CURRICULUM VITAE Lisa G. Potts ADDRESS: (Office) Department of Otolaryngology Washington University School of Medicine 660 South Euclid Avenue, Box 8115 St. Louis, MO 63110 Phone Email (314) 362-7245 (office) (314) 362-7346 (fax) pottsl@wustl.edu PRESENT POSITION: Assistant Professor Department of Otolaryngology Program in Audiology and Communication Sciences (joint) Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO EDUCATION: Undergraduate Bachelor of Science Degree, 1988 Southern Illinois University Communication Disorders and Sciences Graduate Master of Science Degree, 1991 Washington University Speech and Hearing Postgraduate Doctor of Philosophy, 2006 Washington University Communication Sciences ACADEMIC POSITIONS/EMPLOYMENT: 1991-2000 Clinical Research Audiologist, Washington University School of Medicine, Division of Adult Audiology 2000-2009 Clinical Audiologist, Washington University School of Medicine, Program in Adult Cochlear Implant and Aural Rehabilitation 2006-2011 Instructor, Washington University Program in Audiology and Communication Sciences 2009-2011 Research Instructor, Washington University School of Medicine Program in Adult Cochlear Implant and Aural Rehabilitation 2011- Assistant Professor, Washington University School of Medicine Program in Adult Cochlear Implant and Aural Rehabilitation 2011- Assistant Professor, Washington University Program in Audiology and Communication Sciences
UNIVERSITY / HOSPITAL / DEPARTMENTAL APPOINTMENTS AND COMMITTEES: Barnes Jewish Children s Hospital Allied Health Professional Staff MEDICAL AND BOARD CERTIFICATION: State Board of Healing Arts, Audiology American Speech and Hearing Association, Certificate of Clinical Competence MILITARY SERVICE: N/A HONORS AND AWARDS: 2000 Olin Fellowship Finalist, Washington University School of Medicine 2007 Student Research Forum Award, American Academy of Audiology Foundation 2007 Carhart Memorial Fellowship, Outstanding Graduate Student, Washington University 2010 Lessons for Success Scholarship Recipient EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES: Invited reviewer for Ear and Hearing Invited reviewer for American Journal of Audiology Invited reviewer for Audiology and Neurotology Invited reviewer for International Journal of Audiology Guest Associate Editor American Journal of Audiology PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS: American Speech and Hearing Association, Certificate of Clinical Competence 1992 American Auditory Society American Academy of Audiology Missouri Academy of Audiology MAJOR INVITED PROFESSORSHIPS AND LECTURESHIPS: 1) Goebel J, Valente M, and Potts L. High-Frequency Thresholds: Hospital Room Versus Sound Suite." Association for Research in Otolaryngology Midwinter Meeting, St. Petersburg, FL (February, 1992). 2) Skinner M, Valente M, and Potts L. Where Should Amplified Speech Fall Within an Individual s Residual Hearing. American Speech-Language and Hearing Association Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA (November, 1993). 3) Valente M, Potts L, Valente M, and Goebel J. Intersubject Variability of the Real-Ear SPL: TDH 39P versus ER-3A Earphones. American Academy of Audiology Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ (April, 1993). 4) Potts L, Valente M, and Agnew J. Sound Quality Judgments: Class A versus Class D Output Stage. American Academy of Audiology Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, (April, 1993).
5) Valente M, and Potts L. Experiences with Programmable Hearing Aids. American Academy of Audiology Annual Meeting, Richmond, VA (April, 1994). 6) Potts L, Valente M, and Agnew J. Sound Quality Judgments: Class D vs Modified Class A Output Stages." American Academy of Audiology Annual Meeting, Richmond, VA (April, 1994). 7) Valente M and Potts L. "Update on Clinical Experiences with Programmable Hearing Aids." American Academy of Audiology Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX (March, 1995) 8) Potts L, Agnew J, and Block M. "Performance on the HINT with Two Directional Microphones." American Academy of Audiology Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL (April, 1997). 9) Potts L. "Clinical Procedures to Improve User Satisfaction with Hearing Aids." American Academy of Dispensing Audiologists Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (October, 1997). 10) Valente M, Fabry D, Sweetow R, and Potts L. "Results of Three Clinical Trials with the Widex Senso." American Academy of Audiology Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA (April, 1998). 11) Firszt J, Davidson L, Potts L, and Reeder R. Management of Bilateral Technology for the Cochlear Implant Audiologist. American Academy of Audiology Annual Meeting, Minnesota, MN (April, 2006). 12) Potts L, Skinner M, and Litovsky R. Benefits of Bimodal Stimulation for Adult Cochlear Implant Recipients. 9 th International Conference on Cochlear Implant and Related Sciences, Vienna, Austria (June, 2006). 13) Potts L. Recognition and Localization of Speech by Adult Cochlear Implant Recipients Wearing a Digital Hearing Aid in the Non-implanted Ear (Bimodal Hearing). Student Research Award Invited Speaker, American Academy of Audiology Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (April, 2007). 14) Potts L, Skinner M, and Litovsky R. Benefits of Bimodal Stimulation for Adult Cochlear Implant Recipients. Conference on Implantable Auditory Prosthesis, Lake Tahoe, CA (July, 2007). 15) Skinner M, Holden L, Holden T, Hydebrand G, Finley C, Potts, L, et al. Factors Predictive of Open-Set Word Recognition in Adults with Cochlear Implants Conference on Implantable Auditory Prosthesis, Lake Tahoe, CA (July, 2007). 16) Potts L. Bilateral and Bimodal Performance of Adult Cochlear Implant Recipients. Academy of Rehabilitative Audiologists Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO (October, 2007).
17) Brockmeyer A and Potts L. "Evaluation of Different Signal Processing Options in Unilateral and Bilateral Cochlear Implant Recipients Using R-Space Background Noise." American Academy of Audiology Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX (April, 2009). 18) Potts L and Brockmeyer A. Evaluation of Different Signal Processing Options in Unilateral and Bilateral Cochlear Implant Recipients Using R-Space Background Noise." Conference on Implantable Auditory Prosthesis, Lake Tahoe, CA (July, 2009). 19) Potts L, Firszt J, and Musser K. Speech-evoked ABR in Normal-Hearing and Hearing- Impaired Adults With and Without Amplification. Objective Measures in Auditory Implants 6 th International Symposium, St. Louis, MO (September, 2010). 20) Potts L and Kolb K. Evaluation of Multiple Processing Options Available with the Nucleus System 5 Device using the R-Space Conference on Implantable Auditory Prosthesis, Asilomar, CA (July, 2011). 21) Potts L. Factors which Determine Cochlear Implant Candidacy and Outcomes Clinical Audiology and Neurotologic Surgery Workshop, St. Louis, MO (November, 2011). 22) Chole R, Potts L, Hullar T, and Holden T. Conductive Hearing Loss after Cochlear Implantation 12th International Conference on Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Auditory Technologies, Baltimore, MA (May, 2012). 23) Potts, Lisa. Speech-in-Noise Perception in Hearing-Impaired Adults: variability in performance, relation to neural processing, and improvement with signal processing Joint meeting of the Midwest Auditory Research conference and the Midwest Auditory Neuroscience Symposium, St. Louis, MO (July, 2014). CONSULTING RELATIONSHIPS AND BOARD MEMBERSHIPS: N/A RESEARCH SUPPORT: Government Principal Investigator : Firszt 07/08-06/13 NIH/NIDCD Role: Research Audiologist Effects of Asymmetric Hearing in Acoustic Listeners and Cochlear Implant Users Non-Government Principal Investigator: Potts Role: PI 7/12-7/14 St. Louis Children s Hospital Faculty Staff Collaborative $5,000 Speech-evoked auditory brainstem responses in children with and without hearing loss Principal Investigator: Potts 01/10-12/11 American Speech Hearing Foundation Role: PI $10,000
Measurement of speech-evoked brainstem responses in hearing-impaired adults with different forms of amplification Principal Investigator: Potts 01/09-12/10 American Hearing Research Foundation Role: PI $20,000 Speech-Evoked Auditory Brainstem Responses in Normal-Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Adults With and Without Amplification CLINICAL TITLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Assistant Professor clinical responsibilites include evaluation of cochlear implant candidacy, pre-op counseling, programming of cochlear implants, hearing rehabilitation, assistive device training, long-term evaluations, evaluations of binaural and bimodal hearing benefit, hearing aid fittings TEACHING TITLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Assistant Professor teaching responsibilities include practicum supervisor for audiology doctorate students and fourth year externs, capstone advisor for third year research project, and course instructor for two courses (565 - Hearing Devices I and 5653 Hearing Devices: Cochlear Implants) BIBLIOGRAPHY: Peer Reviewed Manuscripts 1) Valente M, Potts L, Valente M, French-St. George M, and Goebel J. (1992). "High- Frequency Thresholds: Sound Suite versus Hospital Room." Journal of American Academy of Audiology, 3(4): 287-294. 2) Valente M, Potts L, Valente M, Vass W, and Goebel J. (1994). "Intersubject Variability of Real-Ear Sound Pressure Level: Conventional and Insert Earphones." Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 5(6): 390-398. 3) Valente M, Potts L, Valente M, and Goebel J. (1995). "Wireless CROS Versus Transcranial CROS for Unilateral Hearing Loss." American Journal of Audiology, 4(1): 52-59. 4) Valente M, Fabry D, and Potts L. (1995). Improved Signal-to-Noise Ratio Using a Two Microphone Array. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology. 6(6): 440-449. 5) Valente M, Sammeth C, Potts L, Wynne M, and Wagner-Escobar M, and Caughlin M. (1997). "Benefit and Satisfaction between the Oticon MultiFocus and ReSound BT2." Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 8(4): 280-293. 6) Valente M, Potts L, and Valente M. (1997). "Differences in Intersubject Variability of Loudness Discomfort Levels Measured in Sound Pressure Level and Hearing Level for TDH-50P and ER-3A Earphones." Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 8(1): 59-67.
7) Agnew J, Potts L, and Valente M. (1997). Sound Quality Judgments in Class A and Class D Hearing Aids. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 6(2) 33-44. 8) Valente M, Fabry D, Potts L, and Sandlin R. (1998). "Comparing the Performance of the Widex Senso Digital Hearing Aid with Analog Hearing Aids." Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 9(5): 342-360. 9) Valente M, Sweetow R, Potts L, and Bingea, B. (1999). "Digital Versus Analog Signal Processing: Effect of Directional Microphone." Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 10(3): 133-147. 10) Valente M, Schuchman G, Potts L, and Beck L. (2000). Performance of Dual-Microphone In-The-Ear Hearing Aids. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 11(4): 181-189. 11) Kuk F, Potts L, Valente M, Lee L, and Piccirrillo, J. (2003). Evidence of Acclimatization in Persons with Severe-to-Profound Hearing Loss. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 14(2): 84-99. 12) Heydebrand G, Hale S, Potts L, Gotter B and Skinner, M. (2007). Cognitive Predictors of Improvements in Adults Spoken Word Recognition Six Months after Cochlear Implant Activation. Audiology and Neurotology, 12(4): 254-264. 13) Potts L, Skinner M, Gotter B, Brenner C, and Strube M. (2007). Relation between Neural Response Telemetry Thresholds, MAP T and C Levels, and Loudness Judgments in 12 Adult Nucleus 24 Cochlear Implant Recipients. Ear and Hearing, 28(4): 495-511 14) Potts L, Skinner M, Litovsky R, Strube M, and Kuk F. (2009). Recognition and Localization of Speech by Adult Cochlear Implant Recipients Wearing a Digital Hearing Aid in the Non-implanted Ear (Bimodal Hearing). Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 20(6): 353-373. 15) Brockmeyer A and Potts L. (2011). Evaluation of Different Signal Processing Options in Unilateral and Bilateral Cochlear Freedom Implant Recipients Using R-Space Background Noise. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 22(2): 65-80. NIHMS: 446538 16) Holden L, Finley C, Firszt J, Holden T, Brenner C, Potts L, Gotter B, Vanderhoof S, Mispagel K, Hydebrand G, and Skinner M. (2013). Factors Affecting Open-Set Word Recognition in Adults with Cochlear Implants. Ear and Hearing, 34(3): 342-360. NIHMS: 414684. 17) Potts L and Litovsky R. (2014). Transitioning from Bimodal to Bilateral Cochlear Implant Listening: Speech recognition and Localization in Four Individuals. American Journal of Audiology, 23: 79-92.
18) Potts L and Kolb K. Effect of Different Signal Processing Options on Speech-in-Noise Recognition for Cochlear Implant Recipients with the Cochlear CP810 Speech Processor. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, (in press). Invited Publications 1) Valente M, Skinner M, Valente M, Potts L, Jenison G, and Coticchia J. (1994). Understanding Digitally Programmable Hearing Aids. In (Sandlin, R, editor) Clinical Comparison of Digitally Programmable Hearing Aids. Allyn and Bacon, NY: 203-255. 2) Valente M, Valente M, Potts L, and Lybarger E. (1996). Earmold and Shell Options. In (Valente M, editor) Hearing Aids: Regulations, Options and Performance. Thieme Medical Publishers, NY: 228-248. 3) Valente M, Valente M, Potts L. (1996). Programmable Hearing Aids. In (Sandlin R, editor) Hearing Instrument Science and Fitting Practices. National Institute for Hearing Instrument Studies, MI: 647-698. 4) Valente M, Potts L, and Valente M. (1996). Clinical Procedures to Improve User Satisfaction with Hearing Aids. In (Tobin H, editor) Practical Hearing Aid Selection and Fitting. Baltimore: Department of Rehabilitation Research and Development in the Office of the Department of Veterans Affairs: 75-93. 5) Valente M, Valente M, Potts L, and Lybarger E. (1999). Earmold and Shell Options. In (Valente M, editor) Audiology: Diagnosis, Treatment and Practice Management. Thieme Medical Publishers, NY: 104-138. 6) Skinner M, Binzer S, Potts L, Holden L, and Aaron R. (2002). Hearing Rehabilitation for Individuals with Severe and Profound Hearing Impairment: Hearing Aids, Cochlear Implants, and Counseling. In (Valente M, editor) Strategies for Selecting and Verifying Hearing Aid Fittings. Thieme, Medical Publishers, NY: 311-344.