Melissa J. Polonenko, Ph.D.

Affiliations: 
2012-2018 Institute of Medical Sciences University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada 
 2012-2018 Neurosciences and Mental Health Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 
 2018-2021 Neurosciences University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States 
 2021- Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 
Area:
Auditory neuroscience, development, EEG, multisensory integration, hearing aids, cochlear implants, spatial hearing
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Melissa Polonenko is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences at the University of Minnesota. Previously she was a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Neuroscience and Center for Visual Sciences at the University of Rochester Medical Center. She earned her PhD in Medical Science and Neuroscience from the University of Toronto, and her MClSc in Communication Sciences and Disorders (Audiology) and BMSc in Physiology and Scholar's Electives from Western University. She is also a licensed and certified Audiologist, and worked full-time as a clinical audiologist for Alberta Health Services.

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Parents

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Karen A. Gordon grad student 2012-2018 University of Toronto (Sick Kids) (BME Tree)
 (Binaural auditory development in children with asymmetric hearing loss who use both a hearing aid and cochlear implant (bimodal hearing))
Ross K. Maddox post-doc 2018-2021 Rochester
 (Novel methods to assess hearing function, speech ABR, multi-sensory spatial perception)

Children

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Jenna Marie Skare research assistant
Samantha A Krocak research assistant 2022-

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Krystel Huxlin collaborator 2018- University of Rochester Medical Center
 (Auditory-visual spatial percpetion in adults with visual cortical damage (hemianopia))
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Polonenko MJ, Maddox RK. (2024) Fundamental frequency predominantly drives talker differences in auditory brainstem responses to continuous speech. Biorxiv : the Preprint Server For Biology
Polonenko MJ, Vicente LC, Papsin BC, et al. (2022) Longitudinal Effects of Simultaneous and Sequential Bilateral Cochlear Implantation on Cortical Auditory-Evoked Potentials Recorded at Cz in a Large Cohort of Children. Ear and Hearing
Vicente LC, Polonenko MJ, Gordon KA, et al. (2022) Effects of Sequential Bilateral Cochlear Implantation in Children: Evidence from Speech-Evoked Cortical Potentials and Tests of Speech Perception. Audiology & Neuro-Otology. 1-15
Polonenko MJ, Maddox RK. (2021) Optimizing Parameters for Using the Parallel Auditory Brainstem Response to Quickly Estimate Hearing Thresholds. Ear and Hearing
Polonenko MJ, Maddox RK. (2021) Exposing distinct subcortical components of the auditory brainstem response evoked by continuous naturalistic speech. Elife. 10
Lee HJ, Smieja D, Polonenko MJ, et al. (2020) Consistent and chronic cochlear implant use partially reverses cortical effects of single sided deafness in children. Scientific Reports. 10: 21526
Steel MM, Polonenko MJ, Giannantonio S, et al. (2019) Music Perception Testing Reveals Advantages and Continued Challenges for Children Using Bilateral Cochlear Implants. Frontiers in Psychology. 10: 3015
Polonenko MJ, Maddox RK. (2019) The Parallel Auditory Brainstem Response. Trends in Hearing. 23: 2331216519871395
Cushing SL, Gordon KA, Sokolov M, et al. (2019) Etiology and therapy indication for cochlear implantation in children with single-sided deafness : Retrospective analysis. Hno. 67: 750-759
Polonenko MJ, Papsin BC, Gordon KA. (2018) Limiting asymmetric hearing improves benefits of bilateral hearing in children using cochlear implants. Scientific Reports. 8: 13201
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