Biography
Elizabeth Haley is a clinical audiologist is currently a PhD candidate. She has worked with patients across the lifespan, with a special focus on pediatrics. Her clinical experience includes serving as a clinical preceptor at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh where she specialized in newborn hearing screenings, electrophysiology, evaluations with medically complex patients and central auditory processing disorders. She has also worked with Veterans with hearing loss, auditory processing disorders and tinnitus.
Haley has served as an instructor, teaching assistant and committee member for fourth-year comprehensive examinations at the University of Pittsburgh. Of all her professional roles, teaching remains one of her greatest passions. Students are encouraged to ask questions, as inquiry is just as valuable as knowing the answers. Haley is always happy to meet individually to discuss learning strategies, note-taking approaches or anything else that may support success in the course. She believes that learning thrives in a positive, low-stress environment, and she is here to help!
Education
- Doctor of Audiology, University of Pittsburgh
- Master of Science in Audiology, University of Pittsburgh
- Master of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders, Emerson College
- Master of Arts in Writing, Literature, and Publishing, Emerson College
Awards
- Veterans Administration Young Investigator Poster Award
- James and Susan Jerger Award for Excellence in Student Research
- REACH for Children-Department of Education
Research Interests
- Temporal processing in the auditory system
- Speech prosody
- Music perception
- Neurobiological correlates of language development in children
- Central auditory processing disorder
- Language learning in children with hearing loss
- Knowledge transfer and perceptual learning
- Learning theory
- Implicit and incidental learning
- Knowledge transfer and perceptual learning
- Neurobiological correlates of language development in children
- Central auditory processing disorder
- Language learning in children with hearing loss
- Speech prosody and music perception
Professional Organization Appointments
- American Speech-Language Hearing Association
- American Academy of Audiology
- Acoustical Society of America