Keith S. H. Wolgemuth, Ph.D., CCC-A

Keith S. H. Wolgemuth, Ph.D., CCC-A

Program Director - SLPD

Dr. Wolgemuth is a full-time faculty member in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department and his teaching and research interests focus on audiology, anatomy and physiology of the auditory system, auditory processing disorders, child language, auditory (re) habilitation, hearing conservation, and underwater acoustics and hearing conservation. Dr. Wolgemuth has been working as an audiologist for 35 years, with experience working in hospitals/medical centers and outpatient medical settings. Dr. Wolgemuth a retired Naval Officer and audiologist with 24 years of military service with significant clinical, hearing conservation program management, research, administrative, and deep sea diving work experiences. Dr. Wolgemuth is an Associate Professor with 15 years of university teaching experience and over 20 years of research experience. He considers himself both a Research and a Pediatric Audiologist, although, his clinical experience includes lots of adults as well.

Dr. Wolgemuth teaches courses at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels and also serves as a Research Mentor and the Program Director for the Speech-language Pathology Doctoral Program. He has served as the Coordinator for Special Interest Group (SIG) 6 (Hearing and Hearing Loss: Research and Diagnostics) for the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) during 2017-2019, Associate Coordinator for SIG 6 during 2016, Topic Chair for the 2015 ASHA national convention in Denver, CO, member of the LLU Digital Education Committee, member of the LLU General Education Requirements Committee, and serves as the Program Director for  the Speech-Language Pathology Doctoral Program (SLPD).  

Education

  • PhD, Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, The University of Memphis
  • MA, Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, Memphis State University
  • BA, Sociology, Salisbury State University

Professional Certificates

  • 1986 to 2000 – Certified Course Director, Council for the Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC)
  • 2001 to 2004 – U.S. Navy Deep Sea Diver and Hyperbaric Chamber Operator certification
  • 1984 - Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, #01018317
  • 2005 to Present - License in Audiology, State of California, #2394
  • 1984- Present   Member, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Research Experience

Research Presentations
  • Wood, T.J. and Wolgemuth, K.S. (2019). Top-Down vs. Bottom-up: A Case Series in Verbal Working Memory Treatments for Chronic TBI Deficits.  A Student Research Symposium presentation, California Speech and Hearing Association Conference 2019, Pasadena, CA.
  • Keck, T. and Wolgemuth, K.S. (2019).  American Sign Language phonological awareness and English reading proficiency: Exploring new relationships. A poster session presented at the California Speech and Hearing Association Conference 2019, Pasadena, CA.
  • Wolgemuth, K.S. (2018).  Vocal and Auditory Abuse/Misuse Among Professional Singers and Musicians.  A 90 minute invited lecture at the School of Music, The University of Redlands, October 2018. 
  • Wolgemuth, K.S. (2017).  Vocal and Auditory Abuse/Misuse Among Professional Singers and Musicians.  A 90 minute invited lecture at the School of Music, The University of Redlands, October 2017. 
  • Wolgemuth, K.S. (2016).  Vocal and Auditory Abuse/Misuse Among Professional Singers and Musicians.  A 90 minute invited lecture at the School of Music, The University of Redlands, October 2016. 
  • Wolgemuth, K.S. (2015).  Vocal and Auditory Abuse/Misuse Among Professional Singers and Musicians.  A 90 minute invited lecture at the School of Music, The University of Redlands, November 2015. 
  • Wolgemuth, K.S. (2014).  Vocal and Auditory Abuse/Misuse Among Professional Singers and Musicians.  A 90 minute invited lecture at the School of Music, The University of Redlands, November
  • Wolgemuth, K.S. (2012). New Developments in Hearing Aid and Cochlear Implant Technology. A one-hour presentation as part of a three day Host Conference on Communicative Disorders for the Osaka College of Medical Technology, September 2012.
  • Wolgemuth, K.S. (2012). Invited lecturer: Auditory Processing Disorder: Does it Exist?  An in-service presentation to Redlands Unified School District speech-language pathologists and psychologists.
  • Wolgemuth, K.S. (2010).  Invited Lecturer: Cochlear implants and the potential for development of age-appropriate oral speech and language skills.  An in-service lecture for 0.1 ASHA CEUs for the Loma Linda University Medical Center Rehabilitation Center Speech-Language Pathology Service.  
  • Peterson, H., Shaughnessy, P., and Wolgemuth, K.S. (2010).  Collaboration and Community Service in Providing Hearing Screening Services to Public Schools Involving Two Competing University Graduate Programs.  A poster session presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA.  
  • Wolgemuth, K.S. (2009).  Invited Lecturer: Auditory processing disorders: Do they exist?  An in-service lecture for 0.1 ASHA CEUs for Loma Linda University Medical Center Acute Speech-Language Pathology Service.
  • Wolgemuth, K. S. (2007).  Cochlear Implants: Hardware, Software, Programming, Assessment and Intervention.  A two-hour presentation as part of a three day Host Conference on Communicative Disorders for the Osaka College of Medical Technology, September 2007.
  • Wolgemuth, K.S. (2007). Assessment and Intervention for Children with Cochlear Implants.  A 3.5 hour seminar (0.4 CEUs) presented at the Louisiana Speech and Hearing Association Annual Conference, Lafayette, LA, June 2007.
  • Wolgemuth, K.S. (2007). Balance Disorders Assessment and Intervention.  A 3.5 hour seminar (0.4 CEUs) presented at the Louisiana Speech and Hearing Association Annual Conference, Lafayette, LA, June 2007.
  • Wolgemuth, K.S., Cudahy, E.A., and Schwaller, D. (2005). Diver Worksite Noise Surveys.  A poster presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA.
  • Wolgemuth, K.S., Fothergill, D.F., Marshall, L., Cudahy, E., and Hughes, L. (2005).  Effects of Oxygen Levels on and Carbon Dioxide Levels on Auditory Sensitivity and Frequency Tuning.  A presentation at the 44th Annual Navy Occupational Health and Preventive Medicine Workshop, Virginia Beach, VA.
  • Wolgemuth, K.S., Cudahy, E.A., and Schwaller, D. (2004).  Underwater and Dive Station Work Site Noise Surveys: Total Noise Dose.  A presentation at the Annual Office of Naval Research/Naval Sea Systems Command Deep Submergence Research Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
  • Wolgemuth, K.S., Fothergill, D.F., Hughes, L., Marshall, L., and Cudahy, E. (2004).  The Effects of Hyperoxia and Hypercapnia on the Stimulus Frequency Otoacoustic Emission.  A presentation at the Annual Office of Naval Research/Naval Sea Systems Command Deep Submergence Research Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
  • Wolgemuth, K.S., Donlon, R., Cudahy, E., and Schwaller, D. (2004).  Underwater and Dive Station Work Site Noise Surveys.  A briefing at the Navy Working Divers Conference, Norfolk, VA.
  • Wolgemuth, K.S., Cudahy, E., and Schwaller, D. (2004).  Undersea and Dive Station Work Site Noise Surveys.  A presentation at the 43rd Annual Navy Occupational and Preventive Medicine Workshop, Chesapeake, VA.
  • Wolgemuth, K.S. (2003).  Undersea Acoustics and Hearing Conservation for Military Divers.  A presentation to the University of Connecticut Department of Communication Research Symposium, Storrs, CT.
  • Wolgemuth, K.S., Lapsley-Miller, J., Marshall, L.M., Hughes, L., Westhusin, L., and Kopke, R.D. (2002). Test-retest reliability and development of STS criteria.  A presentation at the 42st Annual Navy Occupational Health and Preventive Medicine Workshop, Chesapeake, VA. 
  • Wolgemuth, K. (2002).  Navy Diving: An audiologist in over his head. A presentation at the 42nd Annual Navy Occupational Health and Preventive Medicine Workshop, Chesapeake, VA. 
  • Taggart, T., Wolgemuth, K., Williams, E., Smith, S., Marshall, L., and Kopke, R. (2001).  Genetic Variation in the Connexin 26 Gene (GJB2) Associated with Noise-induced Hearing Loss.  A presentation at the Association of Research Otolaryngology Annual Meeting, St. Petersburg, FL.
  • Wolgemuth, K.S. and Houston, J.R. (2000).  The 270 dB Program:  Fitness for Working in Hazardous Noise.  A presentation at the Tri-Service Audiology Conference, Norfolk, VA.
  • Wolgemuth, K.S. (2000).  Noise Levels for Motion Pictures with Digital Sound Systems.  A presentation at the Tri-Service Audiology Conference, Norfolk, VA.
  • Clark, J.B., Hopkins, E.W., Hoffer, M.E., Kopke, R.D., Wester, D.C., and Wolgemuth, K.S. (1998).  Vestibular function of divers exposed to high intensity low frequency underwater sound.  A paper presented at the Congress on Cerebral Ischemia, Vascular Dementia, Epilepsy, and CNS Injury, Washington DC.
  • Wester, D.C., and Wolgemuth, K.S. (1998).  Project Spin Phase II:  Vestibular evaluation in individuals with and without chronic intractable motion sickness.  A presentation at the 37th Annual Navy Occupational Health and Preventive Medicine Conference, San Diego, CA.
  • Wolgemuth, K.S. and Majar, M. (1997).  Lithotripsy and the risk of hearing loss.  A presentation at American Lithotripsy Association Annual Meeting, La Jolla, CA.
  • Wolgemuth, K.S. (1996).  Metaphor performance in children with mild to moderate hearing impairment.  A poster presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Seattle, WA.
  • Wolgemuth, K.S. (1996).  Figurative language and children with hearing impairment.  A presentation at the 35th Annual Navy Occupational Health/Preventive Medicine Conference, Virginia Beach, VA. 
  • Wolgemuth, K.S. (1995).  Multiple-channel recordings of the middle latency response.  A presentation at the 34th Annual Navy Occupational Medicine/Preventive Medicine Conference, Hampton Roads, VA.
  • Wolgemuth, K.S., and Kamhi, A. (1994).  The effectiveness of the Navy’s hearing conservation program.  A poster session at the Annual Conference of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, New Orleans, LA.
  • Wolgemuth, K.S. (1994).  A career in Navy audiology:  Be more than you can be.  A 90 minute mini-seminar presented at the Annual Mid-South Conference on Communicative Disorders, Memphis, TN.
Publications

Peer Reviewed Publications

  • Basinger and Wolgemuth (Under revision). Top-Down vs. Bottom-up: A Case Series in Verbal Working Memory Treatments for Chronic TBI Deficits. To be submitted to the ASHA Perspectives journal. 
  •  Keck, T. and Wolgemuth, K.S. (In press, 2020).  American Sign Language phonological awareness and English reading proficiency: Exploring new relationships. A manuscript accepted for publication by the journal Sign Language Studies (Gallaudet Press).
  • Wolgemuth, K.S., Hughes, L.H., Fothergill, D.F., and Lapsley Miller, J. (2009).  Effects of Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen Levels on Auditory Sensitivity and Frequency Tuning as Measured by the Stimulus Frequency Otoacoustic Emission Test.  Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory Technical Report NSMRL /50204/TR-2009-1274. 
  • Marshall, L., Lapsley Miller, J., Heller, L., Wolgemuth, K., Hughes, L., Smith, S., and Kopke, R. (2009).  Detecting incipient inner-ear damage from impulse noise with otoacoustic emissions. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 125 (2), pp. 995-1013.
  • Wolgemuth, K.S., Cudahy. E., and Schwaller, D. (2008).  Underwater and dive station work-site noise surveys.  Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory Technical Report, NSMRL/50204/TR-2008-1255.
  • Wolgemuth, K.S., Marshall, L.M., and Lapsley Miller (2003). Recommendations regarding the effects of audiometric test-retest reliability on the development of OSHA standard threshold shift criteria and recording of work-related material hearing loss.  Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory Memo Report #03-02.
  • Bible, M., Wolgemuth, K., and Rogers, B. (2000).  Navy hearing conservation in action:  Mitigating risk.  Navy Medicine, 92, 4, 16-21.
  • Wolgemuth, K.S., Kamhi, A.S., and Lee, R. (1998).  Metaphor performance in children with hearing impairment.  Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in the Schools, 29, 4, 216-231. 
  • Wolgemuth, K.S., Lutrell, W., Kamhi, A.S., and Wark, D.J. (1995).  The effectiveness of the Navy’s hearing conservation program.  Military Medicine, 160, (5): 219-222.
Book Reviews
  • (2006): Tye-Murray, N.  Foundations of Aural Rehabilitation (3rd Edition), Tomson-Delmar Learning and Singular Publishing Company.
  • (2007): Tye-Murray, N.  Foundations of Aural Rehabilitation (3rd Edition), Tomson-Delmar Learning and Singular Publishing Company.
Grants
  • (2014). Research consultant for Navy and Marine Corps Aviator Ear Canal Pressure Sensor Devices, Phases I and II, collaborating with Triton Systems, Inc. and the Office of Naval Research, 9.6K.
  • (2012) Research Consultant for Diver Hearing Protection and Ground Forces Real Ear Hearing Protector Fitting studies Phase I, collaborating with Triton Systems, Inc. and the Office of Naval Research, 10K
  • (2002-2004) Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Grant #50201(2002-2003), Diver Worksite Noise Survey, Principal Investigator, 409K (2 years)
  • (2002-2004) Office of Naval Research Grant#50206 (2002-2003), Effects of Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen Levels on Auditory Sensitivity and Frequency Tuning Curves, Principal Investigator, 160K (2 years)
  • (1999-2000) National Institute of Health Grant # 309, Genetic Determinants of Noise-induced Hearing Loss, Co-Principal Investigator, 77K
  • (1999-2000) Office of Naval Research Grant #50001 (1999-2000), Auditory and genetic determinants of noise-induced hearing loss, Co-Principal Investigator, 750K