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Frederick (Erick) J. Gallun, Ph.D.
 E-mail: Frederick.Gallun@va.gov
Phone: 503-220-8262 ext. 57472
Fax: 503-721-1402
Current Appointments
Staff Investigator
Research Assistant Professor, Dept. Otolaryngology, Oregon Health and Science University
Research Interests
Exploring the potential impacts of age, hearing loss, and other listener-specific variables on the ability of the central auditory system to extract information from complex auditory stimuli.
Current Research Projects
“Predicting the benefits of spatial and spectrotemporal cues”
Principal Investigator: Frederick J. Gallun, PhD
National Institutes of Health, NIDCD, R01 2012-2017.
“Central Auditory Processing deficits associated with blast exposure”
Principal Investigator: Frederick J. Gallun, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator: Marjorie R. Leek, PhD
VA RR&D Merit Award 2011-2015.
“Determinants of word recognition speed in older listeners”
Principal Investigator: Dawn Konrad-Martin, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator: Frederick J. Gallun, PhD
VA RR&D Merit Award 2010-2014.
“Acoustic and perceptual effects of WDRC amplification”
Principal Investigator: Pamela Souza, PhD, CCC-A
Co-Investigators: Frederick Gallun, PhD and Richard Wright, PhD
National Institutes of Health, NIDCD, R01 2010-2014.
“Effects of aging and hearing loss during rapid sound processing”
Principal Investigator: Marilyn Dille, PhD
Co-Investigator: Frederick J. Gallun, PhD
VA RR&D Pilot Award 2011-2012.
Recently Completed Research Projects
"The ability to make multiple auditory judgments about non-speech stimuli"
Principal Investigator: Frederick J. Gallun, PhD
National Institutes of Health, NIDCD, R03 2007-2011.
“Modeling auditory integration in people with impaired hearing”
Principal Investigator: Frederick J. Gallun, PhD
VA RR&D Career Development II Award 2007-2011.
“Speech intelligibility and cognition: Are inpatients impaired by noise?”
Principal Investigator: Diana Pope, PhD, MS, RN
Co-Investigator: Frederick J. Gallun, PhD
VA HSR&D Nursing Research Initiative 2008-2010.
Principal Investigator: Frederick J. Gallun, Ph.D.
Selected Recent Publications
Gallun, F.J., Lewis, M.S., Folmer, R.L., Diedesch, A.C., Kubli, L.R., McDermott, D.J., Walden, T.C., Fausti, S.A., Lew, H.L., Leek, M.R. (in press). “Implications of blast exposure for central auditory function” Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development.
Souza, P., Hoover, E., Gallun, F.J. (in press). “Application of the Envelope Difference Index to spectrally-sparse speech” Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.
Bernstein, J.G.W., Mehraei, G., Shamma, S., Gallun, F.J., Theodoroff, S., Leek, M. (in press) “Spectrotemporal modulation sensitivity as a predictor of speech intelligibility for hearing-impaired listeners” Journal of the American Academy of Audiology.
Stecker, G.C., Gallun, F.J. (in press) “Binaural hearing, sound localization, and spatial hearing” in Translational Perspectives in Auditory Neuroscience: Normal Aspects of Hearing, edited by K. Tremblay and R. Burkhardt. Plural Publishing, Inc., San Diego.
Folmer, R.L., Billings, C.J., Diedesch-Rouse, A.C., Gallun, F.J., Lew, H.L. (2011) “Electrophysiological assessments of cognition and sensory processing in TBI: Applications for diagnosis, prognosis and rehabilitation” International Journal of Psychophysiology, 82(1), 4-15.
Gallun, F.J, Saunders, G.H. (2010) “The ear-brain system: Approaches to the study and treatment of hearing loss” Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 21(9): 564-66.
Gallun, F.J. (2010) “Judgments of intensity for brief sequences” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 127: EL166-171.
Lewis, M.S., Gallun, F.J., Gordon, J.,Lilly, D.J., Crandell, C. (2010) “A pilot investigation regarding speech-recognition performance in noise for adults with hearing loss in the FM+HA listening condition” Volta Review, 110(1): 31-54.
Best, V., Gallun, F.J., Mason, C., Kidd, G., Jr. and Shinn-Cunningham, B.G. (2010) “The impact of noise and hearing loss on the processing of simultaneous sentences” Ear and Hearing, 31(2): 213-220.
Souza, P.E. and Gallun, F.J. (2010) “Hearing aid amplification and consonant modulation spectra” Ear and Hearing, 31(2): 268-276.
Selected Recent Presentations
Gallun, F.J., Konrad-Martin, D.L., Molis, M.R., Dann, S., Kample, S.D., Vachhani, J.J. (2012) “Relationships among aging and temporal sensitivity at multiple time scales” Assoc. Res. Otolaryngol. Abs.: 635.
Gallun, F.J., Diedesch, A.C. (2011) “Distinguishing the effects of central and peripheral auditory dysfunction” Proceedings of the 17th Meeting of CSAIL.
Gallun, F.J., Diedesch, A.C. (2011) “Predicting performance in a multitalker environment” Heuser Hearing Institute Symposium 2011 – Spatial Hearing and Hearing Loss, Louisville, KY.
Gallun, F.J., Diedesch, A. (2011) “Predicting spatial benefit in older listeners” Assoc. Res. Otolaryngol. Abs.: 1034.
Diedesch, A.C., Gallun, F.J. (2011) “Perception versus performance of binaural hearing capabilities.” American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ.
Hoover, E., Souza, P.E., and Gallun, F.J., (2011) “Modulation frequency discrimination and high-rate modulations in spectrally reduced speech” American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ.
Gallun, F.J. and Diedesch, A.C. (2010) “Evaluating central auditory processing after blast exposure” 2010 Spring Conference of the Oregon Academy of Audiology, Lake Oswego, OR
Gallun, F.J., Souza, P.E., Hoover, E. (2010) “Evaluating hearing aid processing with an auditory model of modulation sensitivity.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 127: 1848.
Gallun, F.J., Diedesch, A., Beasley, R., Tsukuda, P. (2010) “Influences of aging on memory for intensity” Assoc. Res. Otolaryngol. Abs.: 883.
For additional information on research, presentations and publications see: Complete CV
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