Radhika Aravamudhan, Ph.D., CCC-A

Assistant Professor
raravamudhan@pco.edu

Education:

  • Research Associate at Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE
    • September 2004 – August 2005 (Mentor: Dr. Andrew J Lotto)  
  • Kent State University, Kent, OH  1999 – 2005 
    • PhD. Audiology
    • Minor: Cognition
    • Doctoral Dissertation: Perceptual overshoot in speech and non-speech sounds.
  • All India Institute of Speech & Hearing, Mysore, India   1997 – 1999
  • All India Institute of Speech & Hearing, Mysore, India   1994 – 1997

Role at PCO:

Educator in the following courses:

  • Psychoacoustics
  • Electrophysiology –Part-2 (Early, Middle and Late Latency potentials)
  • Acoustics and Instrumentation
  • Introduction to Research Methods
  • Acoustics and Acoustic Phonetics

Research Publication & Presentations & Invited Talks

  • Aravamudhan, R., Lotto A. J., and Hawks, J.W. Perceptual context effects of speech & non-speech sounds: The role of auditory categories. Journal of Acoustical Society of America (Accepted)
  • Aravamudhan, R., and Lotto A. J. Context effects in adult cochlear implant users. Journal of Acoustical Society of America (Under Review)

Non-referred articles:

  • Aravamudhan, R and Lotto, A.J. (2005). Phonetic Context effects in adult Cochlear Implant users and NH simulations, ASHA KIRAN, Article in the fall edition of the Asian –Indian Caucus, 4-5, November.

Research Presentations/Abstracts:

  • Aravamudhan, R and Lotto, A.J. (2007). Phonetic context effects in normal-hearing listeners using acoustic simulations of cochlear implant signal. Research presentation at the Acoustical Society of America, UT.
  • Aravamudhan, R and Lotto, A.J. (2006). “It's all about the context - phonemic identification in NH and CI listeners”.  13th Annual Pennsylvania Academy of Audiology Convention, September 29, Harrisburg, PA. (Recipient of Best presentation Award)
  • Aravamudhan, R and Lotto, A.J. (2006). Context effects in adult Cochlear Implant users and Normal Hearing Simulations. Research presentation at the American Academy of Audiology, April, MN.
  • Aravamudhan, R and Lotto, A.J. (2005). Phonetic Context effects in adult Cochlear Implant users. Research presentation at the Acoustical Society of America, MN.
  • Aravamudhan, R and Lotto, A.J. (2005). Phonetic Context effects in adult Cochlear Implant users. Research presentation at the Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses, Asilomar, CA.
  • Aravamudhan, R and Lotto, A.J. (2005). Phonetic Context effects in adult Cochlear Implant users. Research presentation at the 10th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children, Dallas, TX.
  • Aravamudhan, R., & Lotto, A. J. (2004). Perceptual overshoot in listeners with cochlear implants. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 116, 2523.
  • Aravamudhan, R. & Hawks, J. (2004). Role of training in perceptual overshot with nonspeech sounds. Poster presented at Acoustical Society of America, NY.
  • Aravamudhan, R. & Hawks, J. (2004). Role of experience in elicitation of perceptual overshoot. Poster presented at American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ.
  • Aravamudhan, R. & Hawks, J. (2003). Perceptual overshoot in speech and nonspeech sounds, Poster presented at Acoustical Society of America, Nashville, TN.
  • Aravamudhan, R. & Klich, R. (2002). Variability in F2 transitions CV contexts, Research talk at Ohio Speech & Hearing Association, Dayton, OH.
  • Aravamudhan, R & Schmidt, A. (2001). Training /v/ and /w/ perception in Indian subjects. Poster presented at Acoustical Society of America, Chicago, IL.