Roy F.
Sullivan, Ph.D.
Fellow:
American Academy of Audiology & American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association
Roy F.
Sullivan, Ph.D.
50 Willow
Street
Garden
City, NY, 11530
(516)
294-0253
“Resolving
CIC fit problems via in-office modifications”
The Hearing Journal, Volume 58,
#1, January, 2005, pp 38, ff
A
technique for in-office casting of ultra-violet cured retaining appendages for
inhibiting extrusion of custom completely-in-canal Hearing Instruments.
“NETSCOPE
2000 – 2005”
The Hearing Journal ( Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins Publ. )
As of
January 1, 2000, the author was appointed to contribute, at his discretion
, a continuing series of full-page,
hearing-relevant Internet website reviews.
“Netscope 2004: Web is short on impression-taking
information”
Volume 57,
#4, April, 2004, pp. 62 ff
Ear
impression resources on the web.
“Netscope 2003: A look beneath the Dome”
Volume 56,
#10, October, 2003, p. 54
A
proprietary search service for communication disorders.
“Netscope
2003: Center promotes technologic solutions”
Volume 56,
#4, May, 2003, p. 63
The
Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center for Hearing Enhancement.
“Netscope
2003: http://becker.wustl.edu/ARB/Exhibits/cid/”
Volume 56,
#2, February, 2003, p. 44
Historical
hearing device virtual exhibit, Washington University, St. Louis
“Netscope 2002: Boys Town offers a
superior web site”
Volume 55,
#11, November, 2002, p. 73
Boys
Town National Research Hospital infant hearing program.
“Netscope
2002: Information for the hearing-impaired student”
Volume 55,
# 7, July, 2002, P. 37
Western
Oregon University Outreach Hub for deaf / hearing-impaired students.
“Netscope 2002: www.earsurgery.com ”
Volume 55,
#4, April, 2002, p. 72
Informational
website of ENT physician Mark Levenson, M.D.
“Netscope
2002: Hearing care ‘down under’ ”
Volume 55,
#1, January, 2002, p. 55
Australian
national healthcare hearing impairment program.
“Netscope
2001: American Tinnitus Association”
Volume 54, #11, November,
2001, p. 54
Organization
website
Volume 54, #9, September,
2001, p. 63
National
Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Volume 54, #7, July, 2001,
p. 64
Online hearing
screening survey instruments
Volume 54, #5, May, 2001, p.
56
The New York
League for the Hard of Hearing
Volume 54, #3, March, 2001,
p. 86
Virtual tour of
the ear, informational resource, Augustana College, S.D.
“Netscope
2001: www.hear-it.org”
Volume 54, #2, February,
2001, p. 63
International Federation for the Hard of Hearing
“Netscope
2000: www.infanthearing.org”
Volume 53,
#11, November, 2000, p. 94
The
National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management, Utah State University
“Netscope
2000: An Auditory Tour and More”
Volume 52, # 9, September,
2000, p. 68
Auditory
anatomy and physiology web resources at the University of Wisconsin
“Netscope
2000: www.hearnet.org”
Volume 53,
#7, July 2000, p. 72
A website
devoted to hearing protection issues
for rock musicians and fans
“Netscope
2000: www.communicationdisorders.com
”
Volume 53, #5, May, 2000, p.
86
A comprehensive
internet directory for online references in communication disorders
Volume 53,
#3, March, 2000, p. 86
A
professional service / information site for the audiology profession.
.“Netscope
2000: www.searchwave.com”
Volume 53,
#1, January, 2000, p. 66
A
specialized search directory for the hearing health professions.
“Searching
for Information on the world wide web”
The Hearing Journal, Volume
51, #6, June, 1998, pp 34 ff.
A tutorial on how
to search for information on the Internet.
“A guide to
www.audiology.org”
The Hearing Journal, Volume
51, #4, April, 1998, pp 52 ff.
A description, by the editor, [RFS] of the American Academy of Audiology website including features for members, hearing professionals and patients.
“A virtual
visit to www.audiology.org”
The Hearing Review, Volume 5,
#4, March, 1998, pp 28 ff.
A comprehensive description of the American Academy of Audiology Internet website, designed and edited by the author [RFS].
“Video
otoscopy in audiologic practice”
Journal of the American Academy
of Audiology, Volume 8, 1997, pp 447-467.
Extensive,
illustrated treatise on seven catgories of video otoscopy applications within
an audiological
practice.
“Video
otoscopy in hearing aid fittings”
The Hearing Journal, Volume
50, #7, July, 1997, p. 38
Summary of
video otoscopic applications to the hearing aid fitting process.
The Hearing Review, Volume 3,
October 1996, pp 36, ff.
Editorial
commentary: Speculation on the future of hearing health care on the
Internet.
“Video
otoscopy: Basic and advanced systems.”
The Hearing
Review, Volume 2, #10, November/December, 1995, pp 12 ff
A technical primer of the basic components and features of video otoscope systems. Color videographs of case and technical applications are included.
“Audiologic
applications of video otoscopy.”
The Hearing
Journal, Volume 48, #8, August, 1995.
A review of categories of video otoscopy applications in audiologic practice. Color videographs of illustrative case studies are included.
“Independent
audiology practice and the primary care physician.”
Audiology
Today, Volume 5, #5, September/October, 1993. pp 16 ff
Recommendations
for successful clinical relationships between audiologists and primary care
physicians.
“How video otoscopy benefits hearing health
practice.”
Hearing
Instruments, Volume 44, #4, April, 1993, pp 15, ff
An examination
of the benefits of video otoscopy of audiologists who are a referral resource
for
primary
care physicians.
“Semantics
and PCP communication in audiological practice.”
Asha, Volume
34, #9, September, 1992, pp 42 ff
Issues for
consideration by audiologists interacting with primary care physicians.
.
“Single
frequency screener acceptance by primary care physicians.”
Hearing
Instruments, Volume 43, #7, July, 1992.
Results of
a 14 month evaluation of the HEAR PEN hearing screener by 160 responding
primary care
physicians.
“A
pocket-portable, single frequency screening device.”
Hearing
Instruments, Volume 43,
#4, April, 1992. pp 39 ff
A technical report describing the HEAR PEN, a single frequency, single level, replaceable hearing screening device applicable for use by both primary care and ENT physicians.
“A useful
tool for binaural fittings.”
Hearing Instruments, Volume 42,
#3, March, 1991. (co-authored with J.
Agnew, Ph.D.)
A technical
report describing the Binaural Equalizer, a narrow band personal sound field
reference
source for
Hearing Instruments gain control adjustment.
“My hearing
instrument is bugging me!”
Hearing Instruments,
Volume 41, #12, December, 1990.
A clinical
report on two cases of hearing aid dysfunction with entomological origins.
“Acoustic
coupling classification system and custom hearing aids, Part 1: Introduction and overview.”
Reports in
Hearing Instruments and Technology, Volume 2, #1, Fall, 1990.
hearing instrument fittings.
“Solving
mini-canal fitting problems.”
Hearing
Instruments, Volume 41, #9, September, 1990.
Presents a discussion of morphologically based mini-canal instrument fitting difficulties. Describes the Tragal Notch Tongue (TNT) for solving these problems.
Hearing
Instruments, Volume 41,
#1, January, 1990. p 28 (co-authored
With H.C. Schweitzer, Ph.D., L. Beck, Ph.D., and W. Cole)
A
description of real ear measurement terminology as suggested by the ANSI S3.80
Committee on Probe Microphone Measurements of Hearing Aid Performance.
“Custom
concha and canal hearing aids: A real
ear comparison: Part 2”.
Hearing
Instruments, Volume 40, #7, July, 1989.
A detailed experimental investigation concerning the reasons for the relative acoustical advantages of four contemporary forms of custom hearing aids: Full concha, half-concha, canal and mini-canal.
Hearing
Instruments, Volume 40, #4, April, 1989.
A detailed experimental investigation concerning the relative acoustical advantages of four contemporary forms of custom hearing aids: Full concha, half-concha, canal and mini-canal.
“A clinical
acoustic method for probe tube microphone placement near the tympanic
membrane.”
Hearing Instruments,
Volume 39, #3, 1988.
An acoustical technique is described for accurate placement of the 1.5mm silicone real ear measurement probe tube in an artifact-free position near the tympanic membrane.
Shhh
(Self-Help for Hard-of-Hearing), Volume 9, #1, January, 1988. pp.
18 ff
A consumer-oriented description of the new technology for hearing aid selection, evaluation and fitting.
Hearing Instruments, Volume 39, #7, 1988
An acoustical
method for in situ real ear measurement probe tip placement is presented.
Hearing
Instruments, Volume 39, #1, 1988. pp. 11 ff
A description of a new custom all-in-the-ear hearing instrument fitting designed to cross acoustic stimuli by re-radiated bone conduction from a clinically non-hearing ear (as may be attributable to mumps parotitis, idiopathic unilateral deafness and VIII N. section) to a normally hearing ear.
“Aided
SSPL90 response in the real ear: A safe
estimate.”
Hearing
Instruments, Volume 38, #9, October, 1987. p 36
A description of an atraumatic clinical technique for estimating the maximum signal level present in the ear of a hearing aided patient.
“Hearing
aid dispensing: Responsibilities,
Rewards, Risks.”
Asha, Volume
29, #4, April, 1987. pp 37 ff
(co-authored with C. Sullivan, M.S.)
An invited article concerning professional responsibilities inherent in an audiological hearing instrument dispensing practice.
Hearing
Instruments, Volume 38, #1, January, 1987. pp 20 ff (co-authored
with D. Preves, Ph.D.)
A description and classification of the six basic methods of equalizing acoustic signal levels applicable to hearing aid response determination by probe microphone real ear measurement.
“A 25 year perspective
on Hearing Aid Audiology.”
Seminars in
Hearing, Volume 7, #2, May, 1986. pp 229 ff
A discussion of the evolution of the field of clinical audiology based on twenty-five years of the author’s clinical practice.
“Clinical
application of probe microphone real ear hearing aid measurements.”
Audiological
Acoustics, Volume 25, 1986.
(co-authored with J. Northern, Ph.D. and E. Libby, O.D.)
An introduction to the application of probe tube microphone measurements in the clinical hearing aid fitting process.
“An
acoustic coupling-based classification system for hearing aid fittings.”
Hearing
Instruments, Part 1: Vol. 36, #9, September, 1985; Parts 2
and 3: Vol. 36, #12, 1985.
A description of a clinical system for classifying all forms of hearing aid fittings into four basic categories related to the type of acoustic coupling.
AUDIOLOGY FORUM: VIDEO OTOSCOPY
[ www.rcsullivan.com ]
An on-line atlas of
clinical video otoscopy images categorically arranged by site of lesion and
pathology,
designed for audiologists, otologists, primary care physicians, nurses,
physician's
assistants
and allied health professionals, opened
In 1995. As of January, 2005, more than
260,000
site visits were counted. A Google
search of “Video otoscopy + Sullivan” reveals more
than 980
online citations. Dual, favorable website peer reviews were published in:
Ear and Hearing, Volume
18, #4, August, 1997
“Resource Reviews”
1.
R. Kuppersmith, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, p. 349
2.
M. L. Gray, MD,
Baylor College of Medicine, p.
350
MUSIC
WEBSITE:
TUNES [ www.rcsullivan.com/tunes ]
Author’s jazz
keyboard perigrinations in .mp3 downloadable format.
TEXTBOOK:
AUDIOLOGICAL EVALUATION AND
REHABILITATION OF THE DEAF-BLIND ADULT
Helen Keller National Center
Press, Sands Pt., NY 1978 (co-authored
with L. Kramer, M.A. and
L. Hirsch, M.S.)