Shlomo Silman

Education:

Ph.D., New York University - 1977 (Audiology)

Areas of Expertise:

My areas of expertise include brain plasticity and audition; otitis media with effusion (middle-ear fluid); diagnostic audiology; ear and hearing disorders; instrumentation in audiology and hearing science.

Books and Publications

Emmer, M., S. Silman, C. Silverman and H. Levitt. "Temporal Integration of the Acoustic-reflex Threshold and Its Age-related Changes." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 120.3: 1467-73. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006

Silverman, C.A., S. Silman, M.B. Emmer, J. Lutolf and J.R. Schoepflin. "Auditory Deprivation in Adults With Asymmetric, Sensorineural Hearing Impairment." Journal of the American Academy of Audiology 17: 747-62. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006

Arick, D.S. and S. Silman. "Nonsurgical Home Treatment of Middle-ear Effusion and Associated Hearing Loss in Children. Part I: Clinical Trial." Ear, Nose & Throat Journal 84: 567-68, 570, 572-74, 576, 578. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005

Silman, S., D.S. Arick and MB. Emmer. "Nonsurgical Home Treatment of Middle-ear Effusion and Associated Hearing Loss in Children. Part II: Clinical Trials - Follow-up." Ear, Nose & Throat Journal 84.10: 646-54. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005

Creative Work

Received U.S. Patent for Apparatus for Treatment of Middle Ear Fluid in the Ears of Infants and Toddlers. Patent granted for method. Patent number to follow. 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 Jan. 6. 2005

Awards, Honors and Fellowships

Renewal, Presidential Professor (Endowed), Speech Communication Arts & Sciences, Brooklyn College, CUNY (Awards and Honors) 2013

Renewal, Presidential Professor (Endowed), Speech Communication Arts & Sciences, Brooklyn College, CUNY (Awards and Honors) 2008

Conference held on 10/26/07 in honor of Shlomo Silman: "?Contemporary Perspectives in Audiology: Celebrating Shlomo Silman?s Clinical and Research Contributions,? The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NY. (Awards and Honors) 2007

Dr. Silman and Arick?s NIH fnded project (?Non-surgical device for treatment of middle ear effusion) was one of only seven projects summarized in the July 28, 2006 ?NIH Update of Activities for the Executive Order 13329: Encouraging Innovation in Manufacturing?; ?E.O. 13329 is intended to help ensure that Federal agencies properly and effectively assist the private sector in its manufacturing innovation so as to sustain a strong manufacturing sector in the United States economy by advancing innovation, including innovation in manufacturing, through small businesses.? (see
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(Awards and Honors) 2006

National Institutes of Health Technology Transfer Grant Applications (Parent STTR[R41/R42]), for "Nonsurgical and Nonpharmaceutical Home Treatment of Otitis Media in Toddlers." Application ($828,045) submitted on Nov. 22 to PHS 2006-2 to be contracted to Brooklyn College and Healthy Ear, LLC. In revision post reviews. (Grants and Fellowships) 2006

National Tibbetts Award (Category: Medicine) for ARISIL, Inc., through which the EarPopper was developed and evaluated. Shlomo Silman and Daniel S. Arick, co-recipients. (Candidates for the National Tibbetts Awards must have received prior funding through the NIH SBIR program.) (Awards and Honors) 2006

Recipient (with Dr. Daniel S. Arick) of a National Tibbetts Award (Category: Medical) for ARISIL, Inc., through which the EarPopper was developed and evaluated. (Candidates for the National Tibbetts Awards must have received prior funding through the NIH SBIR program.) (Awards and Honors) 2006

Silverman CA, Silman S, Emmer MB, Schoeflin JR, Lutolf JR. (2006). Auditory deprivation in adults with asymmetric, sensorineural hearing impairment Journal of the American Academy of Audiology17:747-762. Article was selected by H. Gustav Mueller as ?The Best of 2006: Hearing Aids?, ?Best Quick Read? category, The Hearing Journal, Volume 60(6) (June, 2007). (Awards and Honors) 2006

City University of New York Faculty Honoree (Awards and Honors) 2004

Emmer, MB, Silman S (2003). The prediction of hearing loss in persons with cerebral palsy using contralateral acoustic reflex threshold for broad-band noise. American Journal of Audiology 12:91-95. Article was selected in the ?Best of 2003: Diagnostic Audiology? by B. Stach in The Hearing Journal, Volume 57(5) (May 2004) (Awards and Honors) 2004

2002 Journal of the American Academy of Audiology Editor's Award (Awards and Honors) 2003

City University of New York Faculty Honoree (Awards and Honors) 2003

Presidential Professor (Endowed), Speech, Brooklyn College, CUNY (Awards and Honors) 2003

City University of New York Faculty Honoree (Awards and Honors) 2002

Medal awarded (10/24/01) from the Escola Paulista Medicina, the medical school of the Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Medal was awarded for humanitarian work with the hearing impaired of Sao Paulo, Brazil and for scientific achievements in middle-ear effusion and auditory deprivation. (Awards and Honors) 2001

Silman S, Silverman CA, Emmer MB. (2000). Central auditory processing disorders and
reduced motivation: Three case studies. American Journal of Audiology 11:57-63. Article was selected as "Best of 2000 in the Great-for-the-Clinician category" by B Stach in The Hearing Journal, Volume 54(4) (April, 2001).
(Awards and Honors) 2001

American Academy of Audiology Research Achievement Award (First recipient of this award)
City University of New York Faculty Honoree
(Awards and Honors) 2000

Interview of S. Silman in ?Trends in Diagnostic Audiology? in Advance: The Nation?s
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Weekly, 9(4):4,19,20; the article was named Article of the Year.
(Awards and Honors) 1999

Broecklundian Professor (Endowed) of Audiology, Brooklyn College, CUNY (Awards and Honors) 1998

City University of New York Faculty Honoree (Awards and Honors) 1997

Recipient of the League for the Hard of Hearing Harriet Jones Award in Audiology (Awards and Honors) 1997

Claire and Leonard Tow Professor (Endowed) of Audiology, Brooklyn College, CUNY (Awards and Honors) 1995

Professional Achievement Award, New York City Speech Hearing Language Association
City University of New York Faculty Honoree
Mature Media National Award Presented for "Stay tuned: The challenge of hearing loss", Division: Media, Category: Videotape
(Awards and Honors) 1993

City University of New York Faculty Honoree (Awards and Honors) 1990

Distinguished Achievement Award, New York State Speech-Language-Hearing Association (Awards and Honors) 1989

Fellow, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (Awards and Honors) 1988

City University of New York Faculty Honoree (Awards and Honors) 1987

City University of New York Faculty Honoree (Awards and Honors) 1985

American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation Louis M. DiCarlo Award (monetary award), Honorable Mention, and New York State American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation Clinical Achievement Award, and Outstanding Performance Award, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Awards and Honors) 1984

Outstanding Performance Award, Veterans Administration (Awards and Honors) 1983

Certificate of Appreciation, New Jersey Speech-Language-Hearing Association (Awards and Honors) 1981

Biography in Who's Who in Technology Today (1979), Volume 6 (Awards and Honors) 1979

Certificate of Appreciation, City College, CUNY
Certificate of Appreciation, Teachers Institute of Humanities, NYC
Member, Kappa Delta Pi
(Awards and Honors) 1977

Research Activities

Doctoral dissertation committee member, Ph.D. Program, Graduate School and University Center, CUNY, for Helen Salus-Braun. Topic: Wideband reflectance and acoustic-reflex threshold. 2006

Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums

"Effects of Monaural Versus Binaural Hearing Aids Related to Auditory Deprivation." Leitman Memorial Lecture, Northeast Conference of Hearing Health Professions, sponsored by the New Jersey Association of Hearing Health Professions. Atlantic City, N.J., March 13. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2006

Other Professional Activities

ABC7 local (KGO-TVDT, San Diego, Oakland, San Jose, Calif.) televised report by Carolyn Johnson, "Ear Popper can Prevent Surgeries," and web report posted on http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=health&id=3633991. June 26. 2006

BayNews9 (Tampa Bay, Fla.) televised report on the EarPopper on http://www.baynews9.com/content/8/2006/2/9/142420.html. Feb. 9. 2006

CBS3 (Philadelphia) televised a report by Stephanie Stahl, "Health: Waking Up, Hangovers, Ear Infections," and Web report posted on http://cbs3.com/health/local_story_011154641.html. Jan. 11. 2006

Editorial associate, Perceptual and Motor Skills. 2006

News Channel 8 (Tampa, Fla.) televised report and Web report, "EarPoppers Help Avoid Surgery," on http://multimedia.tbo.com. Feb. 16. 2006

Report entitled "The Ear Popper" covered under "Audiology in Brief" in The ASHA Leader 11.2, Feb. 7: 5. 2006

Report, "EarPopper Restores Hearing, Resolves Middle-ear Fluid," in Audiology Today 18.1: 34. January/February. 2006

Reviewer, Journal of the American Academy of Audiology. 2006

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

Televised report on EarPopper and Web report posted on http://www.ivanhoe.com/science/story/2006/01/88a.html. January. 2006

Web report, "A New Device for Treating Fluid in the Middle Ear," posted on http://www.childrensmemorial.org/depts/otolaryngology/popper.asp. February. 2006

Web report, "A New Device for Treating Fluid in the Middle Ear," posted on http://www.childrensmemorial.org/depts/otolaryngology/popper.asp. January. 2006

Web report, "Ear-Clearing Device May Replace Surgery and Drugs in Draining Middle-ear Fluid," featured in Inside, an NIH NIDCD Newsletter, July, posted on http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/inside/sum06/pg5.asp. 2006

Web report, "GC Prof Honored for 'Ear Popper' Invention," posted on http://www.gc.cuny.edu/ABOUT_GC/365_fifth/2006_october/ear_popper.htm, and published in 365 Fifth: Newsletter of the Graduate Center, City University of New York. October. 2006

Web report, "New Medical Device Co-invented by Brooklyn College Audiologist May Change the Way Childhood Ear Infections Are Treated," posted on http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bc/spotlite/news/index.php?link=110305. January. 2006

Web report, entitled "NIDCD Grantees Receive Award for SBIR Leadership," features Drs. Silman and Arick and their Tibbetts Award for the EarPopper. Web report posted on http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/news/releases/06/09_25_06.htm. Sept. 25. 2006

WJTV Channel 12 (Jackson, Miss.) televised report and Web report on the EarPopper posted on http://www.wjtv.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WJTV%2FMGArticle%2FJTV_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle &cid=1137834385928&path=!health!medical. Feb. 27. 2006

WKRG News5 (Mobile, Ala.) televised report and Web report on the EarPopper, posted on http://www.wkrg.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WKRG%2FMGArticle%2FKRG_Basic Article&c=MGArticle&cid=1137834305995&path=%21features%21yourhealth. Feb. 23. 2006

WZZM 13 ABC Health Coverage (Grand Rapids, Mich), televised report, "The Ear Popper: New Device for Ear Infections," and Web report posted on http://www.wzzm13.com/news/health/health_article.aspx?storyid=58355. Sept. 15. 2006