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Laura Smith-Olinde

Professor and Chair

Also affiliated: Missouri State University (1998)

Communications Sciences & Disorders, College of Health Professions

13 h-index 27 pubs 663 cited

  • Humans
  • Female
  • Adult
  • Male
  • Auditory Threshold
  • Middle Aged
  • Hearing Aids
  • Aged
  • Voice Quality
  • Habits
  • Adolescent
  • Speech Perception
  • Speech
  • Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
  • Analysis of Variance

Biography and Research Information

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Laura Smith-Olinde is a professor and chair in the Department of Communications Sciences & Disorders at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Her academic background is in audiology and hearing science, with a faculty career beginning in 1995. She assumed her current leadership role in August 2019. The department under her direction offers master's and doctoral programs in speech-language pathology and audiology, including a research-focused PhD program. Smith-Olinde's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 13, with 27 total publications and 649 citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 13
  • Publications: 27
  • Citations: 663

Positions

  • Professor and Chair 2019–present
    University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Communications Sciences & Disorders, College of Health Professions Institutional directory
  • Associate Professor, Director, Educators Academy 2013–2019
    University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Office of Educational Development ORCID
  • Associate Professor 2001–2013
    University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Audiology & Speech Pathology ORCID
  • Coordinator, Infant Hearing Program 1999–2001
    Arkansas Department of Health ORCID
  • Assistant Professor 1995–1998
    Missouri State University Communication Sciences & Disorders ORCID

Selected Publications

  • Debate as a learning tool in an online environment (2019)
    Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Pedagogical Education Practices in Communication Sciences and Disorders PhD Programs: a Pilot Study (2018)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The Relationship between the Acceptance of Noise and Acoustic Environments in Young Adults with Normal Hearing: A Pilot Study (2014)
    Journal of the American Academy of Audiology 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Critical Synthesis Package: Scientific Misconduct Questionnaire-Revised (SMQ-R) (2013)
    MedEdPORTAL DOI OpenAlex
  • The Relationship between Personality Type and Acceptable Noise Levels: A Pilot Study (2013)
    ISRN Otolaryngology 24 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Erratum: “Adult Normative Data for the KayPENTAX Phonatory Aerodynamic System Model 6600.” Journal of Voice. 2012;26:164–176 (2012)
    Journal of Voice 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Measurement of Reaction Time in the Home for People With Dementia (2011)
    Biological Research For Nursing 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Adult Normative Data for the KayPENTAX Phonatory Aerodynamic System Model 6600 (2011)
    Journal of Voice 109 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Verification of Speech Spectrum Audibility for Pediatric Baha Softband Users with Craniofacial Anomalies (2010)
    The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal 11 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Tone-Induced Sleep Fragmentation in Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease: A Feasibility Study (2009)
    Biological Research For Nursing 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • The Relationship of Audiometric Thresholds Elicited with Pulsed, Warbled, and Pulsed-Warbled Tones in Adults with Normal Hearing (2009)
    Ear and Hearing 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Health state preference scores for children with permanent childhood hearing loss: a comparative analysis of the QWB and HUI3 (2008)
    Quality of Life Research 41 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Patient Versus Partner Perception of Voice Handicap (2006)
    Journal of Voice 42 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Efficacy of language assessment in Alzheimer's disease: comparing in-person examination and telemedicine (2006)
    Clinical Interventions in Aging 76 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Test–Retest Reliability of In Situ Unaided Thresholds in Adults (2006)
    American Journal of Audiology 32 citations DOI OpenAlex

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