Erin Picou, Au.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Office Address
215 21st Ave South, Nashville TN 37232
Room / Suite
10336
Nashville
Tennessee
37232

Erin Picou is an associate professor in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She currently directs the Hearing and Affect Perception Interest (HAPI) laboratory, which is funded through a variety of industry and federal sources. Her research interests are related to hearing aid technologies for adults and children, with a specific focuses on speech recognition, listening effort, and emotion perception. Erin is currently serving as the Editor in Chief of the American Journal of Audiology. In addition to her research activities, Erin is involved with teaching and mentoring clinical and research doctoral students. Outside of work, Erin enjoys spending time with her family, biking, hiking, and traveling.

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erin-picou-8bb218249/

Twitter: @VandyDMHARL

Selected publications

Emotion:

Picou, E. M. (2016). How hearing loss and age affect emotional responses to nonspeech sounds. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 59(5), 1233 - 1246. doi:10.1044/2016_JSLHR-H-15-0231

Buono, G. H., Crukley, J., Hornsby, B. W., & Picou, E. M. (2021). Loss of high-or low-frequency audibility can partially explain effects of hearing loss on emotional responses to non-speech sounds. Hearing Research, 401, 108153. doi:10.1016/j.heares.2020.108153

Picou, E. M., Rakita, L., Buono, G. H., & Moore, T. M. (2021). Effects of increasing the overall level or fitting hearing aids on emotional responses to sounds. Trends in Hearing, 25, 1-13. doi:10.1177/23312165211049938

Picou, E. M., Lewis, D., Angley, G., & Tharpe, A. M. (2020). Rerouting hearing aid systems for overcoming limited useable unilateral hearing in dynamic classrooms Ear and Hearing, 41(4), 790-803. doi:10.1097/AUD.0000000000000800

Picou, E. M., Davis, H., & Tharpe, A. M. (2020). Considerations for choosing microphone technologies for students with limited useable hearing unilaterally. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 51(1), 74 - 83. doi:10.1044/2019_LSHSS-OCHL-19-0018

Picou, E. M., Gordon, J., & Ricketts, T. A. (2016). The effects of noise and reverberation on listening effort for listeners with normal hearing. Ear and Hearing, 37(1), 1-13. doi:10.1097/AUD.0000000000000222

Picou, E. M., & Ricketts, T. A. (2014). The effect of changing the secondary task in dual-task paradigms for measuring listening effort. Ear and Hearing, 35(6), 611-622. doi:10.1097/AUD.0000000000000055

Moore, T. M., & Picou, E. M. (2018). A potential bias in subjective ratings of mental effort. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 61, 2405-2421. doi:10.1044/2018_JSLHR-H-17-0451