Ron D. Chambers, Curriculum Vitae, updated 05/06/2014
CURRICULUM VITAE
Name:Ron D. Chambers
Address:University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Speech and Hearing Science
901 South Sixth Street
Champaign, IL61820
Contacts:Telephone: (217) 244-2541; Fax: (217) 244-2235
email:
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
1983Doctor of Philosophy, Audiology; PurdueUniversity, West Lafayette, IN.
1976Master of Science, Audiology; TexasTechUniversity, Lubbock, TX.
1974Bachelor of Arts, with Honors, Speech Pathology; TexasTechUniversity, Lubbock, TX.
1971Associate of Arts; SouthPlainsJunior College, Levelland, TX.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
2016-2017Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
2008-2016Program Director for CAA Accreditation, Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
2012-2015Associate Head, Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
2001-07Head, Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1999-01Interim Head, Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1998-99Associate Head, Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1997-98Acting Head, Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1996-97Associate Head, Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1992-Associate Professor, Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1989-90Director of Hearing Clinic, Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1984-91Assistant Professor, Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1983-84Research Associate, Cognitive Psychophysiology Laboratory (directed by Emanuel Donchin, Ph.D.), Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
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1983Teaching Assistant (supervision of graduate students' audiological practicum experience), Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences, PurdueUniversity, West Lafayette, IN.
1982-83Research Assistant, otology research laboratory, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN.
1982Teaching Assistant, Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences, PurdueUniversity, West Lafayette, IN.
1981Teaching Assistant, Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences, PurdueUniversity, West Lafayette, IN.
1981-82Audiologist (part-time), office of Kyle Loy, M.D., Lafayette, IN.
1980-81Research Assistant, NIH Grant NO1-NS-0-2329, Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
1979-80Teaching Assistant (supervision of graduate students' audiological practicum experience), Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
1979-80Administrative Assistant, Hearing Clinic, Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences, PurdueUniversity, West Lafayette, IN.
1978-79Teaching Assistant, Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
1978Audiologist (part-time), St. Vincent's Hospital, Indianapolis, IN.
1976-77Audiologist, AbileneStateSchool, Abilene, TX.
HONORS
2016Excellence in Professional and Graduate Teaching Award, College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
2005ASHA Award for Continuing Education (ACE), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
2002ASHA Award for Continuing Education (ACE), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
1999Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, College of Applied Life Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1999Honorable Mention for Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate B Faculty, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1990William F. Prokasy Award for Distinguished Teaching, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1990Finalist for the Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1983Postdoctoral Research Appointment, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
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1971Who's Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges.
1971Phi Theta Kappa Honorary Fraternity, SouthPlainsJunior College, Levelland, TX.
MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
1991-AmericanAcademy of Audiology.
1989-Association for Research in Otolaryngology.
1985-American Auditory Society
1983-Acoustical Society of America.
1976-American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE
1989-License in Audiology, State of Illinois.
1978-83Hearing Aid License, State of Indiana.
1977-83License in Audiology, State of Indiana.
1977-Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
RESEARCH/SCHOLARSHIP
Graduate Research Assistantships
1982-83Indiana University School of Medicine - Research design and data collection for studies of auditory brainstem, frequency-following, and middle latency responses in
human and animal subjects.
1980-81PurdueUniversity - Data collection for studies in effective shielding of electro-magnetic radiation from earphones; development of evoked potential laboratory; collection of auditory brainstem response data for laboratory norms.
Postdoctoral Research Appointment
1983-84University of Illinois, Department of Psychology - Studies using event-related potentials to index age-related changes in cognitive processing in the elderly.
Publications
Published manuscripts:
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Theodoroff, S. M., Chambers, R. D., Folmer, R. L., & McMillan, G.P. (2011). Auditory middle latency
responses in individuals with debilitating tinnitus. International Tinnitus Journal, 16/2), 104-110.
Ramkissoon, I., & Chambers, R. (2008). Effects of chronic and acute smoking on AMLRs in older and
younger listeners. International Journal of Audiology, 47, 715-723.
Firszt, J. B., Chambers, R. D., & Kraus, N. (2002). Neurophysiology of cochlear implant users
II: Comparison among speech perception, dynamic range, and physiologic measures. Ear and Hearing, 23, 516-531.
Firszt, J. B., Chambers, R. D., Kraus, N., & Reeder, R. (2002). Neurophysiology of cochlear implant
users I: Effects of stimulus current level and electrode site on the electrical ABR, MLR, and N1-P2 response. Ear and Hearing, 23, 502-515.
Firszt, J. B., Rotz, L., Chambers, R. D., & Novak, M. A. (1999). Electrically evoked potentials recorded
in adults and pediatric Clarion implant users. Annals of Otology, Rhinology, & Laryngology, 108, suppl 177, 58-63.
Chambers, R. D. & Meyer, T. A. (1993). Reliability of threshold estimation in hearing-impaired adults using the AMFR. Journal of the AmericanAcademy of Audiology, 4, 22-32. (Invited by James Jerger, editor)
Chambers, R. D. (1992). Differential age effects for components of the adult auditory middle latency response. Hearing Research, 58, 123-131.
Chambers, R. D. & Griffiths, S. K. (1991). Effects of age on the adult auditory middle latency response. Hearing Research, 51, 1-10.
Griffiths, S. K. & Chambers, R. D. (1991). The amplitude-modulation following response as an audiometric tool. Ear and Hearing, 12, 235-241.
Chambers, R. D., Rowan, L. E., Matthies, M. L., & Novak, M. A. (1989). Auditory brain-stem responses in children with previous otitis media. Archives of Otolaryngology, 115, 452-7.
Chambers, R. D., Matthies, M. L., & Griffiths, S. K. (1989). Correlations between various measures of head size and auditory brainstem response latencies. Hearing Research, 41, 179-188.
Griffiths, S. K., Chambers, R. D., & Bilger, R. C. (1989). Statistical dependence among the wave
latencies of the auditory brainstem response. Ear and Hearing, 10, 299-303.
Chambers, R. D., Feth, L. L., & Burns, E. M. (1986). The relation between the human frequency-
following response and the low pitch of complex tones. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 80, 1673-80.
Published Abstracts:
White, L., Loucks, T., Gooler, D., & Chambers, R.D. (2013). Sensory gating in adults who stutter. 2013 ASHA Convention Program Book, 155.
Brault, L. M., Han, W., Lansing, C. L., Chambers, R. D., McNew, J., Bellina, A., O’Brien, W. D. (2008).
Influence of static force on bone conduction threshold measurement. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America,124(4), Pt. 2, 2456.
Brault, L. M., Melamed, S., Lansing, C. L., Chambers, R. D., O’Brien, W. D. (2007). Numerical and
experimental study of bone-conducted sound and the occlusion effect. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 121(5), Pt. 2, 3198.
Brault, L. M., Lansing, C. L., Chambers, R. D., O’Brien, W. D. (2007). Examination of bone-conducted
sound pathways. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 122(5), Pt. 2, 3063.
Ramkissoon, I., & Chambers, R.D. (2004). Nicotine and aging effects on auditory middle latency responses (AMLR). ASHA Leader, 9 (15), 61.
Firszt, J. B., Rotz, L., Novak, M. A., & Chambers, R. D. (1998). Objective measures with Clarion: electrically evoked potentials recorded in adult and pediatric cochlear implant users. AmericanAcademy of Audiology Convention Program, 67.
Firszt, J. B., Rotz, L., Novak, M. A., & Chambers, R. D. (1997). Electrically evoked potential recordings in Clarion multichannel cochlear implant users. AmericanAcademy of Audiology Convention Program, 126.
Firszt, J. B., Rotz, L., Novak, M. A., & Chambers, R. D. (1997). Pilot results of electrically evoked
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whole nerve action potential responses recorded with the Nucleus CI 24M device. 1997 Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses, 107.
Rowan, L. E., Chambers, R. D., & Augenstein, P. S. (1996). Linguistic skills of children with OME. Asha Leader, 16(1), 72.
Brestal, K. L. & Chambers, R. D. (1995). The effects of age and gender on the adult AMLR. American Auditory Society Bulletin, 20, 26.
Brestal, K. L. & Chambers, R. D. (1994). The effects of age and gender on the adult AMLR. Asha, 36, 206.
Chambers, R. D., Richards, C. T., & Brestal, K. L. (1993). Age, hearing loss, and sex effects for components of the adult auditory middle latency response. Abstracts of the Sixteenth Midwinter Research Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology.
Richards, C. T. & Chambers, R. D. (1993). Effects of age and hearing loss on the adult AMLR. Asha, 35, 179.
Chambers, R. D. (1992). Differential age effects for components of the adult auditory middle latency response. Abstracts of the Fifteenth Midwinter Research Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology.
Chambers, R. D. & Meyer, T. A. (1992). Reliability of threshold estimation using the AMFR. Asha, 34, 238.
Chambers, R. D. & Meyer, T. A. (1992). Use of the AMFR with hearing-impaired adults: case studies. American Auditory Society Bulletin, 17, 17.
Meyer, T. A. & Chambers, R. D. (1992). Repeatability of threshold estimation in hearing-impaired
adults using the AMFR. Abstracts of the Fifteenth Midwinter Research Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngolgy.
Chambers, R. D. (1991). The adult AMLR - Aging effects on Pa and Pb. Asha, 33, 195.
Chambers, R. D., & Griffiths, S. K. (1990). The effect of age on the auditory middle latency response. Asha, 32, 67.
Griffiths, S. K., Chambers, R. D., & Bilger, R. C. (1990). The amplitude modulation following response as an audiometric tool. Asha, 32, 7l.
Griffiths, S. K., Chambers, R. D., & Bilger, R. C. (1989). Statistical dependence among auditory brainstem response wave latencies. Asha, 31, 120.
Chambers, R. D., Matthies, M. L., & Griffiths, S. K. (1988). The ABR latencies, oral temperature, and head size. Asha, 30, 198.
Chambers, R. D., Paden, E. P., Rowan, L. E., & Novak, M. A. (1988). The ABR in children with
previous OME. Asha, 30, 198.
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Chambers, R. D., Rowan, L. E., & Novak, M. A. (1988). The auditory brainstem response in children
with a history of OME. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 83, S56.
Chambers, R. D., Paden, E. P., Rowan, L. E., & Novak, M. A. (1987). Has the influence of OME on
child development been overstated? Asha, 29, 184.
Chambers, R. D. (1986). Event-related potentials: Tools in the study of aging. Asha, 28, 63.
Echols-Chambers, L., Chambers, R. D., & Carney, A. E. (1985). Adult aural rehabilitation - an integral part of hearing aid dispensing. Asha, 27, 87.
Farwell, L. A., Chambers, R. D., Miller, G. A., Coles, M. G. H., & Donchin, E. (1985). A specific memory deficit in elderly subjects who lack P300. Society for Psychophysiological Research, 22, 589.
Chambers, R. D., Feth, L. L., & Burns, E. M. (1984). The relation between the human
frequency-following response and the low pitch of complex tones. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 75, S81.
Chambers, R. D. & Brown, D.D. (1983). A comparison of several electrophysiological measures of 500-Hz hearing thresholds in normal-hearing and hearing-impaired subjects. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 73, S81.
Chambers, R. D. & Brown, D.D. (1983). Assessing 500 Hz thresholds with four evoked potential techniques. Asha, 25, 65.
Published Book Reviews:
Chambers, R. D. (1988). A review of "Proceedings of a Symposium in Audiology," Ear and Hearing, 9, 220-1.
Chambers, R. D. (1988). A review of "Hearing Impairment in Children," Ear and Hearing, 9, 352.
Chambers, R. D. (1987). A review of "Clinical Otology and Audiology," Archives of Otolaryngology,
113, 560-1.
Presentation of Papers, Colloquia, and Panels
2016Clinical protocol for real ear attenuation at threshold (REAT) for 3M Classic E-A-R foam hearing protectors, AudiologyNOW! Annual Convention of the American Academy of Audiology, Phoenix, AZ.
2013Sensory gating in adults who stutter, Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Chicago, IL.
2009Contributions of static force and oscillator placement in bone conduction sensitivity. Middle Ear Mechanics in Research and Otology, 5th International Symposium, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
2007Potential objective measures of tinnitus. The American Auditory Society Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
2004Nicotine and aging effects on Auditory Middle Latency Responses (AMLR). Fourteenth Annual Research Symposium, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA.
2004Nicotine and aging effects on Auditory Middle Latency Responses (AMLR). Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA.
2001Speech perception in cochlear implant recipients: electrophysiologic and electrical dynamic range measures. Twenty-second Midwinter Research Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology.
2000Professional practice in academia: another career option. Annual Convention of the Illinois Speech-Language Hearing Association.
1998Electrically evoked potentials in Clarion cochlear implant users. First International Symposium and Workshop on Objective Measures in Cochlear Implantation. Nottingham, UK.
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1997Pilot results of electrically evoked whole nerve action potential responses recorded with the Nucleus CI 24M device. 1997 Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses.
1993Age, hearing loss, and sex effects for components of the adult auditory middle latency response. Sixteenth Midwinter Research Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology.
1992Differential age effects for components of the adult auditory middle latency response. Fifteenth Midwinter Research Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology.
1992Differential age effects for components of the adult auditory middle latency response. Spring 1992 Conference: Aging and Gerontology. Beckman Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1992Repeatability of threshold estimation in hearing-impaired adults using the AMFR. Fifteenth Midwinter Research Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology.
1991The Amplitude-Modulation-Following Response. Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1990The Effect of Age on the Auditory Middle Latency Response. The annual meeting of the Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Chicago, IL. Invited Speaker.
1989Aging and Event-Related Potentials. Symposium on Electrophysiologic Measurements, Carle Clinic Association, Urbana, IL.
1989Aging and the Middle Latency Response. Symposium on Electrophysiologic Measurements, Carle Clinic Association, Urbana, IL.
1989The Influence of Advancing Age on the Auditory Middle Latency Responses. Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1988The Auditory Brainstem Response in Children with Previous OME. Program in Communication Disorders, Department of Speech Communication, University of Texas, Austin, TX.
1987Event-Related Potentials and Aging. The annual meeting of the Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Chicago, IL.
1987The Relation Among Oral Temperature, Head Size and Between and Within Subject Variation in ABR Latencies. The X Biennial Symposium of the International Electric Response Audiometry Study Group, Charlottesville, VA.
1986Performance of Young "Otitis-Prone" Children on Auditory-Neural and Linguistic Measures. Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1986Recent Findings on the Middle Latency Responses. Audiology Journal Club, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
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1985A Perspective on Event-Related Potentials in Studies of Maturation and Aging. Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1984The Relative Effectiveness of Four Electrophysiologic Measures of Low-Frequency Hearing Thresholds. Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
1984The Relation between the human Frequency-Following Response and the low pitch of complex tones. Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
1983The relation between the human frequency-following response and the low pitch of complex tones. Cognitive Psychophysiology Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
Grants Written and Submitted
2008-2009Department of Education. Project EPPA: Enhancing the Preparation of Pediatric
Audiologists. Combined Personnel Preparation. Project Director, Ron Chambers; Co-Directors, Charissa Lansing and David Gooler; Teaching Faculty, SHS faculty and audiologists and otologists in the ECHO program at Carle Clinic Grant period 2009-2013, $754,416. Grant not funded.
2007-2008National Institutes of Health. A modeling of sound paths to the middle ear and cochlea, NIH
R21. Principal investigator, Jont Allen, Co-investigators, Ron D. Chambers and William O’Brien, Jr. Second resubmission, grant not funded.
2007-2008National Institutes of Health. A modeling of sound paths to the middle ear and cochlea, NIH
R21. Principal investigator, Jont Allen, Co-investigators, Ron D. Chambers and William O’Brien, Jr. First resubmission, not funded.
2006-2007 National Institutes of Health. A modeling of sound paths to the middle ear and cochlea, NIH
R21. Principal investigator, Jont Allen, Co-investigators, Ron D. Chambers and William O’Brien, Jr. Grant not funded.
2005-2008Air Force Office of Scientific Research. #FA9550-06-1-0128. Evaluation of Acoustic Propagation Paths into the Human Head. Principal Investigator, William D. O”Brien, Jr; Co-Investigators, Ron D. Chambers, Charissa Lansing. Awarded: December 1, 2005-November 30, 2009, $510,162.
2003-04Mary Jane Neer Research Fund. The effect of stimulus frequency on the effect of advancing age on the Auditory Middle Latency Response (AMLR). Principal Investigator, Ron D. Chambers. Grant Awarded.
2002-05National Institute on Deafness and Other Communicative Disorders, RFA-DC-02-001. Innovative Education for Young Adults on Safe Noise. Principal Investigator, Janet Reis; Co-Principal Investigator, Ron D. Chambers. Grant not funded.
1987-93National Institute on Aging, Grant NS 17273. The effects of aging on speech perception.
Principal Investigator, Robert C. Bilger; Co-Principal Investigator, Ron D. Chambers. Grant awarded.
1986-88Carle Foundation. The effects of otitis media on auditory-neural and linguistic measures including younger children. Principal Investigator, Ron D. Chambers. Grant awarded.
1985-86University Research Board. Seed money for an electrophysiology laboratory. Grant awarded.
1985-86Biomedical Research Support Grant. The effects of otitis media on auditory-neural and linguistic measures. Grant awarded.
1985-86Deafness Research Foundation. The effects of otitis media on auditory-neural and linguistic measures in older children. Principal Investigator, Ron D. Chambers. Funding denied.
Reviews
1991-Reviewer, Ear and Hearing.
1989-Reviewer, Journal of Speech and Hearing Research.
1989-98Reviewer, Electroencephalography Clinical Neurophysiology.
1988Reviewed Introduction to Audiology, 3rd Ed., by Fred N. Martin for Prentice Hall.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
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Courses Taught
PurdueUniversity:
1978-82Lectures and laboratory demonstration in basic and differential audiology for undergraduate and graduate students.
University of Illinois:
1983-2016SPSHS 495J (later 495E): Applications of evoked potentials for graduate students.
SPSHS 492: Advanced audiology for graduate students.
SPSHS 390: Introduction to hearing disorders and audiology for undergraduates.
SPSHS 4950: Laboratory methods in Speech and Hearing Science (team
taught).
SPSHS 495: Special problems.
SPSHS 495: Independent study.
SPSHS 290: Independent study.
SPSHS 491M: Seminar in hearing disorders, advanced lecture sessions in evoked potentials for
graduate students and professionals.
SPSHS 491B: Seminar in hearing disorders, differential audiology for graduate students.
SPSHS 495M: Seminar in hearing disorders, advanced lecture and laboratory sessions in
differential audiology and evoked potentials.
SPSHS 491: Seminar in hearing disorders.
SPSHS 491A: Seminar in hearing disorders, hearing aids (coordination
and teaching of team taught course).
SPSHS 490: Medical audiology for graduate students.
SPSHS 451: Electrophysiologic indices of audition and balance.
SPSHS 454: Advanced audiological assessment.
SPSHS 302: Manual communication.
SPSHS 496 (592): Pro-Seminar in Research.
SPSHS 499 (599): Thesis Research.
SPSHS 199D: Hearing Health for the Individual and Society (Discovery course).
SPSHS 495A: Topics in audiology.
SPSHS 495: Topics in Speech, Language, and Hearing Science
SHS 551: Electrophysiologic indices of audition
SHS 554: Seminar in advanced audiologic assessment
SHS 593: Auditory pathophysiology and medical disorders
SHS 593 EP: Laboratory Experience in Auditory Evoked Potentials
SHS 551: Indices of Audition and Balance
SHS 593: Medical Audiology
SHS 554: Advanced Audiological Assessment
SHS 593 AEP: Auditory Evoked Potential Laboratory
SHS 593 APD: Auditory Processing Disorders
SHS 593 HC: Hearing Conservation Programs
(See Honors section for listing of college and campus level teaching awards.)