. Euclid Ave, Campus Box 8115
St. Louis, Mo 63110

Phone: (314) 747-7155
Email address: davidsonl@ent.wustl.edu