AUDITORY NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH
As a clinician scientist, I am committed to a career of conducting translational research to identify novel diagnostic and treatment strategies to improve outcomes for patients with hearing disorders. After completing my clinical training, my passion for understanding auditory perception and the brain led me to pursue a Ph.D. in neuroscience. My graduate research investigated the effects of noise exposure on cochlear anatomy, auditory physiology, and hearing-in-noise in nonhuman primates. I am currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine working in the laboratories of Dr. Elisabeth Glowatzki and Dr. Amanda Lauer. I utilize a variety of methods, including behavioral measures of hearing, electrophysiology, and histology of the cochlea and brain to assess structure-function correlations following acoustic injury.
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I am relentless in my pursuit of research, while remaining loyal to my clinical training and experiences with patients. My clinical training provides me with a practical, translational foundation to elevate the impact of my research efforts beyond that of pure scientific discovery.
PUBLICATIONS
Mondul, J. A., Burke, K., Morley, B., & Lauer, A. M. (bioRxiv). Alpha9alpha10 knockout mice show altered physiological and behavioral responses to signals in masking noise.
Stahl, A. N., Mondul, J. A., Alek, K. A., Hackett, T. A., & Ramachandran, R. (2022). Audiologic characterization using clinical physiological measures: Normative data from macaque monkeys. Hearing Research, 424, 108568.
McLeod, A., Burton, J. A., Mackey, C. A., & Ramachandran, R. (2022). An assessment of ambient noise and other environmental variables in a nonhuman primate housing facility. Lab Animal, 51, 219-226.
Burton, J. A., Tarabillo, A. L., Finnie, K. R., Shuster, K. A., Mackey, C. A., Hackett, T. A., Ramachandran, R. R. (2022). Chronic otitis externa secondary to tympanic membrane electrode placement in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Comparative Medicine, 72(2), 104-112.
Peacock, J., Mackey, C. A., Benson, M. A., Burton, J. A., Greene, N. T., Ramachandran, R., & Tollin, D. J. (2021). The binaural interaction component in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). eNeuro, 8(6), 1-5.
Burton, J. A., Mackey, C. A., MacDonald, K., Valero, M. D., Hackett, T. A., & Ramachandran, R. (2020). Changes in audiometric threshold and frequency selectivity correlate with cochlear histopathology in macaque monkeys with permanent noise-induced hearing loss. Hearing Research, 398, 108082.
Burton, J. A., Valero, M. D., Hackett, T. A., & Ramachandran, R. (2019). The use of nonhuman primates in studies of noise injury and treatment. J Acoust Soc Am, 146(5), 3770-3789.
Holcomb, M. A., Burton, J. A., Dornhoffer, J. R., Camposeo, E. L., Meyer, T. A., & McRackan, T. R. (2019). When to replace legacy cochlear implants for technological upgrades: Indications and outcomes. Laryngoscope, 129, 748–753.
Rajsic, J., Burton, J. A., & Woodman, G. F. (2019). The contralateral delay activity tracks the storage of visually presented letters and words. Psychophysiology, 56, e13282.
McRackan, T. R., Fabie, J. E., Burton, J. A., Munawar, S., Holcomb, M. A., Dubno, J. R. (2018). Earphone and aided word recognition differences in cochlear implant candidates. Otology & Neurotology, 39(7), e543-e549.
Burton, J. A., Dylla, M. E., & Ramachandran, R. (2018). Frequency selectivity in macaque monkeys measured using a notched-noise method. Hearing Research, 357, 73-80.
Hauser, S. N., Burton, J. A., Mercer, E. T., & Ramachandran, R. (2018). Effects of noise overexposure on tone detection in noise in nonhuman primates. Hearing Research, 357, 33-45.
Valero, M.D., Burton, J. A., Hauser, S. N., Hackett, T. A., Ramachandran, R., & Liberman, M. C. (2017). Noise-induced cochlear synaptopathy in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Hearing Research, 353, 213-223.
PRESENTATIONS
DYNAMICS OF NOISE-INDUCED DOPAMINE UPREGULATION IN LATERAL OLIVOCOCHLEAR NEURONS
Rubenstein Symposium on Hearing & Balance
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
April 2023
EFFECTS OF NOISE EXPOSURE ON COCHLEAR ANATOMY, AUDITORY PHYSIOLOGY, AND HEARING-IN-NOISE IN NONHUMAN PRIMATES
Dissertation Defense
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
May 9, 2022
PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PERCEPTUAL ASSAYS OF AUDITORY EFFERENT FUNCTION IN NONHUMAN PRIMATES
Vanderbilt University Neuroscience Brown Bag Seminar
Nashville, TN
April 23, 2021
LINKING PERCEPTUAL PERFORMANCE WITH COCHLEAR HISTOPATHOLOGY IN TWO NONHUMAN PRIMATE MODELS OF NOISE-INDUCED HEARING LOSS
VISION & HEARING: FROM MOLECULES TO SENSORY LOSS
Osher Lifelong Learning Series
Nashville, TN
October 22, 2019
NEUROSCIENCE AND AUDIOLOGY
October 16, 2019
Invited guest lecture presentation for the Miami University of Ohio National Student Speech Language Hearing Association Chapter
HEARING IN BACKGROUND NOISE IN MACAQUE MONKEYS FOLLOWING NOISE EXPOSURE
Midwest Auditory Research Conference
Springfield, IL
July 2019
HOT TOPICS, COLD DRINKS: UNCONVENTIONAL AUDIOLOGY
American Academy of Audiology
AAA 2019 Conference Columbus, OH
March 29, 2019
Acoustical Society of America
Victoria, BC, Canada
November 8, 2018
OF MICE AND MONKEYS: TRANSLATING ANIMAL RESEARCH TO THE CLINIC
American Academy of Audiology
AAA 2018 Conference Nashville, TN
April 20, 2018
SENSORY SYSTEM SYNERGY: PUTTING INFORMATION TOGETHER AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN INPUTS DECLINE
Osher Lifelong Learning Series
Nashville, TN
March 29, 2018
PRESENTATIONS
AWARDS, HONORS, AND DISTINCTIONS
NEUROSCIENCE RETREAT BEST TALK AWARD WINNER
Vanderbilt Brain Institute,
September 2019
NEUROSCIENCE RETREAT POSTER AWARD WINNER
Vanderbilt Brain Institute, September 2017
UNIVERSITY GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP
Vanderbilt University
2017 to present
AUDIOLOGY CAPSTONE AWARD WINNER
Vanderbilt University,
April 2016
POSTER BLITZ FIRST PLACE WINNER
Association for Research in Otolaryngology,
February 2016
VANDERBILT TUITION SCHOLARSHIP
Vanderbilt University, 2013-2017
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TRAINING GRANT
Vanderbilt University, 2013-2016