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Dr. D. MikeMcDaniel
Professor of Communication Disorders
Department of Communication Disorders
Arkansas State University
ACADEMIC DEGREES
Ph.D. Memphis State UniversityAudiology 1988
M.A. Memphis State UniversityAudiology1972
B.S.E. Arkansas State UniversitySpeech Pathology1970
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
Director of Master of Science in Health Sciences
Program2006 to 2010
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
Professor of Communication Disorders1999 to present
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
Director of Communication Disorders Programs1996-2000
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
Associate of Professor Communication Disorders1993-1999
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
Assistant Professor of Communication Disorders1988-1993
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
College of Nursing and Health Professions Research
Consultant2006 to present
NEA Clinic Windover, Jonesboro, AR
Audiology Consultant2001 to present
Randolph County Medical Center, Jonesboro, AR
Audiology Consultant2001 to 2007
Dr. William Robert Stewart
Clinical Audiologist1985-1988
Mid-South Hearing and Balance Center, Memphis, TN
Director and Clinical Audiologist1983-1984
Memphis State University, Memphis, TN
Clinical Supervisor in Audiology 1982-1983
University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences
Instructor in Audiology1981-1982
Shea Clinic, Memphis, TN
Director of Audiological Services1980-1981
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Memphis, TN
Level II Trainee in Audiology1978-1980
Western Arkansas Ear, Nose, and Throat Clinic,
Fort Smith, AR Clinical Audiologist1973-1979
Bunker Missouri Public Schools, Bunker, MO1970-1971
Speech Therapist
PUBLICATIONS
McDaniel, D.M. (2012). An assisitive listening device laboratory. Vision: Arkansas Geriatric Education Center, 13, #1.
McDaniel, D.M., Neeley, R.A., Isaacson, J.J., and Howard, G.D. (2012). Accent assessment: A preliminary study of scaling validity. Journal of International Students, 2 (1), 98-93.
Anderson, B.C., Crader, M.F., Nix, E.S., and McDaniel, D.M. (2012). Nursing behaviors related to vancomycin and aminoglycoside administration. Mrd. Surg. Nursing (In Press).
Krebs, M.L., McDaniel, D.M., and Neeley, R.A. (2010). The effects of peer training on the social interaction of children with autism spectrum disorders. Education, 131 (2), 393-403.
Isaacson, J., McDaniel, D.M., Boals, B., and Moore, L. (2010). Developing and implementing a system of shared governance from a faculty perspective. Proceedings from the 2010 American Institute of Higher Education Conference, 3 (1), 361-369.
Shotts, L.L., McDaniel, D.M. & Neeley R.A. (2008). The impact of prolonged pacifier use on speech articulation. Contemporary Issues in Communication Science and Disorders, 35(1), 72-75.
Sifford, S., and McDaniel D. (2007). Student success on the HESI Exit Exam following a remediation program. Nursing Education Perspectives.
Studebaker, G.A., McDaniel, D.M., Sherbecoe, R.L., and Gwaltney, C.A. (1999). Monosyllabic word recognition at higher than normal speech and noise levels. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 105, 2431-2444.
Studebaker, G. A., Sherbecoe, R. L., McDaniel, D. M. and Gray, G. A. (1997) Age-related changes in monosyllabic word recognition performance when audibility is held constant. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology.
Studebaker, G. A., McDaniel, M. D. and Sherbecoe, R. L. (1995). Evaluating relative speech recognition performance using the proficiency factor and rationalized arcsine differences. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 6, 173-182.
Perez, E.P, Slate, J.R., Neeley, D.M., McDaniel, M., Baggs, T. and Layton, K. (accepted for publication 1994). Results of the CELF-R, TONI, and SIT for children referred for auditory processing problems. Journal of Clinical Psychology.
McDaniel, D.M. and Neeley, R.A. (1994). Quantification of auditory localization abilities. In ASHA Consensus Development Conference on Central Auditory Processing: Program and Abstracts (pp. 2-21). Albuquerque, New Mexico: ASHA.
Neeley, R.A. and McDaniel, D. M. (1994). Characteristics of students referred for central auditory processing evaluations at Arkansas State University. In ASHA Consensus Development Conference on Central Auditory Processing: Program and Abstracts (pp. 2-21). Albuquerque, New Mexico: ASHA.
McDaniel, D.M. and Cox, R.M. (1992). Evaluation of the Speech Intelligibility Rating (SIR) test for hearing aid comparisons. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 35(3), 686-693.
Neeley, R.A., McDaniel, D.M. and Perez, E. (1991). NSSLHA survey. National Student Speech Language Hearing Association Journal, 18, 132-136.
Cox, R.M. and McDaniel, D.M. (1989). Development of the Speech Intelligibility Rating (SIR) test for hearing aid comparisons. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 32, 347-352.
Cox, R.M. and McDaniel, D.M. (1984). Intelligibility ratings of continuous discourse: Application to hearing aid selection." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 76, 758-766.
PRESENTATIONS AT LEARNED FORUMS
Title of Presentation: Comparison of pragmatic skills in second born and only children.
Presenter: Toombs, C. and McDaniel, D.D.
Learned Forum: Arkansas Speech-Language Hearing Association
Date and Place: October 2012, Little Rock, AR.
Title of Presentation: Relationship between listening comprehension and signal-to-noise ratio loss in children.
Presenter: Junkersfeld, J. and McDaniel, D.M.
Learned Forum: Arkansas Speech-Language Hearing Association
Date and Place: October 2012, Little Rock, AR.
Title of Presentation: A preliminary investigation of potential subtle middle ear differences in children with reading delays.
Presenter: Bailey, B. and McDaniel, D.M.
Learned Forum: Arkansas Academy of Audiology
Date and Place: May 2012, Petit Jean, AR
Title of Presentation: The impact of gestational diabetes on the language capabilities of young children.
Presenter: Mudrock, A. and McDaniel, D.M.
Learned Forum: Arkansas Speech-Language Hearing Association
Date and Place: October 2007, Hot Springs, AR.
Title of Presentation: Audiology 101
Presenters: McDaniel, D.M.
Learned Forum: Presentation presented to the AHEC residents
Date and Place: April 2006; Jonesboro, AR
Title of Presentation: An investigation of the long-term effects of a fluency enhancing device
Presenters: Harrison, L and McDaniel, D.M.
Learned Forum: Arkansas Speech-Language Hearing Association Annual Convention
Date and Place: 2006; Hot Springs, AR
Title of Presentation: Storytelling versus lecture teaching method: The effect on vocabulary memory in children
Presenters: Clay, E and McDaniel, D.M
Learned Forum: Arkansas Speech-Language Hearing Association Annual Convention
Date and Place: October 2005; Hot Springs, AR
Title of Presentation: Audiology for the speech-language pathologists
Presenters: Clay, E and McDaniel, D.M
Learned Forum: Regional Association of Communicative Disorders
Date and Place: December 2005; State University, AR
Title of Presentation: A longitudinal comparison of results from tests for auditory processing disorder
Presenters: May, J. and McDaniel, D.M.
Learned Forum: Arkansas Speech-Language Hearing Association Annual Convention
Date and Place: October 2004; Hot Springs, AR
Title of Presentation: The impact of prolonged pacifier use on speech articulation
Presenters: Shots/Treece, L. and McDaniel, D.M.
Learned Forum: Arkansas Speech-Language Hearing Association Annual Convention
Date and Place: October 2004; Hot Springs, AR
Title of Presentation: The effects of normal aging on word retrieval
Presenters: Escue, A. and McDaniel, D.M.
Learned Forum: Arkansas Speech-Language Hearing Association Annual Convention
Date and Place: October 2003; Hot Springs, AR
Title of Presentation: The effect of the Fluency Master on stuttering
Presenters: Martin, C. and McDaniel, D.M.
Learned Forum: Arkansas Speech-Language Hearing Association Annual Convention
Date and Place: October 2003; Hot Springs, AR
Title of Presentation: The impact of maternal age on childhood expressive and receptive language development
Presenters: Tripp, S. and McDaniel, D.M.
Learned Forum: Arkansas Speech-Language Hearing Association Annual Convention
Date and Place: October 2003; Hot Springs, AR
Title of Presentation: Young adult performance on tests of central auditory processing
Presenters: Worman, C. and McDaniel, D.M.
Learned Forum: Arkansas Speech-Language Hearing Association Annual Convention
Date and Place: October 2003; Hot Springs, AR
Title of Presentation: An evaluation of the Multiple Auditory Processing Assessment
Presenters: Moad, A. and McDaniel, D.M.
Learned Forum: Arkansas Speech-Language Hearing Association Annual Convention
Date and Place: October 2002; Hot Springs, AR
Title of Presentation: An evaluation of the Multiple Auditory Processing Assessment
Presenters: Studebaker, G.A., Sherbecoe, R.L., McDaniel, D.M., and Gwaltney, C.A. Learned Forum: Conference on Advanced Topics in Hearing Aid Research
Date and Place: May 1998; Lake Arrowhead, CA
Title of Presentation: Accommodating hearing impaired and deaf students
Presenters: McDaniel, D.M.
Learned Forum: 2nd Annual Disability Awareness Week
Date and Place: March 1996; State University, AR
Title of Presentation: Assessment and management of central auditory processing problems: A multidisciplinary approach
Presenters: McDaniel, D.M.
Learned Forum: Fall Meeting of the Nebraska Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Date and Place: October 1995; Kearney, NA
Title of Presentation: Age-related changes in monosyllabic word recognition performance when audibility is held constant
Presenters: Studebaker, G.A., Sherbecoe, R.L., McDaniel, D.M. and Gray, G.A.
Learned Forum: 1st biannual Conference on Hearing Aid Research and Development
Date and Place: September 1995; Bethesda, MD
Title of Presentation: Accommodations for students with hearing impairments
Presenters: McDaniel, D.M.
Learned Forum: 1st annual Disability Awareness Week
Date and Place: March 1995; State University, AR
Title of Presentation: An evaluation of the reliability and validity of the ASUALT
Presenters: McDaniel, D.M., Neeley, R.N. and Dublin, C.
Learned Forum: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Conference
Date and Place: November 1994; New Orleans, LA
Title of Presentation: Recent developments in neurophysiological measures for the assessment of central auditory processing
Presenters: McDaniel, D.M.
Learned Forum: Arkansas Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Conference
Date and Place: October 1994; Hot Springs, AR
Title of Presentation: Meeting the special needs of children with mild fluctuating hearing impairments
Presenters: McDaniel, D.M.
Learned Forum: Special Show '94
Date and Place: July 1994; Little Rock, AR
Title of Presentation: Quantification of auditory localization abilities
Presenters: McDaniel, D.M. and Neeley, R.A.
Learned Forum: ASHA Consensus Development Conference on Central Auditory Processing
Date and Place: March 1994; Albuquerque, NM
Title of Presentation: Characteristics of students referred for central auditory processing evaluations at Arkansas State University
Presenters: Neeley, R.A. and McDaniel, D.M..
Learned Forum: ASHA Consensus Development Conference on Central Auditory Processing
Date and Place: March 1994; Albuquerque, NM
Title of Presentation: Speech recognition proficiency as a function of age and audibility loss
Presenters: Studebaker, G.A., McDaniel, D.M., Wark, D.J. and Sherbecoe, R.L.
Learned Forum: International Hearing Aid Conference II: Signal processing and efficacy
Date and Place: June 1993; Iowa City, IA
Title of Presentation: Assessment of the auditory localization abilities of school age children.
Presenters: McDaniel, D.M., Neeley, R.A. and Campbell, G.
Learned Forum: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Conference
Date and Place: November 1993; Anaheim, CA
Title of Presentation: Auditory processing disorders revisited: Assessment characteristics and intervention characteristics
Presenters: Neeley, R.A., McDaniel, D. M., Perez, E., Layton, K. and Baggs, T.
Learned Forum: Arkansas Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Conference
Date and Place: October 1993; Hot Springs, AR
Title of Presentation: Characteristics and Assessment of Central Auditory Processing Disorders in Children
Presenters: Neeley, R.A., McDaniel, D.M. & Layton, K.
Learned Forum: Special Show 92’
Date and Place: August 1992; Little Rock, AR
Title of Presentation: Assessment of CAP Disorders: Audiology grand rounds
Presenters: McDaniel, D.M.
Learned Forum: Arkansas Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Conference
Date and Place: November 1992; Little Rock, AR
Title of Presentation: Central auditory processing: A multidisciplinary approach
Presenters: McDaniel, D.M.
Learned Forum: Arkansas Department of Education, Special Education Division, Great Rivers Educational Cooperative and Arkansas Area Services for the Hearing Association, Annual Meeting
Date and Place: August 1991; Helena, AR
Title of Presentation: A preliminary investigation of the auditory localization abilities of school-ages children
Presenters: McDaniel, D.M., Neeley, R.A. and Crichfield, G.
Learned Forum: Arkansas Speech and Hearing Association Annual Meeting
Date and Place: October 1990; Little Rock, AR
Title of Presentation: Assessment of central auditory processing disorders in children: A multidisciplinary approach
Learned Forum: Arkansas Speech and Hearing Association Annual Meeting
Date and Place: October 1990; Little Rock, AR
Title of Presentation: Intervention strategies for children with central auditory processing disorders
Presenters: McDaniel, D.M. and Berry, V.
Learned Forum: Arkansas Speech and Hearing Association Annual Meeting
Title of Presentation: The development of a central auditory processing case history form
Presenters: McDaniel, D.M., Perez, E. and Neeley, R.A.
Learned Forum: Arkansas Speech and Hearing Association Annual Meeting
Date and Place: October 1990; Little Rock, AR
Title of Presentation: Reading abilities in central auditory processing: Do product measures provide tangible data?
Presenters: McDaniel, D.M. and Layton, K. .
Learned Forum: Arkansas Speech and Hearing Association Annual Meeting
Date and Place: October 1990; Little Rock, AR
Title of Presentation: Communicative disorders curriculum content: Reflections on the past and a look to the future
Presenters: Perez, E., Neeley, R.A. and McDaniel, D.M.
Learned Forum: Teacher Education Division, Council for Exceptional Children Annual Conference
Date and Place: November 1989; Memphis, TN
Title of Presentation: Evaluation of the SIR test for hearing aid stratification
Presenters: McDaniel, D.M. and Cox, R.M.
Learned Forum: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Meeting
Date and Place: November 1988; Boston, MA
Title of Presentation: Development of the Speech Intelligibility Rating (SIR) test for hearing aid comparisons
Presenters: McDaniel, D.M. and Cox, R.M.
Learned Forum: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Meeting
Date and Place: November 1986; Detroit, MI
Title of Presentation: Intelligibility ratings of continuous discourse
Presenters: McDaniel, D.M. and Cox, R.M.
Learned Forum: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Meeting
Date and Place: November 1983; Cincinnati, OH
Title of Presentation: An alternative to ear phone threshold testing in a pediatric population
Presenters: McDaniel, D.M., Krygier, K. and Cox, R.M.
Learned Forum: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Meeting
Date and Place: November 1983; Cincinnati, OH
Title of Presentation: Measurement and reliability of acoustic reflex latency measures
Presenters: Bornstein, S., Spahr, L. and McDaniel, D.M. .
Learned Forum: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Meeting
Date and Place: November 1983; Cincinnati, OH
DISSERTATIONS/THESES/STUDENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Dissertation: The Effect of Preschool Experiences on Kindergarten Readiness Skill
Student: Angela Busby
Defense Date: November 3, 2008
Committee: Chair Dan Cline, Member: Beverly Boles, Mitch Holifield, Mike McDaniel
Honors Thesis: A preliminary investigation of potential subtle middle ear differences in children with reading delays
Student: Brittany Bailey
Defense Date: April 2012
Committee: Chair, D. M. McDaniel, S. Lovelace, R. Neeley, S. Sifford
Thesis, Pragmatic skill differences in second born children and those without siblings
Student: Crystal Toombs
Defense Date: October 2012
Committee: Chair, D. McDaniel, Members – S. Lovelace, S. Sifford, J. Lamb, R. Neeley
Thesis: The effect of signal-to-noise ratio hearing loss on phonemic awareness in school age children
Student: Juli Junkersfeld
Defense Date: November 2012
Committee: Chair, D. McDaniel, Members – S. Lovelace, S. Sifford, J. Lamb, R. Neeley
Thesis: Are you textually active?
Student: Kandace Dyson
Defense Date: November 3, 2011
Committee: Chair, S. Lovelace, Member: F. Hunter, R Neeley, D.M. McDaniel
Thesis: The effects of educational television on the acquisition of basic concepts in young children
Student: Brandi Messer
Defense Date: November 2010
Committee: Chair, D. McDaniel, Members – S. Lovelace, S. Sifford, J. Lamb, R. Neeley
Thesis: The initial and renewed impact of an AAC devices using the Lamp Approach on an individual with autism spectrum disorder
Student: Mary Hannah Pulliam
Defense Date: November 2010
Committee: Chair, D. McDaniel, Members – S. Lovelace, S. Sifford, J. Lamb, R. Neeley
Thesis: The effects of brief, intensive drill sessions in achieving speech articulation objectives.
Student: Kathryn Smith
Defense Date: November 3, 2009
Committee: Chair, S. Lovelace, Member: F. Hunter, R Neeley, D.M. McDaniel
Thesis: The Effects of Peer Training Social Intervention on Social Interactions of Children with Autism
Student: Mindy Krebs
Defense Date: November 3, 2009
Committee: Chair, D. McDaniel, Members – S. Lovelace, S. Sifford, J. Lamb, R. Neeley
Thesis: The Impact of Gestational Diabetes on the Language Development of African American Children
Student: Lacey Ploederer
Defense Date: November 7, 2008
Committee: Chair, D. McDaniel, Members – S. Lovelace, R. Neeley, Laura Owens
Thesis: The Impact of Gestational Diabetes on the Language Capabilities of Young Children
Student: April Murdock
Defense Date: November 2, 2007
Committee: Chair– D. McDaniel, Members– R. Neeley, T. Baggs, S. Lovelace, L. Owens
Thesis: An Investigation of the Long-Term Effects of an Ear-Level Fluency-Enhancing Device
Student: Laura Manning Harrison
Defense Date: October 13. 2006
Committee: Chair - D. McDaniel, Members – T. Baggs, L. Brewer, T. Pierce, R. Neeley
Thesis: Storytelling Versus Lecture Instruction Methods: The Effect on Vocabulary Memory in Children
Student: Erin Clay
Defense Date: November 14, 2005
Committee: Chair – R. Neeley, Members – D. McDaniel, T. Baggs, S. Lovelace
Thesis: The Impact of Prolonged Pacifier Use on Speech Articulation
Student: Laura Shotts
Defense Date: November 18, 2004
Committee: Chair – D. McDaniel, Members – T. Baggs, R. Neeley
Thesis: Adult Performance on Tests of Auditory Processing: A Follow-Up
Student: Jill May
Defense Date: November 18, 2004
Committee: Chair – D. McDaniel, Members –R. Neely, M. Gilbertson, S. Hanrahan
Thesis: The Impact of Maternal Age on Childhood Expressive and Receptive Language Development
Student: Susan Tripp
Defense Date: November 6, 2003
Committee: Chair –D. McDaniel, Members –T. Baggs, R. Neeley, E. Stokes
Thesis: Young Adult Performance on Tests of Auditory Processing
Student: Charrisce Worman
Defense Date: November 10, 2003
Committee: Chair --D. McDaniel, Members—T. Baggs, R. Neeley
Thesis: Effect of a Fluency Enhancing Device on Stuttering
Student: Charity Martin
Defense Date: November 11, 2003
Committee: Chair – D. McDaniel, Members- T. Baggs, J. Justen, R. Neeley,
Thesis: The Effects of Normal Aging on Word Retrieval
Student: Amanda Escue
Defense Date: November 18, 2003
Committee: Chair—D. McDaniel, Members—T. Baggs, R. Neeley, S. Hanrahan
Thesis: An Evaluation of the Specificity of the Multiple Auditory Processing Assessment
Student: Ashley Moad
Defense Date: October 22, 2002
Committee: Chair – D. McDaniel, Members – R. Neeley, T. Baggs, S. Hanrahan
Thesis: The Relationship Between Psycho-Stimulant Drug Dose and the Frequency of Dysfluencies in Children with ADHD
Student: Tiffany Ryan
Defense Date: November 7, 2003
Committee: Chair- R. Neeley, Member- D.M. McDaniel, D. Cline
Thesis: Efficacy of melodic intonation therapy on verbal language in autism
Student: Jennifer Mallot
Defense Date: November 11, 2002
Committee: Chair –T. Baggs, Members –R. Neeley, D. McDaniel
Thesis: The Effects of Reactive and Nonreactive Toys on the International Use of Signs by Children with Hearing Impairments