Clinical Psychoacoustics Laboratory

Biographical Sketch

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David A. Nelson
Professor

396 UMHC Rm 8-323 PWB
410 Delaware St. SE.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: (612) 626-4689
Fax: (612) 625-2101
Email: dan@epx.cis.umn.edu


Education:

Institution
   
Degree
   
Year
   
Field of Study
St. Olaf College B.A. 1963 Speech
University of Minnesota M.A. 1968 Audiology
University of Minnesota Ph.D. 1970 Hearing Science

Research and Professional Experience:

1963-1965 Research Assistant, Dept Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota
1965-1967 Audiologist, Dept Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota
1965-1970 Research Fellow, Dept Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota (W.D. Ward)
1970-1972 Research Associate, Dept Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh (R.C. Bilger)
1972-1977 Assistant Professor, Dept Otolaryngology and Dept Communication Disorders U/Minn
1977-1987 Associate Professor, Dept Otolaryngology and Dept Communication Disorders U/Minn
1987......... Visiting Professor, Institute for Electroacoustics, Technical University of Munich, GDR
1987-____ Professor, Dept Otolaryngology and Dept Communication Disorders U/Minn

Publications:

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NELSON, D.A. and SCHRODER, A.C. (2001). A new procedure for estimating peripheral compression in normal-hearing and hearing-impaired ears, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., (in press).

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NELSON, D.A., and DONALDSON, G.S. (2001). Psychophysical recovery from single-pulse forward masking in electric hearing, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 109, 2921-2933.

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WOJTCZAK, M., SCHRODER, A.C, KONG, Y-Y., and NELSON, D.A. (2001). The effect of BM nonlinearity on the shapes of masking period patterns in normal and impaired hearing, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 109, 1571-1586.

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DONALDSON, G.S. and NELSON, D.A. (2000). Place-pitch sensitivity and its relation to consonant recognition by cochlear implant listeners using the MPEAK and SPEAK speech processing strategies. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 107, 1645-1658.

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DONALDSON, G.S., VIEMEISTER, N.F. and NELSON, D.A. (1997). Psychometric functions and temporal integration in electric hearing. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 101, 3706-3721.

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NELSON,D.A. and SCHRODER, A.C. (1997). Linearized response growth inferred from growth-of-masking slopes in ears with cochlear hearing loss. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 101, 2186-2201.

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NELSON, D.A. and SCHRODER, A.C. (1996). Release from upward spread of masking in regions of high-frequency hearing loss. J. Acoust. Soc. Am.,100, 2266-2277.

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NELSON, D.A., SCHMITZ, J.L., DONALDSON, G.S., VIEMEISTER, N.F. and JAVEL, E. (1996). Intensity discrimination as a function of stimulation level with electrical stimulation. J. Acoust. Soc. Am.,100, 2393-2414.

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NELSON, D.A. and ZHOU, J.Z. (1996). "Constant-criterion distortion-product otoacoustic emission thresholds with spectral-averaging and time-averaging procedures," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 99, 468-474.

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NELSON, D.A. and SWAIN, A.C. (1996). Temporal resolution within the upper accessory excitation of a masker. Acustica, 82, 328-334.

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NELSON, D.A. and SCHRODER, A.C. (1995). Critical bandwidth for phase discrimination in hearing-impaired listeners. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 98, 1969-1976.

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NELSON, D.A., VAN TASSEL, D.J., SCHRODER, A.C., LEE, A.M., SOLI, S. and LEVINE, S. (1995). Electrode ranking of "place pitch" and speech recognition in electrical hearing. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 98, 1987-1999.

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SCHRODER, A.C., VIEMEISTER, N.F. and NELSON, D.A. (1994). "Pure-tone intensity discrimination in hearing-impaired and normal-hearing listeners," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 96, 2683-2693.

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NELSON, D.A. (1994). "Level dependent critical bandwidth for phase discrimination," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 95, 1514-1524

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VAN TASELL, D.J., GREENFIELD, D.G., LOGEMANN, J.L. and NELSON, D.A. (1992). "Temporal cues for consonant recognition: training, talker generalization, and use in evaluation of cochlear implants," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 92, 1247-1257.

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NELSON, D.A. and KIMBERLEY, B.P. (1992). "Distortion product emissions and auditory sensitivity in human ears with normal hearing and cochlear hearing loss." J. Speech Hearing Res., 35, 1142-1159.

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NELSON, D.A. (1991). "High-level psychophysical tuning curves: forward masking in normal-hearing and hearing- impaired listeners", J. Speech Hearing Res., 34, 1233-1249.

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FREYMAN, R.L. and NELSON, D.A. (1991). "Frequency discrimination as a functionof signal frequency and level in normal-hearing and hearing-impaired listeners," J. Speech Hearing Res., 34, 1371-1386.

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NELSON, D.A. and FORTUNE, T.W. (1991b). "High-Level psychophysical tuning curves: simultaneous masking with different noise bandwidths", J. Speech Hearing Res., 34, 374-378.

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NELSON, D.A. and FORTUNE, T.W. (1991a). "High-Level psychophysical tuning curves: simultaneous masking by pure tones and 100-Hz wide noise bands", J. Speech Hearing Res., 34, 360-373.

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NELSON, D.A., CHARGO, S.J., KOPUN, J.G., and FREYMAN, R.L. (1990). "Effects of stimulus level on forward-masked psychophysical tuning curves in quiet and in noise," J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., 88, 2143-2151.

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KIMBERLEY, B.P. and NELSON, D.A. (1989). "Cochlear emissions and sensorineural hearing loss." J. Otolaryngology, 18:7, 365-369.

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NELSON, D.A. and PAVLOV, R. (1989). "Auditory time constants for off-frequency forward masking in normal- hearing and hearing-impaired listeners", J. Speech Hearing Res., 32, 298-306.

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KIMBERLEY, B.P., LEE, A., SCHELLER, L., LEVINE, S., ADAMS, G. and NELSON, D.A.(1989). "Cochlear- implant hearing performance at the University of Minnesota," J. of Otolaryngology, 18, 24-27.

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KIMBERLEY, B.P., NELSON, D.A., and BACON, S.P. (1989). "Temporal overshoot in simultaneous-masked psychophysical tuning curves from normal and hearing-impaired listeners", J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., 85, 1660-1665.

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FREYMAN, R.L. and NELSON, D.A. (1987). Frequency discrimination for short- vs long-duration tones by normal and hearing-impaired listeners. J. Speech Hearing Res., 30, 28-36.

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NELSON, D.A. and FREYMAN, R.L. (1987). Temporal resolution in sensorineural hearing-impaired listeners. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 81, 709-720.

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FREYMAN, R.L. and NELSON, D.A. (1986). Frequency discrimination as a function of tonal duration and excitation-pattern slopes in normal and hearing-impaired listeners. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., 79, 1034-1044.

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NELSON, D.A. and FREYMAN, R.L. (1986). Psychometric functions for frequency discrimination from listeners with sensorineural hearing loss. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., 79, 799-805.

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WAKEFIELD, G.A. and NELSON, D.A. (1985). Extension of a temporal model offrequency discrimination: Intensity effects in normal and hearing-impaired listeners. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., 77, 613-619.

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NELSON, D.A. and FREYMAN, R.L. (1984). Broadened forward-masked tuning curves from intense masking tones: delay-time and probe-level manipulations. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 75, 1570-1577.

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NELSON, D.A., STANTON, M.E. and FREYMAN, R.L. (1983). A general equation describing frequency discrimination as a function of frequency and sensation level. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., 73, 2117-2123.

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TURNER, C.W., BURNS, E.M. and NELSON, D.A. (1983). Pure-tone pitch perception and low-frequency hearing loss. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., 73, 966-975.

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CARNEY, A.E. and NELSON, D.A. (1983). An analysis of psychophysical tuning curves in normal and pathological ears. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., 73, 268-278.

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SANTI, P.A., RUGGERO, M.A., NELSON, D.A. and TURNER, C.W. (1982). Kanamycin and bumetanide ototoxicity: Anatomical, physiological and behavioral correlates. Hearing Res., 7:261-279.

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STANTON, M.E. and NELSON, D.A. (1982). Frequency discrimination at 1200 Hz in the presence of high- frequency masking noise. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., 71, 660-664.

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TURNER, C.W. and NELSON, D.A. (1982). Frequency discrimination in regions of normal and impaired sensitivity. J. Speech Hearing Res., 25:34-41.

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NELSON, D.A. (1980). Comment on: "The use of psychophysical tuning curves to measure frequency selectivity." (D.L. Weber, D. Johnson-Davies and R.D. Patterson). In Psych. Physiol. and Behav. Studies in Hearing. G. van den Brink and F.A. Bilsen (eds.), Delft University Press, p. 116.

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NELSON, D.A. and TURNER, C.W. (1980). Decay of masking and frequency resolution in sensorineural hearing-impaired listeners. In Psych. Physiol.and Behav. Studies of Hearing. G. van den Brink and F.A. Bilsen (eds.) Delft University Press, pp. 175-182.

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NELSON, D.A. (1979). Two-tone masking and auditory critical bandwidth. Audiology 18, 279-306.

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NELSON, D.A. and KEISTER, T.E. (1978). Frequency discrimination in the chinchilla. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 64, 114-126.

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NELSON, D.A., KIESTER, T.E., TURNER, C.W. and WARD, W.D. (1977). Automated conditioned-avoidance audiometry in the chinchilla. J. Aud. Res., 16:193-221.

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NELSON, D.A. and BILGER, R.C. (1974). Octave masking in normal hearing listeners. J. Speech Hearing Res., 17(2):223-251.

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NELSON, D.A. and BILGER, R.C. (1974). Octave masking in listeners with sensorineural hearing loss. J. Speech Hearing Res., 17(2):252-278.


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