Research Assistants
Jeffrey J. DiGiovanni
Front Row: Jessica Prewitt, Dr. DiGiovanni, Marisol Gliatas
Back Row: Allison Mester, Naveen Nagaraj
Current Research Assistants
(Listed alphabetically by last name)
Marisol (Szymanski) Gliatas,1st year Au.D student
Marisol is a 1st year Au.D. student from Beavercreek, Ohio. She received a B.S. in Hearing, Speech and Language Sciences, with a minor in Linguistics, as well as certificates in both East Asian Studies and Teaching English as a Foreign Language from Ohio University in 2009. In Dr. DiGiovanni's lab, Marisol has worked on making revisions and updates to this website, in addition to various projects, such as editing and reviewing literature for the lab.
Allison Mester, 2nd year Au.D. student
Allison is a 2nd year Au.D. student from Bolivar, Ohio. She received a B. S. in Hearing Speech and Language Sciences with a minor in Linguistics from Ohio University in 2008. In Dr. DiGiovanni's lab, Allison has worked on updating the Hearing Aid Handbook II. She has also finished numerous projects for Dr. DiGiovanni such as editing and reviewing literature for the lab.
Naveen Nagaraj, 1st year Ph.D. student
Naveen is a 1st year Ph.D. student from Coorg, India. He received his B.S. and M.A from the All India Institute for Speech and Hearing in 2001. After graduating he worked for 5 years in India and 3 more years in Australia before coming to Ohio University. In Dr. DiGiovanni's lab, Naveen has worked on The effect of transient suppression algorithms on speech intelligibility and user ratings among hearing aid users. He is currently working on his 1st year project.
Jessica (Falgner) Prewitt, 3rd year Au.D. student
Jessica is a 3rd year Au.D. student from Blanchester, Ohio. She received a B. S. in Communication Disorders with a minor in Psychology from Bowling Green State University in 2007. In Dr. DiGiovanni's lab, Jessica was in charge of starting this website, and making revisions to the Hearing Aid Handbook II. Most recently, she has been working on the manuscript for the third spectral enhancement study.
Past Research Assistants
(Listed in reverse chronological order)
Chessy Seebohm-Umbel, 4th year Au.D. student
Chessy is a 4th year Au.D. student from Cincinnati, Ohio. She received a B. S. in Hearing Speech and Language Sciences with a minor in Psychology from Ohio University in 2006. In Dr. DiGiovanni's lab, Chessy has collaborated on several studies; running subject and collecting data. She has also finished numerous projects for Dr. DiGiovanni, such as editing and reviewing literature for the lab. Most recently, she completed her 3rd year project involving a spectral enhancement algorithm named CoLiGa. Chessy is currently working on her clinical externship in Cleveland, Ohio.
Erin Davlin, Au.D.
Erin earned her Au.D. in June 2009 and is originally from Springfield, Illinois. She received a B. S. in Communication Disorders from Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri. Erin's major project in Dr. DiGiovanni's lab was putting together information for the Hearing Aid Handbook 2008-2009 . Erin also worked on The effect of transient suppression algorithms on speech intelligibility and user ratings among hearing aid users.
Ashley Stover- Engle, Au.D.
Ashley received her Au.D. in June 2008 and is originally from Ripley, West Virginia. She is currently working in West Virginia. She received her undergraduate degree from Marshall University in 2004. In the lab Ashley worked on several projects, most notably The phonetically specific speech processing for the improvement of speech intelligibility. It is on this topic that she won the Student Research and Creative Activities Award for her 3rd year project in 2007.
Padmaja Nair, Au.D.
Padmaja received her Au.D. in June 2007. She is currently working as an audiologist in New York City, New York. In the lab Padmaja worked on several projects including a case study on lupus, the beniefit of spectral enhancement, and measuring response growth using low-frequency suppressor. You can see abstracts of her work in the published article section of the website.