James Steiger, Ph.D.

Title: School Director and Professor
Program: Audiology
Dept/Program: School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
Office: Polsky 181D
Phone: 330-972-8190
Fax: 330-972-7884
Email: steiger@uakron.edu

Biography

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Audiology Major: Psychoacoustics / Minor: Aural Rehabilitation and Electrophysiologic Evaluation
Kent State University

Clinical Fellowship
Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Master of Arts, Audiology / Minor: Speech-Language Pathology
Michigan State University

Bachelor of Arts, Audiology and Speech Sciences
Michigan State University

Research and Clinical Interests

Diagnosis and Treatment of Adult Onset Hearing Loss
Diagnosis and Treatment of Tinnitus

Personal Interests and Hobbies

Playing guitar
Watching baseball

Publications

Peer Reviewed Publications

Sonstrom Malowski, K. & Steiger, J., (2020). Hearing Loss in Police K9 Handlers and Non-K9 Handers. International Journal of Audiology, VOL. 59, NO. 2, 109–116
Stead, A., Kaye, J., Dodge H., Wild, K., Hallett, T., & Steiger, J., (2017). Assessment of everyday conversation and acoustic environments to objectively identify changes in cognition: A proof of concept study. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring.
Hallett, T. & Steiger, J. (2015). Automated analysis of spoken language: A gender comparison. International Journal for Innovation, Education, and Research, 3, 6-13.
Steiger, J.R. & Ruhlin, S.U. (2014). Systematic desensitization of auditory hypersensitivity and vocal pitch disorder treatment in a patient with autism. The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice 12(1), 1-6.
Steiger, J.R., Saccone P.A., Einsporn, R., Cox, C., & Squires, M. (2014) AuD students’ perceptions and influences regarding careers in independent practice. American Journal of Audiology, 23, 44-56. doi:10.1044/1059-0889(2013/13-0022)
Steiger, J.R., Thielman, E.J., & Henry, J.A. (2013).Tinnitus loudness tracking: a “Type V Békésy” pattern does not exist for pseudotinnitus. Journal of American Academy of Audiology, 24, 1–7.
Saccone P.A., & Steiger, J.R. (2012). Audiologists’ Professional satisfaction. American Journal of Audiology, 21, 140-148.
Steiger, J.R., & Saccone, P.A. (2008). Hearing handicap among the homeless. The Journal of the International Society of Audiology, 1(1), 1-5.
Steiger, J.R., Saccone, P.A., & Watson, K.N. (2007). Assessment of objective pulsitile tinnitus in a patient with syringohydromyelia.Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 18(3), 197-206.
Saccone, P.A., & Steiger, J.R. (2007). Hearing handicap among residents of an urban homeless shelter. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 18(1), 161-172.
Steiger, J.R., & Champon, T. (1997). Valsalva shift among smokers and nonsmokers. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 8(4), 277-27.
Steiger, J.R., & Downs, D. (1993). Differential sensitivity for frequency among speakers of a tone and a nontone language. Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 21(1), 143-163.
Steiger, J.R., Downs, D., & Sommers, R.K. (1992). Contributions of the fundamental, resolved harmonics, and unresolved harmonics to tone-phoneme identification. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 36, 1406-1409.
Steiger, J.R., Downs, D., & Sommers, R.K. (1992). Contributions of subjective tone to tone-phoneme identification. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 21(6), 511-524.

Books and Chapters

Steiger, J. R. & Miller, E. L. (2017). Diagnostic audiology pocket guide: Evaluation of hearing, tinnitus, and middle ear function. San Diego: Plural Publishing.
Steiger, J. R. (2015). Bone conduction evaluation. In J. Katz, M. Chasin, K. English, L. Hood, & K. Tillery (Eds.), Handbook of clinical audiology (7th ed.) (pp. 49-58). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.

Editorially Reviewed Publications

Steiger, J.R., Miller, E. L. & Saccone, P.A. (2018). When should audiologists refer? Audiology Today, May/June 2018.
Freeman, B.A., & Steiger, J.R. (2011). The professionalization of audiology: Are we making progress? Audiology Today, 23(3), 43-45.
Bennett, H.N., & Steiger, J.R. (2010). AuD students’ attitudes toward the profession: A 2002 survey repeated in 2009. Audiology Today, 22(6), 53-63. This was a feature article in an issue that earned a 2011 Award of Excellence based on graphic design, editorial content and the ability to achieve overall communications excellence.
Steiger, J.R., Saccone, P.A., Freeman, B.A., & Friedland, E.B. (2009). The Audiology Oath: A survey of the profession. Audiology Today, 21(1), 34-37.
Saccone, P.A., & Steiger, J.R. (2008). Hearing aid care protocol for audiology assistants. Audiology Today, 20(1), 34-37.
Steiger, J. (2005). Signs of a maturing profession. Audiology Today, 17(6), 10.
Steiger J. (2005). Audiologic referral criteria: Sample clinic guidelines. Hearing Journal, 58(5), 38-42.
Steiger, J., & Hamill, T.A. (2004). The tinnitus clinical pathway. Hearing Journal, 57(7), 26-28.
Hamill, T.A., Friedland, E., Barton, N., Hansel, L., Lim, G., Robinette, M., Roupas, T., Saccone, P., & Steiger, J. (2003). Ethics up close: Common dilemmas. Advance for Audiologists, July/August, 28-31.
Steiger, J.R., Saccone, P.A., & Freeman, B.A. (2002). A proposed doctoral oath for audiologists. Audiology Today, 14(5), 12-14.
Steiger, J.R., McGuiness, K., & Cicco, L.H. (1993). Hazardous chemicals in audiology and dispensing offices. The Hearing Journal, 46(10), 69-70.