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Education/Training:
Brooklyn College, B.A., 1957, Speech and Hearing
Brooklyn College, M.A., 1958, Speech and Hearing
Stanford University, Ph.D., 1962, Audiology
A. Positions and Honors
Positions and Employment
1962-1972: Assistant, Associate, Full Professor, University of Connecticut
1972-1975: Director, Willie Ross School for the Deaf, Longmeadow, MA
1975-l988: Professor of Audiology, University of Connecticut
1988-1992: Director, Research and Training, NY League for the Hard of Hearing
1991 - : Associate, RERC, Lexington Center, Jackson Heights, NY
(Selected) Other Experiences and Professional Memberships
1973-1974: Chairman, Joint Committee on Audiology and Education of the Deaf
1977-1980: Member, Board of Directors, A.G. Bell Association
1983-1985: President, Connecticut Speech and Hearing Association
1992-1999: Member, Board of Trustees, Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc.
1992-1996: Vice President, International Federation of Hard of Hearing People (IFHOH)
1992-1998: Editor, IFHOH journal
1992-1998: Vice President for Policy, Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc.
1995-1998: Voting Member, FDA ENT Panel on Hearing Devices
1995-1998: Consultant, Phonak Children’s Hearing Research Project
1997-2000: Member, National Advisory Group, National Institute for the Deaf
Honors
1971: Fellow, American Speech-Language Hearing Association
1978: Honors, Connecticut Speech-Language Hearing Association
1982: Distinguished Alumnus Award, Department of Speech, Brooklyn College
1987: Frank F. Kleffner Clinical Career Award , ASHA Foundation
1994: Distinguished Alumnus Award, Brooklyn College
1995: Award of Honor, Academy of Rehabilitative Audiology
1998: Frederick Berg Educational Audiology Award, Educational Audiology Association
2000: Oticon Focus on People Award
2001: Career Award in Hearing, American Academy of Audiology
2001: Rocky Stone Award, Self-Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc.
2002: Life Achievement Award, American Auditory Society
B. Selected peer-reviewed publications (from numerous other refereed and non-refereed articles, chapters and books).
Ross, M., Huntington, DA, Newby, HA, Dixon, RF. Speech discrimination of the hearing-impaired in noise: Relationship to other parameters. J. Aud Res 1965; 5: 47-72.
Ross, M. Barrett, Trier, TR. Ear-level hearing aids for motivated patients with minimal hearing losses. Laryngoscope 1966; 76:1555-1561.
Ross, M. & Lerman, JW. Hearing aid usage and its effect upon residual hearing. Arch Otolaryng 1967; 86:639-644.
Ross, M. & Matkin, ND. The rising configuration. J Sp Hear Dis 1967; 32: 377-382.
Ross, M. & Green, DS. The effect of a conventional versus a nonoccluding (CROS-type) earmold upon frequency response of a hearing aid. J Sp Hear Res 1968; 11:638-647.
Ross, M. & Lerman, JW. A picture identification test for hearing impaired children. J Sp Hear Res 1970; 13:44-53.
Ross, M. & Giolas, TG. Effect of three classroom listening conditions on speech intelligibility. Amer Ann Deaf 1971; 116: 580-594
Ross, M., Duffy, RJ, Cooker, HS, Sergeant, RJ. Contributions of the lower audible frequencies to the recognition of emotions. Amer Ann Deaf 1973; 118:37-42.
Ross, M., Calvert, DR, Wilson, GW. An experimental study of the semantics of deafness. Volta Rev 1974; 76: 408-414.
Seewald, RC, Ross, M., Stelmachowicz, PG. Selecting and verifying hearing aid performance characteristics for young children. J Acad Reh Aud 1987; 20:25-38.
Ross, M. & Randolph, KR. A test of auditory perception of alphabet tests for hearing-impaired children: the APAL test. Volta Rev 1990; 92: 237-244.
Ross, M. The implications of audiological success. J Amer Acad Aud 1992; 3: 1-4
Martin, B. & Ross, M. The effects of requests for repetition on the intensity of a talker’s speech. Amer J. Aud 1994; 3:69-72.
Ross, M. & Levitt, H. Consumer satisfaction is not enough: Hearing aids are also about hearing. Seminars in Hear 1997; 18:7-11.
Ross, M. Beyond hearing aids: Hearing assistance technologies. Seminars in Hear 1997; 18: 103-117.
Ross, M. A retrospective look at the future of aural rehabilitation. J. Acad Rehab Aud 1997; 30:11-28.
C. Dissemination and Training
Dissemination
1. During the entire period of the two funding cycles, with the support of the RERC grant, I have contributed a column or article to each issue of "Hearing Loss", the Journal of Self Help for Hard of Hearing People. This is a regular feature of the journal (Developments in Research and Technology). In this column, a total of 60 at the present time, I review ongoing developments in hearing aids and other hearing assistive technologies, with a particular emphasis on reviewing clinical research studies for the benefit of consumers. When appropriate, I update consumers on the research being conducted by the RERC researchers. Comments from the editor (Barbara Kelley) note that this is considered the most valuable regular feature of the journal.
2. As an outgrowth of the feature, I receive a number of inquiries each week, particularly soon after the journal appears. These vary from two to five a week. All our answered promptly.
3. Dissemination activities are further enhanced by both the consumer and professional articles published on our website (www.hearingresearch.org). There are now forty-two such articles posted, many written specifically for internet browsers.
4. During the course of the last five year cycle, other dissemination activities included 21 professional presentations and 35 to consumer groups (including one or two at each national SHHH convention). The majority of these presentations dealt with developments in hearing aids and other types of hearing assistive technologies. |
