The Aural Rehabilitation Lab

07/01/2026

The US CDC “found that 1 in 4 adults in the United States, or 61 million people, have at least one of these disabilities. Anyone can have a disability, and a disability can occur at any point in a person’s life. However, this report found disabilities more common among adults 65 years of age and older; approximately
2 in 5 adults in this age group have a disability. Disability was more commonly reported by women, non-Hispanic
American Indians/Alaska Natives (Al/AN), adults with income below the federal poverty level, and adults living in the southern region of the United States.”
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https://www.cdc.gov/disability-and-
health/articles-documents/disabilities-health-care-access.html

05/28/2026

Person-centered care is something our lab deeply values in the clinic, the laboratory and our personal lives. We feel lucky that Dr. Barker had a chance to be a part of this text that reflects the future, humanistic side of hearing health care.

We’re excited to see this book in the world and think you should check it out!

Abstract. This book provides practicing professionals and future hearing care professionals with essential information on how to optimize outcomes by being

09/02/2025

USU is a beautiful place to work and play! Come work and collaborate with us.

Utah State University is hiring a graduate faculty person in the division of audiology at the assistant level within our Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences. Logan, Utah is an incredible place to both work and play…come join us! Check out the job posting for more information.

Photo by: @ jamesboydjr

https://careers-usu.icims.com/jobs/9467/job

03/07/2025

In The Aural Rehabilitation Lab we stand up for science!

05/20/2024

AuD student, Aaron Jolly, and colleagues narrative study, "Deaf/hard of hearing students’ experiences with higher education’s real-time captioning services" is available today with Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education! You should check it out https://doi.org/10.1093/jdsade/enae019

05/14/2024

Wow! It's already been 2 weeks since Drs. Snow and Redford officially became Dr. Barker's colleagues! The Aural Rehabilitation Lab couldn't be more proud of you two. We wish you well in all you do!!! 💙
[image description: three ladies are smiling and taking a selfie on the floor of graduation in full doctoral regalia. The ladies (from left to right) are Drs. Vanessa Snow, Brittan Barker, and Rachael Redford.]

05/14/2024

It's been a busy couple of week's with the spring semester's end and summer semester's start, but we don't want to overlook this big accomplishment--Cassidy defended her Clinical Research Project like true scientist! She taught the public loads about narrative cohesion and its relationship to the wellbeing of parents raising children with cochlear implants. We know she's going to contribute SO much to the field of audiology and we're lucky she got her start in the Aural Rehabilitation Lab! 💙
[image description: Cassidy stands in front of her talk's title slide with a big smile and two thumbs up. The slide reads "Examining the relationship between parents' narrative cohesion and wellbeing in the context of their infants' hearing loss and cochlear implantation: a pilot study"]

12/18/2023

Well folks--that's a wrap on an amazing semester in the AR lab! Wishing everyone a lovely winter break 💙
[image description: the ladies of the AR Lab are sitting in front of a fire with a couple of dogs hamming it up for the camera and acting silly.]

12/13/2023

Congratulations, Tess Crawford, on your excellent Clinical Research Project proposal and successful proposal meeting. We can't wait to share what you learn 💙⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
[image description: Tess is standing in front of her presentation's title slide that reads: Survey of Audiologists’ Understanding and Implementation of Person-Centered Care.]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠