Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

Kumiko T. Boike, Ph.D., CCC-A

Kumiko BoikeFaculty Position

Assistant Professor, Audiology

Contact Information

Social & Behavioral Sciences Building, Rm 1221
390 South 1530 East
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0252
Email: kumiko.boike@hsc.utah.edu
Office:  801-585-6139
Fax:801-581-7955

Educational Background

  • Ph.D. - University of Washington, Audiology
  • M.S.  - University of Washington, Audiology
  • B.S. - University of Washington, Speech and Hearing Sciences

Certification

  • 2003-present: ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology

Research Experience

  • 2008-present: Assistant Professor University of Utah - Aging & Speech Perception
  • 2004-2007: Faculty Research Associate Arizona State University Psychoacoustics (Sid P. Bacon, Ph.D., Mentor)
  • 1996-2004: Research Trainee University of Washington Hearing Aids (Pamela E. Souza, Ph.D., Mentor)
  • 1996-1997: Research Assistant University of Washington Pediatric Hearing (Richard C. Folsom, Ph.D., Mentor)
  • 1995-1996: Undergraduate Honors’ Thesis University of Washington Infant Hearing (Lynne A. Werner, Ph.D., Mentor)
  • 1992: Research Apprentice University of Washington Infant Hearing (Lynne A. Werner, Ph.D., Mentor)

Grants

  • 2005-2007: NIH Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32 DC007004) (Sid P. Bacon, Ph.D., Sponsor)
  • 2001-2003: NIH Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31 DC05092) (Pamela E. Souza, Ph.D., Sponsor)
  • 1998-2001: NIH Personnel Training Grant (T32 DC0003) (Christopher A. Moore, Ph.D.. Sponsor)

Awards

  • 2007: ASHA 2007 Lessons for Success Research Conference: Developing the Emerging Scientist Attendance and Scholarship
  • 2004: NIH/AAS Mentored Doctoral Poster Presentation Scholarship
  • 2000: International Hearing Aid Conference Student Scholarship

Publications

  • Boike, K.T., & Souza, P.E. (submitted). Effects of age on temporal processing: Recognition of amplified speech in temporally complex background noise.
  • Souza, P.E., & Boike, K.T. (in press). The psychoacoustics of aging: Considerations for amplification. In Proceedings of the First International Adult Hearing Care Conference, Chicago, IL.
  • Souza, P.E., Boike, K.T., Witherell, K., & Tremblay, K. (2007). Predictions of speech recognition from audibility in older listeners with hearing loss: effects of age, amplification, and background noise. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 18, 54-65.
  • Souza, P.E., & Boike, K.T. (2006). Combining temporal cues across channels: Effects of age and hearing loss. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 49, 138-149.
  • Souza, P.E., Jenstad, L.M., & Boike, K.T. (2006). Measuring the acoustic effects of compression amplification on speech in noise. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 119, 41-44.
  • Souza, P.E., Tremblay, K.L., & Boike, K.T. (2003). Effects of decreased audibility produced by high-pass maskers in younger and older adults. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 14, 427-433.
  • Werner, L.A., & Boike, K. (2001). Infants' sensitivity to broadband noise. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 109, 2103-2111.
  • Boike, K.T., & Souza, P.E. (2000). Effect of compression ratio on speech recognition and speech-quality ratings with wide dynamic range compression amplification. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 43, 456-468.

Presentations

  • Boike, K.T., & Bacon, S.P. (2007). Influence of level and low-pass filtering on speech masking release. Poster presented at the American Auditory Society 2007 Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
  • Boike, K.T., & Souza, P.E. (2004). Age Effects on Speech Recognition in Temporally Complex Background Noise. Poster presented at the American Auditory Society 2004 Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
  • Souza, P., Yueh, B., McDowell, J., Collins, M., Loovis, C., Boike, K., & Deyo, R. (2002). Sensitivity of self-assessment questionnaires to differences in hearing aid technology. Poster presented at the International Hearing Aid Conference, Lake Tahoe, CA.
  • Boike, K.T., & Souza, P.E. (2000). Effect of compression ratio on speech recognition in temporally complex background noise. Poster presented at the International Hearing Aid Conference, Lake Tahoe, CA.
  • Souza, P., Tremblay, K., & Boike, K. (2000). Effect of masker cutoff frequency and level on downward spread of masking in young and elderly listeners with normal hearing. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, St. Petersburg Beach, FL.
  • Boike, K.T., & Souza, P.E. (1999). Comparing objective and subjective assessment of wide-dynamic range compression parameters. Poster presented at the American Academy of Audiology convention, Miami Beach, FL.
  • Souza, P.E., Boike, K.T., & Larsen, J.J. (1998). Relationship between preferred listening level and speech recognition for linear and wide-dynamic range compression hearing aids. Poster presented at the American Academy of Audiology convention, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Werner, L.A., & Boike, K. (1996). Infants’ sensitivity to broadband noise. Poster presented at the Third Joint Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the Acoustical Society of Japan, Honolulu, HI.

Editorial Consultant

  • 2002-present: Ear & Hearing - Assistant to Amplification Section Editor Pamela E. Souza, Ph.D.
  • 2006-2007: Ad Hoc Reviewer Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
  • 2005-2006: Ad Hoc Reviewer Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships

  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
  • Acoustical Society of America
  • American Auditory Society