Bruce Mock, a doctoral candidate for a Ph.D. in clinical Audiology in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, has received a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual Predoctoral Fellows (F31) from the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders at NIH to support his dissertation research. The title of his project is: Functional Aging of the Inner Ear Sensory Systems in Mouse Models of Age-Related Hearing Loss (AHL). The major goals of this project are to characterize age related changes in auditory and vestibular function and compare the changes between the two sensory systems in mouse strains with different AHL genetic mutations. The work will lead to a better understanding of inner ear aging and predisposing factors (genetic and gender) for age related changes in vestibular and auditory function. The award is approximately $30,000 per year, which includes a stipend, tuition and fees, and some additional money for supplies or travel expenses. Bruce’s dissertation is under the direction of Dr. Sherri Jones.
Bruce Mock, doctoral student in Clinical Audiology in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders received a Student Investigator Research Award from the American Academy of Audiology and the American Academy of Audiology Foundation. This grant award will support Bruce's doctoral dissertation titled “Functional Aging of the Inner Ear Sensory Systems”. This research is being completed in the laboratory of Dr. Sherri Jones, Associate Professor in the department.
Rachel K. Johnson, a first-year speech-language pathology Master degree student won the North Carolina Speech-Hearing-Language Association, Student Achievement Award this past week at the North Carolina Speech-Hearing-Language Spring Convention. This award is given out each year to at student member of NCSHLA who demonstrates excellence in the field, service to the profession and commitment to NCSHLA. She also recently won the Robert A. Muzzarelli Service Scholarship from the ECU Chapter of the National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association which is given in honor of former faculty member Robert A. Muzzarelli. This scholarship, which is peer-given, is awarded to an ECU student who demonstrates outstanding service to the ECU Chapter of NSSLHA as well as the professions of speech-language pathology and audiology.