Lisa L. Hunter, PhD, FAAA
- Scientific Director of Research, Division of Audiology
- Professor, UC Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
- UC Department of Communication Disorders
About
Biography
I am the scientific director for Audiology in the Communication Sciences Research Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and a professor of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Cincinnati.
I have more than 25 years of pediatric clinical, research, and teaching experience. A graduate and former faculty member of the University of Cincinnati and the University of Minnesota, I developed and directed the AuD program at the University of Utah. I was a visiting scientist at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and have volunteered in Kenya on audiologic missions at a school for the deaf.
I have authored more than 90 published articles, chapters, and books in pediatric audiology and frequently lecture nationally and internationally, as well as serve on expert panels and task forces. I am currently conducting studies on a range of pediatric hearing loss, funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). I also serve as chair of the Accreditation Commission for Audiology Education (ACAE).
MA: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1986,
PhD: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1993,
Fellowship: American Academy of Audiology, 1993,
Interests
Diagnostic pediatric audiology; congenital hearing loss; student precepting
Interests
Middle ear physiology; newborn hearing screening; childhood hearing loss diagnosis; intervention trials
Research Areas
Publications
Peripheral Auditory Involvement in Childhood Listening Difficulty. Ear and Hearing. 2021; 42(1):29-41.
Extended high frequency hearing and speech perception implications in adults and children. Hearing Research. 2020; 397:107922.
Protocol for Rapid, Accurate, Electrophysiologic, Auditory Assessment of Infants and Toddlers. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology. 2020; 31(6):455-468.
High frequency transient-evoked otoacoustic emission measurements using chirp and click stimuli. Hearing Research. 2019; 371:117-139.
Cochlear Microphonic and Summating Potential Responses from Click-Evoked Auditory Brain Stem Responses in High-Risk and Normal Infants. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology. 2018; 29(5):427-442.
Optimizing Clinical Interpretation of Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions in Infants. Ear and Hearing. 2018; 39(6):1075-1090.
Longitudinal Development of Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions in Infants With Normal Hearing. Ear and Hearing. 2018; 39(5):863-873.
Reduced neural speech tracking in adolescents with listening difficulty. Clinical Neurophysiology. 2026; 183:2111502.
Wideband Middle-Ear Measures in Aminoglycoside-Exposed Adults with Cystic Fibrosis. Ear and Hearing. 2025; 46(6):1584-1594.
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