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

National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research

Sarah Melamed, Ph.D.


Telephone:  503-220-8262 x54445
Fax:  503.220.3439

E-Mail:  sarah.melamed@va.gov

Donal Austin, MD, MPH

Current Appointments
NCRAR title: Research Associate

Research Interests
Sarah Melamed received her Ph.D. in 2006 in Audiology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior to obtaining her Ph.D., she worked as a clinical audiologist. She started her VA career at the NCRAR in January 2007. She works with Dr. Marjorie Leek as a post-doctorate research associate. Her research focuses on auditory perception with an emphasis in auditory electrophysiology, tinnitus, and psychoacoustics.

Research Project(s)
Hearing Loss and the Perception of Complex Sounds, Marjorie R. Leek, Ph.D., NIH-NIDCD, 04/01/98–08/31/08

Selected Recent Publications
Melamed S., Kaltenbach J., Church M., Burgio D., & Afman C. (2000). Cisplatin-induced increases in spontaneous neural activity in the dorsal cochlear nucleus and associated outer hair cell loss. Audiology, Jan-Feb, 39(1), 24-9.

Recent Presentations
Melamed S. (2008). Audiological Assessment: Making Sense of Your Test Results. Presented at the Portland VA Medical Center, NCRAR Community Lecture Series, Portland, OR.

Leek MR., Melamed S., & Molis M. (2008). Perception of filtered iterated rippled noise by normal-hearing and hearing-impaired listeners. Poster presented at the Midwinter Research Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.