Hearing Evaluation, Rehabilitation, and Outcomes - HERO Laboratory

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Johnson is a professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, College of Allied Health. She currently conducts her research in the Hearing Evaluation, Rehabilitation and Outcomes Laboratory (HERO) in the Department of Communication Sciences at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Her research focuses on auditory (re)habilitation, specifically on the impact of audiologic interventions for sensorineural hearing loss on patient outcomes and health-related quality of life. A current focus is the impact of and factors affecting intervention and treatment adherence at the onset of SNHL, particularly for patients with mild and moderate losses. The laboratory is also exploring the relationships between working memory and speech recognition in reverberation and noise and the impact of hearing aids in reducing cognitive load in adverse listening conditions.

10/17/2025

Ongoing student research projects for the 2025-2026 academic school year:

AuD CAPSTONE PROJECTS

"Exploring the Impact of Diabetes on Hearing and Balance: A Community-Based Educational Intervention
Hallee Barnett, BS

"Expectations of and Satisfaction with Amplification for Hearing Aid Wearers with Low Incomes"
Kaylee Boyer, BS

'Interprofessional Education in Communication Sciences and Disorders Programs: How Are We Doing?"
Emma Brown, BS
Mentor Panel: Christi Barbee, AuD; Carole E Johnson, PhD, AuD; and Jennifer Tetnowski, PhD

"Negative Attitudes Toward Pr***en Hearing Aid Wearers: Does Knowledge Help?"
Jade Durkee, BS

"Does Hearing and Vision Impairment Increase the Risk for Cognitive Decline?: A Big Data Study"
Sophia Matveeva, BS

"Developing a Telehealth Program in a Community Hearing Aid Bank"
Michelle Nguyen, BS
Capstone Mentors: Morgan Dyer, AuD, and Carole E Johnson, PhD, AuD

"Pediatric Audiologists' Knowledge of, Experiences with, and Strategies for Counseling Pre-Teen Children on the 'Hearing Aid Effect' "
Merrellan Sawyer, BS

"A Diabetes Care Track in a Community Hearing Aid Bank for Patients with Low Incomes"
Kennedy Shelton, BS

"People with Diabetes: Their Knowledge of, Experiences with, and Attitudes Toward the Impact of their Disease on Hearing and Balance"
Makenzie Yates-Martinez, BS

SENIOR HONORS THESIS

"A Survey of Parents with Children having Autism Spectrum Disorder: What They Wish Pediatricians and Family Physicians Knew"
Mentor: Carole E Johnson, PhD, AuD
Supporting Committee:
Daiquirie Crumrine, PhD
Michelle DeBerry, EdD
Beth Lane, MS

HERO LAB UNDERGRADUATE EXPERIENCE

"Teachers' Knowledge of, Experiences with, and Attitudes Toward Students with Hearing Loss their Classrooms: A Rural Perspective"
Kendall Jenke, Alli Muntz, & Kami Pineda

"Readiness of Public Performance Venues to Accommodate People with Hearing Loss"
Lauren Dietert, Rheagen Nevins, Rena Shawareb, & Izzi Waters

08/09/2025

One last look at the 2025 American Academy of Audiology Conference!

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Dr. Carole E. Johnson is a professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, College of Allied Health. She currently conducts her research in the Hearing Evaluation, Rehabilitation and Outcomes Laboratory (HERO) in the Department of Communication Sciences at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Her research focuses on auditory (re)habilitation, specifically on the impact of audiologic interventions for sensorineural hearing loss on patient outcomes and health-related quality of life. A current focus is the impact of and factors affecting intervention and treatment adherence at the onset of SNHL, particularly for patients with mild and moderate losses. The HERO Lab team is also working on developing a test battery for hidden hearing loss or cochlear synaptopathy. Hidden hearing loss is auditory damage that does not manifest itself on routine audiologic tests, yet patients complain of difficulty understanding speech in background noise. Patients with hidden hearing loss are believed to have cochlear synaptopathy in which there is a deafferentation of spiral ganglion cells from the inner sensory hair cells. Developing a test battery for this condition will be useful in the prevention of early intervention of hearing loss.