Kim Schairer, Ph.D.

Education

B.S.   Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, MI
M.A.  The Univeristy of Memphis - Memphis, TN
Ph.D. The University of Memphis - Memphis, TN

Teaching

CD 852  Hearing Assessment
CD 853  Hearing Assessment Laboratory
CD 832  Pediatric Audiology
CD 863  Implantable Devices
CD 320  Introduction to Audiology

Interests

Kim's research interests include combining physiological measures (e.g., otoacoustic emissions) with behavioral measures (e.g., intensity discrimination) to study shared underlying mechanisms in the auditory system.  She is also interested in application of combined measures to study auditory processing in normal children and in children with lead exposure and poisoning.

Highlighted Activities

Schairer, K. S., Ellison, J. C., Fitzpatrick, D., and Keefe, D. H.  (2006).  Use of stimulus-frequency

    otoacoustic emission latency and level to investigate cochlear- and middle-ear mechanics in

    human ears.  J Acoust. Soc. Am.  In Revision.

Schairer, K. S. and Gray, L. C.  (2005).  Effects of Lead Exposure on Auditory Function and

    Perception.  Perspectives, 9(1), 22-26.

Neely, S. T., Schairer, K. S., and Jesteadt, W.  (2005).  Estimates of cochlear compression from

    measurements of loudness growth.  In Auditory signal processing: Physiology, 

    psychoacoustics, and models, Pressnitzer, D., deCheveigne, A., McAdams, S., and

    Collet, L. (Eds), New York, Springer, pp. 42-48.

Schairer, K. S. and Keefe, D.  (2005).  Simultaneous stimulus-frequency and distortion-product

    otoacoustic emission input-output functions recorded in human ears.  J Acoust. Soc. Am.,

    117(2), 818-832.

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