University of the Pacific's Department of Audiology is kicking off 2020 with an insightful lecture from Monita Chatterjee, Ph.D. of Boys Town National Research Hospital on music in speech.
Following Dr. Chatterjee's lecture will be an Expert Panel on Cochlear Implants, including Matthew Fitzgerald, Ph.D. (Chief of Audiology, Stanford University), Gabriella Musacchia, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, University of the Pacific), Jayaganesh Swaminathan, Ph.D. (Research Associate, University of the Pacific) and more.
To end the evening, there will be a cocktail reception, photo opportunity with all attendees, and a showcase of Audiology students' research posters.

REGISTRATION FEE: $35.00 (0.3 CEUs); includes cocktail reception

STUDENTS GET IN FOR FREE - please show your University ID at the event
UOP Faculty, Preceptors, and Alumi - FREE

We look forward to see you there!

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Title: "The music in speech: consequences of hearing loss and cochlear implantation"

Speaker: Monita Chatterjee, Ph.D.

Abstract:
Although cochlear implant patients show considerable benefits from the device on average, many patients have difficulty with everyday tasks such as listening to speech in noise or following a conversation about an unfamiliar topic. The musicality of sounds is degraded when listening with cochlear implants, and patients have problems with tasks that require pitch sensitivity, such as music perception, speaker identification, listening in noise, and vocal emotion recognition. Tonal language speakers with cochlear implants also show deficits in identifying lexical tones, which involve rapid pitch changes in words.
Despite these degradations and ensuing difficulties, the device supports reasonable degrees of speech communication in adult cochlear implant users and spoken language development in child users. This success is in part due to advancements in technology, biomedicine, surgical approaches, audiology and speech therapy. The listening brain contributes substantially, using cognitive resources and linguistic knowledge to reconstruct the talker’s intended message from the degraded input. In the first part of this presentation, I will describe how cochlear implants transmit speech information to the listener, explain the primary limitations, and comment on clinical implications. In the second half of the presentation, I will describe our recent work on pitch perception, lexical tone processing, vocal emotion perception and emotional speech productions in children and adults with cochlear implants. I will also present new work how listening with hearing loss or cochlear implants interacts with aging to create deficits in vocal emotion perception by middle-aged and older adult listeners.

Learning Objectives:
After attending this presentation, the audience will be able to:
Describe how cochlear implants work, and explain why sounds are degraded through cochlear implants
Discuss the consequences of sound degradation in cochlear implants for speech, pitch, and music perception
Explain how children and adults with cochlear implants perceive emotional prosody
Explain what is known about how children and adults with cochlear implants produce emotional prosody
Discuss the impact of hearing loss and aging on emotion perception by adults

Agenda:
1:00pm - 2:00pm - 1st half of Dr. Chatterjee's lecture
2:00pm - 2:30pm - short break
2:30pm - 3:30pm - 2nd half of Dr. Chatterjee's lecture
3:30pm - 3:45pm - short break
3:45pm - 4:30pm - Expert Panel on Cochlear Implants
4:30pm - 6:00pm - Cocktail reception, photos, and student research poster gallery

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For questions about the EAR Seminar Series, please reach out to Dr. Gabriella Musacchia (gmusacchia@pacific.edu). For questions about logistics, please email Jessica Fuentes (jfuentes@pacific.edu).

Thank you!