The aim of this study is to examine the auditory, linguistic, and cognitive factors that contribute to and predict variability in speech recognition outcomes for adults with cochlear implants. Understanding these sources of variability should help us to predict outcomes preoperatively and to explain why some individuals do not perform well with an implant. 

The aim of this study is to develop and test novel rehabilitation interventions for adults with cochlear implants, targeting auditory, linguistic, and cognitive skills. We predict that individualized rehabilitation plans that are tailored to individual patients' needs will optimize speech recognition outcomes.

The aim of this study is to develop novel computer-assisted image analysis approaches to provide support to clinicians performing examinations of the ear using otoscopy. This study uses an approved digital otoscope device to build a large database of images of ear pathology for use in automatic image analysis software development.

R01DC019088 (AC Moberly)
07/01/2021 – 06/30/2026
3.0
NIH NIDCD  
Predicting Speech Recognition in Adults Receiving Cochlear Implants

K23DC015539 (AC Moberly)
04/01/2017 – 03/31/2022
NCE 6.0 calendar
NIH NIDCD $179,100
Variability in Speech Recognition for Adults with Cochlear Implants: Bottom-up and Top-down Factors

Moberly, A.C., Lewis, J. H., Vasil, K. J., Ray, C., & Tamati, T. N. (2021). Bottom-Up Signal Quality Impacts the Role of Top-Down Cognitive-Linguistic Processing During Speech Recognition by Adults with Cochlear Implants. Otology & Neurotology, 42(10S), S33-S41.

Tamati, T. N., Ray, C., Vasil, K. J., Pisoni, D. B., & Moberly, A.C. (2020). High-and low-performing adult cochlear implant users on high-variability sentence recognition: Differences in auditory spectral resolution and neurocognitive functioning. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 31(05), 324-335.

Moberly, A. C. (2020). A surgeon‐scientist's perspective and review of cognitive‐linguistic contributions to adult cochlear implant outcomes. Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 5(6), 1176-1183.

Moberly, A.C., Vasil, K.J., Wucinich, T.L., Safdar, N., Boyce, L., Roup, C., Holt, R.F., Adunka, O.F., Castellanos, I., Shafiro, V., Houston, D.M., Pisoni, D.B. (2018). How does aging affect recognition of spectrally degraded speech? Laryngoscope, in press.

Moberly, A.C., Vasil, K.J., Baxter, J., Ray, C. (2018). What to do when cochlear implant users plateau in performance: a pilot study of clinician-guided aural rehabilitation. Otology and Neurotology, in press.

Kramer, S., Vasil, K. J., Adunka, O. F., Pisoni, D. B., Moberly, A. C. (2018). Cognitive functions in adult cochlear implant users, cochlear implant candidates, and normal-hearing listeners. Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, in press.

Senaras, C., Moberly, A.C., Teknos, T., Essig, G., Elmaraghy, C., Taj-Schaal, N., Yua, L., Gurcan, M. (2018).  Detection of eardrum abnormalities using ensemble deep learning approaches.  Medical Imaging 2018: Computer-Aided Diagnosis 10575, 105751A.

Moberly, A.C., Patel, T.R., Castellanos, I. (2018). Relations between self-reported executive functioning and speech perception skills in adult cochlear implant users, Otology and Neurotology;39:250-7.

Moberly, A.C., Bates, C., Harris, M.S., & Pisoni, D.B. (2016). The enigma of poor performance by adults with cochlear implants. Otology and Neurotology;37:1522-1528.

Pisoni, D.B., Broadstock, A., Wucinich, T., Safdar, N., Miller, K., Hernandez, L., Vasil, K., Boyce, L., Davies, A., Harris, M.S., Castellanos, I., Xu, H., Kronenberger, W.G., & Moberly, A.C. (2018). Verbal learning and memory after cochlear implantation in postlingually deaf adults: some new findings with the CVLT-II. Ear and Hearing;39:720-45.

Associate Professor
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Courtesy Associate Professor
Department of Speech and Hearing Science
The Ohio State University

2019 First place award in Life Science section for “Otologic Technologies,” Wisconsin Governor’s Business Competition, June 4, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2018 Biomedical Research Mentor of the Year Award, Landacre Research Honor Society, The Ohio State University
2018 Fellowship induction into Triological Society
2018 Harris P. Mosher Award for outstanding clinical thesis, Triological Society
2015 College of Medicine Faculty Achievement Award, The Ohio State University
2014 Dennis Klatt Memorial Award, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and Acoustical Society of America
2014 Accepted after application into American Speech-Language-Hearing Association grantsmanship workshop, Lessons for Success, Rockville, Maryland.
2013 Accepted after application into NIH-sponsored mentoring program, “Mentoring for Junior Faculty in Otolaryngology and Communication Disorders."