Sherri L. Smith, Au.D., CCC-A, Ph.D.
Research Audiologist, Veteran's Administration, Mountain Home, TN

Phone: not listed
Email: sherri.smith@med.va.gov

Education

  • University of Florida, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders Ph.D., August 2003
  • Certificate of Gerontology, anticipated August 2003 Au.D. (Doctor of Audiology), University of Florida, May 2001
  • M.A. in Audiology, University of Florida, December 1999
  • B.A. with Highest Honors in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, University of Florida, May 1997

Research Interests

· Audiologic rehabilitation in older adults
· Hearing aid use and adjustment in older adults
· Acknowledgement of hearing loss in older adults
· Self-efficacy and hearing aid use in older adults

Sherri is currently working on research projects in the above areas under the supervision of Patricia B. Kricos, Ph.D.

Graduate Profile

Sherri Smith entered the Ph.D. program in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in the summer of 2001 after completing her Doctor of Audiology degree in May 2001. She completed her Master of Arts degree in December 1999, with a thesis on the intelligibility of sentences recorded from the uterus of a pregnant ewe and from the fetal inner ear. Sherri completed her Ph.D. with a focus on audiologic rehabilitation in older adults. Sherry is now a research audiologist with the Veteran's Administration, working in Mountain Home, Tennessee.


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