2009 Research Award
(Now known as the Research Grants in Hearing and Balance)

	New Investigator Research Award Eric Bielefeld, PhD State University of New York at Buffalo Title: Prevention of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss with Blockage of NADPH Oxidase
	New Investigator Research Award Lauren Calandruccio, PhD Northwestern University Title: Non-Native Speech and Its Effect on Non-Energetic Masking Mentor: Sumitrajit Dhar, PhD, Northwestern University
	New Investigator Research Award Andrea Warner-Czyz, PhD The University of Texas at Dallas Title: Effect of Reduced Spectral Resolution on Vowel Discrimination in Infants with Normal Hearing
	Student Investigator Research Award Jessica Levine, BS Northwestern University Title: Electrophysiological Measures of the Auditory Brainstem to Vocoded Speech and Musical Sounds Mentor: Nina Kraus, PhD, Northwestern University
	Summer Research Fellowship Award Kristen Musser Washington University School of Medicine Title: Effect of Hearing Loss on the Speech-Evoked Auditory Brainstem Response in the Presence of Noise Mentor: Jill Firszt, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine

2009 Student Research Forum Awards

The Student Research Forum Awards are underwritten annually with a generous gift from Plural Publishing… thank you!

	Francis X. Baur, AuD, Bloomsburg University Title: Preferred Listening Levels of Noise-Cancellation Headsets with an Audio Component in White Noise Advisor: Thomas R. Zalewski, PhD, Bloomsburg University
	Elizabeth Fernandez, Washington University School of Medicine Title: The Preventative Effect of Kanamycin Treatment on Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Young CBA/J Mice
	Jennifer McCullagh, BA, University of Connecticut Title: Effects of Signal-to-Noise Ratio on Late Auditory-Evoked Potentials Advisors: Frank E. Musiek, PhD, University of Connecticut, Jennifer Shinn, PhD, University of Kentucky
	Gina Marie Piscopo, BS, Vanderbilt University Title: The Effects of Fire Fighter Safety Attire and Equipment on Localization Abilities in the Horizontal Plane Advisors: Bill Dickinson, Benjamin Horbsby, PhD, Vanderbilt, D. Wesley Grantham, Vanderbilt University, Mary Sue Fino-Szumski, PhD Vanderbilt University
	Christopher Spankovich, AuD, MPH, Vanderbilt University Title: Dietary Intake and Auditory Function in an Adult Population

James Jerger Awards for Excellence in Student Research

	Greta Stamper, MA, Mayo Clinic Florida; David Zapala, PhD, Mayo Clinic Florida Title: Safety of Audiology Direct Access for Medicare Patients
	Larissa Mann, BS, Central Michigan University; Christine Trenkler, BS, Central Michigan University; M. Dawn Nelson, PhD, Central Michigan University Title: Positional Nystagmus in the Healthy Vestibular System
	Cassie Tuell, BA, University of Northern Colorado Title: Detection of DPOAEs Using Narrow-Band Noise Reduction