We’re proud of the many trainees who led and co-authored these projects, and we’re excited by the collaborative spirit across departments and institutions.

Special congratulations to Fernando Aguilera de Alba, who received a MARC Travel Award in recognition of his excellent research and poster presentation.

We are also excited to announce that our proposal to host MARC 2029 at Purdue University has been accepted. The proposal was led by Dr. Michael Heinz, Dr. Jane Mondul, and Dr. Edward Bartlett, and we look forward to welcoming the regional auditory science community to West Lafayette in four years.

Heinz Lab Contributions at MARC 2025

Podium presentation:
Deficits in “Aided” Hearing: The Role of Distorted Tonotopy in Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Hari Bharadwaj, Satyabrata Parida, Homeira Kafi, Joshua Alexander, Michael Heinz

Poster presentations:

1. The Effect of Noise Exposure History on Perception and Objective Measures of Hearing
   Isabella Huddleston, Annika Schenkel, Samantha Hauser, Alexandra Hustedt-Mai, AJ Oliff, Michael Heinz
   Purdue University Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences; Purdue Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering

2. Accessible Precision Audiology Research Center (APARC) in 16 Tech Innovation District: Community Engaged Hearing Research
   Alexandra Hustedt-Mai, Samantha Hauser, Annika Schenkel, Kassie Hook, Joshua Alexander, Edward Bartlett, Ananth Grama, Maureen Shader, Jennifer Simpson, Michael Heinz
   Purdue University, Indiana

3. Evaluating Accuracy of Self-Identified Hearing Status: Correlations with the Audiological Test Battery
   Annika Schenkel, Kassie Hook, Isabella Huddleston, Samantha Hauser, Alexandra Hustedt-Mai, Michael Heinz
   Purdue University Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences and Department of Biomedical Engineering

4. Deep Learning–Based Classification of Cochlear Pathologies Using ABR Waterfall Plots in Chinchilla Models
   Prasad Shivaji Darveshi, Afagh Farhadi, Samantha Hauser, Andrew Sivaprakasam, Michael Heinz
   Purdue University; Indiana University School of Medicine

5. Peripheral and Central Auditory Deficits Following Continuous Noise Exposure
   Fernando Aguilera de Alba, Isabella Huddleston, Elizabeth Jensen, Michael Heinz
   Purdue University, SLHS and Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering

6. Relationship Between Distorted Tonotopy and Spectrotemporal Modulation Sensitivity in Sensorineural Hearing Loss
   Shaina Wasileski, Olivia Flemm, Michael Heinz, Hari Bharadwaj
   University of Pittsburgh; Purdue University

7. Inner-Hair-Cell Dysfunction as Another Form of Hidden Hearing Loss that Degrades Speech-in-Noise Coding
   Michael G. Heinz, Afagh Farhadi, Andrew Sivaprakasam
   Purdue University, Indiana