Susan D. Emmett
Professor of Otolaryngology and Epidemiology
Also affiliated: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2013); University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (2013); Howard Hughes Medical Institute (2010); Johns Hopkins University (2013–2018); Indian Health Service (2017); Duke University (2010–2023); Christian Medical College, Vellore (2010); Johns Hopkins Medicine (2013–2017); Center for Child and Family Health (2022); Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (2016); Tumaini University (2010); University of Rwanda (2015); Luzerner Kantonsspital (2017); Duke Institute for Health Innovation (2010–2023); Duke Medical Center (2010–2018); University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (2015); Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (2010); Norton Sound Health Corporation (2022); Arkansas Department of Health (2026); University of Abuja (2015)
Faculty Researcher
Otolaryngology, College of Medicine
Research Areas
Biomedical Subjects
Biography and Research Information
OverviewAI-generated summary
Susan D. Emmett's research focuses on addressing health disparities, particularly in hearing healthcare, through the application of technology and evidence-based interventions. Her work has extensively explored the use of telemedicine and mobile health (mHealth) technologies to improve access to specialty care for underserved populations, notably in rural Alaska. She has led studies evaluating the effectiveness of these approaches in school-based hearing screenings and subsequent referrals, aiming to reduce preventable childhood hearing loss.
Her scholarly contributions include systematic reviews and meta-analyses examining the impact of hearing loss and its treatment on quality of life, as well as evaluating the economic outcomes of various hearing healthcare strategies. Emmett has been a Principal Investigator on multiple federal grants from the NIH/National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, totaling over $2.4 million, which have supported her investigations into childhood hearing loss determinants, the development of mHealth tympanometry tools, and training initiatives for hearing health access. Her research group has produced significant publications, contributing to a high-impact researcher designation with an h-index of 22 and over 1,500 citations.
Metrics
- h-index: 22
- Publications: 72
- Citations: 1,573
Selected Publications
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Active Middle Ear Implants (2026)
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Community-Informed Adaptation of a School-Based Hearing Health Intervention: Formative Evaluation for an Effectiveness-Implementation Trial (2026)
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Mild loss, major consequences: Why mild hearing loss in children demands greater attention (2026)
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Can schools detect mild hearing loss? Evaluating screening accuracy and feasibility (2026)
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Understanding Risk Factors for Otitis Media in Rural Alaska Native Children: A Cohort Study (2025)
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Assessing Environmental, Nutritional, and Genetic Factors for Otitis Media-Related Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska Native Children (2025)
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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)
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Time to Measure: A Proposed Theoretical Model for Head and Neck Cancer Intervals of Care (2025)
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Transforming Access to Hearing Care: Community Perspectives on School-Based Telehealth in Rural Appalachia (2025)
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Improving Access to Specialty Care for Rural Children Using Enhanced Hearing Screening and Specialty Telehealth Follow-Up in Rural Kentucky Schools: Protocol for a Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Stepped Wedge, Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial (Appalachian STAR Trial) (2025)
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Current status of school vision screening—rationale, models, impact and challenges: a review (2025)
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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)
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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)
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Barriers to Research for Academic Otologists/Neurotologists in the United States (2024)
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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)
Federal Grants 7 $2,462,738 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
As listed on this researcher's institutional profile. Federal awards with verified records are shown above.
- Training the Next Generation to Achieve Hearing Health Equity NIH/Nat. Inst. on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders Principal Investigator
- HEAR Arkansas and the FAITH Network: Bringing Hearing Loss Treatment to Rural Arkansas Health Resources & Services Administration via University of Mississippi Medical Center Principal Investigator
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
- Changing the Paradigm for School Hearing Screening Globally: Evaluation of Screening Protocols From Two Randomized Trials in Rural Alaska
- Prevalence of Childhood Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska
- Mobile Health School Screening and Telemedicine Referral to Improve Access to Specialty Care in Rural Alaska: Integrating Mixed Methods Data to Contextualize Trial Outcomes
- Community Perspectives on Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska
- Telemedicine Referral to Improve Access to Specialty Care for Preschool Children in Rural Alaska: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
Showing 5 of 11 shared publications
- Changing the Paradigm for School Hearing Screening Globally: Evaluation of Screening Protocols From Two Randomized Trials in Rural Alaska
- Prevalence of Childhood Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska
- Telemedicine Referral to Improve Access to Specialty Care for Preschool Children in Rural Alaska: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
- 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)
- Assessing Environmental, Nutritional, and Genetic Factors for Otitis Media-Related Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska Native Children
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
- Changing the Paradigm for School Hearing Screening Globally: Evaluation of Screening Protocols From Two Randomized Trials in Rural Alaska
- Prevalence of Childhood Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska
- Mobile Health School Screening and Telemedicine Referral to Improve Access to Specialty Care in Rural Alaska: Integrating Mixed Methods Data to Contextualize Trial Outcomes
- Community Perspectives on Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska
- Telemedicine Referral to Improve Access to Specialty Care for Preschool Children in Rural Alaska: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
- Changing the Paradigm for School Hearing Screening Globally: Evaluation of Screening Protocols From Two Randomized Trials in Rural Alaska
- Prevalence of Childhood Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska
- <scp>Hearing‐related</scp> quality of life in children and adolescents in rural Alaska
- Assessing Environmental, Nutritional, and Genetic Factors for Otitis Media-Related Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska Native Children
- Understanding Risk Factors for Otitis Media in Rural Alaska Native Children: A Cohort Study
- Changing the Paradigm for School Hearing Screening Globally: Evaluation of Screening Protocols From Two Randomized Trials in Rural Alaska
- Prevalence of Childhood Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska
- Mobile Health School Screening and Telemedicine Referral to Improve Access to Specialty Care in Rural Alaska: Integrating Mixed Methods Data to Contextualize Trial Outcomes
- Community Perspectives on Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska
- Telemedicine Referral to Improve Access to Specialty Care for Preschool Children in Rural Alaska: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
- Prevalence of Childhood Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska
- Mobile Health School Screening and Telemedicine Referral to Improve Access to Specialty Care in Rural Alaska: Integrating Mixed Methods Data to Contextualize Trial Outcomes
- Community Perspectives on Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska
- Telemedicine Referral to Improve Access to Specialty Care for Preschool Children in Rural Alaska: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
- Time to Measure: A Proposed Theoretical Model for Head and Neck Cancer Intervals of Care
- 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
- Assessing Environmental, Nutritional, and Genetic Factors for Otitis Media-Related Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska Native Children
- Understanding Risk Factors for Otitis Media in Rural Alaska Native Children: A Cohort Study
- Prevalence of Childhood Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska
- Telemedicine Referral to Improve Access to Specialty Care for Preschool Children in Rural Alaska: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
- <scp>Hearing‐related</scp> quality of life in children and adolescents in rural Alaska
- Changing the Paradigm for School Hearing Screening Globally: Evaluation of Screening Protocols From Two Randomized Trials in Rural Alaska
- Prevalence of Childhood Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska
- <scp>Hearing‐related</scp> quality of life in children and adolescents in rural Alaska
- Changing the Paradigm for School Hearing Screening Globally: Evaluation of Screening Protocols From Two Randomized Trials in Rural Alaska
- Prevalence of Childhood Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska
- Telemedicine Referral to Improve Access to Specialty Care for Preschool Children in Rural Alaska: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
- Changing the Paradigm for School Hearing Screening Globally: Evaluation of Screening Protocols From Two Randomized Trials in Rural Alaska
- Prevalence of Childhood Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska
- Telemedicine Referral to Improve Access to Specialty Care for Preschool Children in Rural Alaska: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
- Changing the Paradigm for School Hearing Screening Globally: Evaluation of Screening Protocols From Two Randomized Trials in Rural Alaska
- Prevalence of Childhood Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska
- Telemedicine Referral to Improve Access to Specialty Care for Preschool Children in Rural Alaska: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
- Mobile Health School Screening and Telemedicine Referral to Improve Access to Specialty Care in Rural Alaska: Integrating Mixed Methods Data to Contextualize Trial Outcomes
- Community Perspectives on Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska
- Mobile Health School Screening and Telemedicine Referral to Improve Access to Specialty Care in Rural Alaska: Integrating Mixed Methods Data to Contextualize Trial Outcomes
- Community Perspectives on Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska
- Telemedicine Referral to Improve Access to Specialty Care for Preschool Children in Rural Alaska: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
- 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)
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