Dr. Smith is an associate professor in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences and the director of the Texas Auditory Neuroscience (TexAN) Lab. He received his bachelor’s degree from Indiana University and his Au.D. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Arizona. After finishing his doctoral training, Dr. Smith completed a postdoctoral fellowship in auditory neuroscience at Northwestern University. His research focuses on neural processes, from inner ear to cortex, involved in speech perception in noise. He employs objective (otoacoustic emission and electroencephalography) and behavioral techniques to study relationships between neurophysiological function and perception.

Sarah is a second-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences. She received her Au.D. from the University of Texas at Austin and her B.S. in Neuroscience and Sociology from Tulane University. Sarah’s research is centered on neural measures of auditory fear conditioning, top-down (efferent) auditory processing, and binaural hearing.

Allison is a second-year PhD student in the TexAN lab in SLHS. She received her B.A. from the University of Maryland, College Park in Hearing and Speech Sciences. Allison’s current projects involve effects of extended high frequency hearing loss on neurological response.

Xinming is a third-year PhD student in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, rotating in the TexAN lab. She received her B.A. in Cognitive Science from the University of Connecticut and her M.S. in Neuroscience & Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research interests lie in the cognitive and neural processes underlying auditory perception and learning. In the lab, she is currently working on projects in auditory fear conditioning.

Eden Harris is an undergraduate student majoring in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences. She is interested in both speech-language pathology and audiology, and she is dedicated to exploring how research in these fields can improve communication outcomes.

Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, School of Medicine at Vanderbilt University

Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, the College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University

Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison