Peggy Nelson

• Educational Background & Specialties
• Publications
• Activities
• Awards
• Courses

Educational Background & Specialties

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Educational Background

• B.S.: Mathematics and Psychology, St. Olaf College, 1974
• M.S.: Speech (Audiology), Kansas State University, 1982
• Ph.D.: Audiology, University of Kansas, 1991

Specialties

• audiology
• hearing aid signal processing
• hearing loss
• psychoacoustics
• speech perception

Publications

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Publications

• Factors affecting speech understanding in gated interference: Cochlear implant users: Su-Hyun Jin, Nelson, Peggy, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2006.
• Denise Miller-Hansen, Judith Widen, Steven Simon (2003). Evaluating the effectiveness of speech-recoding hearing aids in children. American Journal of Audiology.
• Sigrid Soli, Anne Seltz (2002). Acoustical barriers to learning: Understanding the need for a classroom acoustics standard. Acoustical Society of America.
• Speech perception in gated noise: the effects of temporal resolution: Su-Hyun Jin, Nelson, Peggy, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 119, 3097 – 3108, 2006.
• Adam Svec (2016). Perceptual effects of fluctuating envelopes. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 139, 2188.

Activities

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Activities

Professional

• Task force on Classroom Acoustics, Acoustical Society of America
• Minnesota advisory council on Early Detection of Hearing Impairment
• Member, Executive Council: Acoustical Society of America. 2005 - 2009

Research

• Speech perception in noise: Cochlear implant and hearing aid users
• Monitoring auditory function in musicians
• Effects of classroom noise on children's learning

Awards

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Awards

• Editors’ award, American Journal of Audiology, 2002, 2003
• CLA Dean's Medal, 2019

Courses

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Courses

• SLHS 5807 - Noise and Hearing Conservation
• SLHS 5808 - Hearing Disorders