Professional Summary
Initially trained as a clinical audiologist at the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (Tehran-Iran). She received her PhD from the University of Cincinnati. After graduation, she continued her postdoctoral training in the Communication Sciences Research Center at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital until August 2023 when she started her faculty position at the University of Cincinnati. Her research interests include development of a set of behavioral measures to assess the effects of peripheral and central auditory abilities on speech perception in noise, understanding the mechanisms underlying subclinical hearing loss, and optimization of hearing healthcare delivery. Her teaching career goal is to contribute to the advancement of clinical care in communication disorders and help her students to be independent thinkers and pioneers when following their clinical careers or pursuing higher education.
Education
Ph.D.: University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, 2018 (Communication Sciences and Disorders )
M.S.: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Iran, 2013 (Audiology)
B.S.: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Iran, 2009 (Audiology )
Research and Practice Interests
Research interests include development of a set of behavioral measures to assess the effects of peripheral and central auditory abilities on speech perception in noise, understanding the mechanisms underlying subclinical hearing loss, and optimization of hearing healthcare delivery.
Positions and Work Experience
2018 -2023 Research Associate , , Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
2018 -2023 Adjunct Professor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
2009 -2014 Clinical Audiologist , Tehran, Iran
Research Support
Grant: #R21DC020242 NIH Investigating the contribution of extended high-frequency hearing loss to poor speech-in-noise perception in clinically normal hearing children and young adults Role:PI Active Type:Grant Level:National
Grant: #7R21DC020242 Investigators:Motlagh Zadeh, Lina 12-01-2023 -03-31-2025 National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disor Investigating the contribution of extended high-frequency hearing loss to poor speech-in-noise perception in clinically normal hearing children and young adults. Role:PI 140953.00 Awarded Level:Federal
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
Petley, Lauren; Hunter, Lisa L; Motlagh Zadeh, Lina; Stewart, Hannah J; Sloat, Nicholette T; Perdew, Audrey; Lin, Li; Moore, David R (2021. ) Listening Difficulties in Children With Normal Audiograms: Relation to Hearing and Cognition.Ear and hearing, , 42 (6 ) ,1640-1655 More Information
Motlagh Zadeh, Lina; Silbert, Noah H; Swanepoel, De Wet; Moore, David R (2021. ) Improved Sensitivity of Digits-in-Noise Test to High-Frequency Hearing Loss.Ear and hearing, , 42 (3 ) ,565-573 More Information
Motlagh Zadeh, Lina; Silbert, Noah H; Sternasty, Katherine; Moore, David R (2021. ) Development and validation of a digits-in-noise hearing test in Persian.International journal of audiology, , 60 (3 ) ,202-209 More Information
Motlagh Zadeh, Lina; Silbert, Noah H; Sternasty, Katherine; Swanepoel, De Wet; Hunter, Lisa L; Moore, David R (2019. ) Extended high-frequency hearing enhances speech perception in noise.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, , 116 (47 ) ,23753-23759 More Information
Motlagh Zadeh, Lina; Jalilvand Karimi, Leyla; Silbert, Noah H (2018. ) Bilingualism leads to greater auditory capacity.International journal of audiology, , 57 (11 ) ,831-837 More Information
Silbert, Noah H; Motlagh Zadeh, Lina (2018. ) Modeling talker- and listener-based sources of variability in babble-induced consonant confusions.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, , 143 (5 ) ,2780 More Information
Hunter, Lisa L; Blankenship, Chelsea M; Shinn-Cunningham, Barbara; Hood, Linda; Zadeh, Lina Motlagh; Moore, David R (2023. ) Brainstem auditory physiology in children with listening difficulties.Hearing research, , 429 ,108705 More Information
Hunter, Lisa L; Monson, Brian B; Moore, David R; Dhar, Sumitrajit; Wright, Beverly A; Munro, Kevin J; Zadeh, Lina Motlagh; Blankenship, Chelsea M; Stiepan, Samantha M; Siegel, Jonathan H (2020. ) Extended high frequency hearing and speech perception implications in adults and children.Hearing research, , 397 ,107922 More Information
Lipps, E., Caldwell-Kurtzman, J., Motlagh Zadeh, L., Blankenship, C.M., Moore, D.R., and Hunter, L.L. (2022. ) Impact of Face Masks on Audiovisual Word Recognition in Young Children with Hearing Loss during the Covid-19 Pandemic.J Early Hear Detection Intervention, , 6 (2 ) ,70 More Information
De Sousa, C. K., Moore R. D., Motlagh Zadeh, L., Myburgh, C. H., Swanepoel, D. W (2019. ) Do Smartphone Hearing Aid Apps Work? .The Hearing Journal, , 72 (11 ) ,34
Presentations
Invited Presentations
Lina Motlagh Zadeh, Brian Monson, Sandy Magallan, Mishra Sri (2023. ) Extended high-frequency hearing loss: From speech test materials to clinical manifestations .American Academy of Audiology, Seattle, WA.
Lina Motlagh Zadeh, Chelsea Blankenship, David Moore, Dawn Konrad Martin, Angela Garinis, Patrick Feeney, Lisa Hunter (2022. ) Mechanisms of association between speech-in-noise and extended high-frequency hearing .Hearing Across the Life Span Conference, Lake Como, Italy.
Lina Motlagh Zadeh, Noah Silbert, De Wet Swanepoel, Katherine Sternasty, David Moore (2019. ) The Perceptual Significance of Extended High-Frequency Energy in Speech Perception in Noise .British society of audiology e-Conference, Online.
Lina Motlagh Zadeh, Noah Silbert, De Wet Swanepoel, Katherine Sternasty, David Moore (2019. ) Benefits of Extended High Frequency Hearing .Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Baltimore, Maryland.
Lina Motlagh Zadeh, Noah H. Silbert, De Wet Swanepoel, Katherine Sternasty, David R. Moore (2018. ) Extended High Frequency Hearing Contributes to Speech Perception in Noise .The HEAL Conferences, Lake Como, Italy.
Noah Silbert, Lina Motlagh Zadeh (2017. ) Modeling Sources of variation in confusion pattern with multilevel general recognition theory .Midwestern Conference on Cognitive Science, Oxford, Ohio.
Poster Presentations
Aparna Rao, Victoria Sanchez, Lisa L. Hunter, Suzannah Boyle, Lina Motlagh Zadeh, Amelia N. Wong, Robert H. Margolis (2023. ) High-Frequency Air-Bone Gaps in Listeners with Normal Hearing and Sensorineural Hearing Loss .American Academy of Audiology, Seattle, WA. . Level:National
Lina Motlagh Zadeh, Veronica Brennan, De Wet Swanepoel, David Moore (2021. ) Comparison between remote and laboratory digits-in-noise (DIN) testing .The American Auditory Society's 48th Annual Conference, Online. .
Lina Motlagh Zadeh, Lianna Duchardt, Jordan Caylor, Veronica Bernnan, David Moore (2020. ) Sound-field speech-in-babble hearing scores in normal and impaired hearing listeners .The American Auditory Society's 47th Annual Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona. .
Nathan Clevenger, Jody Caldwell-Kurtzman, Meghan Grojean, Lina Motlagh Zadeh, Audrey Perdew, David Moore (2020. ) Measuring Listening Difficulties in Children with Speech in Noise Tests .The American Auditory Society's 47th Annual Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona. .
Lamiaa Abdelrehim, Lina Motlagh Zadeh, Lisa Wenstrup, Theresa Hammer, Brian R. Earl, Ravi N. Samy (2019. ) Benchmarking Patient Care through Collaboration with the Auditory Implant Initiative .The American Academy of Audiology Conference, Columbus, Ohio. .
Lina Motlagh Zadeh, Noah Silbert, De Wet Swanepoel, David Moore (2019. ) Improved Sensitivity of digits-in-noise test to high frequency hearing loss .The American Auditory Society's 46th Annual Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona. .
Lina Motlagh Zadeh, Noah Silbert, Katherine Sternasty, David Moore (2017. ) Developing a remotely deliverable digit triplet in noise test for detecting high frequency hearing loss .174th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, New Orleans, Louisiana. .
Lina Motlagh Zadeh, Noah Silbert (2015. ) Listener characteristics and the perception of speech in noise .170th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Jacksonville, Florida. .
Noah Silbert, Lina Motlagh Zadeh (2015. ) Talker variation in the perception of speech in noise .169th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. .
Lina Motlagh Zadeh, Leila Jalilvand Karimi, Noah Silbert (2015. ) Effect of Bilingualism on Auditory Capacity .169th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. .