
Al Lotze

Publications
Journal Articles
Projects
Acoustic Cues for Wayfinding
Assessment of Speechreading with Dual Sensory Loss: Visual and Hearing Impairments
The purpose of this research study is to test subjects who have various hearing and vision problems on their lipreading, visual and auditory skills in order to understand the relationships between lipreading and visual impairment. We then can explore training strategies to improve auditory and visual communication.
Effects of Noise Exposure Across the Lifespan on Balance and Stability in Older Adults
Hearing Aid for Blind Travelers with Hearing Loss
Realistic Hearing Aid Outcomes
The primary objective of this project is to develop a set of realistic outcome measures that relate to the real-world use of hearing aids. A second objective is to evaluate the extent to which these measures are predictive of hearing aid benefit and user satisfaction after the client has worn the hearing aid for two or more months and has acclimatized to the instrument.
The Specific Aims are as follows
Aim #1: Develop and evaluate an outcome measure that takes into account the interactive nature of human communication and which is predictive of the extent to which a person with a hearing loss is…
Robotic Fingerspelling Hand for Communicating with Deaf-Blind People
Labs
Shanidze Lab
Simon Auditory Lab
The goal of our laboratory is to examine the auditory abilities of people with various degrees of hearing loss with and without vision loss.