Deborah Von Hapsburg, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Audiology
Email: dvh@utk.edu
* Updated January 20, 2006

Dr. Deborah von Hapsburg teaches graduate courses in pediatric amplification and aural habilitation for the hearing impaired. Dr. von Hapsburg’s research focuses on determining the effects of early amplification on the emergence of pre-linguistic speech production behaviors. Specifically, her research focuses on understanding the link between signal audibility and speech production outcomes. Additionally, Dr. von Hapsburg’s research has focused on the effects of noise on bilingual listeners’ speech perception abilities. Dr. von Hapsburg recently received an award supporting her research from the National Institute of Health Pediatric Loan Repayment Program.

 

Education

Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin, TX (2003); Speech and Hearing Science

M.S. University of North Texas, Denton TX (1991); Major: Audiology

B.S. University of Texas at Austin, TX (1988); Major: Communication Sciences and Disorders

 

Courses Taught

ASP 300 Introduction to Communicative Disorders
ASP 584 Amplification for Children with Hearing Impairment
ASP 594 Aural Habilitation of Adults and Children with Hearing Impairment
ASP 663 Advanced Seminar in Aural Habilitation of the Hearing Impaired

 

Grants, Awards, and Honors

National Institutes of Health, Pediatric Loan Repayment Program. Awarded August 2004 ($17,000).

University of Tennessee Professional Development Award, Division of Small Grants, Awarded January 2004 ($5,000).

Dissertation Research Grant, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Awarded June, 2001 ($700).

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, Minority Dissertation Research Grant in Human Communication, Submitted June, 2000.

Individual National Research Service Award –Pre-doctoral Grant, Submitted August, 2001.



Refereed Publications

von Hapsburg, D. Davis, B.L. & MacNeilage, P.F. (in preparation). The effect of auditory sensitivity on canonical syllable organization.

von Hapsburg, D. & Davis, B.L. (in review). Exploring the effect of auditory sensitivity on canonical babbling. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research.

Davis, B.L. McCaffrey, H., von Hapsburg, D., & Warner-Czyz, A. (in press). Perceptual influences on Motor Control: Infants with Varied Hearing Levels, Volta Review.

von Hapsburg, D., Champlin, C.A., Shetty, S. (2004), Reception thresholds for sentences in bilingual [Spanish/English] and monolingual [English] listeners. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, vol 14 (7), 559-569.

von Hapsburg, D., & Peña, E., (2002). Understanding bilingualism and its impact on speech audiometry. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 45, 202-213.

McCaffrey, H.A., Davis, B.L., MacNeilage, P.F., & von Hapsburg, D. (2000). Multichannel cochlear implantation and the organization of early speech. The Volta Review, 101(1), 5-29.

DeLeon Northrup, B., Urbina, M., & von Hapsburg, D. (1999). American Academy of Audiology: Multicultural resource guide. http://www.audiology.org/codie/mcresguide.php

Refereed Presentations

McCaffrey, H.A., Davis, B.L., MacNeilage, P.F., von Hapsburg, D. Sound types and internal structure of syllables produced by infants with varied hearing levels. Poster Session, presented at the International Conference of Newborn Hearing Screening Diagnosis and Intervention, Milan, Italy, October, 2000.

von Hapsburg, D., Diehl, R., Davis, B.L., MacNeilage, P.F., Matyear, C. Acoustic and perceptual analysis of post cochlear implant speech development. Poster Session, presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Antonio, Texas, November, 1998.

Marquardt, T., Peña, E., Davis, B.L., Hoffman, L., Muñoz, M., Polich, L., Gildersleeve-Neumann, C. E., von Hapsburg, D., Wynn-Dancy, L. Multicultural research & networking: training the leaders of tomorrow. Seminar, Annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Antonio, Texas, November, 1998.

McCaffrey, H.A., Davis, B.L. & von Hapsburg, D. Perceptual influences on motor control: infants with varied hearing levels. Poster Session, Annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Antonio, Texas, November, 1998.

(Invited Speaker) von Hapsburg, D. Audiologic-otolaryngologic humanitarian projects outside of the United States: A proposed model for improved service delivery, Annual meeting of the International Affairs Association of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, Massachusetts, November, 1997.

McCaffrey, H.A., Davis, B.L., MacNeilage, P.F., & von Hapsburg, D. Early implantation and speech development: perceptual influences on motor control. Poster Session, Annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, Massachusetts, November, 1997.

Gildersleeve, C. E., von Hapsburg, D., & Davis, B. L., Speech acquisition in bilinguals: differences in vowel acoustic quality. Poster Session, Language Diversity Symposium, the University of Texas, Austin, Texas, February, 1997.

Thibodeau, L.T., & von Hapsburg, D. The use of deep-canal hearing aids with FM systems. Poster Session, Annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Orlando, Florida, November, 1995



Contact Information

Deborah von Hapsburg, Ph.D.
University of Tennessee
548 South Stadium Hall
Knoxville, TN 37996

Phone: 865-974-1811
Fax: 865-974-1539

e-mail: dvh@utk.edu

Speech Perception and Production Laboratory
 

Current Research Projects

1) The effect of signal audibility on the emergence of early vocalization patterns in hearing impaired infants.

2) The effects of increasing word familiarity on bilingual speaker’s speech perception in noise

3) Speech perception in noise in [Korean/English] bilingual listeners.


Lab Description

The Speech Perception and Production Research Laboratory (SPPRL) is housed in the Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology. One sound-treated room is located in the SPPRL. Equipment is available to synthesize and generate sound digitally. Responses to sounds can be measured behaviorally, acoustically, or physiologically using commercial data acquisition systems and software. The ARL contains an Apple G5 computer, IBM-compatible computers plus related hardware. Software is available to carry out all current forms of data analysis.

Equipment

Tucker-Davis Technologies System III Psychoacoustic Workstation

Grason-Stadler GSI 61 Audiometer
Madsen OB822 2 Channel Audiometer
Interacoustics AT235h Impedance/Audiometer

1 Tascam, DA-P1 DAT recorder
1. Maranz PMD 670 Digital Audio Recorder
1. Senheiser Wireless Microphone


1 Apple G5
1 Apple ibook
1 Dell Desktop
1 Gateway Desktop

Software
Habit 2000
Super Lab (pictured at left, above)
CSL Acoustic Analysis Software (workstation pictured at right above)

SPSS
SAS
HLM