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Dr. Anoop Basavanahalli Jagadeesh (PhD - Audiology) is an Assistant Professor in the School of Speech, Language, Hearing, and Occupational Sciences at the University of Montana, a role he assumed in July 2024. Anoop earned his PhD in Audiology in 2021, following his Bachelor’s degree in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (2009) and Master’s degree in Audiology (2011) from the prestigious All India Institute of Speech and Hearing. Anoop also conducted postdoctoral research under the mentorship of Dr. Nina Kraus at Northwestern University. His research focused on understanding neural and behavioral differences in speech perception in noise, particularly in middle-aged adults.

Anoop’s research explores age-related changes in hearing and cognition, using advanced techniques like speech-evoked multichannel EEG/ERP. His current work aims to examine the psychosocial impacts of hearing loss in older adults, aiming to enhance diagnostic tools and intervention strategies.

Current Position

Assistant Professor 

Courses Taught

2024-25

CSD 222 | Introduction to Audiology (Undergraduate)

SLP 691 | Special Topics: Hearing Science (Graduate)

CSD 450 | Intro to Aural Rehab (Undergraduate​) 

2025-26

CSD 222 | Introduction to Sound and Hearing (Undergraduate) 

CSD 322  | Diagnostic Audiology (Undergraduate​) 

CSD 450 | Intro to Aural Rehab (Undergraduate​) 

Teaching Experience

2024-Present | Assistant Professor | University of Montana

2021 | Lecturer in Audiology | Department of Audiology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysuru, India

Research Interests

Audiology

Auditory Evoked Potentials

Speech Perception in Noise

Aging

Projects

2025 (ongoing): Exploring Serotonergic Mechanisms and Psychosocial Well-being in the Aging Auditory System: An ERP-Based Study

2022 (Completed): Neural basis of music perception in individuals with hearing loss. (Discovery Grant by the American Hearing Research Foundation)

Field of Study

Audiology; Speech and Hearing

Publications

Basavanahalli Jagadeesh, A., Maruthy, S., & Kumar, A. (2024). Effect of Attention on Prestimulus Neural Noise. NeuroRegulation, 11(1), 62-62.

Gafoor, S. A., Basavanahalli Jagadeesh, A., & Uppunda, A. K. (2023). Working memory task performance in a simulated peripheral sensory-motor deficit. Journal of All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, 42(1), 77-84.

Basavanahalli Jagadeesh, A., & Uppunda, A. K. (2022). Effect of Age on Informational Masking: Differential Effects of Phonetic and Semantic Information in the Masker. American journal of audiology, 31(3), 707–718. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_AJA-22-00029

Basavanahalli Jagadeesh, A., & Kumar, A. U. (2021). Speech-on-Speech Masking: Effect of Maskers with Different Degrees of Linguistic Information. Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. 45 (2), 143-156. https://cjslpa.ca/files/2021_CJSLPA_Vol_45/No_2/CJSLPA_Vol_45_No_2_2021_1225.pdf.

Basavanahalli Jagadeesh, A., & Kumar, A. U. (2020). Role of Rehearsal Language in Working Memory. Journal of All India Institute of Speech and Hearing. 31 (1), 31-38. http://203.129.241.91/jaiish/index.php/aiish/issue/view/50

Basavanahalli Jagadeesh, A., & Kumar, A. U. (2019). Effect of Informational Masking on Auditory Working Memory: Role of Linguistic Information in the Maskers. Hearing, Balance and Communication. 17 (4), 270-279. https://doi.org/10.1080/21695717.2019.1630980

Verhulst, S., Piktel, P., Basavanahalli Jagadeesh, A., & Mauermann, M. (2016). On the Interplay Between Cochlear Gain Loss and Temporal Envelope Coding Deficits. In van Dijk, P., Baskent D., Gaudrain E., de Kleine E., Wagner A., & Lanting C. (Eds.), Physiology, Psychoacoustics and Cognition in Normal and Impaired Hearing (pp. 467–475). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25474-6_49

Verhulst, S., Vasilkov, V., Basavanahalli Jagadeesh, A., & Pelz, M. (2016). Isolating cochlear synaptopathy in people with impaired audiograms: An auditory brainstem and envelope-following response modeling study. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 140(4), 3151. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4969880

Verhulst, S., Basavanahalli Jagadeesh, A., Mauermann, M., & Ernst, F. (2016). Individual Differences in Auditory Brainstem Response Wave Characteristics: Relations to Different Aspects of Peripheral Hearing Loss. Trends in Hearing, 20(0), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1177/2331216516672186

Professional Experience

2021-2024 | Postdoctoral Fellow | Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University

2014-2016 | Research Assistant | Department of Medical Physics and Acoustics, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

2013 | Audiologist Grade 1 | Department of Prevention of Communication Disorders, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysuru, India

2012-2013 | Consultant Audiologist | Ear2Hear Clinic (Private Firm), Bengaluru, India

2011-2012 | Research Officer | Department of Audiology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysuru, India

Honors / Awards

2025: Pilot Planning Grant ($ 9996) from the Montana INBRE program for the project titled "Exploring Serotonergic Mechanisms and Psychosocial Well-being in the Aging Auditory System: An ERP-Based Study"

2023: Knowles travel award ($ 1500) for Postdocs, to attend the 46th MidWinter meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO), held at Orlando, Florida, USA.

2022 (Completed): Discovery Grant ($ 49,718) by the American Hearing Research Foundation for the project titled “Neural basis of music perception in individuals with hearing loss”.

2021: Best Scientific Presentation award in the Oral Presentation category for the scientific paper titled “Articulatory Rehearsal and Auditory Working Memory Performance: Effect of Oral Anaesthesia” at the first All India Institute of Speech and Hearing Audiology Convention held at Mysuru, India.

2019: Travel grant from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Government of India (approximately $1600), to attend the 42nd MidWinter meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO), held in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

2018: International Society for Audiology (ISA) Student Scholarship ($ 1500) to attend the World Congress of Audiology, held in Cape Town, South Africa.

2017: Travel grant from the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India (approximately $ 1500), to attend the EGI Summer School held in Eugene, OR, USA

Hobbies

Bird photography, Cricket (the sport, not the insect)