Professor
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1959
Auditory Neuroscience and Psychoacoustics

Email: gerken@utdallas.edu
Phone: 214-905-3109
Office: CA A111

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Research Interests

My laboratory work is focused on basic and applied aspects of central auditory processing. We have found that central processing by auditory brain mechanisms is altered following a hearing impairment. This alteration is not due to the reduced input per se from the pathological ear(s), but rather reflects alterations within the brain mechanisms of hearing. Ongoing research seeks to apply these findings to human subjects.

Representative Publications

Hesse, P.S. and Gerken, G.M. (2002). Amplitude-intensity functions for auditory middle latency responses in hearing-impaired subjects. Hearing Research, 166, 143-149.

Gerken, G.M., Hesse, P.S. and Wiorkowski, J.J. (2001). Middle latency evoked potentials in patients with problem-tinnitus. Hearing Research, 157, 52-64.

Badr-El-Dine, M., Gerken, G.M., Wright, C.G., Robinson, K.S. and Meyerhoff, W.L. (1997). Electrocochleographic evaluation of the guinea pig model of endolymphatic hydrops. Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology, 106, 934-942.