Faculty/Staff/PhD
Academic Faculty
Rallapalli, Varsha, Au.D., Ph.D., CCC-A
Assistant Professor
Phone: 813.974.9794
Office: PCD 3019
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Dr. Varsha Rallapalli is a clinical translational researcher and an audiologist with expertise in hearing aids, speech perception, and cognition. Her research is focused on developing evidence-based solutions for personalizing hearing aids based on a systematic understanding of the interaction between signal processing, individual abilities, and realistic environmental conditions. Dr. Rallapalli received her bachelor’s degree in Speech and Hearing from the All India Institute of Speech and Hearing. She went on to earn her Au.D. and Ph.D. from Purdue University, where she became increasingly interested in hearing aid technology and using that technology to meet patients’ needs. She completed postdoctoral training at Northwestern University with a focus on the role of cognitive abilities in fitting hearing aids. Her research has been supported by NIH as well as the American Speech & Hearing Foundation.
| Post-Doctoral Research | Northwestern University | 2021 |
| Ph.D. (Audiology) | Purdue University | 2017 |
| Au.D. (Audiology) | Purdue University | 2014 |
| B.S. (Speech and Hearing) | All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore, India | 2010 |
Teaching
- SPA6311 | Medical Audiology
Recent Scholarly Activity
- Rallapalli, V., Freyman, R., & Souza, P. (In Review). Relationship between working memory, compression, and beamformers in ideal conditions. Ear and Hearing.
- Rallapalli, V., Schauer, J., & Souza, P. (2022). Preference for Combinations of Hearing Aid Signal Processing. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 65(8), 3100–3116.
- Rallapalli, V., Ellis, G., & Souza, P. (2021). Effects of directionality, compression, and working memory on speech recognition. Ear and Hearing, 42(3), 492-505.