United States Department of Veterans Affairs
United States Department of Veterans Affairs

National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research

Susan Griest, M.P.H.

Email:  griests@ohsu.edu
Telephone:  503-494-2929
Fax: 503-494-5656

Susan Griest

Current Appointments
Research Investigator, NCRAR, Veterans Affairs Medical Center Staff
Scientist, Oregon Hearing Research Center, Oregon Health and Sciences University

Research Interests
Mechanisms of tinnitus and hearing loss; development and evaluation of outcomes measures for tinnitus and noise-induced hearing loss in children and adults; development and evaluation of educational programs for children and adults in noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus prevention.

Research Project(s)
The Effects of Diabetes on Processing of Verbal Communication, Nancy Vaughan, PhD Veterans Affairs, RR&D Service 7/1/2004-6/30/2008

Tribal Community-Based Prevention of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss and Tinnitus, William Martin, PhD
National Institutes on Health/National Institute for Deafness and Communication Disorders, 4/1/2006-3/31/2008

Development and Evaluation of an Outcome Measure for Tinnitus, Mary Meikle, PhD Tinnitus Consortium, 7/1/2004 - 6/30/2007

Determinants of Surgical Outcomes in Chronic Sinusitis, Timothy Smith, M.D.
National Institutes on Health/National Institute for Deafness and Communication Disorders, 7/1/2004 - 6/30/2009


Selected Recent Publications
Griest,S.E., Folmer, R.L., Martin, W.H. Effectiveness of Dangerous Decibels®, a School-Based Hearing Loss Prevention Program. Amer. J. Audiology, submitted 2006.

Martin, W.H., Sobel, J.L, Griest, S.E., Howarth, L., Shi, Y-B. Noise induced hearing loss in children: Preventing the silent epidemic. J. Otology, in press, 2006.

Martin, W.H., Griest, S.E., Howarth, L., Nuttall, A. Translational research: A model for science outreach in conjunction with scientific conferences. Science, submitted, 2006.

Henry JA. Schechter MA. Zaugg TL. Griest SE. Jastreboff PJ. Vernont JA. Kaelin C. MeikleMB. Lyons KS. Stewart BJ. Outcomes of clinical trial: tinnitus masking versus tinnitus retraining therapy. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology. 17(2):104-32, 2006 Feb.

Vaughan N. James K. McDermott D. Griest SE. Fausti S. A 5-year prospective study of diabetes and hearing loss in a veteran population. Otology & Neurotology. 27(1):37-43, 2006 Jan.

Hwang PH. Irwin SB. Griest SE. Caro JE. Nesbit GM. Radiologic correlates of symptom-based diagnostic criteria for chronic rhinosinusitis. Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery. 128(4):489-96, 2003 Apr.

Folmer RL, Griest SE. Chronic tinnitus resulting from head or neck injuries. Laryngoscope;113, 2003

Griest, S.E., Martin, W. Dangerous Decibels : Partnerships in Public Health. Spectrum, National Hearing Conservation Association, Vol 19, No. 4:1&4, 2002.

Recent Presentations
Martin, W, Griest, S.E. and Howarth, L. "Dangerous Decibels : A model for developing, delivering and evaluating a hearing loss and tinnitus prevention program that targets populations of all ages". National Hearing Conservation Association, 29th Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington, February 19, 2004.

Griest, S.E, "Can a Museum Exhibit Effectively Communicate the Hearing Conservation Message?" Presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of the National Hearing Conservation Association, Tucson, February, 2005

Griest, S.E, "Dangerous Decibels® Program in 4th and 7th Grade Classrooms: Are They Getting the Message?" Presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of the National Hearing Conservation Association, Tucson, February, 2005

Martin, W.H., Griest, S.E., Shi, Y-B. Automated NIHL and tinnitus screening in a museum setting. Presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of the National Hearing Conservation Association, Tucson, February, 2005

National Hearing Conservation Association Tucson Public Workshop: Having fun fighting dangerous decibels, William Hal Martin, Susan Griest, Linda Howarth. Public workshop presented to at the 30th Annual meeting of the National Hearing Conservation Association, Tucson, February, 2005.

Griest, SE, Martin, HL, Sobel, J, Howarth, L. Program Evaluation: Results from Noise-Induced Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Prevention Interventions. Presented at the Noise-Induced Hearing Loss In Children at Work & Play conference, Cincinnati, October 2006.