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Department of Psychology
Suzanne Purdy
Head, Discipline of Speech Science
MSc, PhD, DipAud, FAAA, MAudSA, MNZAS
Research interests
Electrophysiological assessment of auditory function in infants and children, objective assessment of hearing aid performance, auditory processing disorders and reading delay, aural rehabilitation in hearing impaired adults, speech perception in children.
Selected publications
- McNeill, C., Noble, W., Purdy, S. C., O’Brien, A., Sharma, M. Bilateral cochlear implants in long-term and short-term deafness. Cochlear Implants International, 11, 247–253, 2010.
- Fairgray, L., Purdy, S. C., Smart, J. S. Effects of auditory-verbal therapy for school-aged children with hearing loss: An exploratory study. Volta Review, 110, 407-433, 2010.
- Hicks, E., Larkins, B., Purdy, S. C. Fatigue management by speech-language pathologists for adults with traumatic brain injury: International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, early on-line, 1-11, 2010.
- Purdy, S. C., Smart, J. L., Baily, M, Sharma, M. Do children with reading delay benefit from the use of personal FM systems in the classroom? International Journal of Audiology, 48, 843-852, 2009.
- Beukes, E. W., Munro, K. J., Purdy, S. C. Duration-sensitive neurons in the auditory cortex. Neuroreport, 20, 1129-1133, 2009. Purdy, S. C., Gardner-Berry, K.
- Purdy, S. C., Gardner-Berry, K. Auditory evoked potentials and cochlear implants: Research findings and clinical applications in children. Perspectives on Hearing and Hearing Disorders in Childhood, 19(1), 14-21, 2009.
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