Anu Sharma is an American
audiologist and academic. She is a professor in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Science and a fellow at the Institute for Cognitive Science and Center for Neuroscience at
University of Colorado Boulder. She is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Otolaryngology and Audiology at the
University of Colorado Denver Medical School.
Sharma received her doctorate at
Northwestern University while working under
Nina Kraus
Nina Kraus is a professor at Northwestern University, investigating the neural encoding of speech and music and its plasticity where she is the Hugh S. Knowles Chair.
Her Auditory Neuroscience Lab, also known as Brainvolts, examines the biologica ...
, PhD.
Research
Sharma researches the impact of
hearing loss on the brain. Her research includes examining the effects of auditory deprivation on development and re-organisation of the central
auditory pathways, and on cross-modal compensatory plasticity from visual and
somatosensory modalities. She also looks at the effects of intervention with
hearing aids and
cochlear implants on
cortical plasticity
Neuroplasticity, also known as neural plasticity, or brain plasticity, is the ability of neural networks in the brain to change through growth and reorganization. It is when the brain is rewired to function in some way that differs from how it ...
and behavioural outcomes. Further, Sharma has an interest in
neuroplasticity for both infants and young children and age-related hearing loss in older adults.
Funding and publications
Sharma's research has been funded by
National Institutes of Health (NIH) since 2001.
Her work has been published in journals such as ''
Hearing Research'', ''
PLOS ONE'', ''Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience'', ''Ear and Hearing'', and ''Journal of Communication Disorders''.
References
External links
Anu Sharma's cv from University of Colorado Boulder
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Audiologists
American women academics
Living people
Northwestern University alumni
Place of birth missing (living people)
University of Colorado Boulder faculty
University of Colorado Denver faculty
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women