BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Current Position:
Research Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
Joint Appointment, Program in Audiology and Communication Sciences

Education:
B.S., Bioengineering, University of Illinois, 1978
S.M., Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Curriculum Vitae -

Speech intelligibility of hearing-impaired children, speech perception by hearing-impaired listeners

Dr. Uchanski’s general research interest is the perception of speech and non-speech by listeners with normal and impaired hearing. She is particularly interested in listeners with impaired hearing who use cochlear implants. Her current research projects include 1) a study of the ability of cochlear implant users to perceive emotion in speech and to discriminate amongst different talkers, and 2) a comparison of complex-pitch perception abilities between congenitally-deaf children who received a cochlear implant at a young age (< 18 months old) and post-lingually deafened adults who received a cochlear implant as adults.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Rosalie M. Uchanski, Ph.D.
Department of Otolaryngology
Washington University School of Medicine
660 S. Euclid Ave
Campus Box 8042
St. Louis, Mo 63110

Phone: (314) 747-7191
Fax: (314) 747-7230
Email address: ruchanski@wustl.edu