Jeremy J. Donai Assistant Professor Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders PO Box 6122 807A Allen Hall Morgantown, WV 26506 304.293.2662 jeremy.donai@mail.wvu.edu EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy in Communication Sciences and Disorders (Ph.D.), 2010-2013 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas Dissertation Title: Investigating the role of high-frequency information in naturally produced male, female, and child vowels Clinical Doctorate in Audiology (Au.D.), 2001-2004 Towson University, Towson, Maryland Bachelor of Science in Communication Disorders (B.S.), 1997-2001 California University of Pennsylvania, California, Pennsylvania CERTIFICATIONS Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology (CCC-A) West Virginia Board of Examiner s Audiology Licensee American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), Fellow (inactive) American Academy of Audiology (AAA), Fellow (inactive) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor (August 2013-Present),, Communication Sciences and Disorders Assistant Professor/Clinical Coordinator (August 2011-August 2013), Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Adjunct Instructor (August 2010-July 2011), Abilene Christian University (ACU) Audiology Clinic Director (November 2006-July 2011), Hendrick Medical Center (HMC) Clinical Audiologist (January 2004-October 2006), L. Doerfler Audiology Associates
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS *Schwartz, J., Whyte, A., Al-Nuaimi, M., & Donai, J. J. (In-press). Effects of signal bandwidth and noise on individual speaker identification. JASA-EL *Cramer, J. & Donai, J.J. (2018). Effects of signal bandwidth on listening effort in young- and middle-aged adults. International Journal of Audiology, Published online. Lewis, J., Silberman, M., Donai, J. J., Frum, C., Brefczynski-Lewis, J. (2018). Hearing and orally mimicking different acoustic-semantic categories of natural sound engage distinct left hemisphere cortical regions. Brain & Language, 183, 64-78. Donai, J.J., & Halbritter, R. (2017). Gender identification using high-frequency speech energy: Effects of increasing the low-frequency limit. Ear & Hearing, 38(1), 65-73. Donai, J.J., & Schwartz, J. (2016). Strategies for maximizing speech recognition performance: Adults with mild-to-moderately severe sensorineural hearing loss. EBP Briefs, 11(4), 1-13. (Invited) Donai, J.J., & Jennings, M. (2016). Gaps-in-noise detection and gender recognition from noise-vocoded vowel segments: Comparing performance of active musicians to nonmusicians. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Express Letters, 139(5), EL 128-134. Donai, J.J., Motiian, S., & Doretto, G. (2016). Automated classification of vowel category and speaker type in the high-frequency spectrum. Audiology Research, 137(6), 1-5. Donai, J.J., & Lass, N. J. (2015). Gender identification from high-pass filtered vowel segments: The use of high-frequency energy. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 77, 2452-2462. Donai, J.J., & Paschall, D.D. (2015). Identification of high-pass filtered male, female, and child vowels: The use of high-frequency cues. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 137(4), 1971-1982. Donai, J.J., Hicks, C.B. & McCart, M. (2013). The awareness of doctoral-level professions among entering college students. American Journal of Audiology, 22(2), 271-282. Emanuel, D., Donai, J.J., & Araj, C. (2012). The awareness of the profession of audiology among entering college students. American Journal of Audiology, 21(1), 41-50. *Senior author with student(s) as co-author CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Donai, J.J., & Paschall, D.D. (2013). Identification of high-pass filtered vowels. In Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 19, (pp. 1-6). Montreal, Canada. PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS Donai, J.J., & Hood, K. (2018). Audiology awareness of undecided college students. The Hearing Journal, 71(7), 32-37.** Updated 11/1/2018 2
Donai, J.J., & Paschall, D.D. (2016). Chapter 11: Ear Impressions and Earmolds (Book chapter contributors). In, Professional Training Workbook in Hearing Health Sciences. p. 183-210, International Hearing Society.** Donai, J.J. (2012). Employee engagement proves profitable for healthcare professionals. The Hearing Journal, 65(11), 44-46.** **Editorial Board review INVITED PUBLICATIONS Donai, J.J. (2014). Putting the financial health in hearing healthcare. The Hearing Journal, 76(4), 40, 42.** Donai, J.J. (2014). Practice management: Look to financial statements before you leap. The Hearing Journal, 67(2), 26-28.** Donai, J.J. (2013). What the new hearing healthcare manager needs to know. The Hearing Journal, 66(11), 15-16.** **Editorial Board review BOOK REVIEW Donai, J. J. (2017). Modern hearing aids: Verification, outcome measures, ad follow-up (Resource review). Ear & Hearing, 38(6), 771. (Invited) REFEREED PRESENTATIONS International Lewis, J., Donai, J., Silberman, M., & Frum, C. (2016) Evidence for distinct echo-mirror neuron subsystems in the human brain. Poster Presentation at the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) Annual Meeting. Geneva, Switzerland. Donai, J. J. & Paschall, D.D. (2013). The identification of high-pass filtered vowels. Poster presentation at the Acoustical Society of American Meeting, Montreal Canada. National St. Louis, K. O., Johnson, L. E., Chichilla, J. G., Öge-Daşdöğen, Ö., Donai, J. J., Meigh, K. M., & Karamürsel, S. (2018). Physiological and self-rated reactions to stuttering in comparison to anxiety and attitude measures. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA. Cyrus, J. & Donai, J.J. (2018). Effects of cochlear implant simulation parameters and audible bandwidth on musical quality judgements. Poster presented at the 30 th Annual Conference of the American Academy of Audiology, Nashville, TN. Cramer, J. & Donai, J. J. (2017). Effects of signal bandwidth, competing noise, and signal predictability on listening effort. Poster presented at the 29 th Annual Conference of the American Academy of Audiology, Indianapolis, IN. Updated 11/1/2018 3
Donai, J. J. & Halbritter, R. (2016). Use of high-frequency speech energy: Beyond the audibility of frication noise. Paper presented at the 28 th Annual Conference of the American Academy of Audiology, Phoenix, AZ. *3.5/4 Presenter Effectiveness Rating Nixon, J., Donai, J. J., & Moore, M. (2016). Classification of AuDs and SLPs using vocational and personal preferences data from a national survey. Poster presented at the 28 th Annual Conference of the American Academy of Audiology, Phoenix, AZ. Jennings, M. & Donai, J. J. (2016). Auditory performance among active musicians and nonmusicians with normal hearing. Poster presented at the 28 th Annual Conference of the American Academy of Audiology, Phoenix, AZ. Koul, R., Paupathy, R., Donai, J.J., Prematilake, C. (2015). Access to and satisfaction with health care: A survey of Medicare beneficiaries with communication impairments. Poster presentation at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language- Hearing Association. Denver, Colorado. *Selected for meritorious poster award Donai, J. J. & Paschall, D. D. (2015). Gender and production mode judgments from high-pass filtered vowel segments. Poster presentation at the 169 th Acoustical Society of America Convention. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Hood, K. & Donai, J. J. (2015). Awareness of doctoral-level professions among entering undecided college students. Poster presentation at the 26 th Annual Convention of the American Academy Audiology, San Antonio, Texas. Donai, J. J. & Lass, N. J. (2015). Gender identification from high-frequency vowels. Poster presentation at the 27 th Annual Convention of the American Academy of Audiology, San Antonio, Texas. Donai, J. J. (2014). The identification of high-pass filtered vowels. Poster presentation at the 26 th Annual Convention of the American Academy of Audiology, Orlando, Florida. Clements, L.C., Donai, J.J., & Paschall, D.D. (2014). Effects of time constants on the envelope difference index. Poster presentation at the American Academy of Audiology Convention, Orlando, Florida. McCart, M., Donai, J. J., & Hicks, C.B. (2013). The awareness of doctoral professions among entering college students. Poster presentation at the American Academy of Audiology Convention, San Diego, California. Araj, C., Donai, J. J., & Emanuel, D. (2010). Awareness of audiology among entering college students. Poster presentation at the annual convention of the American Speech- Language-Hearing Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Donai, J. J., Emanuel, D., Korczak, P., & Laufer, B. (2005). The awareness of audiology among college students. Poster presentation at the Audiology Education Summit: A Collaborative Approach, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. State McCart, M., Donai, J. J., & Hicks, C. B. (2013). Awareness of doctoral professions among entering college students. Poster presentation at the Texas Academy of Audiology. Richardson, Texas. *Awarded 3 rd place for student poster competition Updated 11/1/2018 4
Donai, J. J. (2013). Practice management: Employee and patient satisfaction. Presentation at the 57 th Annual Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association (TSHA) convention. Dallas, Texas. Donai, J. J. (2013). Perceptual consequences of amplitude compression. Presentation at the 57 th Annual Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association (TSHA) convention, Dallas, Texas. Donai, J. J. (2004). The awareness of audiology among college students. Poster presentation at Maryland Academy of Audiology Convention, Columbia, Maryland. INVITED PRESENTATIONS Donai, J.J. (2015). Extended bandwidth vs. frequency lowering amplification. Presentation at the West Virginia Audiology Association Annual Conference. Canaan Valley, West Virginia. Donai, J.J. (2014). The psychoacoustics of amplification. Presentation at the West Virginia Audiology Association Annual Conference. Canaan Valley, West Virginia. Presenter Effectiveness Average Rating: 4.83 of 5 Donai, J. J. (2012). The role of very high frequencies in speech perception. Presentation at the Texas Academy of Audiology Convention. San Antonio, Texas. Presenter Effectiveness Average Rating: 4.5 of 5 Donai, J. J. (2012) Practice management: Employee and patient engagement. Presentation at the South Plains Speech and Hearing Association. Lubbock, Texas. Donai, J. J. (2012). Business Institute: Employee and patient engagement. Presentation at the Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association (TSHA) Convention. San Antonio, Texas. TEACHING CSAD 608 Audiologic Foundations (Summer) CSAD 709 Audiology Clinic (Summer 2016 only) CSAD 702 Anatomy and Physiology of the Ear (Fall) CSAD 710 Psychoacoustics (Spring) CSAD 720 Audiologic Communication Skills (Summer) CSAD 721 Amplification II (Fall) CSAD 722 Amplification II Lab (Fall) CSAD 731 Developmental Effects of Hearing Loss (Summer) CSAD 741 Audiology Business Management Practices (Spring) CSAD 752 Research Design in CSD (Spring 2017 only) CSAD 794A Seminar: Topics in Psychoacoustics (Spring 2017) CSAD 794A Seminar: Special Topics in Amplification (Fall 2018) CSAD 795 Independent Study (Research) (Fall 2016) CSAD 797 Doctor of Audiology (AuD) Scholarly Work (Fall and Spring) Updated 11/1/2018 5
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center AHSL 3219 Supervised Audiology Observation Lab AHSL 4426 Neural Bases of Speech, Language, and Hearing AHSL 7247 Aural Rehabilitation AHSL 7245 Amplification 2 AHSL 7285 Audiology Practice Management Abilene Christian University COMP 352 Audiology GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH DIRECTION Chair/Mentor Hickman, J. Vocational and personal preferences of audiology and speech-language pathology professionals and students. Boyd-Pratt, H. & Hixon, H. Effects of filter cutoff on individual speaker identification Schwartz, J. & Whyte, A. Investigating the effects of signal bandwidth on individual speaker recognition from words and sentences. Cyrus, J. Bandwidth effects on music quality judgements from cochlear implant simulated music. Cramer, J. Effects of noise, bandwidth, and context on listening effort in young listeners with normal hearing. Jennings, M. Auditory performance among active musicians and non-musicians with normal hearing Hood, K. Undecided college students awareness of doctoral professions Halbritter, R. Investigating the use of high-frequency energy for gender identification and sentence recognition Nixon, J. Investigating the vocational and personal preferences of speech-language pathology and audiology students TTUHSC Reynolds, L., Effects of compression speed on the temporal envelope of speech McCart, M., The awareness of doctoral professions among entering college students Ortiz, N., Effects of compression ratios on the temporal envelope of speech Committee Member Smith, E. Effects of long-term phonological knowledge on learning new words TTUHSC Stone, J., Survey of aural rehabilitation practices in Texas Black, A., Photogramatic alternative to traditional earmold impressions Updated 11/1/2018 6
Lopez, T., Sound quality distortion with speech enhancement techniques Mangrem, K., Headphone preferences in background noise Kitten, K. The effects of audible bandwidth on listening effort GRANTS & AWARDS National Institutes of Health 2018 Academic Research Enhancement Award (R15) Title: Investigating the utility of high-frequency speech energy in a behavioral and machine recognition framework Budget: $293,997.74 (Direct costs) Status: Unfunded College of Education and Human Services 2017 Outstanding Teacher Award Recipient Grant Development Summer Funding Award (CEHS) 2016 Amount $5500.00 Wirt C. and Mae S. Belcher Graduate Education Award 2016 Research mentor for Jenna Cramer Amount $2800.00 James Jerger Future Leaders of Audiology (JFLAC) Conference 2016 Selected for 2016 conference in September Faculty Senate Research Grant 2015-2016 Amount $26,254.00 American Academy of Audiology Student Summer Research Fellowship 2015 Research mentor for Rachel Halbritter Amount $2500.00, Department of CSD Grace Clements Research Award 2014 Amount $1965.00 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Dean s Award for Excellence in Research 2014 School of Allied Health Sciences Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Seed Grant 2013-2014 Amount: $8750.00 Lear Ashmore Research Award 2012-2013 Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association (TSHA) Amount: $1000.00 Leadership Development Program in Audiology (LPDA), American Speech- Language-Hearing Association 2012 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Department Service Audiology Graduate Affairs Committee, Chair Current Updated 11/1/2018 7
Audiology Graduate Affairs Committee, Member 2013-2018 CSD Peer Review Committee, Member 2013 CSD Peer Review Committee, Chair 2016, 2017 Research and Scientific Affairs Committee, Member 2013-Present Teaching Assistant Professor Search Committee, Chair 2014 Nomination and Awards Committee, Member 2014-Present Department Chair Search Committee, Member 2015 College Service TCR Committee 2015 Academic and Student Affairs, Chair/Ex-Officio 2016-2017 University Service Research Integrity Committee 2014-2016 National Service American Academy of Audiology Council of Au.D. Programs (CAuDP), Secretary 2014-2015 President 2016-2017 Past-President 2017-2018 Educational Testing Service (ETS) Question writer for Audiology Praxis examination 2015-2017 Audiology Advisory Council (ASHA) 2018-Present Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center University Service: HIPAA Committee, Member 2011-2013 President s Award Committee, School of Allied Health Representative 2013 Department Service Clinical Services Committee, Chair 2011-2013 Financial Assistance Committee, Chair 2011-2013 Curriculum Committee, Member 2011-2013 Faculty Search Committee, Ad-hoc, Member 2012 Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association (TSHA) 2012-2013 Reimbursement Task Force, Subcommittee Chair (Audiology) Represented TSHA at Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee reimbursement rate hearings Updated 11/1/2018 8
Monitored legislative issues related to reimbursement for audiology services REVIEWER Professional Text Editorial Consultant, Mosby-Elsevier Publishing 2013 Editorial Consultant, Thieme Medical Publishers 2016 Resource Review (textbook), Ear & Hearing (Invited) 2017 Editorial Consultant, Plural Publishing 2018 ASHA Journal Contemporary Issues in Communication Science and Disorders 2014 American Journal of Audiology 2016-Present American Academy of Audiology Journal Journal of the American Academy of Audiology Page Press Publications Audiology Research 2014-Present 2016-Present Updated 11/1/2018 9