Seminars in Hearing Research (04/02/26) - Alexander Francis, Professor, SLHS.
Seminars in Hearing Research (04/02/26) - Alexander Francis, Professor, SLHS.
| Author: | M. Heinz |
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| Event Date: | April 2, 2026 |
| Hosted By: | Jane Mondul |
| Time: | 12:00 - 1:00 pm |
| Location: | SMTH 208 |
| Contact Name: | Jane Mondul |
| Contact Email: | jmondul@purdue.edu |
| Open To: | All |
| Priority: | No |
| School or Program: | Non-Engineering |
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Seminars in Hearing Research
Date: Thursday, April 02, 2026
Location: SMTH 208
Time: 12:00-1:00pm
Speaker:Alexander Francis, Professor, SLHS
Title: Some factors that don't seem to affect vestibular testing as much as we thought they would (and why that might matter).
Abstract: In this talk I will present a brief summary of some results from four Au.D. students' recent research projects (Olivia Anderson, Alaina Flemming, Deidra Roth, Natalie Seidl). I will argue that, taken together, these findings suggest that vestibular testing, particularly sinusoidal harmonic acceleration (SHA) testing with a rotary chair, is relatively insensitive to sub-clinical differences across participants and testing conditions. This, in turn, has potentially important implications for developing future research and clinical assessments to investigate vestibular function, balance, and fall risk.
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