CURRICULUM VITAE Amanda J. Ortmann, Ph.D., CCC-A ADDRESS: (Office) Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery Division of Adult Audiology 660 South Euclid Avenue, Box 8115 Phone Email (314) 747-7190 (office) (314) 747-7102 (FAX) ortmanna@ent.wustl.edu PRESENT POSITION: Clinical Audiologist Division of Audiology Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery Lecturer Program in Audiology and Communication Science EDUCATION: Undergraduate 1997-2001 Missouri Baptist University, St. Louis, MO BS Mathematics/Communications Graduate 2003-2012 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Ph.D. Communication Science and Disorders 2001-2003 Washington University, St. Louis, MO MSSH Speech and Hearing Science ACADEMIC POSITIONS/EMPLOYMENT: 4/08-present Lecturer 4/08-present Audiologist 10/06-4/08 Pittsburgh VA Health Care System, Pittsburgh, PA Research Associate 9/03-4/08 Pittsburgh VA Health Care System, Pittsburgh, PA Doctoral Trainee 1/06-11/06 Children s Hospital of Pittsburgh Newborn Hearing Screen 4/02-5/03 Central Institute for the Deaf Research Assistant 8/01-10/02 Central Institute for the Deaf Audiology Clinic Hearing Aid Technician MEDICAL AND BOARD CERTIFICATION: Specialty Certification
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Certificate of Clinical Competence (00166819-02) Professional Licensure Licensing Board/State: Audiology/Missouri (2008007859) 2008-present Audiology/Pennsylvania (AT-005927) 2005-2008 Hearing Aids/Missouri 1999-2001 HONORS AND AWARDS: Title of Award Future Leader of Audiology Conference Invitation, Am. Acad. of Audiology 2012 International Hearing Aid Research Conference, Student Scholar 2006 SHRS Research Development Fund, University of Pittsburgh 2006 School of Health and Rehabilitation Science Scholarship, University of Pittsburgh 2003-2006 Central Institute for the Deaf Scholarship 2001-2003 Missouri Baptist University Mathematics Award 2001 Missouri Baptist University Service Award 2001 Academic Scholarship, Missouri Baptist University 1997-2001 PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS: Organization American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, member American Academy of Audiology Missouri Academy of Audiology 2010-present Scope Co-Chair, Missouri Academy of Audiology annual meeting 2012 SERVICE: President-elect, Missouri Academy of Audiology 2012 RESEARCH SUPPORT: Non-Government Project Award, The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital 2012 Production of Educational Videos for Patients with Hearing Loss and/or Hearing Aids PI: Amanda Ortmann, PhD Amount: $22,183 CLINICAL TITLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Audiologist for, Division of Audiology, Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery Responsibilities include Adult diagnostic Audiology; Hearing Rehabilitation through the use of amplification and other assistive devices.
TEACHING TITLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Lecturer and Clinical Coordinator for Washington University s Program in Audiology and Communication Science: Coordinate the practicum assignments for all AuD students for the first three years of the individuals program. Also, instruct a course designed to increase the student practical clinical skills and professionalism. Invited Guest Lecturer in Program in Occupational Therapy: Session on Hearing Assistive Technology, April 30, 2012 Mentored Capstones for Washington University s Program in Audiology and Communication Science: 2013: Beth Watson, Title: The impact of instructional videos on perceived satisfaction among new hearing aid users 2013: Staci Nelson, Title: The impact of using real ear measures to calculate db SPL hearing thresholds on the NAL-NL1 targets for hearing aid output and its correlation with the number of follow up visits for a hearing aid fitting 2012: Roxanne Kohilakis, Title: Evaluation of directional microphone age-related drift in digital hearing aids 2010: Amanda Moore, Title: student musician s perception of loudness and how it correlates to the measured level BIBLIOGRAPHY: Peer Reviewed Manuscripts Schroy C, Ortmann AJ, Mauze E. (2012) Sudden hearing loss following a traumatic brain injury: A case study. Perspectives on Aural Rehabilitation and Its Instrumentation 19:15-24. Barden E, Rellinger EA, Ortmann AJ, Ohlemiller KK. (2012) Inheritance patterns of noise vulnerability and protectability in (B6 x CBA/J) F1 hybrid mice. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology 23:332-340. Ortmann AJ, Neely JG. (2012) Sudden sensorineural hearing loss and delayed complete sudden spontaneous recovery: A case report. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology 23:249-255. Ohlemiller, KK, Rybak Rice, ME, Rellinger EA, Ortmann AJ. (2011) Divergence of noise vulnerability in cochleae of young CBA/J and CBA/CaJ mice. Hearing Research 272:13-20. Ortmann AJ, Palmer CV, Pratt SR. (2010) The impact of spectrally asynchronous delays on consonant voicing perception. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology 21:493-511. Gagnon PM, Simmons DD, Bao J, Lei D, Ortmann AJ, Ohlemiller KK. (2007) Temporal and genetic influences on protection against noise-induced hearing loss by hypoxic pre-conditioning in mice. Hearing Research: 226:79-91.
Invited Publications Moncrieff D, Jorgensen L, Ortmann AJ. (in press) Psychophysical tests of auditory perception. In: J. Daube, F. Mauguière (Series Eds.), and G. Celesia (Vol. Ed.), The Handbook of Clinical Neurophysiology: Vol. 10. (pp. unassigned). New York: Elviser. Ortmann AJ, Valente M. (in press) Recent advances in hearing aids. In: J. Daube, F. Mauguière (Series Eds.), and G. Celesia (Vol. Ed.), The Handbook of Clinical Neurophysiology: Vol. 10. (pp. unassigned). New York: Elviser. Palmer CV, Mormer E, Ortmann AJ, Byrne D, Ye Yi, Koegh L. (2008) Is it REAL? Research evaluation for audiology literature. Hearing Journal 61(10):17-33. Note: This article was mentioned in Hearing Journal s 2009 Best of 2008: Hearing Science (June 2009, vol 62, No 10, 19-34) Seelman K, Palmer C, Ortmann AJ, Mormer E, Guthrie O, Miele J, Brabyn J. (2008) Quality-of-life technology for vision and hearing loss: highlights of recent developments and current challenges in technology. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology 27(2):40-55. Palmer C, Ortmann AJ. (2006) Amplification and the geriatric patient. In: Geriatric Otolaryngology: Calhoun, K., Eibling, D. (eds). pp. 59-75. New York: Decker. Seelman K, Ortmann AJ, Palmer C, Babryn J. (2006) Sensory aids: In: Wiley Encyclopedia of Biomedical Engineering. pp. 1-15. New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Palmer C, Ortmann,AJ. (2005) Hearing aids for the patient with vestibular problems. In: Clinics of North America: Furman, Joseph (ed)., 23, 901-918. Published Abstracts/ Poster Presentations Kohilakis R, Ortmann AJ. Evaluation of Directional Microphone Age-Related Drift in Digital Hearing Aids. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Audiology. Anaheim, CA (April, 2013) Ortmann AJ, Palmer C, Pratt S, Uchanski R, Durrant J. Acoustic characteristics and intelligibility of conversational speech. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Audiology. Chicago, IL (April, 2011) Zhang M, Pratt, S, Kovacyk K, Doyle P, McNeil M, Durrant J, Ortmann AJ, Roxberg J. Assessing speech recognition skills in persons with aphasia. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Audiology. Chicago, IL (April, 2011) Durrant J, Ortmann AJ, McNeil M, Pratt S, Roxberg J, Doyle P. Auditory evoked responses in aging subjects with and without aphasia. American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ (March, 2008)
Pratt S, McNeil M, Roxberg J, Ortmann AJ, Eberwein C, Durrant J, Szuminsky N, Doyle P. Effects of signal intensity level and noise-simulated hearing loss on auditory language processing in persons with aphasia. Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Scottsdale, AZ (May, 2007) Ortmann AJ, Palmer CV, Pratt SR. The impact of auditory spectrally-asynchronous delays on speech perception. American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ (March, 2007) Ortmann AJ, Palmer CV, Pratt SR. Role of spectrally asynchronous auditory delays in speech perception for normal-hearing and hearing-impaired listeners. Phonak Adult Hearing Conference, Chicago, IL (November, 2006) Ortmann AJ, Palmer CV, Pratt SR. Role of spectrally asynchronous auditory delays in speech perception for normal-hearing and hearing-impaired listeners. International Hearing Aid Research Conference, Lake Tahoe, CA (August, 2006) Ortmann AJ, Faulkner KF, Gagnon PM, Ohlemiller KK. Removal of the Ahl allele from the C5Bl/6 background does not improve noise resistance. Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Daytona Beach, FL (February, 2004) Continuing Education Presentations (Peer-reviewed) Palmer C, Mormer E, Ortmann AJ. Primer for the clinician: participating in and consuming research. American Academy of Audiology, Dallas, TX (April, 2009) Ortmann, AJ. Use of Instructional Videos to Enhance Patient Satisfaction. American Academy of Audiology, Anaheim, CA (April, 2013) Creative Media Content Understanding Masking a tutorial video on masking for clinicians and students, submitted to Audiology Online, 2012 Role: Writer, Producer, and Director http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5inr8g7jdpu How to Spot a Liar a tutorial video on how to administer the Stenger test for clinicians and students, submitted to Audiology Online, 2012 Role: Writer, Producer, and Director http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztn_e31wsuc&feature=youtu.be Patient Instructional video series a series of 39 videos aimed at educating hearing-impaired individuals and family members on hearing loss, communication strategies, and proper hearing aid usage. Role: Writer, Producer, and Director http://hearing.wustl.edu/instructionalvideos.aspx