Melissa Polonenko

I am very excited to announce that I’ll be joining @UMNSLHS as an assistant professor in 2021!

@ShinnCunningham Congratulations!

I am excited for this next challenge. cmu.edu/news/stories/a…

Come work with us! The University of Minnesota Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences is hiring an Assistant Professor in Audiology and Hearing Sciences. hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/364378

ABRs to both talkers became smaller and later with increasing fundamental frequency. These changes were similar to click ABRs changes with stimulus rates.

Previous work has shown that human neural responses to male-and female- uttered speech differ. We used the same talkers and found that when the male and female talker had the same fundamental frequency, auditory brainstem responses were similar.

New preprint with @maddox_lab!

Fundamental frequency predominantly drives talker differences in auditory brainstem responses to continuous speech biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_neursci

@edmundlalor @maddox_lab @UofR @UMNews Thanks Ed!

Great talk by @mel_polonenko (@maddox_lab alum @UofR and now PI @UMNews) outlining the challenges of binaural hearing in children who use bimodal devices. #CIAP

@DanielleGlista @UMNSLHS @ConnectedStudy Thanks for sharing your awesome and important work with us!

Honored to attend the AuD Grand Rounds @UMNSLHS as a guest lecturer. We discussed the value of #implementationscience in bridging research-to-practice gaps and the @ConnectedStudy efforts in virtual audiology. Looking forward to discussing this exciting topic further @ #AAA2023

@Tong_shan_ Such great and interesting work!!

New preprint out✨EXCITED!!!

@StevenGianakas @matt_with_ears @nelso477 @UMNSLHS @ASHAWeb Congratulations!!

@maddox_lab Congratulations!!

I’m excited to announce my new book, Applied ERP Data Analysis. It’s available online FOR FREE on the LibreTexts open source textbook platform. Please RT so that others can benefit from this resource. socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Ps…

@rhgifford Congratulations!!

Having Dr. Bess’ name on this endowed chair is the highest professional honor I could ever imagine. I graduated from the #Vanderbilt #Audiology Master’s program 25 years ago this week & I am certain I would never have believed this was remotely possible. I’m still surprised!!

Most important day of the year for your ears! #WorldHearingDay 3 March Stop and appreciate the gift of hearing and the importance to take care of it! #worldhearingday #hearingcare #safelistening #hearingloss #audpeeps

@AravindHearing These are beautiful! Congrats!

First set of confocal images from the lab! Gerbil cochlea stained for inner and outer hair cells (blue), ribbons+nuclei (red) and glutamate receptors (green). I never get tired of seeing these... #hiddenhearingloss #cochlea #cochlearsynapses

Congratulations to Kerry Witherell who was awarded the Honors of the Academy tonight from the Minnesota Academy of Audiology for her service to the profession and the future of our profession through her hard work and mentorship! Well deserved!! @UMNSLHS

@KellyWhiteford @UMNPsych @NIH That’s great!

@mel_polonenko @UMNPsych @NIH Thank you!! Hired my first undergrad RA on my grant to help collect data this semester and it feels SO great!

Congrats to @KellyWhiteford for receiving funding of $581,250 from @NIH for National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) for her study, “Neural and Perceptual Mechanisms for Coding Frequency Modulation.” buff.ly/3pghN9e #UMNCLA #UMNProud

Looking for a fun way to spend some time with your 9-12 year old over the winter holiday? Consider participating in Sarah's short story listening experiment!