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Catherine V. Palmer, PhD

  • Director of Audiology, UPMC
  • Professor and Chair, Department of Communication Science and Disorders
  • Professor, Department of Otolaryngology

Dr. Palmer has published over 150 articles and book chapters as well as provided over 200 national and international presentations. She teaches the graduate level amplification courses at the University of Pittsburgh and serves as Editor-in-Chief of Seminars in Hearing. Dr. Palmer is a Past President of the American Academy of Audiology.

    Education & Training

  • Northwestern University, PhD in Audiology and Hearing Impairment
  • Northwestern University, MA in Audiology and Hearing Impairment
  • University of Massachusetts, Amherst, BA in Multicultural Elementary Education
  • University of Massachusetts, Amherst, BS in Communication Science & Disorders
Awards
Honors of the Academy, American Academy of Audiology, 2023
American Academy of Audiology Presidential Award, ("in grateful appreciation for significant contributions to the American Academy of Audiology and the profession of Audiology”), 2022
Provost’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring, 2015
Larry Mauldin Award for Educational and Professional Excellence, 2009
PAO-HNS Citation for Distinguished Service, 2006
PA Academy of Audiology Don Konkle Award for Outstanding Service, 2004
Dean's Distinguished Teaching Award School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, 1999
Representative Publications

Clinical Practice Guideline: Age-Related Hearing Loss. Tsai Do BS, Bush ML, Weinreich HM, Schwartz SR, Anne S, Adunka OF, Bender K, Bold KM, Brenner MJ, Hashmi AZ, Keenan TA, Kim AH, Moore DJ, Nieman CL, Palmer CV, Ross EJ, Steenerson KK, Zhan KY, Reyes J, Dhepyasuwan N. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 May;170 Suppl 2:S1-S54. doi: 10.1002/ohn.750.

Plain Language Summary: Age-Related Hearing Loss. Tsai Do BS, Bender K, Keenan TA, Palmer CV, Ross EJ, Reyes J, Dhepyasuwan N. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 May;170(5):1228-1233. doi: 10.1002/ohn.751.

Need for cognition is associated with the interaction of reward and task-load on effort: A verification and extension study. Zhang M, Palmer CV, Pratt SR, McNeil MR, Siegle GJ. Int J Psychophysiol. 2022 Oct;180:60-67. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2022.07.011. Epub 2022 Aug 2.

Alternative Designs for Testing Speech, Language, and Hearing Interventions: Cluster-Randomized Trials and Stepped-Wedge Designs. Patterson CG, Leland NE, Mormer E, Palmer CV. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2022 Jul 18;65(7):2677-2690. doi: 10.1044/2022_JSLHR-21-00522. Epub 2022 Jul 6.

Editorial: Innate Immunity in Early Diverging Metazoans. Traylor-Knowles N, Browne WE, Mydlarz LD, Palmer CV, Rosental B. Front Immunol. 2022 Jan 31;13:816550. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.816550. eCollection 2022.

Full list of publications

Research Interests

Dr. Palmer conducts research in the areas of auditory learning post hearing aid fitting, the relationship between hearing, cognitive health and health outcomes, and matching technology to individual needs.