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New Zealand researcher
Suzanne Carolyn Purdy
CNZM is a New Zealand psychology academic specialising in
auditory processing and
hearing loss . She is currently a full professor and head of the School of Psychology at the
University of Auckland .
[1]
After a 1990
PhD titled Reliability, sensitivity, and validity of magnitude estimation, paired comparisons, and category scaling at the
University of Iowa , Purdy moved to the
University of Auckland , rising to full professor in 2012.
[1]
[2]
In the
2021 Queen's Birthday Honours , Purdy was appointed a
Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit , for services to audiology and communication science.
[3]
Sharma, Mridula; Purdy, Suzanne C; Kelly, Andrea S. (2009). "Comorbidity of auditory processing, language, and reading disorders".
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research . 52 (3): 706–722.
doi :
10.1044/1092-4388(2008/07-0226) .
PMID
19064904 .
Sharma, M.; Purdy, S. C.; Newall, P.; Wheldall, K.; Beaman, R.; Dillon, H. (2006). "Electrophysiological and behavioral evidence of auditory processing deficits in children with reading disorder".
Clinical Neurophysiology . 117 (5): 1130–1144.
doi :
10.1016/j.clinph.2006.02.001 .
PMID
16564738 .
S2CID
24177589 .
Kelly, Andrea S.; Purdy, Suzanne C.; Thorne, Peter R. (2005). "Electrophysiological and speech perception measures of auditory processing in experienced adult cochlear implant users". Clinical Neurophysiology . 116 (6): 1235–1246.
doi :
10.1016/j.clinph.2005.02.011 .
PMID
15978485 .
S2CID
29485833 .
Purdy, Suzanne C.; Kelly, Andrea S.; Davies, Merren G. (2002). "Auditory brainstem response, middle latency response, and late cortical evoked potentials in children with learning disabilities".
Journal of the American Academy of Audiology . 13 (7): 367–382.
doi :
10.1055/s-0040-1715981 .
PMID
12199513 .
Jerram, J. C.; Purdy, Suzanne C. (2001). "Technology, expectations, and adjustment to hearing loss: predictors of hearing aid outcome". Journal of the American Academy of Audiology . 12 (2): 64–79.
doi :
10.1055/s-0042-1745582 .
PMID
11261460 .
S2CID
29842111 .