Amplification Lab
The Amplification Lab serves both as a teaching and research lab.
Lab Director:
Dr. Sarah Wilson
Location:
The Amplification Lab is located with the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders on the 2nd floor of the Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building (room #2C18).
Description:
The Amplification Lab is fully equipped with a sound booth, audiometer, three hearing aid analyzers (Verifit system, Fonix 8000, and Siemens Unity2), G.R.A.S., Noah and various hearing aid manufacturers' programming software.
Teaching and clinical activities
- The Amplification Lab houses the Hear@Dal Program. Through this program, donated hearing aids are given to low-income individuals who are not able to afford new hearing aids. The program provides audiology students with hands-on clinical experiences with adult hearing aid fitting, post-fitting follow-ups, and audiological rehabilitation.
Hear@Dal members: Dr. Sarah Wilson (program director), Dr. Steve Aiken (SHCD), Greg Noel, AuD (NSHSC), Janine Verge, AuD (NSHSC), Brenda Dorton (), and two audiology student program assistants. - The Amplification Lab supports three courses in amplification and audiological rehabilitation, where second and third year audiology students can gain hands-on experience is all aspects of hearing aid fitting and adult audiological rehabilitation.
Research interests
Audiological rehabilitation in older adults, including conversation-based intervention, conversation repair strategies, and clear speech for partners of adults with hearing loss. Auditory training for heart auscultation (in collaboration with Dr. John Finley, Cardiologist, Faculty of Medicine).
Current Funded Research:
鈥淎 comparison of wireless CROS hearing aids and bone anchored hearing devices for people with single-sided deafness鈥�
Funding: Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation
Co-Principal Investigators: Jenny Finbow & Rachel Caissie
Co-Investigators: (Faculty of Medicine), Dr. Steve Aiken (SHCD), Mark Gulliver and Janine Verge (audiologists, NSHSC)
Prospective Master鈥檚 and PhD students:
Prospective Master's and PhD students are encouraged to contact faculty members whose research interests align with their own. We welcome inquiries from motivated students interested in contributing to innovative research in communication sciences and disorders.