Maureen Shader

Maureen Shader is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at Purdue University. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Nazareth College of Rochester and a Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.) degree from Gallaudet University. She earned her Ph.D. in Hearing and Speech Sciences from the University of Maryland College Park. Maureen completed a post-doctoral research fellowship as part of the Translational Hearing Research Group at the Bionics Institute of Australia where she developed a diagnostic test battery to address poor outcomes experienced by cochlear implant recipients. Maureen’s research investigates auditory perception and cortical processing in adults with cochlear implants. She uses an optical neuroimaging technique, functional near- infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), to safely and non-invasively image the brain in individuals with auditory prosthetic devices. The goal of her research program is to better understand individual differences within the population of cochlear implant recipients and to improve post-implantation outcomes.