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Dr. Hughes is the coordinator for the Cochlear Implant Program at Boys Town National Research Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. She has dozens of publications and presentations in the area of cochlear implants and is the principal investigator for an NIH funded grant to assess the electrophysiologic and psychophysical channel interaction in cochlear implants. Education: B.S.Ed., Speech Pathology & Audiology, University of Nebraska Lincoln, 1992M.A., Audiology, University of Iowa, 1995 Clinical Fellow, Audiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 1996-97 Ph.D., Hearing Science, University of Iowa, 2003 Professional Affiliations: American Speech-Language and Hearing Association American Academy of Audiology American Auditory Society Areas of Expertise/Interest: Evoked potentials in cochlear implants Psychophysics in cochlear implants Channel interaction Intra-operative cochlear implant testing What is your favorite thing about your job?I like the flexibility and variation in my job. I get to doresearch, publish, present, teach at the graduate level, supervise, do some clinical work (mostly intraoperative), and lead projects aimed at further development of our CI program. | 