Jennifer J. Lentz, Ph.D.

Education

Research

My research interests include human auditory perception in normal-hearing and hearing-impaired listeners and the application of psychological models to perceptual phenonmena. In particular, I am interested in how the auditory system represents distinct auditory signals and how the auditory system integrates relevant information to yield a unified auditory percept. Our lab also evaluates the effects of hearing loss on those perceptual processes. Recent work has been aimed towards evaluating the abilities of the normal and impaired auditory system to integrate information across frequency. We also have been exploring how this process works in the presence of competing signals. Recent publications that more thoroughly develop these ideas are

Lentz JJ (2007) "Variation in spectral-shape discrimination weighting functions at different stimulus levels and signal strengths,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 122, 1702-1712.

Lentz JJ (2006) "Spectral-peak selection in spectral-shape discrimination by normal-hearing and hearing-impaired listeners." J Acoust Soc Am. 120(2), 945-956. [pdf]

Lentz JJ and Marsh SL (2006) "The effect of hearing loss on identification of asynchronous double vowels," J Speech Lang Hear Res. 49(6), 1354-1367. [pdf]

Lentz JJ, Molis MR, and Leek MR (2004) "The effect of onset asynchrony on profile analysis by normal-hearing and hearing-impaired listeners," J Acoust Soc Am. 116(4), 2289-2297. [pdf]

Lentz JJ and Leek MR (2003) "Spectral-shape discrimination by hearing-impaired and normal-hearing listeners," J Acoust Soc Am. 113(3), 1604-1616. [pdf]

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Teaching

Fall 2008, Introduction to Audiometric Testing (SPHS S474)
Fall 2008, Survey of Communication Disoeders (SPHS S110)
Spring 2008, Introduction to Psychoacoustics (SPHS S678)
Spring 2008, Topics: Read my Lips! (COLL E105)