Research Assistants

Jeffrey J. DiGiovanni

 
Padmaja Nair, Au.D.
Padmaja recieved her Au.D. in June 2007. Currently she is working as an audiologist in New York City, New York. In the lab Padmaja worked on several projects including a case study on lupus, the benifit of spectral enhancement, and measuring response growth using low-frequency suppressor. You can see abstracts of her work in the published article section of the website.


 
Ashley Stover, 4th year Au.D. student
Ashley is a 4th year student from Ripley, West Virginia. She is currently on her 4th year externship in West Virginia. She recieved her undergraduate degree from Marshall University in 2004. In the lab Ashley worked on several projects, most notably the phonetically specific speech processing for the improvement of speech intelligibility. It is on this topic that she won the Student Research and Creative Activities Award for her 3rd year project in 2007.


Erin Davlin, 4rd year Au.D. student
Erin is a 4rd year Au.D. student from Springfield, Illinois. Erin received a B. S. in Communication Disorders from Truman State University in Kirksville, Mo. Erin's major project in Dr. DiGiovanni's lab has been putting together information for the Hearing Aid Handbook 2008-2009. Erin has a lot of interest in hearing aids and would like to work in a private practice setting. Erin is currently working at her externship.


Chessy Seebohm, 3nd year Au.D. student
Chessy is a 3nd year Au.D. student from Cincinnati, Ohio. Chessy received a B. S. in Hearing Speech and Language Sciences with a minor in Psychology from Ohio University in 2006. In Dr. DiGiovanni's lab, Chessy has collaborated on several studies running subject and collecting data. Chessy has also finished numerous projects for Dr. DiGiovanni such as editing and reviewing literature for the lab and running subjects. She is currently working on her third year project.


Jessica Prewitt, 2st year Au.D. student
Jessica is a 2st year Au.D. student from Blanchester, Ohio. Jessica received a B. S. in Communication Disorders with a minor in Psychology from Bowling Green State University in 2007. She would like to end up working in a private practice or hospital setting where she could work with children and adults. In Dr. DiGiovanni's lab, Jessica was in charge of building this web site along with completing other task assigned such as editing and reviewing literature on spectral enhancement. She has also been working on the revision of the Hearing Aid Handbook, Second edition


Allison Mester , 1st year Au.D. student
Allison is a 1st year Au.D. student from Mineral City, Ohio. Allison received a B. S. in Hearing Speech and Language Sciences with a minor in Linguistics from Ohio University in 2008. In Dr. DiGiovanni's lab, Allison has been helping with the revision of the Hearing Aid Handbook, Second Edition as well as reviewing litrature on spectral enhancement.