Faculty and Staff

Peggy Korczak, Ph.D., CCC-A

Associate Professor

Education and Certification

• Ph.D.: City University of New York, Graduate Center
• M.S.: Teachers College, Columbia University
• Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology
• Licensed by the Maryland Board of Examiners

Courses Presently Being Taught

• Electrophysiology of the Peripheral Auditory System
• Electrophysiology of the Central Auditory Nervous System
• Neuroanatomy & Physiology of the Peripheral Auditory System
• Vestibular Diagnostics & Rehabilitation
• Auditory Diagnostics II

Professional Interests

• Auditory electrophysiology
• Central auditory processing
• Otoacoustic emissions

Recent Publications (formerly published as Oates)

• Martin, B.A., Tremblay, K.L. & Korczak, P. (in press). Speech evoked potentials: From the laboratory to the clinic. Ear and Hearing.
• Korczak, P., Kurtzberg, D., & Stapells, D.R. (2005). Effects of sensorineural hearing loss and personal hearing aids on cortical event-related potential and behavioral measures of speech-sound processing. Ear and Hearing, 26, 165-185.
• Oates, P., Kurtzberg, D., & Stapells, D.R. (2002). Effects of sensorineural hearing loss on cortical event-related potential and behavioral measures of speech-sound processing. Ear and Hearing, 23, 399-415.
• Oates, P., & Purdy, S.C. (2001). Frequency specificity of the human auditory brainstem and middle latency responses using notched noise masking. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 110(2), 995-1009.

Recent Research Presentations

• Oates, P., Kurtzberg, D., & Stapells, D.R. (2003). The effects of various articulatory  features of speech on cortical event-related potentials and behavioral measures of speech-sound processing. Paper presented at the XVIII Biennial Symposium of the International Evoked Response Audiometry Study Group, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.