Susan D. Emmett
Professor of Otolaryngology and Epidemiology
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
faculty
Otolaryngology, College of Medicine
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Biography and Research Information
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Susan D. Emmett's research focuses on improving access to specialty care, particularly for hearing health, and addressing health disparities. She has led multiple NIH-funded projects investigating innovative approaches like mHealth tympanometry and telemedicine to screen for and manage childhood hearing loss in underserved populations, including those in rural Alaska and low- and middle-income countries. Her work also includes systematic reviews and meta-analyses to evaluate the impact of hearing loss and its treatment on quality of life and to identify evidence gaps in economic analyses of hearing healthcare.
Emmett's research group investigates the multifactorial determinants of hearing loss and explores the potential clinical and economic outcomes of new hearing aid technologies. She has also been involved in developing and evaluating school hearing screening protocols, aiming to change global paradigms for early detection. Her scholarship metrics include an h-index of 21, 68 total publications, and 1,423 total citations, designating her as a high-impact researcher.
She has secured significant federal funding, totaling $2,466,193 across six awards from the NIH/National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, primarily as Principal Investigator. Her collaborations include extensive work with Samantha Kleindienst Robler, Shayu Deshpande, Meade Inglis-Jenson, and Tarika Srinivasan, all from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
Metrics
- h-index: 21
- Publications: 68
- Citations: 1,423
Selected Publications
- Understanding Risk Factors for Otitis Media in Rural Alaska Native Children: A Cohort Study (2025) DOI
- Assessing Environmental, Nutritional, and Genetic Factors for Otitis Media-Related Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska Native Children (2025) DOI
- Association of vision impairment and hearing impairment with encounters in the criminal justice system among children and young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2025) DOI
- Time to Measure: A Proposed Theoretical Model for Head and Neck Cancer Intervals of Care (2025) DOI
- Transforming Access to Hearing Care: Community Perspectives on School-Based Telehealth in Rural Appalachia (2025) DOI
- Current status of school vision screening—rationale, models, impact and challenges: a review (2025) DOI
- School-Based Enhanced Hearing Screening and Specialty Telehealth Follow-Up for Hearing Loss Among Children in Rural Alaska: Study Protocol for a Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Stepped Wedge, Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial (North STAR Trial) (2025) DOI
- Barriers to Research for Academic Otologists/Neurotologists in the United States (2024) DOI
- Mobile Health School Screening and Telemedicine Referral to Improve Access to Specialty Care in Rural Alaska: Integrating Mixed Methods Data to Contextualize Trial Outcomes (2023) DOI
- Prevalence of Childhood Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska (2023) DOI
- Telemedicine Referral to Improve Access to Specialty Care for Preschool Children in Rural Alaska: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial (2023) DOI
- Potential Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids in the US (2023) DOI
- Community Perspectives on Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska (2023) DOI
- Changing the Paradigm for School Hearing Screening Globally: Evaluation of Screening Protocols From Two Randomized Trials in Rural Alaska (2023) DOI
- <scp>Hearing‐related</scp> quality of life in children and adolescents in rural Alaska (2022) DOI
Federal Grants 7 $2,466,193 total
Training the Next Generation to Achieve Hearing Health Access
Multifactorial Determinants of Childhood Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska
North STAR Trial: Specialty Telemedicine Access for Referrals in Rural Alaska
Grants & Funding
- Training the Next Generation to Achieve Hearing Health Access NIH Principal Investigator
- Appalachian STAR Trial NIH/Nat. Inst. on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders Principal Investigator
- mHealth Tympanometer: A Digital Innovation to Address Preventable Childhood Hearing Loss in Low- and Middle-Income Countries NIH Principal Investigator
- North STAR Trial: Specialty Telemedicine Access for Referrals in Rural Alaska NIH Principal Investigator
- Appalachian STAR Trial NIH Principal Investigator
- Training the Next Generation to Achieve Hearing Health Equity NIH/Nat. Inst. on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders Principal Investigator
- Training the Next Generation to Achieve Hearing Health Equity NIH/Nat. Inst. on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders Principal Investigator
- Training the Next Generation to Achieve Hearing Health Equity NIH/Nat. Inst. on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders Principal Investigator
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