William J. Bologna, Ph.D.

Certification and Licensure

• ASHA CCC-A

Research

• Dr. Bologna is the director of the Towson Auditory Simulation Lab (TASL), which develops innovative approaches to assessment and rehabilitation in audiology using gamification and virtual reality technology

Selected Publications

• Bologna, W. J., Molis, M. R., Madsen, B. M., & Billings, C. J. (2023). Effects of age on brainstem coding of speech glimpses in interrupted noise. Hearing Research, 434, 108771. doi:10.1016/j.heares.2023.108771

• Bologna, W. J.,Carrillo, A. A., Clamage, D. S., Coco, L., He, Y. J., Larrea-Mancera, E. S. L., Stecker, G. C., Gallun, F. J., and Seitz, A. R. (2023). Effects of gamification on assessment of spatial release from masking. American Journal of Audiology, 32, 210–219. doi:10.1044/2022_AJA-22-00133

• Bologna, W. J., Ahlstrom, J. B., & Dubno, J. R. (2020). Contributions of voice expectations to talker selection in younger and older adults with normal hearing. Trends in Hearing, 24. doi:10.1177/2331216520915110

• Bologna, W. J., Vaden, K. I., Ahlstrom, J. B., & Dubno, J. R. (2019). Age effects on the contributions of envelope and periodicity cues to recognition of interrupted speech in quiet and with a competing talker. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 145, EL173-EL178. doi:10.1121/1.5091664

• Bologna, W. J., Vaden, K. I., Ahlstrom, J. B., & Dubno, J. R. (2018). Age effects on perceptual organization of speech: contributions of glimpsing, phonemic restoration, and speech segregation. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 144, 267-281. doi:10.1121/1.5044397

Recent Presentations

• Bologna, W. J., Houlihan, C., & Esser, K. (2023, March). Positioning strategies of normal hearing adults in simulated listening environments. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ.

• Esser, K., Bologna, W. J., & Gallun, F. J. (2023, March). Task learning in a gamified spatial release from masking test. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ.
• Bologna, W. J., Molis, M. R., Madsen, B. M., & Billings, C. J. (2022, May). Effects of age on brainstem coding of speech glimpses in interrupted noise. Invited podium presentation for special session, “Age-Related Changes in Mechanisms of Speech Perception” at the Spring Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Denver, CO.
• Bologna, W. J. (2020, December). Effects of age on brainstem coding of speech glimpses in interrupted noise. Podium presentation as part of the National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research Seminar Series, Portland, OR.

• Bologna, W. J., Molis, M. R., Madsen, B. M., & Billings, C. J. (2019, February). Neural coding of vowels in interrupted noise: Effect of glimpse duration. Poster presented at the MidWinter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Baltimore, MD.

Memberships/Affiliations

• American Auditory Society 
• American Speech-Language Hearing Association 
• Acoustical Society of America 
• Association for Research in Otolaryngology 

Professional Service

• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research – Hearing Section
• Ad Hoc Reviewer: Hearing Research, Trends in Hearing, Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, American Journal of Audiology, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Ear and Hearing