Faculty Director: Nicole Marrone, PhD, CCC-A
Key Personnel: Bryan Wong, PhD, AuD, CCC-A
Location: SLHS Rooms 403, 109 (soundfield), and 207
Research Focus: In the Audiologic Rehabilitation Lab, our research seeks to improve quality of life and quality of care for adults living with hearing loss, with an emphasis on health equity. We take an ecological and biopsychosocial approach to the study of communication. We are interested in the links between auditory and cognitive abilities that affect communication when using hearing aids, outcomes of rehabilitative interventions, and how changes in hearing impact daily life for individuals and their families.
Our research group includes undergraduates, graduate students, and clinical faculty collaborators from the University of Arizona Hearing Clinics. Our NIH-funded research seeks to reduce disparities in access to hearing health care in collaboration with faculty and community members in public health, psychology, Spanish, and translation studies (“Oyendo Bien” or Hearing Well).
Our lab members also lead several community-engaged outreach projects including:
- UA Living Well with Hearing Loss program,
- The Protect Your Ears Project (an afterschool hearing conservation program),
- Viviendo Bien con Pérdida Auditiva (Spanish-language peer support), and
- Living Well with Hearing Loss community lecture series.