Michael R. Chial


Professor of Communicative Disorders
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1975 Willow Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608.262.3951; 608.262.8719

Email address:

mrchial@facstaff.wisc.edu

WWW URL address:

http://www.comdis.wisc.edu/facstaff/mrchial/index.htm

Education

  • B.S., Speech, Speech Pathology, 1965, Mankato State College
  • M.A., Speech (Theatre), 1968, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • M.S., Communicative Disorders (Audiology), 1968, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Ph.D., Communicative Disorders (Audiology), 1973, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Positions Held

  • Speech Pathologist, St. James Community Schools, Minnesota, 1965
  • Graduate Special Fellow, Teaching Assistant, Department of Speech University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1965-1966.
  • Graduate Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant, Department of Communicative Disorders, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1966-1968
  • Instructor, Department of Speech and Theatre, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 1968-1969
  • Graduate Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant, Department of Communicative Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1969-1971
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Speech Communication, University of Texas-Austin, 1971-1976
  • Associate Professor, Coordinator of Audiology, Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences, Michigan State University-East Lansing, 1976-1987.
  • Visiting Professor, Department of Communication Disorders, University of Minnesota, Summer, 1987
  • Guest Professor, Department of Communicative Disorders, Central Michigan University, 1987.
  • Professor, Department of Communicative Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1988-present.
  • Professor, Department of Communication Programs, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1988-1997.
  • Professor and Chair, Department of Communication Programs,University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1994-1997
  • Professor, Department of Professional Development and Applied Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1997-2000.

Honors and Awards

  • Sigma Xi, elected member 1971
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1975-78
  • Technical Editor, Asha Monographs, 1977-79
  • Certificate of Appreciation, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 1980, 1983, 1990, 2000, 2002
  • Who's Who in the Midwest, 1982
  • Outstanding Academic Books Award by the Association of College and Research Libraries for Handbook of Microcomputer Applications in Communication Disorders (Arthur H. Schwartz, Editor), 1984
  • Chair, Judging Panel, Beltone Distinguished Teaching Award in Audiology, 1985, 1986
  • Honors of the Michigan Speech-Language-Hearing Association, March, 1987
  • Fellow, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, November, 1987
  • Award of Excellence in Education by the American Society of Association Executives for PROJECT IMPACT instructional materials, 1989
  • Fellow, American Academy of Audiology, January, 1990
  • Award for Excellence in Marketing, Continuing Education Board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 1993
  • UW-System Teaching Scholar, 2004-2005.

Selected Publications

Chial, M., and Hayes, C. (1974). Hearing aid evaluation methods: some underlying assumptions. Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 29 (3), pp. 270-279.

Chial, M., Beck, W., and Vanlandingham, C. (1975). Cost-benefit analysis of two decision criteria for spondee threshold measurements. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 18 (1), pp. 105-114.

Chial, M., Hopper, R., Whitehead, J., and Smith, F. (1976). Poster sessions at the 89th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 59 (4), pp. 983-986.

Chial, M. (1977). Electroacoustic assessment of childrens'' hearing aids: repeatability of measurement and determinations of merit. In The Condition of Hearing Aids Worn by Children in a Public School Program, pp. 25-52. HEW Publication No. (OE) 77-05002. Washington, D.C: U.S Government Printing Office.

Smaldino, J., Burkhard, M., and Chial, M. (1977). The development and use of an anthropometric manikin for hearing aid research. Audiology: An Audio Journal for Continuing Education, 2 (11).

Chial, M. (1980). Describing research methods. Journal of the National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 10 (1) pp. 42-57.

Lawson, G., and Chial, M. (1982). Magnitude estimates of degraded speech quality by normal- and hearing-impaired listeners. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 72 (6), pp. 1781-1787.

Chial, M. (1984). An academician's view of education in audiology. Hearing Instruments, 35 (3), pp. 22-30.

Chial, M. (1984). Evaluating microcomputer hardware (Chapter 5) and Glossary (Chapter 13) in The Handbook of Microcomputer Applications in Communication Disorders (A. Schwartz, Editor). San Diego: College-Hill Press. pp. 79-123; pp. 275-309.

Chial, M. (1985). Scholarship as process: a task analysis of thesis and dissertation research. Seminars in Speech and Language, 6 (1), pp. 35-54.

Bull, G., Chial, M., Cochran, P., Cooper, J., Lang, J., Mahaffey, R., Pierce, B., Seaton, W., and Smaldino, J. (1985). Technology infusion: a resource guide. Journal for Computer Users in Speech and Hearing, 1 (2), pp. 96-116.

Greyerbiehl, D., Chial, M., Schwartz, A., Owens, A., and Blackstone, S. (1986). Users System for Evaluating and Reviewing Software (USERS): In-Depth Review . Rockville, MD: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Chial, M. (1986). Student computer facilities: a guide to strategic planning. Asha, 28 (8), pp. 37-40.

Gelatt, J., Blackstone, S., Chial, M., Goldman, R., Larson, V. L., Schwartz, A., and Watkin, K. (1986). Toward a Continuing Partnership: Final Report of a Needs Assessment Conference. Rockville, MD: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Chial, M. (1986). Preliminaries to professional evaluation of software. Journal for Computer Users in Speech and Hearing, 2 (2), pp. 102-123.

Chial, M. (1986). Tutorial: program design and troubleshooting. Journal for Computer Users in Speech and Hearing, 2 (2), pp. 124-146.

Chial, M., and Kelly, L. (1987). Graphical computer tools for instruction and clinical practice. Journal for Computer Users in Speech and Hearing, 3 (1), pp. 86-93.

Chial, M. (1988). Utility descriptive statistics and Utility inferential statistics. Chapters in Decision-Making in Speech-Language Pathology, (D. Yoder and R. Kent, Editors). Toronto: Brian C. Decker, Inc., pp. 194-197; pp. 198-201.

Chial, M. (1989). Notions, lotions and potions. Journal for Computer Users in Speech and Hearing. 5 (2), pp. 125-133.

Chial, M. (1995). Distance education: what's it gonna cost? The Communication Connection, 9 (6), pp. 1, 9.

Chial, M., Owen, T., Reames, J., and Ritenour, D. (1996). AES-27-1996 Recommended practice for forensic purposes--managing recorded audio materials intended for examination. New York, NY: Audio Engineering Society.

Sperry, J., Wiley, T., and Chial, M. (1997). Word recognition performance in various background competitors. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 8 (2), pp. 71-80.

Odell. K., Bair, S., Flynn, M., Workinger, M. Osborne, D., and Chial, M. (1997). Retrospective study of treatment outcome for individuals with aphasia. Journal of Aphasiology, 11 (4/5), pp. 415-432.

Kent, R., and Chial, M. (1997). Talker identification. Chapter 25 in Modern Scientific Evidence: The Law and Science of Expert Testimony, Volume 2, pp. 195-226 (D. L. Faigman, D. H. Kaye, M. J. Saks, and J. Sanders, Editors). St. Paul: West Publishing.

Chial, M. (1998). Conveying expectations about professional behavior. Invited Viewpoint article, Audiology Today, 10 (4), p. 25.

Chial, M. (1998). Ethics, preferred practices, and the professoriate. ASHA Issues in Higher Education Newsletter, 2 (2), pp. 3-7.

Chial, M. (1998). Yet another audiogram. ASHA Hearing and Hearing Disorders: Research and Diagnostics Newsletter, 2 (1), pp. 2-3.

Chial, M. (1999), Three views of marketing. Communication Connection, 13 (2), pp. 1, 3, 4, 5, 21.

Chial, M., and McKinley, N. (1999). WSHA 1998 Technology Survey. On-line report posted March 5, 1999 to the Wisconsin Speech-Language-Hearing Association Web site.

Chial, M. (1999). Physical quantities and units. Appendix to Singular's Illustrated Dictionary of Speech-Language Pathology (S. Singh and R. Kent, Eidtors). San Diego, CA: Singular Publishing Group.

Chial, M. (1999). Physical quantities and units. Appendix to Singular's Illustrated Dictionary of Audiology (L. Lucks Mendel, J. Danhauer, and S. Singh, Editors). San Diego, CA: Singular Publishing Group.

Chial, M. (1999). If a forest falls, is it because no one was listening? AAHE Bulletin, 53 (3), pp. 9-11.

Chial, M. (1999). Defining professionalism. ASHA Academic Affairs Board Professional Issues Roundtable Topic. On-line discussion topic posted December 1, 1999 to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Web site.

Chial, M., Sobolevsky, R., and Flahive, M. (2000). Utopians, Luddites or just plain realists? Distance education in communication sciences and disorders. Asha Leader, 5 (6), pp. 4, 5, 23, 24.

Kent, R., and Chial, M. (2002). Talker identification. Chapter 25 in Modern Scientific Evidence: The Law and Science of Expert Testimony, 2nd edition (D. L. Faigman, D. H. Kaye, M. J. Saks, and J. Sanders, Editors). St. Paul: West Publishing.

















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