The Auditory Processing Lab

Contents

Research Focus
Current Projects
About the Director
Recent Publications
Presentations
Research Collaborators
Research Associates
Links

Research Focus

Mission Statement

The Auditory Processing Laboratory at the University of Connecticut is dedicated to the study of the neural mechanisms needed for persons to perceive and fully process information presented through the auditory mode.

Laboratory Research Tools

The AP Laboratory utilizes a 64-channel Neuroscan Synamp2^TM workstation for the acquisition of ongoing electrical brain activity during auditory and multimodal tasks.  

Off-site Research Tools

Studies into fMRI brain activation during the processing of auditory information are also conducted at sites close to the UConn campus.

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 Current Projects

Middle Latency Response (MLR) in Children with Dichotic Listening Deficits
Electrophysiological Correlates of Temporal Processing with Sentences
Backward Masking Effects in Children with SLI
Dichotic Training (DIID) for Children with Binaural Integration Deficits
fMRI Activation Patterns during Dichotic Listening
Normative Data on New APD Tests

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Dr. Moncrieff received her Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Dallas in 1999.  For 3 years, she worked on the faculty at the University of Florida where she established a Neuroscan^TM electrophysiology laboratory and developed Auditory Processing disorders courses for both the on-campus and distance-learning Au.D. programs. In 2002, she joined the faculty at the University of Connecticut where she continues research efforts designed to help identify the underlying neural mechanisms that result in auditory processing disorders in both children and adults.  She teaches courses on Pediatric Audiology, Pediatric Rehabilitation and Advanced Electrophysiology in the UConn Au.D. program and supervises doctoral research students.  

Phillips Communication Sciences Building (PCSB)
Room 135
850 Bolton Road, Unit 1085
Storrs, CT 06269

E-mail address

debbie.moncrieff@uconn.edu

860-486-3687  

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Moncrieff, D.W., Black, J. L., Balise, R. R. (manuscript submitted) Binaural integration deficits in children with dyslexia, Journal of Learning Disabilities.

Wilson, R. H., Moncrieff, D. W., Townsend, E. A., Pillion, A. L. (2003) Development of a 500-Hz masking-level difference protocol for clinical use, Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 14(1):1-8.

Moncrieff, D.W., Musiek, F.E. (2002) Interaural asymmetries revealed by dichotic listening tests in normal and dyslexic children, Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 13(8):428-437.

Jerger, J., Moncrieff, D., Greenwald, R., Wambacq, I., Seipel, A. (2000) Effect of age on interaural asymmetry of event-related potentials in a dichotic listening task, Ear and Hearing, 11(7):383-389.

Jerger, J., Greenwald, R., Wambacq, I., Seipel, A., Moncrieff, D. (2000) Toward a more ecologically valid measure of speech understanding in background noise, Ear and Hearing, 11(5):273-282.

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Moncrieff, D., Briggs, R., Gopinath, K., Schmalfuss, I., Peacock, J., Byrd, D., Conway, T., Musiek, F. (2003, June) fMRI activation differences in children with dichotic words. Poster presented at Organization for Human Brain Mapping Conference, New York, NY.

Moncrieff, D., Vaughan, N., Bedenbaugh, P., BaiRossi, J. (2003, March) Event-related potentials as objective measures of cognitive processing speed in speech understanding. Poster presented at Association for Research in Otolaryngology Annual Meeting, Daytona Beach, FL.

Wilson, R. H., Moncrieff, D. W., Townsend, E. A., Pillion, A. L. (2002, November) Development of a 500-Hz masking-level difference protocol for clinic use. Poster presented at ASHA Convention, Atlanta, GA.

Bedenbaugh, P. H., Moncrieff, D. W., Byrd, D. L., Peacock, J. L. (2002, November) EEG spectra in children with and without a left ear dichotic listening deficit. Poster presented at Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.

Moncrieff, D. W., Hibbitts, K. (2002, November) Quantification of middle latency response amplitude in children with and without auditory processing disorder. Poster presented at Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.

Moncrieff, D. W., Musiek, F. E. (2002, April) Functional MRI of Children During Dichotic Listening, Research podium presented at American Academy of Audiology Convention, Philadelphia, PA.

Moncrieff, D. W., Peacock, J. L. (2002, April) The Effect of APD on Language Intervention Outcomes. Poster presented at American Academy of Audiology Convention, Philadelphia, PA.

Moncrieff, D. W., Peacock, J. L. (2002, April) Validity and Efficiency of Dichotic Listening Tests. Poster presented at American Academy of Audiology Convention, Philadelphia, PA.

Moncrieff, D. W., Byrd, D. L., Bedenbaugh, P. H., Peacock. J. L. (2002) Middle Latency Response Differences in Children with Dichotic Left-Ear Deficits, Poster presented at Association for Research in Otolaryngology Annual Meeting, Clearwater Beach, FL.

Moncrieff, D. W., Byrd, D. L., Bedenbaugh, P. H. (2002) MLR in Children with a Dichotic Left-Ear Deficit, Presentation at American Auditory Society Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.

McColl, R., Moncrieff, D (2000) Language lateralization in normal and dyslexic children: an fMRI study, Neuroimage (11): S324.

Moncrieff, D, McColl, R (2000) An ERP analysis of dichotic listening in normal and dyslexic children, Neuroimage (11): S328.

McColl, R, Moncrieff, D (1999) Functional magnetic resonance imaging used to determine language comprehension in normal and dyslexic children, HSEMB 99, February.

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 Research Associates

Irena Vincent
Jennifer Shinn
Jeanne Evenson
Caitlin Morris
Kristin Vasil

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 Links

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