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Linda Kozma-Spytek, Au.D.
Research Audiologist
Technology Access Program
Gallaudet University
EDUCATION
B.S., 1981, Speech and Hearing Science-Education of the Deaf, Washington University, Central Institute for the Deaf, St. Louis, MO
M.A., 1989, Communication Sciences, Washington University, Central Institute for the Deaf, St. Louis, MO
Doctoral Candidate, 1992-1997, 2000-present, Audiology, The Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York, New York, NY
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Gallaudet University, Technology Assessment Program, Washington, D.C.:
1998-present, Research Audiologist, RERC on Universal Telecommunications Access and RERC on Hearing Enhancement
Project Directors: Dr. J. Harkins and Dr. H. Levitt
University of Maryland Medical System, Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology -
Head and Neck Surgery, Baltimore, MD:
1996-1998, Audiologist (CFY/CCC-A), Cochlear Implant Program
Program Director: Dr. D. Mattox
Gallaudet University, Center for Auditory and Speech Sciences, Washington, D.C.:
1990-1995, Research Associate, Perception of Complex Auditory Stimuli
1988-1990, Research Assistant, Perception of Complex Auditory Stimuli
Project Director: Dr. S. Revoile
Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, Children's Hearing Institute, Cochlear Implant Center, New York, NY:
1992-1995, Educational Consultant
Center Director: Dr. P. Chute
1986-1994 and 1997, Private Support Teacher and Aural Rehabilitationist for deaf children and adults
The Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York, New York, NY:
1992-1993, Graduate Research Assistant, Efficacy of Cochlear Implants in Children
Project Director: Dr. A. Boothroyd
Central Institute for the Deaf, St. Louis, MO:
1986-1988, Graduate Research Assistant, Basic and Applied Studies in Tactile Perception
Project Director: Dr. J. Weisenberger
Summer 1986, Clinical Examiner, Literacy and Hearing-Impaired Children
Project Directors: Dr. A. Geers and J. Moog
Summer 1982, 1983, and 1985, Tutor
1982-1986, Supervising Teacher, Teacher Training Program
1981-1983, Director, Independent Learning Center
1981-1986 and 1988, Teacher
Centro Peruano de Audicion y Lenguaje, Lima, Peru:
June 1984, Consultant
CLINICAL PRACTICUM EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING: Audiology
Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, D.C.,
Supervisors: Dr. J. Schafer and Dr. G. Schuchman
Auditory Evoked Potential Labs, R. F. Kennedy Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY,
Supervisors: Dr. D. Stapells and Dr. M. Oates
Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, Cochlear Implant Center, New York, NY,
Supervisor: Dr. P. Chute
Nucleus 22 Channel Cochlear Implant System Conference and Practicum for Audiologists (1996)
Bruel & Kjaer's Electroacoustic Measurements on Telephones: Fundamentals, Applications and Advanced Topics (1999)
CERTIFICATIONS, AFFILIATIONS AND PROFICIENCIES
Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology
Council on Education of the Deaf Certificate (Professional)
Member: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Member: Advisory Committee for the Cochlear Implant Supplement to the Annual Survey of Deaf and
Hard-of-Hearing Children & Youth, Gallaudet Graduate Research Institute
Member: Clerc Center's Cochlear Implant Task Force at Gallaudet University
Mentor: student research in the Au.D. program in audiology at Gallaudet University
Missouri Life Teacher's Certificate (Deaf/Hard of Hearing, K-12)
Sign Communication Proficiency: Intermediate
HONORS
1992-1993, University Fellowship, The Graduate School and University Center of CUNY
1986, Excellence in Education Award, Central Institute for the Deaf
1981, High Honors, Washington University, University College
1977-1981, Dean's List, Washington University
PUBLICATIONS
Kozma-Spytek, L. (2001, February 12). Digital wireless telephones and hearing aids. Audiology Online. From http://audiologyonline.com
Kozma-Spytek, L. (2000, November 1). What's all the BUZZ about digital wireless telephones and hearing aids? The Audiology Journal, 2(1). From www.audiologyjournal.com
Kozma-Spytek, L. (2000). Digital wireless telephones and hearing aids: Are they compatible yet? Hearing Loss, 21(6), 12-17.
Kozma-Spytek, L., Kates, J., and Revoile, S. (1996). Quality ratings for frequency-shaped peak-clipped speech: Results for listeners with hearing loss. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 39(6), 1115-1123.
Revoile, S., Kozma-Spytek, L., Holden-Pitt, L., Pickett, J., and Droge, J. (1995). Acoustic-phonetic context considerations for speech recognition testing of hearing-impaired listeners. Ear and Hearing, 16(3), 254-262.
Kates, J., and Kozma-Spytek, L. (1994). Quality ratings for frequency-shaped peak-clipped speech. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 95(6), 3586-3594.
Revoile, S., Pickett, J., and Kozma-Spytek, L. (1991). Spectral cues to perception of /d,n,l/ by normal-and impaired-hearing listeners. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 90(2), 787-798.
Revoile, S., Kozma-Spytek, L., Holden-Pitt, L., Pickett, J., and Droge, J. (1991). VCVs vs. CVCs for stop/fricative distinctions by hearing-impaired and normal-hearing listeners. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 89(1), 457-460.
Weisenberger, J.M., Broadstone, S.M., and Kozma-Spytek, L. (1991). Relative performance of single-channel and multichannel tactile aids for speech perception. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 28(2), 45-56.
Weisenberger, J.M., and Kozma-Spytek, L. (1991). Evaluating tactile aids for speech perception and production by hearing-impaired adults and children. American Journal of Otology, 12(supplement), 188-200.
Kozma-Spytek, L. (1989). Evaluation of a multichannel electrode aid for the hearing impaired. Unpublished master's thesis, Washington University, Central Institute for the Deaf, St. Louis, MO.
PRESENTATIONS: Meetings and Conventions
Kozma-Spytek, L. (June, 2001). Digital wireless telephones and hearing aids: What do I need to know? Presented at the Annual International Self Help for Hard of Hearing People Convention, Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
Kozma-Spytek, L. and Mertes, J. (November, 2000). Helping clients choose a digital cell phone. Presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Washington, D.C.
Kozma-Spytek, L. (April, 2000). Technology and you: Improving your telephone communication.
Presented to the Meeting of the Washington Area Group for the Hard of Hearing, Rockville, Maryland.
Kozma-Spytek, L. (March, 2000). Digital wireless telephones and hearing aids: Are they compatible? Presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Audiology, Chicago, Illinois.
Levitt, H., Harkins, J., Kozma-Spytek, L., and Yeung, E. (November, 1999). Real-ear measurement of hearing-aid interference from digital wireless telephones. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Columbus, Ohio.
Levitt, H. and Kozma-Spytek, L. (April, 1999). Signal-to-interference ratios associated with usability and intelligibility ratings. Presented to the ANSI C63.19 Task Group on Digital Wireless Telephone and Hearing Aid Compatibility, Boca Raton, Florida.
Kozma-Spytek, L., Bakke, M., and Chute, P. (December, 1995). Computer-assisted notetaking: Providing access to classroom information. Presented at the American Speech-Hearing-Language Association Convention, Orlando, Florida.
Revoile, S., Kozma-Spytek, L., Nelson, P., and Holden-Pitt, L. (September, 1995). Some auditory indices related to consonant-segment and vowel-transition use by hard of hearing listeners. Presented at the National Institutes of Health Hearing Aid Conference, Bethesda, Maryland.
Kozma-Spytek, L., Nelson, P., Revoile, S., and Holden-Pitt, L. (June, 1994). Predicting hearing-impaired listeners' use of acoustic cues for consonant recognition. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Boston, Massachusettes.
Kozma-Spytek, L., Boothroyd, A., Hanin, L., and Waltzman, S. (November, 1993). Speech perception and production over time in cochlear implant children. Presented at the American Speech-Hearing-Language Association Convention, Anaheim, California.
Kozma-Spytek, L., Revoile, S., Holden-Pitt, L., and Pickett, J. (November, 1991). Impaired- and normal- hearing listeners' recognition of [b,d,g,v,z, ] in [^C^] isolated versus in sentence contexts. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Houston, Texas.
Kozma-Spytek, L., Revoile, S., and Pickett, J. (May, 1991). Perception of /d,n,l/ by impaired- and normal- hearing listeners. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Baltimore, Maryland.
Kozma-Spytek, L., Revoile, S., Holden-Pitt, L., and Droge, J. (November, 1989). Perception of intervocalic /p,t,k/ versus /f,s,O/: Impaired- and normal-hearing listeners. Presented at the American Speech-Hearing-Language Association Convention, St. Louis, Missouri.
Kozma-Spytek, L., and Weisenberger, J.M. (November, 1987). Evaluation of an electrocutaneous tactile aid for the hearing-impaired - A case study. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Miami, Florida.
PRESENTATIONS: Workshops, Seminars, Grand Rounds and Conferences
Kozma-Spytek, L. (April, 1999). Pediatric cochlear implants. Workshop presentation, Kendal
Demonstration Elementary School, Washington, DC.
Kozma-Spytek, L. (November, 1995). Cochlear implants. Grand Rounds presentation, University of Maryland Medical System, Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Baltimore, MD
Kozma-Spytek., L. (April, 1994). Linguistic competence and auditory learning. Workshop presentation, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, New York.
Kozma-Spytek, L. (September, 1992). The role of the educational consultant. Conference presentation, The Boston School for the Deaf, Boston, Massachusettes.
Kozma-Spytek, L. (June, 1984). Updating of methodology applied to the teaching of deaf children. Seminar presentation, Centro Peruano de Audicion y Lenguaje, Lima, Peru.
COURSES AND GUEST LECTURES
Assistant Professor for Cochlear Implants (co-instructor of graduate level course), (Fall, 2000), Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.
''Cochlear implants: An introduction'', Sociology of Deafness (guest lecturer in undergraduate course), (Fall, 1998), Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.
Assistant Professor for Aural Rehabilitation II (co-instructor of graduate level course), (Fall, 1998; Fall, 1997), Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.
''Cochlear implants for young hearing-impaired children'', Pediatric Educational Audiology (guest lecturer in graduate level course), (Spring, 1998; Spring, 2000), Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.
''Issues regarding cochlear implants in the pediatric population'', Pediatric Audiology (guest lecturer in graduate level course), (Spring, 1996), University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
''Cochlear implants and hearing-impaired children'', Aural Rehabilitation (guest lecturer in graduate level course), (Fall, 1993), Hunter College: City University of New York, New York, New York.
''Oral education and cochlear implants'', Deafness: An Educational Perspective (guest lecturer in graduate level course), (Fall, 1992), Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C |
