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Sharon E. Miller

Associate Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology

(940) 369-7385

Email: Sharon.Miller@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, University of Minnesota, 2015
    Major: Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
    Dissertation: Neural correlates of phonetic learning in adult listeners with cochlear implants
  • MA, University of Minnesota, 2005
    Major: Communication Disorders
    Specialization: Audiology
    Dissertation: Assessment of different explanations of the fundamental frequency's contribution to speech intelligibility in noise
  • BS, Northwestern University, 2003
    Major: Communication Sciences and Disorders

Licensures and Certifications

  • Certificate of Clinical Competency- Audiology, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (2005 - Present).
  • Licensed audiologist, State of Minnesota. (2005 - 2019).

Professional Memberships

  • Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (July 1, 2018 - Present).
  • American Academy of Audiology. (January 1, 2015 - Present).
  • American Auditory Society. (January 1, 2008 - Present).
  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (January 1, 2005 - Present).

Development Activities

  • Conference Attendance, 50th Annual Scientific and Technology Conference, American Auditory Society. Scottsdale,Arizona,United States of America. (March 1, 2023 - March 4, 2023).
  • Conference Attendance, North Texas Cochlear Implant Symposium, University of Texas-Dallas. United States of America. (May 6, 2022 - May 6, 2022).
  • Conference Attendance, Texas Speech-Language Hearing Association Conference, Texas Speech-Language Hearing Association. United States of America. (February 2022 - February 2022).
  • Conference Attendance, 33rd Annual Conference of the American Academy of Audiology, American Academy of Audiology. United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Conference Attendance, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Workshop, Planning and Writing Successful Grant Proposals, University of North Texas. Denton,TX,United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Conference Attendance, 46th Annual Scientific & Technology Conference of the American Auditory Society Annual Meeting, American Auditory Society. Scottsdale,AZ,United States of America. (March 1, 2019 - March 2, 2019).
  • Conference Attendance, 30th Annual Conference of the American Academy of Audiology, American Academy of Audiology. Nashville,TN,United States of America. (April 20, 2018).
  • Conference Attendance, 29th Annual Conference of the American Academy of Audiology, American Academy of Audiology. Indianapolis,IN,United States of America. (April 6, 2017 - April 7, 2017).
  • Conference Attendance, Academy Research Conference: Pediatrics: Advancements in Assessment and Rehabilitation, American Academy of Audiology. Indianapolis,IN,United States of America. (April 5, 2017).
  • Conference Attendance, 44th Annual Scientific & Technology Conference of the American Auditory Society Annual Meeting, American Auditory Society. Scottsdale,AZ,United States of America. (March 3, 2017 - March 4, 2017).
  • Conference Attendance, 43rd Annual Scientific & Technology Conference of the American Auditory Society Annual Meeting, American Auditory Society. Scottsdale,AZ,United States of America. (March 2, 2016 - March 3, 2016).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • ASLP 3030 - Speech and Hearing Sciences, 3 courses.
  • ASLP 3040 - Introduction to Audiology, 1 course.
  • ASLP 3996 - Honors College Mentored Research Experience, 2 courses.
  • ASLP 4951 - Honors College Capstone Thesis, 1 course.
  • ASLP 5900 - Special Problems, 2 courses.
  • ASLP 6690 - Hearing Aids I, 7 courses.
  • ASLP 6695 - Hearing Aids II: Strategies for Selecting and Fitting Hearing Aids, 6 courses.
  • ASLP 6730 - Seminar in Audiology, 6 courses.
  • ASLP 6770 - Electrophysiologic Assessment, 7 courses.
  • ASLP 6780 - Electrophysiologic Assessment II, 1 course.
  • ASLP 6990 - Research Project, 7 courses.
  • HLSR 6950 - Doctoral Dissertation, 1 course.

Teaching at Other Institutions

  • University of Louisville, AUDI 630 Amplification Selection & Fitting, Summer 2017.
  • University of Louisville, AUDI 629 Cochlear Implants & Implantable Devices, Fall 2016.
  • University of Louisville, AUDI 630 Amplification Selection & Fitting, Summer 2016.
  • University of Louisville, AUDI 646 Medical Audiology, Spring 2016.
  • University of Louisville, AUDI 629 Cochlear Implants & Implantable Devices, Fall 2015.

Non-Credit Instruction

  • Uncompensated Instructional Overload, University of North Texas, (2019 - 2023).
  • Uncompensated Instructional Overload, University of North Texas, 1 participants. (2022).
  • Uncompensated Instructional Overload, University of North Texas, (2022).
  • Uncompensated Instructional Overload, University of North Texas, 2 participants. (2019 - 2021).

Directed Student Learning

  • Dissertation Committee Co-Chair, "Listening effort and auditory processing," Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. (2021).
  • Supervised Research, "Hearing, Cognition, and Emotion," Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. (2022 - 2023).
  • Supervised Research, "Neural measures of phonetic categorization," Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. (2020 - 2022).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Electrophysiological Auditory Measures to Identify Potential Cortical Markers of Tinnitus," Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. (January 1, 2021 - July 2022).
  • Supervised Research Chair, "Second Language Speech Perception in Native speakers of Japanese, Chinese, Spanish and English," Honors College. (December 2021 - May 2022).
  • Dissertation Committee Co-Chair, "Speech-in-Noise Processing in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder," Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. (December 4, 2020 - August 1, 2021).
  • Dissertation Committee Co-Chair, "Behavioral and neural correlates of phonetic categorization in cochlear implant recipients," Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. (December 4, 2020 - August 1, 2021).
  • Supervised Research, "Insurance payer status predicts post-operative speech outcomes in adult cochlear implant recipients," Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. (2020).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis Chair, "Neural coding of speech with and without a hearing aid," Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. (June 1, 2018 - April 19, 2019).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "The effects of monaural and binaural cues on perceived reverberation by normal hearing and hearing-impaired listeners," Psychology. (January 1, 2017 - June 8, 2018).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Assessing the relationship between talker normalization and spectral contrast effects in speech perception," Psychology. (April 1, 2017 - April 9, 2018).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Neural Coding of Natural and Synthetic Speech," Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. (May 1, 2016 - May 1, 2017).

Awards and Honors

  • UNT Washington DC Faculty Fellow, University of North Texas. (January 2021).
  • James and Susan Jerger Award for Excellence in Student Research (Mentored research), American Academy of Audiology. (April 4, 2017).
  • New Investigator Travel Award, American Auditory Society. (March 1, 2017).
  • First Place Student Poster Award (Mentored research), Kentucky Speech-Language Hearing Association. (February 13, 2017).
  • Third Place Student Poster Award (Mentored research), Kentucky Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (February 13, 2017).
  • Honored Faculty and Staff, University of North Texas. (April 26, 2019).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Conference Proceeding

  • Zhang, Y., Miller, S., Zhang, X., Cheng, B. (2021). Investigating the perceptual magnet effect in speech perception: An event-related potential study. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 150 A310. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.

    • Journal Article

  • Caldwell, J., Gopal, K.V., Ortu, D., Miller, S.E. (2024). Electrophysiological auditory measures to identify potential cortical markers of tinnitus. Brain Research. 1842 Elsevier.
  • Miller, S.E., Anderson, C., Montou, O., Lam, P., Schafer, E.C. (2023). Neural mechanisms of the Acceptable Noise Level. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.
  • Wolfe, J., Duke, M., Miller, S., Schafer, E.C., Jones, C., Rakita, L., Dunn, A., Browning, S., Neumann, S. (2022). Evaluation of potential benefits and limitations of noise management technologies for children with hearing aids. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology. 33 66-74.
  • Wolfe, J., Duke, M., Miller, S., Schafer, E.C., Jones, C., Rakita, L., Dunn, A., Battles, J., Neumann, S., Manning , J. (2022). Low-level speech recognition of children with hearing aids. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology.
  • Miller, S., Wolfe, J., Neumann, S., Schafer, E.C., Agrawal, S., Galster, J. (2022). Remote Microphone Systems for Cochlear Implant Recipients in Small Group Settings. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology. 33 142-148.
  • Grisel, J., Miller, S., Schafer, E.C. (2021). A novel performance-based paradigm of care for cochlear implant follow-up. The Laryngoscope. 132 S1-S10.
  • Wolfe, J., Gracco, V., Deroche, M., Neumann, S., Hanna, L., Towler, W., Wilson, C., Bien, A., Miller, S., Schafer, E.C. (2021). Factors associated with speech recognition performance in school-aged children with cochlear implantation and early auditory-verbal intervention.. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology. 32 (7) 433-444.
  • Wolfe, J., Miller, S., Schafer, E.C., Rudge, A., Moog Brooks, B., Smith, J., Stowe, D., Birath, A., Wilson, P., Fales, E., Elder, T. (2021). Intervention and Outcomes of Children in Different Types of Listening and Spoken Language Programs. The Journal of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention. 6 (2) 9-27.
  • Schafer, E.C., Miller, S., Manning, J., Zhang, Q., Lavi, A., Bodish, E., Fuentes, A., DeBlaey, E. (2021). Meta-Analysis of speech recognition outcomes in younger and older adults with cochlear implants.. American Journal of Audiology. 30 481-496.
  • Miller, S., Wolfe, J., Duke, M., Schafer, E.C., Agrawal, S., Koch, D., Neumann, S. (2021). Benefits of Bilateral Hearing on the Telephone for Cochlear Implant Recipients. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology. 32 (3) 180-185.
  • Wolfe, J., Neumann, S., Schafer, E.C., Towler, W., Miller, S., Dunn, A., Jones, C., Nelson, J. (2021). Evaluation of a Dual Adaptive Remote Microphone System. Journal of Educational, Pediatric and (Re)Habilitative Audiology. 25 1-13. https://www.edaud.org/journal/2021/3-article-21.pdf
  • Miller, S., Graham, J., Schafer, E.C. (2021). Auditory Sensory Gating of Speech and Nonspeech Stimuli. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research. 64 1404-1412.
  • Dunn, C., Miller, S., Schafer, E.C., Silva, C., Gifford, R., Grisel, J. (2020). Benefits of a Hearing Registry: Cochlear Implant Candidacy in Quiet versus Noise in 1611 Patients. American Journal of Audiology. 29 (4) 851-861.
  • Miller, S., Anderson, C., Manning, J., Schafer, E.C. (2020). Insurance payer status predicts post-operative speech outcomes in adult cochlear implant recipients. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology. 31 (9) 666-673.
  • Schafer, E.C., Kirby, B., Miller, S.E. (2020). Remote-Microphone Technology for Children with Hearing Loss and Auditory Processing Issues. Seminars in Hearing. 41 (4) 277-290.
  • Miller, S.E., Zhang, Y. (2020). Neural coding of syllable-final fricatives with and without hearing aid amplification. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology. 31 (08) 566-577.
  • Miller, S.E., Wathen, K., Cash, E., Pitts, T., Cornell, L. (2018). Auditory sensory gating predicts acceptable noise level. Hearing Research. 359 76-84. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378595517302307
  • Miller, S.E., Zhang, Y., Nelson, P. (2016). Neural Correlates of Phonetic Learning in Postlingually Deafened Cochlear Implant Listeners.. Other. 37 (5) 514-28.
  • Miller, S.E., Zhang, Y., Nelson, P.B. (2016). Efficacy of Multiple-Talker Phonetic Identification Training in Postlingually Deafened Cochlear Implant Listeners.. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research. 59 (1) 90-8.
  • Miller, S.E., Zhang, Y. (2014). Validation of the cochlear implant artifact correction tool for auditory electrophysiology. Neuroscience Letters. 577 (Supplement C) 51 - 55. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304394014004790
  • Miller, S.E., Zhang, Y. (2014). Neural coding of phonemic fricative contrast with and without hearing aid.. Other. 35 (4) e122-33.
  • Zhang, Y., Koerner, T., Miller, S.E., Grice-Patil, Z., Svec, A., Akbari, D., Tusler, L., Carney, E. (2011). Neural coding of formant-exaggerated speech in the infant brain. Other. 14 (3) 566–581. Blackwell Publishing Ltd. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.01004.x
  • Rao, A., Zhang, Y., Miller, S.E. (2010). Selective listening of concurrent auditory stimuli: An event-related potential study. Hearing Research. 268 (1) 123 - 132. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378595510002789
  • Miller, S.E., Schlauch, R.S., Watson, P.J. (2010). The effects of fundamental frequency contour manipulations on speech intelligibility in background noise.. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 128 (1) 435-43.

    • Magazine/Trade Publication

  • Miller, S., Grisel, J., Schafer, E.C. (2020). The Auditory Implant Initiative. Audiology Today. 31 30-38. Audiology Today, American Academy of Audiology.
  • Wolfe, J., Smith, J., Neumann, Miller, S., Schafer, E.C., Birath, A., Childress, T., McNally, C., McNiece, C., Madell, J., Spangler, C., Caraway, T., Jones, C. (2020). Optimizing communication in schools and other settings during COVID-19. The Hearing Journal. 73 (10) 40-45. The Hearing Journal.

Presentations Given

    Invited Talk

  • Miller, S.E. (Author & Presenter), Kentucky Academy of Audiology Annual Meeting, Amplification and the Brain: The Role of Formal Auditory Training, Kentucky Academy of Audiology, Lexington, KY, United States of America. (2017).
  • Miller, S.E. (Author & Presenter), Zhang, Y. (Author), 44th Annual Scientific & Technology Conference of the American Auditory Society, Neural correlates of phonetic categorization, American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America. (2017).
  • Miller, S.E. (Author & Presenter), Hearing Loss Association of America: Kentuckiana Chapter meeting, Auditory training for cochlear implant listeners, Hearing Loss Association of America, Louisville, KY, Bangladesh. (2016).

    • Lecture

  • Miller, S.E. (Author & Presenter), Zhang, Y. (Author), Otolaryngology Grand Rounds, Neural correlates of phonetic learning in adult cochlear implant users., The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America. (2014).
  • Miller, S.E. (Author & Presenter), Audiology Grand Rounds, Neural correlates of phonetic learning in adult cochlear implant users, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America. (2014).
  • Miller, S.E. (Author & Presenter), Zhang, Y. (Author), Audiology Grand Rounds, Auditory event-related potentials in cochlear implant users, Fairview Hospital, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America. (2013).

    • Oral Presentation

  • Champlin, S. (Author & Presenter), Miller, S.E. (Author), Griffith, A. (Author), Hatley, A. (Author), Reed, C. (Author), American Academy of Advertising (AAA), A Transforming Industry? Exploring How Hearing Aid Brands Advertise New Over-the-Counter Options, Portland, OR, United States of America. (2023).
  • Schafer, E.C. (Author & Presenter), Miller, S.E. (Author & Presenter), Lam, P. (Author), American Auditory Society Conference, Improved Behavioral, Cognitive, Emotion, and Physiologic Outcomes with Amplification, American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ, United States of America. (2024).
  • Miller, S.E. (Author & Presenter), Schafer, E.C. (Author & Presenter), Lam, P. (Author), American Auditory Society Conference, Short-term impact of hearing aids on behavioral, cognitive, emotion, and physiologic measures, American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America. (2023).
  • Miller, S. (Author & Presenter), Schafer, E.C. (Author & Presenter), American Academy of Audiology 2023 + HearTECH Expo, Speech-in-noise processing in adults with autism spectrum disorder, American Academy of Audiology, Seattle, Washington, United States of America. (2023).
  • Miller, S. (Author & Presenter), Schafer, E.C. (Author & Presenter), North Texas Cochlear Implant Symposium., Increasing access to cochlear implants for older adults., Callier Center, Dallas, TX, United States of America. (2022).
  • Olson, M. (Author & Presenter), Crawford, K. (Author), Benson, C. (Author), Thomas, C.L. (Author), Miller, S.E. (Author), Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association: 66th Annual Convention, Neurodiagnostic auditory brainstem response testing: A comparison between click and CE-CHIRP stimuli., Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Fort Worth, TX, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Schafer, E.C. (Author & Presenter), Miller, S. (Author & Presenter), American Academy of Audiology Virtual Conference, Increasing access to cochlear implants for older adults, American Academy of Audiology, Virtual, United States of America. (2021).
  • Dunn, C. (Author), Miller, S. (Author), Schafer, E.C. (Author), Silva, C. (Author), Gifford, R. (Author), Grisel, J. (Author & Presenter), American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting, Benefits of a hearing registry: Cochlear implant candidacy in quiet and noise, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, New Orelans, LA, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Miller, S.E. (Author & Presenter), Kentucky Speech Language Hearing Association annual convention, Auditory training for hearing aid users, Kentucky Speech Language Hearing Association, Lexington, KY, United States of America. (2017).
  • Miller, S.E. (Author & Presenter), Zhang, Y. (Author), Nelson, P. (Author), Cochlear Implant Research and Stuff about Hearing Conference, Neural Correlates of phonetic learning in adult cochlear implant listeners, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America. (2014).
  • Miller, S.E. (Author & Presenter), Zhang, Y. (Author), Cochlear Implant Research and Stuff about Hearing Conference, Speech evoked ERPs in cochlear implant users, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America. (2012).

    • Poster

  • Griffith, A. (Author & Presenter), Hatley, A. (Author & Presenter), Reed, C.N. (Author & Presenter), Miller, S.E. (Author & Presenter), Champlin, S. (Author & Presenter), American Academy of Audiology Annual Conference, Health Literacy and Over-The-Counter Hearing Aid Messaging, Atlanta, GA, United States of America. (2023 - 2024).
  • Manning , J. (Author & Presenter), Schafer, E.C. (Author), Wolfe, J. (Author), Miller, S.E. (Author), American Academy of Audiology 2023 + HearTECH Expo, Behavioral and neural correlates of phonetic categorization in adults with cochlear implants, American Academy of Audiiology, United States of America. (2023).
  • Lam, P. (Author & Presenter), Miller, S.E. (Author), Schafer, E.C. (Author), University Research Day, Verbal fluency: A novel, time-effective measures of motivation for health-promoting behaviors, University of North Texas, United States of America. (2023).
  • Zhang, Y. (Author & Presenter), Miller, S.E. (Author), Zhang, X. (Author), Cheng, B. (Author), 181st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Investigating the perceptual magnet effect in speech perception: An event-related potential study, Acoustical Society of America, United States of America. (2021).
  • Maher, K. (Author & Presenter), Labue, A. (Author), Miller, S. (Author), American Academy of Audiology Annual Conference, Neural coding of stop consonants with and without hearing aids, American Academy of Audiology, United States of America. (2020).
  • Manning , J. (Author & Presenter), Anderson, C. (Author), Miller, S. (Author), Schafer, E.C. (Author), Texas Academy of Audiology Conference, Insurance payer status predicts post-operative speech outcomes in adult cochlear implant recipients, Texas Academy of Audiology, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Miller, S.E. (Author & Presenter), 46th Annual Scientific & Technology Conference of the American Auditory Society, Auditory cortical gating to speech stimuli, American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ, United States of America. (2019).
  • Graham, J. (Author & Presenter), Miller, S.E. (Author), American Academy of Audiology Annual Conference, Cortical Inhibition and Self-Reported Listening Difficulties in Background Noise, American Academy of Audiology, Nashville, TN, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
  • Kaiser, K. (Author & Presenter), De Blaey, E. (Author & Presenter), Covert, S. (Author & Presenter), Miller, S.E. (Author), American Academy of Audiology Annual Conference, Neural coding of voiceless fricatives with and without a hearing aid, American Academy of Audiology, United States of America. (2018).
  • Ballard, G. (Author & Presenter), Brown, A. (Author & Presenter), Sancer, L. (Author & Presenter), Miller, S.E. (Author), American Academy of Audiology Annual Conference, Neural Coding of Synthetic and Naturally Produced Fricatives, American Academy of Audiology, Nashville, TN, United States of America. (2018).
  • Graham, J. (Author & Presenter), Miller, S.E. (Author), Kentucky Academy of Audiology Annual Conference, Sensory gating in response to natural and synthetic speech, Kentucky Academy of Audiology, Lexington, KY, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).
  • Wathen, K. (Author & Presenter), Cornell, L. (Author), Cash, E. (Author), Miller, S.E. (Author), American Academy of Audiology Annual Conference, Acceptable Noise Level and Auditory Sensory Gating, American Academy of Audiology, Indianapolis, IN, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).
  • Munzer, S. (Author & Presenter), Graham, J. (Author & Presenter), Miller, S.E. (Author), American Academy of Audiology Annual Conference, Neural correlates of phonetic categorization in adult cochlear implant listeners, American Academy of Audiology, Indianapolis, IN, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).
  • Minnick, J. (Author & Presenter), Brinkman, C. (Author), Albert, C. (Author), Zahorik, P. (Author), Cash, E. (Author), Miller, S.E. (Author), Kentucky Speech-Language-Hearing Association annual meeting, Anxiety, Depressive Symptoms, and Spatial Perception in Head and Neck Cancer Patients, Kentucky Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Lexington, KY, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).
  • Brown, A. (Author & Presenter), Miller, S.E. (Author), Kentucky Speech-Language-Hearing Association annual meeting, Neural coding of natural and synthetic speech, Kentucky Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Lexington, KY, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).
  • Miller, S.E. (Author & Presenter), 23rd Annual Appalachian Spring Conference, Neural Correlates of Phonetic Categorization in Individual Cochlear Implant Listeners, James H. Quillen VA Medical Center, Johnson City, TN, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).
  • Pigeon, A. (Author & Presenter), Miller, S.E. (Author), Weihing, J. (Author), American Academy of Audiology Annual Conference, An Electrophysiologic Measure of Attention Switching, American Academy of Audiology, Phoenix, AZ, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).

Media Contributions

    Magazine

  • "UNT audiology research provides evidence that led to expanded Medicare coverage for cochlear implants," UNT Reserach Magazine. (October 26, 2022).
  • "UNT Team Informs CMS Cochlear Implant Candidacy Criteria," The Hearing Review. (October 21, 2022).
  • "UNT study will explore hearing aid adoption and performance in adults," UNT Research Magazine. (August 1, 2022).
  • "UNT Receives $300K Grant to Study Hearing Aid Adoption," The Hearing Review. (July 26, 2022).

    • TV

  • "Noise-Induced Hearing Loss," WFAA-ABC. (August 4, 2022).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Lee, D., Miller, S.E. (Co-Principal), Champlin, S. (Co-Principal), "Understanding User Perspectives: A Survey on Major Hearing Aids, OTC, and Amplified Earphones," sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $1000 Funded. (2024 - 2025).
  • Lee, D. (Principal), Schafer, E.C. (Co-Principal), Miller, S.E. (Co-Principal), Lam, P. (Co-Principal), "Noise tolerance and preferred listening level under different noise conditions," sponsored by Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation Research Grants, State, $1100 Funded. (2024 - 2025).
  • Schafer, E., Miller, S., Lam, B., "Impact of listening effort on hearing aid adoption and performance in adults," sponsored by Hearing Industry Research Consortium, International, $300000 Funded. (2022 - 2024).
  • Miller, S.E. (Principal), "Hearing, Cognition, and Emotion," sponsored by College of Health and Public Service, University of North Texas, $800 Funded. (2022 - 2023).
  • Schafer, E.C., Miller, S. (Principal), Mathews, L. (Co-Principal), Anderson, C. (Supporting), "Semi-structured interviews for documenting listening difficulties in individuals with autism spectrum disorder," sponsored by Lupe Murchison Autism Research Endowment Award, University of North Texas, Local, $10000 Funded. (2021 - 2022).
  • Miller, S., "New Investigator Grant," sponsored by American Academy of Audiology, National, $10000 Funded. (2020 - 2022).
  • Miller, S., "UNT Faculty Summer Grant," sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $1500 Funded. (2021 - 2021).
  • Miller, S. (Principal), Anderson, C., "The Role of Attention in Processing Speech in Noise in Children and Young Adults with Autism," sponsored by Organization for Autism Research, National, $1000 Funded. ( - 2021).
  • Miller, S.E. (Principal), "The Role of Attention in Speech-in-Noise Processing in Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder," sponsored by Organization for Autism Research, NFP, Funded. (2020 - 2021).
  • Miller, S.E. (Principal), "Biomarkers of speech perception in adult cochlear implant recipients," sponsored by American Academy of Audiology Foundation, NFP, Funded. (2020 - 2021).
  • Miller, S., "New Investigator Grant," sponsored by American Academy of Audiology, National, Funded. (2020).
  • Miller, S. (Principal), Anderson, C., "The Role of Attention in Processing Speech in Noise in Children and Young Adults with Autism," sponsored by Organization for Autism Research, National, Funded. ( - 2020).

Service

University Service

  • Director, Director of Graduate Studies in Audiology. (August 1, 2023 - Present).
  • Member, Executive Committee. (2023 - Present).
  • Member, Curriculum Committee. (2021 - Present).
  • Member, Health Science PhD Committee. (January 1, 2018 - Present).
  • Member, Graduate Admission Committtee. (September 1, 2017 - Present).
  • Committee Chair, Personnel Affairs Committee. (September 1, 2017 - Present).
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee. (November 1, 2021 - 2022).
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee. (December 1, 2018 - June 1, 2019).
  • Member, Scholarship Committee. (January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2019).
  • Member, Online course committee. (December 1, 2017 - December 1, 2018).

Public Service

  • Task Force Member, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (March 2022 - Present).

Professional Service

  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (2023 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, International Journal of Audiology. (2023 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Communication Disorders. (2023 - Present).
  • Editorial Review Board Member, American Journal of Audiology. (January 1, 2021 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of the American Academy of Audiology. (April 2020 - Present).
  • Committee Chair (Continuing Education Unit Reviewer), Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (August 1, 2018 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, University of North Texas, College of Health and Public Service. Denton, TX. (2023 - 2023).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Cochlear Implants International. (2022 - 2023).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Frontiers in Neuroscience. (November 2021 - January 2022).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, PLOS One. (2021 - 2021).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Human Brain Mapping. (September 1, 2018 - 2019).