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Susan D. Emmett
Federal Grant PI
High Impact
Professor of Otolaryngology and Epidemiology
Also affiliated: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2013); University of Nairobi (2015); Kennedy Krieger Institute (2014); Howard Hughes Medical Institute (2010); Johns Hopkins University (2013–2018); Tribhuvan University (2014); Indian Health Service (2017); The University of Texas at Dallas (2013); Duke University (2010–2023); Universidade de São Paulo (2016); University of the Witwatersrand (2013); University of the Free State (2015); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2025); Johns Hopkins Medicine (2013–2017); Tumaini University (2010); University of Rwanda (2015); Luzerner Kantonsspital (2017); Duke Medical Center (2010–2023); University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (2015); Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (2010); Norton Sound Health Corporation (2022); Johns Hopkins Hospital (2015); Occidental College (2014); University of Abuja (2015)
Otolaryngology, College of Medicine
22 h-index
71 pubs
1,606 cited
Research Areas
Biomedical Subjects
Biography and Research Information
OverviewAI-generated summary
Susan D. Emmett's research focuses on hearing loss, particularly in children, and the implementation of telehealth to address disparities in healthcare access. She has served as PI on multiple NIH-funded grants totaling over $3.2 million, investigating the determinants of childhood hearing loss in rural Alaska and the development of mHealth tympanometry for low- and middle-income countries. Her work also includes training initiatives aimed at improving hearing health access.
Emmett's scholarly output includes 72 publications with over 1,600 citations, reflecting a high-impact research profile. Her publications address the socioeconomic impact of hearing loss, global hearing loss prevention strategies, and the use of telehealth in healthcare delivery. She has also examined hearing screening programs for children globally and the staging of cholesteatoma.
Her collaborations are primarily within the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, with key partners including Samantha Kleindienst Robler, Shayu Deshpande, Meade Inglis-Jenson, and Tarika Srinivasan. Emmett leads a research group and has received recognition as a high-impact researcher.
Metrics
- h-index: 22
- Publications: 71
- Citations: 1,606
Positions
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Professor of Otolaryngology and Epidemiology 2025–presentUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Otolaryngology, College of Medicine Institutional directory
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Assistant Research Professor of Global Health 2017–presentDuke Global Health Institute ORCID
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Associate Professor of Otolaryngology and Epidemiology 2022–2025University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences ORCID
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Associate Professor of Surgery 2020–2022Duke University ORCID
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Associate Research Professor of Global Health 2020–2022Duke Global Health Institute ORCID
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Assistant Professor of Surgery 2017–2020Duke University School of Medicine ORCID
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 8 $3,287,197 total
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Sep 2026 - Aug 2029
STAR+ Trial: Expanding Access to Hearing Diagnostics and Treatment for Children in Rural Appalachia
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Aug 2025 - Jul 2030
Training the Next Generation to Achieve Hearing Health Access
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May 2022 - Jul 2023
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May 2022 - Dec 2023
Multifactorial Determinants of Childhood Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska
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May 2022 - Aug 2025
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May 2022 - Jul 2026
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May 2022 - Aug 2023
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Sep 2021 - Jun 2025
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
Samantha Kleindienst Robler
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
16 shared publications
In database
- Changing the Paradigm for School Hearing Screening Globally: Evaluation of Screening Protocols From Two Randomized Trials 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
- Current status of school vision screening—rationale, models, impact and challenges: a review
Showing 5 of 16 shared publications
Alyssa Platt
Duke University (US)
8 shared publications
- Changing the Paradigm for School Hearing Screening Globally: Evaluation of Screening Protocols From Two Randomized Trials 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
- 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)
- 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)
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
Philip Hofstetter
Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University (RU)
7 shared publications
- Changing the Paradigm for School Hearing Screening Globally: Evaluation of Screening Protocols From Two Randomized Trials 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
- 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)
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Joseph R. Egger
Duke Institute for Health Innovation (US)
5 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
- Hearing‐related 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
Joseph J. Gallo
Johns Hopkins University (US)
5 shared publications
- Changing the Paradigm for School Hearing Screening Globally: Evaluation of Screening Protocols From Two Randomized Trials 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
Meade Inglis-Jenson
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
5 shared publications
In database
- 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
- Community-Informed Adaptation of a School-Based Hearing Health Intervention: Formative Evaluation for an Effectiveness-Implementation Trial
Janet Prvu Bettger
Duke University
5 shared publications
In database
- 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)
- Transforming Access to Hearing Care: Community Perspectives on School-Based Telehealth in Rural Appalachia
- 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)
- 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)
- Community-Informed Adaptation of a School-Based Hearing Health Intervention: Formative Evaluation for an Effectiveness-Implementation Trial
Elizabeth L. Turner
Duke University (US)
4 shared publications
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
Hannah Lane
Duke University (US)
4 shared publications
- 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)
- Transforming Access to Hearing Care: Community Perspectives on School-Based Telehealth in Rural Appalachia
- 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)
- 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)
Shayu Deshpande
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
4 shared publications
In database
- 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)
- Transforming Access to Hearing Care: Community Perspectives on School-Based Telehealth in Rural Appalachia
- 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)
- 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)
Matthew Hirschfeld
Southcentral Foundation (US)
4 shared publications
- 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)
- 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
- Community-Informed Adaptation of a School-Based Hearing Health Intervention: Formative Evaluation for an Effectiveness-Implementation Trial
Rolvix H. Patterson
Duke University (US)
4 shared publications
- 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
- Time to Measure: A Proposed Theoretical Model for Head and Neck Cancer Intervals of Care
- 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
Kelli L. Hicks
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
3 shared publications
- 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
- Hearing‐related quality of life in children and adolescents in rural Alaska
Alexandra Ross
Duke University (US)
3 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
- Hearing‐related quality of life in children and adolescents in rural Alaska
Cole D. Jenson
Duke University (US)
3 shared publications
- Changing the Paradigm for School Hearing Screening Globally: Evaluation of Screening Protocols From Two Randomized Trials 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
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