Event. Predicting Severity of Conductive Hearing Loss and Middle Ear Effusion Volume Using Wideband Tympanometry

Gabrielle R. Merchant, AuD., PhD., CCC-A is an audiologist and hearing scientist and the Director of the Translational Auditory Physiology and Perception Laboratory at Boys Town National Research Hospital. She earned her BA from Smith College (2009), her PhD from the Harvard-MIT Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology Program (2014), and her AuD from the University of Massachusetts Amherst (2018). Her translational hearing research focuses on auditory mechanics, auditory perception, and advancing evidence-based practice through improved clinical diagnostic tools. Her laboratory has a particular focus on pediatrics, conductive hearing loss, and wideband acoustic immittance. She has been utilizing wideband acoustic immittance and wideband tympanometry in her research since her early undergraduate work with Dr. Susan Voss (2007). She is passionate about research and efforts that will support the translation of these measurements to clinical practice.