Sarah Grinn, AuD, PhD

Sarah Grinn, AuD, PhD, conducts clinically translatable auditory research that advances the understanding of individual susceptibility to peripheral and central noise injury. Research in the Grinn Hearing Lab aims to reduce the incidence of recreational and occupational noise-induced hearing loss by improving the current damage-risk models of auditory safety.

The purpose of Dr. Grinn’s ongoing National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 project is to improve the safety and audibility of automatically programmed hearing aids such that they do not overamplify or under amplify when programmed using average estimates of external-ear resonance. Separately, her ongoing NIH Loan Repayment Program (LRP) Clinical Research Award investigates the effects of external ear mechanics on temporary auditory deficits following a lab-simulated virtual-reality music concert. Dr. Grinn earned her Bachelor of Science at Michigan State University, her AuD at The University of Florida, and her PhD at The University of Texas at Dallas. Dr. Grinn is currently an associate professor in the Doctor of Audiology Program at Central Michigan University.