Ying-Yee Kong, Ph.D., CCC-A Department of Speech Language Pathology & Audiology Northeastern University Boston, MA 02115 yykong@neu.edu (617) 373-3704 EDUCATION/EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Educational Background 2004 2006 Postdoctoral Researcher, Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, UK 2004 Ph.D. in Psychology (major: Cognitive Sciences), University of California, Irvine 2000 M.A. in Audiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 1997 M.A. in Linguistics, University of Washington, Seattle 1993 B.A. in Chinese Language and Literature with first-class honor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Clinical Credentials and Experience 2001 present Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology (CCC-A), American Speech- Language-Hearing Association 2001 2004 California State License in Audiology 2000 2001 Audiologist Clinical Fellow, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento Academic and Professional Positions 2007 present Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track). Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 2010 present Assistant Professor (courtesy joint appointment). Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 2009 present Faculty Member. Bioengineering Program, Northeastern University, Boston, MA Jul Aug 2010 Visiting Scholar. Shun Hing Institute of Advanced Engineering, Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Research Affiliations 2007 present Research Affiliate. MIT Research Laboratory of Electronics, Sensory Communication Group, Cambridge, MA SCHOLARHSIP/RESEARCH (*- student co-author) Peer-Refereed Publications Kong, Y.-Y., and *Mullangi, A. (in preparation). Classification of fricative consonants, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Express Letter. Lee, T., *Yu, S., Yuan, M., Wong, T., and Kong, Y.-Y. (in preparation for re-submission). The effect of enhancing temporal periodicity cues on Cantonese tone recognition by cochlear implantees. International Journal of Audiology. Kong, Y.-Y., and *Mullangi, A. (2012). Using a vocoder-based frequency-lowering method and spectral enhancement to improve place-of-articulation perception for hearing-impaired listeners, Ear and Hearing [Epub ahead of print]. Kong, Y.-Y., *Mullangi, A., and Marozeau, J. (2012). Timbre and speech perception in bimodal and bilateral cochlear-implant listeners, Ear and Hearing 33, 645-659. Kong, Y.-Y., and *Mullangi, A. (2012). On the development of a frequency-lowering system that enhances place-of-articulation perception, Speech Communication 54, 147-160. Kong, Y.-Y., and Braida, L.D. (2011). Cross-frequency integration for consonant and vowel identification in bimodal hearing, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 54, 959-980. Kong, Y.-Y., *Mullangi, A., Marozeau, J., and Epstein, M. (2011). Temporal and spectral cues for musical timbre perception in electric hearing, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 54, 981-994. Kong, Y.-Y., and Carlyon, R.P. (2010). Temporal pitch perception at high rates in cochlear implants, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 127, 3114-3123. Kong, Y.-Y., Deeks, J.M., Axon, P.R., and Carlyon, R.P. (2009). Limits of temporal pitch in cochlear implants, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 125, 1649-1657. *Singh, S., Kong, Y.-Y., and Zeng, F.-G. (2009). Cochlear implant melody recognition as a function of melody frequency range, harmonicity, and number of electrodes, Ear and Hearing 30, 160-168.
Kong, Y.-Y., and Carlyon, R.P. (2007). Improved speech recognition in noise in simulated binaurally combined acoustic and electric stimulation, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 121, 3717-3727. Kong, Y.-Y. and Zeng, F.-G. (2006). Temporal and spectral cues in Mandarin tone recognition, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 120, 2830-2840. Kong, Y.-Y., Stickney, G.S., and Zeng, F.-G. (2005). Speech and melody recognition in binaurally combined acoustic and electric hearing, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 117, 1351-1361. Michalewski, H.J., Starr, A., Nguyen, T.T., Kong, Y.-Y., Zeng, F.-G. (2005). Auditory temporal processes in normal-hearing individuals and in patients with auditory neuropathy, Clinical Neurophysiology 116, 669-680. Zeng, F.-G., Kong, Y.-Y., Michalewski, H.J., and Starr, A. (2005). Perceptual consequences of disrupted auditory nerve activity, Journal of Neurophysiology 93, 3050-3063. Zeng, F.-G., Nie, K., Stickney, G.S., Kong, Y.-Y., Vongphoe, M., Bhargave, A., Wei, C., and Cao, K. (2005). Speech recognition with amplitude and frequency modulations, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102, 2293-2298. Doyle, K.J., Kong, Y.-Y., Strobel, K., Dallaire, P., and Ray, R.M. (2004). Neonatal middle ear effusion predicts chronic otitis media with effusion, Otology and Neurotology 25, 318-322. Kong, Y.-Y., Cruz, R., Jones, J.A., and Zeng, F.-G. (2004). Music perception with temporal cues in acoustic and electric hearing, Ear and Hearing 25, 173-185. Starr, A., Isaacson, B., Michalewski, H.J., Zeng, F.-G., Kong, Y.-Y., Beal, P., Paulson, G.W., Keats, B.J.B., and Lesperance, M.M. (2004). A dominantly inherited progressive deafness affecting distal auditory nerve and hair cells, Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology 5, 411-426. Zeng, F-G., Nie, K., Liu, S., Stickney, G.S., Del Rio, E., Kong, Y.-Y., and Chen, H. (2004). On the dichotomy in auditory perception between temporal envelope and fine structure cues, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 116, 1351-1354. Wojtczak, M., Schroder, A.C., Kong, Y.-Y., and Nelson D.A. (2001). The effect of basilarmembrane nonlinearity on the shapes of masking period patterns in normal and impaired hearing, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 109, 1571-1586. Peer-Refereed Conference Proceedings Kong, Y.-Y. and Zeng, F.-G. (2004). Mandarin tone recognition in acoustic and electric hearing, Cochlear Implant International 5, 175-177.
Stickney, G.S., Nie, K., Kong, Y.-Y., Chen, H., and Zeng, F.-G. (2004). Temporal fine structure: The missing component in speech processing algorithms, International Congress Series Cochlear Implants 1273, 23-26. Zeng, F.-G., Nie, K., Stickney, G.S., and Kong, Y.-Y. (2004). Auditory perception with slowlyvarying amplitude and frequency modulations, in D. Pressnitzer, A. de Cheveingne, S. McAdams, and L. Collet (Eds.), Auditory Signal Processing: Physiology, Psychoacoustics, and Models. New York: Springer. Abstracts and Presentations (since 2007) Kong, Y.-Y., and *Mullangi, A. (2012). Improving place-of-articulation perception with a vocoder-based frequency-lowering system, American Auditory Society Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ. *Mullangi, A., *Dollard, J., *DeSantis, C., and Kong, Y.-Y. (2011). Improving perception of place-of-articulation in frequency-lowered speech, Northeastern University Research & Scholarship Expo, Boston, MA. Kong, Y.-Y., and Braida, L.D. (2010). Cross-frequency integration for phoneme identification in bimodal hearing, American Auditory Society Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ. Kong, Y.-Y., Patel, R., *Elllison, A., and *Bhakta, R. (2009). Production of contrastive stress by cochlear-implant users, The 7 th Congress of Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implant and Related Sciences (APSCI), Singapore. Kong, Y.-Y., *Tanzman, P., Marozeau, J., Epstein, M. (2009). Perceptual dimensions for musical timbre in cochlear-implant users, American Auditory Society Meeting. Scottsdale, AZ. Carlyon, R., Kong, Y.-Y., Lynch, C., and Deeks, J.M. (2008). Temporal pitch processing by cochlear implant users, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 123, 3054. Carlyon, R., Deeks, J.M., Kong, Y.-Y., Long, C., and McKay, C. (2008). Upper limit of rate pitch in cochlear implant users, Association for Research in Otolaryngology Midwinter Research Meeting. Kong, Y.-Y., Deeks, J.M., Axon, P.R., and Carlyon, R.P. (2007). Rate discrimination as a function of baseline rate in Med-El Combi 40+ and Nucleus CI24 users, Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses. Lake Tahoe, CA. Deeks, J.M., Kong, Y.-Y., Long, C.J., McKay, C.M., and Carlyon, R.P. (2007). Upper limit of rate pitch in cochlear implant users, Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses. Lake Tahoe, CA.
Invited Talks since 2007 International 2012 Relative contributions of temporal and spectral cues for Mandarin and Cantonese tone recognition, The ACOUSTICS 2012 HONG KONG Conference, Hong Kong. 2010 Benefits of acoustic-electric stimulation, Shun Hing Institute of Advanced Engineering, Department of Electronic Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 2009 Speech perception in cochlear implants: outcomes and challenges, DSP and Speech Technology Laboratory, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. National Conference/Research Group 2012 Benefit of combined electric-acoustic stimulation for speech and music perception, American Academy of Audiology Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. 2012 Understanding the benefit of electric-acoustic stimulation, VA RR&D National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research, Portland, OR. 2010 Speech-cue integration in bimodal hearing, Department of Otolaryngology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY. 2009 Speech cues extraction and integration in bimodal hearing, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC. Local Research/Professional Group 2012 Improvement of speech and music perception with combined electric-acoustic stimulation, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA. 2009 Bilateral cochlear implants or preserving residual hearing? A difficult decision, Northeast Cochlear Implant Convention. Sturbridge, MA. 2009 Integration of speech cues in bimodal cochlear-implant users, MIT Research Laboratory of Electronics, Sensory Communication Group, Cambridge, MA. 2009 Auditory perception in patients with auditory neuropathy, Speech and Hearing Seminar, Northeastern University, Boston, MA. 2007 Speech communication in combined acoustic and electric hearing, MIT Research Laboratory of Electronics, Speech Communication Group, Cambridge, MA. 2007 Auditory perception with combined acoustic and electric stimulation, Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, UMASS Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA. 2007 Improved speech recognition in noise in binaurally combined acoustic and electric hearing, MIT Research Laboratory of Electronics, Sensory Communication Group, Cambridge, MA. 2007 Listening through a cochlear implant and a hearing aid, The Minuteman Implant Club General Meeting, Conference Center at Children s Hospital Boston, Waltham, MA. 2007 Speech recognition in noise in combined acoustic and electric hearing, Sensimetrics Corporation, Somerville, MA.
Research Grants External Funding 2012 2017 Principal Investigator, Speech perception with combined electric and acoustic stimulation, NIH-NIDCD R01 DC0012300A1, $1,662,038 total cost requested (Status: NIDCD committed to supporting the application; pending release of the funds). Notice of Award received on Jan 15, 2013. 2008 2012 Principal Investigator, Cross-frequency integration for speech recognition in bimodal hearing, NIH-NIDCD R03 DC009684, $300,000 direct costs, $468,084 total costs. No cost extension from June 2011 to May 2012. 2009 2010 Principal Investigator, Administrative Supplement Accelerating the Science for the parent grant Cross-frequency integration for speech recognition in bimodal hearing, NIH-NIDCD R03 DC009684-S1, $50,000 direct costs, $78,000 total costs. 2008 Principal Investigator, Improving speech segregation in combined acoustic and electric hearing, National Organization for Hearing Research Foundation, $19,800 direct costs. 2001 2004 NIH Minority Research Supplement Award. International Funding 2011 2014 Co-Investigator, Periodicity enhancement and phonemic restoration for improving speech perception by hearing impaired listeners, Hong Kong Research Grants Council General Research Fund, HK$ 922,500 ( UD$ 120,000). PI: Prof. Tan Lee, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. (All funds remain in Hong Kong) Internal Funding 2011 2012 Core faculty of a four-member group, Assessment of effects of central fatigue on cognitive, motor, and sensory function, Northeastern University, Tier 1 Interdisciplinary Seed Grant, $50,000 total costs. 2008 2009 Principal Investigator, Timbre perception in binaurally combined acoustic and electric stimulation, Northeastern University, Provost Faculty Development Research Grant for Tenure-Track Faculty, $10,000 total costs. Co-PI: Michael Epstein.
Patent Inventor: Ying-Yee Kong (international patent application filed). Systems and methods for enhancing place-of-articulation features in frequency-lowered speech. (application number: PCT/US2012/063005). Awards 2012 Annual Telluride Workshop on Neuromorphic Engineering Attendance and travel award 2008 ASHA 2008 Lessons for Success Research Conference: Developing the Emerging Scientist. Attendance and travel award 1999 Minnesota Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation Scholarship 1992-93 Lord Fulton Memorial Prize, Chinese University of Hong Kong 1992-93 Sir Run Run Shaw Scholarship, Chinese University of Hong Kong 1991-92 College Faculty Prize, Chinese University of Hong Kong 1990-92 McDouall Scholarship, Chinese University of Hong Kong 1989-92 College Department Prize, Chinese University of Hong Kong TEACHING AND ADVISING Courses Spring 2007 SLA G715 Amplification I (3 credits) 9 students SLA G746 Implantable Hearing Devices (3 credits) 3 students Fall 2007 SLA G100 Diagnostic Audiometry (3 credits) 8 students Spring 2008 SLA G715 Amplification I (3 credits) 8 students SLA G746 Implantable Hearing Devices (3 credits) 6 students Spring 2009 SLA G715 Amplification I (3 credits) 9 students SLA G746 Implantable Hearing Devices (3 credits) 10 students Fall 2009 SLPA 5100 Diagnostic Audiometry (3 credits) 10 students Spring 2010 SLPA 1203 Introduction to Audiology (4 credits) 12 students SLPA 6715 Amplification I (3 credits) 8 students SLPA 6747 Implantable Hearing Devices (3 credits) 6 students Spring 2011 SLPA 1203 Introduction to Audiology (4 credits) 21 students SLPA 6715 Amplification I (3 credits) 8 students SLPA 6747 Implantable Hearing Devices (3 credits) 8 students Fall 2011
SLPA 1203 Introduction to Audiology (4 credits) 29 students Spring 2012 SLPA 6715 Amplification I (3 credits) 3 students SLPA 6747 Implantable Hearing Devices (3 credits) 8 students Fall 2012 SLPA 1203 Introduction to Audiology (4 credits) 23 students Supervision of graduate student theses and projects Doctoral Ala Mullangi Ph.D. Bioengineering Program Primary Advisor Qualifying exam passed 9/2012 Vijay Mohan Raaja Marimuthu Macquarie University, Australia Thesis Examiner (agreed to examine this thesis). Thesis title: Exploring place pitch and temporal pitch perception with cochlear implant recipients. Master s Ashley Harmon M.S. Speech-Language Pathology Thesis committee member Proposal approved 4/2012 Katherine Alexander M.S. Speech-Language Pathology Thesis committee member Defended 5/2010 Pamela Campellone M.S. Speech-Language Pathology Thesis committee member Defended 5/2008 Anna Roden M.S. Speech-Language Pathology Thesis committee member Defended 5/2008 Au.D. Capstone Project Supervision 2007 2008 (1 sole advisee Glick; 1 co-advisee Campbell) 2008 2009 (1 co-advisee Deevy) 2010 2011 (2 sole advisees DesRoche, O Rourke) 2011 2012 (2 sole advisees Early, Murphy) 2012 2013 (2 sole advisees Bhakta, Lee) Advising Activities Academic advisor for several students from each class SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT University Service Service to the Department 2012-2013 Member of Search Committee for Tenure-Track Faculty, Northeastern University 2011-2012 Member of Audiology Program Committee, Northeastern University 2010-2011 Member of Search Committee for Clinical Instructor/Assistant Clinical Professor, Northeastern University 2007-2011 Member of Audiology Graduate Admissions Committee, Northeastern University
2009-2011 Committee member for Ph.D. Task Force, Northeastern University 2007-2008 Member of Search Committee for Assistant/Associate Clinical Professor, Northeastern University Service to the College 2010-2012 Member of Bylaws Committee, Bouve College, Northeastern University (agreed to run a 2 nd term for 2012-2013, not elected) Service to the Discipline/Profession 2012 Reviewer for NSF CAREER Award 2011 Reviewer for NIH-NIDCD P50 Clinical Research Center grant 2010 American Auditory Society Meeting Program Advisory Committee Ad Hoc Reviewer for the following journals: Audiology and Neurotology Ear and Hearing International Journal of Audiology Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research