“My research deals with the behavioral and physiological processes of hearing in normal and hearing-impaired listeners.”
- Department of Speech and Hearing Science
- 901 South Sixth St.
- Champaign, IL 61820
- Phone:(217) 333-2230
- Fax:(217) 244-2235
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Ron Chambers, Ph.D.
Education
- Degree
- Ph.D., Audiology; Purdue University, 1983
- Area of Professional Interest
- Professor Chambers teaches coursework in the areas of diagnostic audiology at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and the applications of evoked potentials.
- Research Interests
- Professor Chamber's primary research interests are directed at basic and applied investigation of hearing, with emphasis on evoked and event-related potentials. His current projects include research into mechanisms of bone-conduction hearing, the effects of smoking on evoked potentials, cognitive and neurological indices of aging, and electric responses recorded for patients using cochlear implants.
- Awards, Academic and Professional Honors
- ASHA Award for Continuing Education (ACE), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2002
- Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, College of Applied Life Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL., 1999
- Honorable Mention for Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate B Faculty, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL., 1999
- See curriculum vitae for complete list of awards, academic and professional honors.
- Publications
- See curriculum vitae for list of publications, proceedings, books, and articles.
- Professional Associations and Certifications
- See curriculum vitae for professional associations and certifications.
