Meet The ASSL Team

David A. Eddins, Ph.D.
Laboratory Co-Director

His laboratory discoveries include establishing the frequency independence of auditory temporal processing, pioneering a linear systems approach to establish the principles underlying auditory spectral pattern perception, and the development of novel methods for understanding the perception of dysphonic voice due to pathology or trauma. Trained as a classical psychoacoustician and a clinical audiologist, Dr. Eddins also is actively engaged in clinical trials involving diagnostic tools and hearing enhancement devices. His research has been funded by NIH, NSF, DoD, and corporate collaborators.

Ann Clock Eddins, Ph.D., MBA
Laboratory Co-Director

Dr. Eddins’ work has incorporated both human and animal models using a range of basic science and clinically applied techniques including single- and multi-neuron measures, evoked and event-related potential measures, neuroimaging and psychophysics. Her current research is focused on central auditory plasticity and identifying neurophysiological signatures in brainstem and cortical activity associated with aging, hearing loss, tinnitus, and rehabilitative intervention.

Erol J. Ozmeral, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor

Dr. Ozmeral is a cognitive neuroscientist with expertise in psychoacoustics and electrophysiology. He has primarily led research on the behavioral and neural mechanisms associated with sensorineural hearing loss across the adult lifespan. His research interests are in cognitive aging, speech perception, spatial attention, and emerging technologies in hearing instruments, including brain-computer interfaces.

Supraja Anand, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Dr. Anand's research focuses on examining the effects of aging and neuromotor diseases (e.g. Parkinson’s disease) on speech and voice characteristics. Dr. Anand also investigates the perception of dysphonic voice quality in collaboration with Drs. David Eddins and Mark Skowronski.

C. Craig Formby, Ph.D.
Research Professor

Dr. Formby is a renowned researcher in the field of tinnitus and hyperacusis diagnostic and treatment. He has published numerous studies investiating central gain modulation and the potential for its role in rehabilitation. Dr. Formby is a Distinguished Graduate Research Professor Emeritus at University of Alabama and is on the facaulty as a Research Professor at the University of South Florida.

Eric C. Hoover, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor

His research interests include hearing aids and related hearing assistive devices, psychoacoustics, facilitating speech understanding in listeners with suprathreshold auditory deficits and temporal processing in the healthy and impaired auditory system.