Education:
Postdoc 1991 Auditory Physiology, Duke University
Ph.D. 1990 Audiology, University of Virginia
M.Ed., 1981 Audiology, University of Virginia
A.B. 1974 Mathematics, Duke University
Certification/Licensure:
ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence, Audiology
Specialities:
Hearing science
Auditory electrophysiology
Sound and speech perception in cochlear implant users
Speech perception in bimodal hearing
Teaching:
CSD 5530 – Hearing Assessment and Management
Biography:
Dr. Gail Donaldson joined the department in 2017 as BCBS-NC Distinguished Professor and Department Chair. Prior to coming to Appalachian, she served as a faculty member at the University of South Florida (2004-2017) and on the research faculty at the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis (1994-2004). Dr. Donaldson’s research focuses on sound and speech perception in adults with cochlear implants. She has served as Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator on several grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health and has published extensively in her area of expertise.
Recent Publications:
Stilp, C.E., Donaldson, G.S., Oh, S. and Kong, Y.-Y. (2016). Influences of noise-interruption and information-bearing acoustic change on understanding simulated electric-acoustic speech. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 140, 3971-3979.
Kong, Y.-Y., Winn, M.B., Poellmann, K. and Donaldson, G.S. (2016). Discriminability and perceptual saliency of temporal and spectral cues for final fricative consonant voicing in simulated cochlear implant and bimodal hearing. Trends in Hearing, 20, 1-15.
Oh, S., Donaldson, G.S. and Kong, Y.-Y. (2016). The role of continuous low-frequency harmonicity cues for interrupted speech perception in bimodal hearing. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 139, 1747-1755.
Oh, S., Donaldson, G.S., Kong, Y.-Y. (2016). Top-down processes in simulated electric acoustic hearing: the effect of linguistic context on bimodal benefit for temporally interrupted speech. Ear and Hearing, 37, 582-592.
Donaldson, G.S., Rogers, C.L., Johnson, L.B., and Oh, S. (2015). Vowel identification by cochlear implant users: contributions of duration cues and dynamic spectral cues. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 138, 65-73.
Kong, Y.-Y., Donaldson, G., and Mullangi, A. (2015). Effect of contextual cues on simulations of cochlear implant and bimodal hearing. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 137, 2846-2857.
Donaldson, G. S., Rogers, C. L., Cardenas, E. S., Russell, B. A. & Hanna, N. H. (2013). Vowel identification by cochlear implant users: Contributions of static and dynamic spectral cues. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 134 (4), 3021-3028.
Title: BCBS-NC Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders/Speech-Language Pathology, Department Chair
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Phone: (828) 262-6533
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