Rhona Hellman

Senior Research Scientist Education ·Post-Graduate Research, Harvard University ·Ph.D. Information Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan ·Fellow: Acoustical Society of America ·Chair: ANSI S3.4 Auditory Magnitudes (Loudness) ·Professional License: Audiologist-State of MA	Office 246 Forsyth Voice: 617-373-8756 E-mail:hellman@neu.edu Scholarly Interests · Psychoacoustics · Loudness measurement and analysis in normal- and cochlear-impaired hearing
Selected Publications and Presentations

Hellman, R., and Meiselman, C.: Loudness relations for individuals and groups in normal and impaired hearing. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 88:2596-2606, 1990.

Hellman, R.: Loudness measurement by magnitude scaling: Implications for intensity coding. In: Gescheider, G.A. and Bolanowski, S.J. (Eds.), Ratio Scaling of Psychological Magnitudes. New Jersey:Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 215-227, 1991.

Hellman, R.: Can magnitude scaling reveal the growth of loudness in cochlear impairment?  In: Verrillo, R.T. (Ed.), Sensory Research-Multimodal Perspectives New Jersey:Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 1-18, 1993.

Hellman, R.: Relation between the growth of loudness and high frequency excitation. J. Acoust.Soc. Am. 96:2655-2663, 1994.

Hellman, R.: Growth of loudness in sensorineural impairment: Experimental results and modeling implications.  In: Jesteadt, W. (Ed.). Modeling Sensorineural Hearing Loss  New  Jersey: Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 199-212, 1997.

Hellman, R., Miskiewicz, A., and Scharf, B.: Loudness adaptation and excitation patterns: Effects of frequency and level. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 101:1-10, 1997.

Hellman, R.: Cross-modality matching: A tool for measuring loudness in sensorineural impairment. Ear and Hearing, 20: 193-213, 1999.

Hellman, R., Takeshima, H., Suzuki, Y., Ozawa, K., and Sone, T.: Determination of equal-loudness relations at high frequencies. In: Proceedings of the 17^th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Psychophysics, Leipzig, Germany. 225-230, 2001.