Ruth Litovsky
Expert on hearing science, cochlear implants, development of hearing in children; researcher on binaural hearing and auditory (brain) plasticity
Associate professor, communicative disorders; faculty member, Neuroscience Training Program and Neurological Surgery College of Letters and Science Work: 608-262-5045 — Home and cell phones available upon request litovsky@waisman.wisc.edu Home page
Topics
- Hearing science: how the brain processes sound to enable people to hear and communicate
- Restoring hearing to deaf people through auditory prostheses known as cochlear implants
- Developmental disabilities related to sensory deprivation
Achievements
- Associate editor, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
- Author, numerous publications on binaural hearing and cochlear implants
- Principal investigator, two multimillion-dollar National Institutes of Health-funded research projects