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Personal Information:

Buckley, Kristi A., Ph.D., CCC-A
Assistant Professor
Office: 114 Cary Hall
Office Phone: 716-829-2797 x612
email: kb78@buffalo.edu

Current Work:

Dr. Buckley's research interests include: cross-modal plasticity and its effect on speech perception in individuals with hearing impairment, central auditory development, cochlear implants, and pediatric audiology.

Education / Training:

Ph.D., Communication Sciences and Disorders, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2008

M.S., Communication Disorders, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, 1999

B.S., Speech Language Pathology and Audiology, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Cum Laude, The University of Texas at Dallas, 1997

Employment / Professional Experience:

Assistant Professor, Department of Communicative Disorders & Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2008 - present

Lecturer, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2007

Audiology Supervisor, Callier Advanced Hearing Research Center, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2005-2007

Research Assistant, Callier Advanced Hearing Research Center, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2000-2007

Teaching Assistant, Callier Advanced Hearing Research Center, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2000-2006

Private Practice Clinical and Educational Audiologist, Advanced Hearing Center, Dallas, Texas, 1999-2000

Professional Honors/ Advisory and Editorial Boards:

Clipped B’s Scholarship, awarded by Communication Sciences and Disorders faculty, The University of Texas at Dallas, 1999.

American Academy of Audiology 2003 Student Research Forum Award for paper entitled, “Effect of Sensation Level on P1, N1 and P2 Auditory Evoked Potentials in Individuals with Hearing Impairment”, AudiologyNOW! San Antonio, TX, 2003.

Recipient of the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences Excellence Award, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2004.

Invited Participant, American Speech Language and Hearing Association, 4th Annual Research Conference: Lessons for Success Research Conference: Developing the Emerging Scientist, Rockville, MD, 2006.

Invited Participant, First Annual NIH National Graduate Student Research Festival, Bethesda, MD, 2006.

Invited Speaker, “The Write Stuff”, American Speech Language and Hearing Association Convention, Miami Beach, FL 2006.

NIH Student Travel Award, 11th International Conference on Cochlear Implants in Children, Charlotte, NC, 2007.

NIH Student Travel Award, Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses, 2007, Lake Tahoe, CA 2007.

American Academy of Audiology 2008 Student Research Forum Award for paper entitled, “Plasticity, Speech Perception & Cochlear Implants”, AudiologyNOW!, Charlotte N.C., 2008

Invited Participant, American Speech Language and Hearing Association, 4th Annual Research Conference: 2008 Lessons for Success Research Conference: Developing the Emerging Scientist, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 2008.

Research and Creative Activities:

Publications

Sorri, M., Piiparinen, P., Huttunen, K., Haho, M., Tobey, E., Thibodeau, L. and Buckley, K., (2003), Hearing aid users benefit from induction loop when using digital cellular phones. Ear and Hearing, Apr; 24(2):119-32.

Tobey, E., Devous, M., Buckley, K., Cooper, W., Harris, T., Ringe, W. and Roland, P., (2004), Functional brain imaging as an objective measure of speech perception performance in adult cochlear implant users. International Journal of Audiology, 43:S52-S56.

Tobey, E., Rekart, D., Buckley, K. and Geers, A., (2004), Mode of Communication and Classroom Placement Impact on Speech Intelligibility, Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, May;130(5):639-43.

Tobey, E., Wiessner, N., Lane, J., Sundarrajan, M., Buckley, K. and Sullivan, J., (2007), Phoneme Accuracy as a Function of Mode of Communication in Pediatric Cochlear Implantation, In Press, Journal of Audiological Medicine.

Book Chapters

Roeser, R., Buckley, K. and Stickney, G. (2000) Pure Tone Tests, In: Roeser, R. Valente, M., and Hosford-Dunn, H. (Eds.), Audiology: Diagnosis. Thieme, New York.

Teaching:

CDS 551 Diagnostic Audiology I
CDS 612 Cochlear Implants
CDS 613 Auditory Development & Pediatric Audiology

Service:

Ad-hoc Reviewer, Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research

Member for:
4 years 33 weeks