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Much of the hospital's success in identifying and treating children with hearing loss is the result of the rapid transfer of research findings from laboratories to clinic and bedside.

Areas of Research

Mary Pat Moeller
Curriculum Vita


Personal Information:

Present Position: Director, Center for Childhood Deafness
Boys Town National Research Hospital
555 North 30th Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68131
(402) 452-5068

 

Education:

Purdue University, B.S., 1972, Speech & Hearing Therapy
Purdue University, M.S., 1973, Audiology
University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Ph.D., 2002, Child Language

Professional Experience:

Dates

Institution/Experience

1972 - 1973

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Purdue Univ.

1973

Internship, Habilitative Audiology, Indianapolis Speech & Hearing Ctr., Indianapolis, IN

1973

Internship in Habilitative Audiology, Crossroads Rehabilitation Ctr., Indianapolis, IN

1973 - 1975

Audiologist, Director of Infant Program for Hearing Impaired and Preschool Program for Hearing Impaired, Indianapolis Speech and Hearing Center, Indianapolis, IN

1975 - 1978

Professional Supervisor, Audiologist, Dept. of Audiology & Speech Science, Purdue Univ., W. Lafayette, IN

1978 - 1994

Coordinator, Center for Childhood Deafness, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE

1994 -

Director, Center for Childhood Deafness, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE

2003

Adjunct Associate Professor, Dept. of Special Education and Communication Disoders, University of Nebraska-Lincoln



Professional Activities, Honors, and Memberships:

Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (1986); Nebraska nominee for the Louis M. DiCarlo award for clinical excellence (1989).

Certificates: Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology, Am. Speech & Hearing Assoc. (1975); License to Practice Audiology, State of Indiana (1975); License to Practice Audiology, State of Nebraska (1980-).

Memberships: Am. Speech Hear. Assoc.; Conv. of Am. Instructors of the Deaf; Alexander Graham Bell Assoc.; Nebr. Speech Hearing Assoc.; Acad. of Rehab. Audiol., past President.

Selected Peer-Reviewed and Relevant Publications

Moeller, M.P., Coufal, K.L. & Hixson, P.K. (1990). The efficacy of speech-language pathology intervention: Hearing-impaired children. Seminars in Speech and Language 214, 227-247.

Moeller, M.P. & Luetke-Stahlman, B. (1990). Parents' use of signing exact English: A descriptive analysis. J. Speech Hear. Disord. 55, 327-338.

Luetke-Stahlman, B. & Moeller, M.P. (1990). Enhancing parents' use of signing exact English: Progress and retention. Am. Ann. Deaf 135, 371-378.

Frisbie, K.A., Beauchaine, K.L., Carney, A.E., Lewis, D.E., Moeller, M.P. & Stelmachowicz, P.G. (1991). Longitudinal study of FM use in non-academic settings. Ch. 10 in J.A. Feigin & P.G. Stelmachowicz (Eds.), Pediatric Amplification: Proceed. 1991 Nat’l Conf. Omaha: Boys Town Nat’l Resl Hosp., pp. 153-162.

Moeller, M.P. (1991). Current issues and challenges in language development and the hearing impaired child: Implications for audiological practice. Chapter 5 in J.A. Feigin & P.G. Stelmachowicz (Eds.), Pediatric Amplification: Proceedings of the 1991 National Conference. Omaha: Boys Town National Research Hospital, pp. 61-76.

Schick, B. & Moeller, M.P. (1992). What is learnable in manually coded English sign systems? Appl. Psycholing. 13, 313-340.

Moeller, M.P. & Carney, A.E. (1993). Assessment and intervention with preschool hearing-impaired children. Chapter 6 in J.G. Alpiner & P.A. McCarthy (Eds.), Rehabilitative Audiology: Children & Adults. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, pp. 106-135.

Moeller, M.P. & Schick, B.S. (1993). Sign With Me-A Family Sign Curriculum, Vols. 1, 2, 3. Omaha: Boys Town Press.

Moeller, M.P., Schick, B.S. & Williams, K. (1993). Sign with me: A family sign program. In B.S. Schick & M.P. Moeller (Eds.), Proceedings of the 7th Annual Conference on Issues in Language & Deafness. Omaha: Boys Town Press.

Moeller, M.P. & Condon, M. (1994). A collaborative, problem-solving approach to early intervention. In J. Roush & N.D. Matkin (Eds.), Infants and Toddlers with Hearing Loss: Identification, Assessment and Family-centered Intervention. Parkton: York Press, Inc., pp. 163-192.

Schick, B.S. & Moeller, M.P. (1994). Proceedings of the 1992 Seventh Annual Conference on Issues in Language and Deafness: The Use of Sign Language in Educational Settings. Omaha: Boys Town Press.

Moeller, M.P. (1996). Into Practice: Sign with Me. In A. Turnbull, H.R. Turnbull, M. Shank & D. Leal (Eds.), Exceptional Lives: Special Education in Today's Schools. Englewood Cliffs: Merrill/Prentice-Hall, p. 578.

Moeller, M.P. (1996). Case Studies: Children. In R. Schow & M. Nerbonne(Eds.), Introduction to Audiologic Rehabilitation. Boston: Allyn & Baron, pp. 456-483.

Moeller, M.P. & Schick, B.S. (1996). Sign With Me - A Family Sign Language Curriculum: Volumes III. Omaha: Boys Town Press.

Moeller, M.P., Watkins, S. & Schow, R. (1996). Audiologic rehabilitation for children: Assessment and management. In R. Schow & M. Nerbonne (Eds.), Introduction to Audiologic Rehabilitation. Boston: Allyn & Baron, pp. 288-360.

Moeller, M.P., Donaghy, K.F., Beauchaine, K.L., Lewis, D.E. & Stelmachowicz, P.G. (1996). Longitudinal study of FM system use in non-academic settings: Effects on language development. Ear Hear. 17, 28-41.

Moeller, M.P. (1996). Families With Hard of Hearing Children: What If My Child Has a Hearing Loss? Omaha: Boys Town Press.

Moeller, M.P. (1996). Families with deaf children: Discovering your needs & exploring choices. Omaha: Boys Town Press.

Schick, B. & Moeller, M.P. (1996). Read With Me: Series 2 and 3. Omaha: Boys Town Press.

Carney, A. & Moeller, M.P. (1998). Treatment efficacy in Aural Rehabilitation. JSHR Suppl. 41, S61-S84.

Moeller, M.P. & Condon, M. (1998). Family matters: Making sense of complex choices. In F.H. Bess (Ed.), Children with Hearing Impairment: Contemporary Trends. Nashville: Bill Wilkerson Ctr. Press, pp. 305-311.

Moeller, M.P. & Schick, B.S. (1998). Proceedings of the 9th Annual Conference on Issues in Language and Deafness . Omaha: Boys Town Press.

Schick, B.S. & Moeller, M.P. (1998). Read With Me: Set 4 - The Mitten: A Ukrainian Folktale and King Bidgood's in the Bathtub.

Schick, B.S. & Moeller, M.P. (1998). Read With Me: Set 5 - The Rainbow Fish and Small Green Snake.

Schick, B.S. & Moeller, M.P. (1998). Read With Me: Set 6 - If I Ran the Zoo.

Schick, B.S. & Moeller, M.P. (1998). Read With Me: Set 7 - Owl Babies, Monster Can't Sleep, The Very Busy Spider.

Schick, B.S. & Moeller, M.P. (1998). Read With Me: Set 8 - Elizabeth and Larry.

Schick, B.S. & Moeller, M.P. (1999). Read With Me: Set 9 - If you Give a Mouse a Cookie.

Schick, B.S. & Moeller, M.P. (2000). Read With Me: Set 10 - The Mixed-up Chameleon.

Moeller, M.P. (2001). Early intervention and language development in children who are deaf and hard of hearing . Pediatrics 106 , 1-9.

Internvention and outcomes for young children who are deaf and hard of hearing and their families. In E. Kurtzer-White & D. Luterman (Eds.), Early childhood deafness. York Press, Timonium, pp. 109-138.

Moeller, M. P., Stelmachowicz, P. G., Eiten, L. E., Eccarius, M., Schmidt, D. E. & Harpster, R. (2002). Your Child's Hearing. www.babyhearing.org.

Moeller, M.P. (2002). Case studies: Children. In R. L. Schow & M. A. Nerbonne (Eds.), Introduction to Audiologic Rehabilitation, 4th Ed. Allyn & Bacon, Boston, pp. 405-433.

Moeller, M.P., Schow, R.L. & Johnson, D.E. (2002). Audiologic rehabilitation for children: Assessment and management. In R. L. Schow & M. A. Nerbonne (Eds.), Introduction to Audiologic Rehabilitation, 4th Ed. Allyn & Bacon, Boston, pp. 277-334.

Stredler-Brown, A. & Moeller, M.P. (2002). Early Intervention Illustrated: The Home Team Advantage (Videotape 1 in series). Boys Town Press, Omaha.

Schick, B.S. & Moeller, M.P. (2003). Read With Me, Set 11: C is for Curious, Boys Town Press, Omaha.

Moeller, M. P. & Schick, B. S. (2004). Sign With Me: Include Me in the Family - Volume 4, (in press).

Stelmachowicz, P.G., Pittman, A.L., Hoover, B.M., Lewis, D.C. & Moeller, M.P. (2004). The importance of high-frequency audibility in the speech and language development of children with hearing loss. Arch. Otolaryngol. (in press).

Research Support (ongoing or completed during the last 3 years)

 


Ongoing

1 R25 DC006460-01 Moeller (PI) 01/01/04-12/31/06
NIH-NIDCD
Resources for Infants with Newly Identified Hearing Loss
The overall goal of this project is to provide information that will promote the linkage of identification of hearing loss in young infants with timely and appropriate interventions.
Role: Principal Investigator

5 R01 DC04300-05 Stelmachowicz (PI) 09/30/99-08/31/04
NIH-NIDCD
Optimizing Amplification for Infants and Young Children
The overall goal of this project is to gain information that will improve current techniques for fitting hearing aids to infants and young children.
Role: Co-Investigator

Completed

5 R25 DC04599-03 Moeller (PI) 09/01/00-12/31/03 (no-cost ext.)
NIH-NIDCD
Resources for Infants with Newly Identified Hearing Loss
The overall goal of this project is to close existing gaps between identification of hearing loss in young infants and the provision of appropriate interventions.
Role: Principal Investigator

5 P60 DC00982-10 Moeller (PI) 09/01/95-08/31/01 (no-cost ext.)
NIH-NIDCD
Center for Hearing Loss in Children - Program 2: Continuing Education
This program provides conferences and opportunities for professional inservice education on topics related to research, identification, and management of deaf children. Inservice components include national/regional workshops, a program for visiting professionals, a clinical research mentoring program, and various outreach and training programs.
Role: Principal Investigator

5 P60 DC00982-10 Moeller (PI) 09/01/95-08/31/01 (no-cost ext.)
 NIH-NIDCD
Center for Hearing Loss in Children - Program 3: Information Dissemination
 This program is responsible for the interpretation of the technical aspects of the grant for various audiences. It provides support for the development and distribution of a wide range of informational materials, including newsletters, brochures, videotapes and continuing education materials.
Role: Principal Investigator