The Cochlear Implant Center provides expanded resources and opportunities for research so that the newest and best devices and services can be made available to our patients.
Cochlear Implant Program Overview - Meet our Staff - Michelle Hughes, Ph.D., CCC-A
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Michelle Hughes, Ph.D., CCC-A
Coordinator, Cochlear Implant Program
Education:
- B.S.Ed., Speech Pathology & Audiology,
- M.A., Audiology,
- Clinical Fellow, Audiology,
- Ph.D., Hearing Science,
Professional Affiliations:
- American Speech-Language and Hearing Association
- American Auditory Society
- Acoustical Society of
Areas of Expertise/Interest:
- Evoked potentials in cochlear implants
- Psychophysics in cochlear implants
- Channel interaction
- Intra-operative cochlear implant testing
Representative Publications:
Hughes ML & Abbas PJ (2006). The relation between electrophysiologic channel interaction and electrode pitch ranking in cochlear implant recipients. Journal of the Acoustical Society of
Hughes ML & Abbas PJ (2006). Electrophysiologic channel interaction, electrode pitch ranking, and behavioral threshold in straight versus perimodiolar cochlear implant electrode arrays. Journal of the Acoustical Society of
Hughes ML, Brown CJ & Abbas PJ. (2004). Sensitivity and specificity of averaged electrode voltage (AEV) measures in cochlear implant recipients. Ear & Hearing, 25, 1-16.
Abbas PJ, Hughes ML, Brown CJ, Miller CA & South H. (2004). Channel interaction in cochlear implant users evaluated using the electrically evoked compound action potential. Audiology and Neurotology, 9(4), 203-213.
Turner C, Mehr M, Hughes M, Brown C & Abbas P (2002). Within-subject predictors of speech recognition in cochlear implants: A null result. Acoustics Research Letters Online (Acoustical Society of
Gantz BJ, Tyler RS, Rubinstein JT, Wolaver A, Lowder M, Abbas P, Brown C, Hughes M, Preece JP (2002). Binaural cochlear implants placed during the same operation. Otology & Neurotology, 23, 169-180.
Hughes ML, Vander Werff KR, Brown CJ, Abbas PJ, Kelsay DMR, Teagle HFB & Lowder MW. (2001). A longitudinal study of electrode impedance, EAP, and behavioral measures in Nucleus 24 cochlear implant users. Ear & Hearing, 22, 471-486.
Hughes ML, Brown CJ, Abbas PJ, Wolaver AA & Gervais JP (2000). Comparison of EAP thresholds to MAP levels in the Nucleus CI24M cochlear implant: Data from children. Ear & Hearing, 21, 164-174.
Brown CJ, Hughes ML, Luk B, Abbas PJ, Wolaver AA & Gervais JP (2000). The relationship between EAP and EABR thresholds and levels used to program the Nucleus CI24M speech processor: Data from adults. Ear & Hearing, 21, 151-163.
Hughes ML, Abbas PJ, Brown CJ & Gantz BJ (2000). Using electrically evoked compound action potential thresholds to facilitate creating MAPs for children with the Nucleus CI24M. Advances in Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 57, 260-265.
Abbas PJ, Brown CJ, Hughes ML, Gantz BJ, Wolaver AA, Gervais JP, Hong SH (2000). Electrically evoked compound action potentials recorded from subjects who use the Nucleus CI24M device. Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology, 109:12 (Suppl. 185), 6-9.
Abbas PJ, Brown CJ, Shallop JK, Firszt JB, Hughes ML, Hong SH, Staller SJ (1999). Summary of results using the Nucleus CI24M implant to record the electrically evoked compound action potential (EAP). Ear and Hearing, 20, 45-59.
Brown CJ, Hughes ML, Lopez SM, Abbas PJ (1999). Relationship Between EABR Thresholds and Levels Used to Program the Clarion Speech Processor. Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology, 108:4 (Suppl 177), 50-57.