Christi W. Miller 1417 NE 42nd Street, Seattle, WA 98105½(206)

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1 1417 NE 42nd Street, Seattle, WA 98105½(206) EDUCATION 2013 Ph.D., Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences The University of Washington, Seattle, WA Mentors: : Kelly Tremblay, Ph.D. and Ruth Bentler, Ph.D. (U. of Iowa) : Pam Souza, Ph.D. Dissertation: The role of aided signal-to-noise ratio in aided speech perception 2001 M.A., Communication Sciences and Disorders The University of Texas, Austin, TX Mentor: Craig Champlin, Ph.D. Thesis: Pass/Refer Criteria Standardization in Newborn Hearing Screenings 1998 B.S., Communication Sciences and Disorders The University of Texas, Austin, TX Honors Project: Speech Delays in Children with Chronic Otitis Media EMPLOYMENT University of Washington, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences Lecturer/Clinical Supervisor/Director of the Amplification Laboratory University of Washington, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences Research and Teaching Assistant Dynamic Hearing, Melbourne Australia Research and Clinical Audiologist HEARSERVICE The Victorian Deaf Society, Melbourne, Australia Clinical Audiologist Austin Ear, Nose and Throat and The Otology Group, Austin, TX Clinical Audiologist University of Texas Speech and Hearing Center Hearing Aid Clerk (i.e., work-study employment) Texas School for the Deaf Substitute Teacher/Teaching Assistant (in American Sign Language) Austin Hearing Center Cleaned, repaired, and programmed hearing aids for staff Audiologist

2 - 2 - TEACHING EXPERIENCE Lecturer, The University of Washington, Seattle Hearing Aid Amplification (SPHSC 582) Hearing Aid Selection (SPHSC 583) Advanced Amplification (SPHSC 584) Ad-hoc Lecturer, The University of Washington, Seattle Hearing Aid Amplification (SPHSC 582) Hearing Aid Selection (SPHSC 583) Advanced Amplification (SPHSC 584) Guest Lecturer, The University of Washington, Seattle Advanced Amplification (SPHSC 584; Pam Souza) Lifespan III: Geriatric Physical Therapy (REHAB 503; Patti Matsuda) Studies in Hearing Sciences and Disorders (PhD-level; SPHCS 561; Adrian KC Lee) 2008 Co-Instructor, The University of Washington, Seattle Amplification Selection (SPHSC 583; Pam Souza) Teaching Assistant, The University of Washington, Seattle Hearing Aid Amplification (SPHSC 582; Pam Souza) Hearing Aid Selection (SPHSC 583; Pam Souza) Assessment of Auditory Dysfunction II (SPHSC 571; Tiina Huckabay) Assessment of Balance Function (SPHSC 574; Patrick Feeney) CLINICAL EXPERIENCE Clinical Audiologist The University of Washington, Speech and Hearing Clinic Diagnostics and fitting of hearing aids with the supervision of students Dynamic Hearing, Melbourne, Australia (10-20% FTE) Diagnostics, fitting of hearing aids, and rehabilitation in a private practice setting HEARSERVICE The Victorian Deaf Society, Melbourne, Australia Diagnostics, fitting of hearing aids, and rehabilitation in a non-profit setting Austin Ear, Nose, and Throat Associates and The Otology Group, Austin, TX Adult and pediatric diagnostics, using audiometry, otoacoustic emissions, auditory brainstem response, electro- and video- nystagmography, electrocochleography, platform posturography, and vestibular-ocular reflexes Treatment, including canalith repositioning and fitting hearing aids Coordinator for Specialized Telecommunications Assistant Program, marketing, developing protocols for audiology department, medical billing, and medical assisting

3 - 3 - RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Amplification Laboratory, Director The University of Washington, Seattle Directing research related to improving outcomes for hearing aids users Training/mentoring graduate clinical students for their Capstone research projects Brain & Behavior Lab (Tremblay, PI), Research Assistant The University of Washington, Seattle, WA Dissertation project on understanding the contribution of signal-to-noise ratio on hearing aid outcomes, which was the basis of a R01 (NIH-NIDCD) granted to my mentors (Tremblay and Bentler) Hearing Aid Lab (Souza, PI), Research Assistant The University of Washington, Seattle, WA Research assistant on NIH-funded, multi-site project assessing use of temporal cues for perceiving fundamental frequency in older listeners with normal hearing (Souza and Arehart, PIs). Pre-dissertation project characterizing the effects of age on subjective and objective speech perception in noise Dynamic Hearing Pty. Ltd. (Peter Blamey, Ph.D., PI), Research Audiologist Melbourne, Australia Aided in development of signal processing algorithms to use with Adaptive Dynamic Range Compression (ADRO ) and wide dynamic range compression processing in hearing aids (e.g., directional mics, expansion algorithm). Designed and directed clinical trials with adults to evaluate new hearing aid and telephony technology or fitting methods, designed fitting software for hearing aids and wrote user guides. Assisted in the development and evaluation of a method for applying ADRO processing to standard and amplified telephones PUBLICATIONS Wu, Y., Dumach, K., Stangl, E., Miller, C., Tremblay, K., & Bentler, R. (accepted). Is the Device-Oriented Subjective Outcome (DOSO) independent of personality? Miller, C.W., Stewart, E., Wu, Y., Bishop, C., Bentler, R., Tremblay, K. (accepted pending minor revisions). Working memory and speech recognition in noise under ecologically relevant listening conditions: Effects of visual cues and noise type. Miller, C.W., Bentler, R.A., Wu, Y.H., Lewis, J., and Tremblay, K. (accepted). Output signal-to-noise ratio and speech perception in noise: Effects of algorithm. Miller, C.W., Baylor, C., Birch, K. and Yorkson, K. (accepted). Exploring the relevance of items on the Communicative Participation Item Bank (CPIB) to people with hearing loss. American Journal of Audiology.

4 - 4 - Miller, C.W., Bates, E., and Brennan, M. (2016). The effects of frequency lowering on speech perception in noise with adult hearing aid users. International Journal of Audiology, 55(5): Chun, I., Billings, C., Tremblay, K., and Miller, C.W. (2016). Aided electrophysiology using direct audio input: effects of amplification and absolute signal level. American Journal of Audiology, Tremblay, K.L. and Miller, C.W. (2014). How Neuroscience Relates to Hearing Aid Amplification. International Journal of Otolaryngology, doi: /2014/ Billings, C.J., Tremblay, K.L., Miller, C.W. (2011). Aided cortical auditory evoked potentials in response to changes in hearing aid gain. Int J Audiol, 50 (7), Arehart, K.H., Souza, P.S., Muralimanohar, R.M., Miller, C.W. (2011). Effects of age on concurrent vowel perception in acoustic and simulated electroacoustic hearing. J Speech Lang Hear Res, 54 (1), Souza, P.S., Arehart, K.H., Miller, C.W., Muralimanohar, R.M (2010). Effects of age on F0-discrimination and intonation perception in acoustic and simulated electroacoustic hearing. Ear Hear, 32 (1), Wise, C. & Zakis, J. (2008). Effects of expansion algorithms on speech reception thresholds. J Am Acad Audiol, 19 (2), Zakis, J. & Wise, C. (2007). Single and multiple channel noise reduction algorithms. J Acoust Soc Am, 121, Wise, C., Dickson, B., Blamey, P. (2006). Adaptive Dynamic Range Optimisation for telephony applications. Acoustics Australia, 14, PUBLICATIONS IN PREPARATION Miller, C.W., Stewart, E., Wu, Y., Bishop, C., Bentler, R., Tremblay, K. (in prep). The effects of working memory on self-reported hearing aid outcomes and speech recognition in noise under ecologically relevant listening conditions. Miller, C.W., Trapp, K., Bishop, C., Lee, M., Wu, Y., Tremblay, K., Bentler, R. (in prep). Predicting hearing aid success with characteristics of the psychometric function. Zokoll, M., Miller, C., Allen, P., Folkeard, P., Ramkissoon, I., Adams, E., Kollmeier, B., and Bentler, R. (in prep). Validation of the American English Matrix Sentence Test in Noise. Miller, C.W., Bernstein, J., Wu, Y., Bentler, R., Tremblay, K. (in prep). Static and moving ripple sensitivity: predicting outcomes in adult hearing aid users.

5 - 5 - POSTERS Trapp, K., Miller, C. W., Bishop, C., Lee, M., Wu, Y., Tremblay, K., Bentler, R. (2016, August). Predicting Hearing Aid Success from Characteristics of the Psychometric Function for Speech Perception in Noise. Poster presented at the International Hearing Aid Research Conference, Lake Tahoe, California, United States. Stewart, E., Miller, C. W., Bishop, C., Wu, Y., Bentler, R., Tremblay, K. (2016, April). Do Working Memory Abilities Predict Aided Multimodal Lexical Sentence Test Results? Poster presented at the American Academy of Audiology, Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Miller, C.W., Stewart, E., Bishop, C., Wu, Y., Bentler, R., Tremblay, K. (2016, March). Do Working Memory Abilities Predict the Multimodal Lexical Sentence Test? Poster presented at the American Auditory Society Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States. Bates, E., Miller, C., Brennan, M. (2015, March). Comparison of Three Frequency Lowering Techniques on Speech Perception in Noise. Poster presented at the American Auditory Society Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States. Birch, K., Miller, C., Baylor, C. (2015, March). Evaluating the Communicative Participation Item Bank with Hearing Impaired Adults. Poster presented at the American Auditory Society Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States. Miller, C.W., Stewart, E., Coppa, S. (2014, August). Predicting self-reported hearing aid outcomes from the Perceptually Robust English Sentence Test Open Set (PRESTO). Poster presented at the International Hearing Aid Research Conference, Lake Tahoe, California, United States. Rock, J., Miller, C.W., Brennan, M., Zakis, J. (2014, August). The Effects of Noise Reduction on Forward Masked Thresholds. Poster presented at the International Hearing Aid Research Conference, Lake Tahoe, California, United States. Elshafei, S., Miller, C., Sullivan J., Brennan, M. (2013, April). The Effects of Digital Noise Reduction on the Temporal Envelope and Speech Perception. Poster presented at the American Academy of Audiology, Anaheim, California, United States. Sullivan, J., Miller, C., Osman, H., Mosley, C., Ersoff, R. (2013, March). Effects of noise type on speech recognition of complex sentences. Poster presented at the American Auditory Society Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States. Miller, C., Wu, Y., Bentler R., Tremblay, K. (2012, August). The potential for using the Hagerman-derived signalto-noise ratio with individual fittings. Poster to be presented at the International Hearing Aid Research Conference, Lake Tahoe, California, United States. Miller, C., Bentler, R., Temblay, K., Wu, Y. (2012, March). The relationship between the Hagerman-derived signal-to-noise ratio and speech perception. Poster presented at the American Auditory Society Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States.

6 - 6 - Tremblay, K., Billings, C., Miller, C. (2011, February). Evoked Cortical Potentials Do Not Reliably Reflect Hearing Aid Gain. Poster presented at the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Miller, C., Souza, P., Arehart, K., Anderson, M. (2009, October). Characterizing the Abilities of Older Adults to Perceive Speech in Noise. Poster presented at the Aging and Speech Communication Research Conference, Bloomington, Indiana, United States. Arehart, K.H., Souza, P.S., Miller, C.W., and Muralimanohar, R.M. (2008, August). Age-related deficits in F0 processing: Use of periodicity and fine-structure cues. Poster presented at the International Hearing Aid Research Conference, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, United States. Blamey, P., Fiket, H., Pearce, D., Miller, C. (2008, April). Adaptive directional microphone for open canal fittings. Poster presented at the meeting of the American Academy of Audiology, Charlotte, North Carolina. PODIUM PRESENTATIONS Miller, C. W., Bernstein, J., Wu, Y., Bentler, R., and Tremblay, K. (2016, August). Predicting Hearing Aid Outcomes with Static and Moving Spectral-Ripple Sensitivity. Paper presented at the International Hearing Aid Research Conference, Lake Tahoe, California, United States. Zokoll, M., Kollmeier, B., Allen, P., Folkeard, P., Miller, C., Ramkissoon, I., Adams, E., and Bentler, R. (2016, April) Validation of the American English Matrix Sentence Test in Noise. Paper presented at the American Academy of Audiology, Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Zakis, J. & Wise, C. (2006, August). The acoustic and perceptual effects of noise-suppression algorithms. Paper presented at the International Hearing Aid Research Conference, Lake Tahoe, California, United States. Wise, C., Fulton, B., & Hau, J. (2006, May). Fitting Hearing Aids: A Different Way of Thinking. Workshop conducted at the meeting of The Audiological Society of Australia, Perth, Australia. Wise, C., Steele, C., Martin, L. (2006, May). Assessing user preference for the volume control range. Paper presented at the meeting of The Audiological Society of Australia, Perth, Australia. AWARDS, HONORS, and GRANTS 2016 Lessons for Success: invited attendee at ASHA s annual grant writing conference Principle Investigator: Predicting hearing aid success from spectro-temporal modulation sensitivity (ASHFoundation New Century Scholars Research Grant; Period 01/16 12/16) Co-Investigator: Linking Signal-to-Noise Ratio to Hearing Aid Success (NIH NIDCD R01; Period: 01/13 01/18) Principle Investigators: Kelly Tremblay and Ruth Bentler

7 Co-Investigator: Multi-center Validation Study of the American English Matrix Sentence Test (Carl Von Ossietzky Universitat Oldenburg) Principle Investigator: Birger Kollmeier, Ph.D NIH Trainee: Research Training Program in Speech and Hearing Sciences (NIH NIDCD T32-DC000033) 2009 Travel Award, Aging and Speech Communication: Third International and Interdisciplinary Research Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN GRADUATE (AUD) STUDENT RESEARCH MENORING 2015-current Jordan, Claire Heidohrn, Casey Osborne, Sam Trapp, Kelley Stewart, Erin Bates, Emily Birch, Kristen Rock, Jordan Coppa, Samantha The effects of working memory on self-reported hearing aid outcomes Defining hearing aid success: A comparison of three models The effects of personality on the performance-perceptual test Predicting hearing aid success from characteristics of the psychometric function Awarded funding to present her work from the Department of Speech and Hearing (Olswang Scholarship) and the International Hearing Aid Research Conference. Publication in preparation Do Working Memory Abilities Predict Aided Multimodal Lexical Sentence Test Results? Nominated for AAA Foundation s James and Susan Jerger Awards for Excellence in Student Research. Awarded funding to present her work from the UW Graduate School and the American Academy of Audiology. Publication under review Comparison of Three Frequency Lowering Techniques on Speech Perception in Noise Presented at American Auditory Society Published Evaluating the Communicative Participation Item Bank with Hearing Impaired Adults Presented at American Auditory Society Accepted for publication The effects of noise reduction on forward masked thresholds Presented at the International Hearing Aid Research Conference Predicting real world hearing aid outcomes using the PRESTO

8 - 8 - PROFESSIONAL SERVICE International Journal of Audiology, Ad-hoc Reviewer American Journal of Audiology, Ad-hoc Reviewer Acoustics Australia, Ad-hoc Reviewer Canadian Journal of Speech Language Pathology and Audiology, Editorial Board Medical Outreach: Guatemala, Supervisor and Trainer UWEar, Aural Rehabilitation Camp for Adults, Clinical Supervisor American Academy of Audiology, Full Member American Speech Language Hearing Association, Full Member with CCC-A International Society of Audiology, Full Member Audiological Society of Australia Full Member and State Executive Board Counselor REFERENCES Kelly Tremblay Professor Ruth Bentler Professor and Chair Pam Souza Professor Kathy Arehart Professor The University of Washington Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences 4131 NE 42 nd Street Seattle, WA tremblay@uw.edu The University of Iowa Communication Sciences and Disorders Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center Iowa City, Iowa ruth-bentler@uiowa.edu Northwestern University Communication Sciences and Disorders Frances Searle Building Campus Drive, Evanston, IL p-souza@northwestern.edu The University of Colorado Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences 409 UCB Boulder, CO Kathryn.Arehart@colorado.edu