Michele B. Emmer

Education:

Ph.D., CUNY Graduate School & University Center - 2000 (Speech and Hearing Sciences)

M.S., Brooklyn College - 1988 (Audiology)

B.A., Brooklyn College - 1972 (Music)

Areas of Expertise:

Speech and hearing science, specifically the study of nonbehavioral techniques for testing hearing and middle-ear status as well investigation into adult auditory deprivation and the nonsurgical elimination of fluid in the ears of children and adults.

Books and Publications

Silman, S. and M.B. Emmer. Instrumentation for Audiology and Hearing Science. San Diego: Plural Publishing, Inc. (Books and Publications: Book) 2012

Emmer, M.B., S. Silman, C.A. Silverman and H. Levitt. "Temporal Integration of the Contralateral Acoustic-Reflex Threshold for a 1000 Hz Tonal Activator and Its Age-Related Changes." Journal of the American Academy of Audiology. In press. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2009

Silman, S., M.B. Emmer and C.A. Silverman. "Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions That Are Not Outer Hair Cell Emissions." Journal of the American Academy of Audiology 20.5: 306-10. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2009

Silman, S., M.B. Emmer and C.A. Silverman. "Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions that Are Not Outer Hair Cell Emissions." Journal of the American Academy of Audiology. In press. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2009

Silman, S. and M.B. Emmer. "Apparatus for Treatment of Middle-Ear Fluid in the Ears of Infants and Toddlers" (co-authors/co-inventors). Official Gazette of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 1323.4. Published weekly by authority of Congress. U.S. Department of Commerce. Alexandria, Va. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2007

Emmer, M.B., S. Silman, C.A. Silverman and H. Levitt. "Temporal Integration of the Contralateral Acoustic-Reflex Threshold for Broad-Band Noise and Its Age-Related Changes." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 120.3: 1467-73. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006

Invitation by Plural Publishing to co-author (with S. Silman) text entitled "Medical and Audiological Profiles of Hearing Disorders in Children and Adults." (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2006

Silverman, C., S. Silman, M.B. Emmer, J.R. Schoepflin and J. Lutolf. "Auditory Deprivation in Adults with Asymmetric Hearing Loss." Journal of the American Academy of Audiology 17.10: 747-62. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006

Silverman, C.A., S. Silman, M.B. Emmer, J.R. Schoepflin and J. Lutolf. "Auditory Deprivation in Adults with Asymmetric Hearing Loss." Journal of the American Academy of Audiology 17.10: 747-62. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006

Silman, S., D.S. Arick and M.B. Emmer. "Non-Surgical Home Treatment of Middle-Ear Effusion and Associated Hearing Loss in Children. Part II: Clinical Trials - Follow-Up." Ear, Nose & Throat Journal 84.10: 646, 648, 650 passim. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005

Creative Work

Principal investigator. Presentation of two online courses that included interaction with approximately 15 seniors as part of a grant entitled: "University Without Walls for the Hearing Impaired." Subcontract to Brooklyn College through DOROT, In. Funding Agencies: The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation and New York City Department for the Aging, June. 2008

Patent pending (with Shlomo Silman) for apparatus for treatment of middle-ear fluid in the ears of infants and toddlers. 2007

Received patent (with Shlomo Silman) for Apparatus for treatment of middle ear fluid in the ears of infants and toddlers (Patent number to follow). Patent issued for method. Currently approaching Universities and Centers for a multi-site collaborative feasibility and clinical trial. 2007

Silman, S. and M.B. Emmer (co-inventors). Received patent (number 7,285123) from U.S. Patent Office for an apparatus for treatment of middle-ear fluid in the ears of infants and toddlers. Pub No.: US2005/0000520 A1. Patent for Method. 2007

Emmer, M.B. and S. Silman. Patent pending (US Patent Office). An apparatus for treatment of middle-ear fluid in the ears of infants and toddlers. Pub. No.: US 2005/0000520 A1. Patent published January 6. 2005

Research Activities

PSC-CUNY Grant, for "Long-term Effect of Nonsurgical Home Treatment of Middle-ear Effusion in Children." $5,000; July 1, 2007-June 30, 2008. 2007

Began work as overall coordinator and Brooklyn College principal investigator for DOROT's three-year proposal to be submitted to The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation by June 2007 to establish an innovative, Internet-based user interface program entitled "University Without Walls for the Hearing Impaired" (dollar amount unknown at this time). This program will initially serve hearing-impaired seniors in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Westchester and New Jersey. 2006

Emmer, M.B. (co-principal investigator) and S. Silman (principal investigator). Nonsurgical and nonpharmaceutical home treatment of otitis media in toddlers. Grant application ($828,045) submitted on November 22 to PHS 2006-2 National Institutes of Health Technology Transfer Grant Applications (Parent STTR[R41/R42]) to be contracted to Brooklyn College, CUNY and Healthy Ear, LLC. In revision post reviews. 2006

Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums

Dr. Shlomo Silman and I submitted a proposal to the Global Health and Innovation Conference to be held at Yale University, April 13-14. The proposal for a "pitch" was accepted. This is the world's leading and largest global health conference, with professionals from all 50 states and more than 55 countries. It was a very competitive process; the proposal was accepted. We are thinking about beginning a health initiative in developing countries. The World Health Organization never addressed the issue of otitis media with effusion and its impact in developing countries where the incidence of OME is greater than in European countries. Physicians in developing countries have written about the impact of OME that is exacerbated by the incidence of HIV and other diseases. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2013

"Research Ethics: The IRB and Beyond." Faculty Day Roundtable. May 21. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008

Professional Leadership

Reelected to chair of the Department of Speech Communication Arts and Sciences for three-year term. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2011

Invited by Dean Wilson to serve as liaison for Department of Speech Communication Arts and Sciences for the Zicklin Lecture. Feb. 20. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008

Member, committee to select 2008 faculty winner for Award for Creative Achievement. Invited by associate provost to serve. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008

Chairwoman, committee to select 2007 faculty recipient of Award for Teaching Excellence. Invited to chair by associate provost. Also invited to serve as master of ceremonies for Award Ceremony on Faculty Day. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007

Promotion and Tenure Committee - Subcommittee (tenure), chaired by Judith Wild. Humanities Division. Spring/Fall 2007. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007

Appointed by President Kimmich as a member of the Brooklyn College IRB through 2009, fall. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006

Chairwoman, committee to select recipient of Excellence in Teaching Award. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006

Invited by the provost to be a member of the neuroscience search committee, chaired by Anthony Sclafani, fall. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006

Community Activities

Principal investigator for Brooklyn College subcontract through DOROT (philanthropic organization based in Manhattan). University without walls for the hearing impaired. Funding agencies include The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation and New York City Department for the Aging. Amount funded: approx $32,000 allocated for first stage (feasibility) study, January 1, 2008-June 30, 2008. See Research Activities (2006) for additional description. This grant can also be considered under research activities. Eight clinical doctoral students will be working with me. 2007

Other Professional Activities

Second reader and mentor for Elaine Devora for capstone project titled "Binaural Interference in Children with Bilateral Amplification." Au.D. Program, CUNY Graduate Center. 2013

Second reader and mentor for Lauren Rouse for capstone project titled "Binaural Interference in Children with Bilateral Amplification." Au.D., program, CUNY Graduate Center. 2013

Second reader, Capstone project for Lauren Rousch and Elaine Devorah. Clinical Doctoral program (Au.D.), CUNY Graduate Center. 2012

Mentor to Esther Fogel (clinical doctoral program Au.D.), CUNY Graduate Center. 2011

Elected chairperson, Department of Speech Communication Arts and Sciences, for three-year term. May 6. 2008

Mentor to Irina Schterenberg, a clinical doctoral student who has been awarded a research grant from the CUNY Graduate Center. 2008

Chairwoman, Writing Committee. Liason to Teaching Center faculty and field tutors/writing fellows. 2007

GIP monies, Office of the Dean of Research and Graduate Studies, to fund a professional writing workshop for graduate students taking courses in diagnosis and treatment in the Department of Speech Communication Arts and Sciences. $1,850; Spring 2008. 2007

Mentor to clinical doctoral student Ilana Cellum, who has been awarded a research grant from the CUNY Graduate Center. 2007

Invited to review a manuscript for Archies of Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery (JAMA publication), November. 2006

Televised interview on CUNY-TV (Channel 75) on "Study With the Best." Premiered Dec. 10 (8 a.m. and 8 p.m.); repeated Dec. 13 (8 a.m., 2 p.m. and 10 p.m.) and Dec. 16 (7 p.m.). 2006