Lab Director: Ian B. Mertes, PhD, AuD, CCC-A
Ian Mertes received his PhD and AuD degrees in Speech and Hearing Science from the University of Iowa in 2014. He was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Auditory Research Lab at the VA Loma Linda Healthcare System from 2014-2016. He joined the Department of Speech and Hearing Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Fall 2016.
Dr. Mertes is a clinically-trained hearing scientist. He studies the ascending and descending auditory pathways in individuals with normal hearing and with hearing loss. He uses a combination of otoacoustic emissions, auditory electrophysiology, and perceptual measures. The long-term of goals of his research program are to determine how sound perception is driven by the interconnections between the peripheral and central auditory systems, to delineate the effect of hearing loss on these interconnections, and to determine the impact of potential treatments such as auditory training when these interconnections are impaired.
Current Lab Members:
PhD students: Milad Yousefi
AuD students: Seth Dikeman, Kirsten Osborn
Undergraduate students: Madeline Berenson, Maya Kwiecien, Hailey Weaver
Lab Alumni:
AuD students: Celine Auriemma, Thomas Crawford, Zoë Dinger, Kristin Johnson, Ali Marquess, Megan Mogorovic, Morgan Potocki, Elizabeth Rettig, Abigail Stutz
Undergraduate students: Audrey Arlis, Ariana Bastys, Ayse Cheung, Lydia Griffith, Emily Heideman, Sandra Kogan, Margo Lanier, Maggie McGough, Elizabeth Musur, Natalie Raden, Katie Teel, Gabrielle Van Zant, Avery Waner, Brianna Wynne