Tonya R. Bergeson, Ph.D.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Indiana University Medical School
Department of Otolaryngology
699 West Drive Riley/ RR 044
Indianapolis, IN 46202
tbergeso@iupui.edu
(317) 274-8466

EDUCATION
Ph.D. University of Toronto (Cognitive Psychology), June 2002
M.A. University of Toronto (Cognitive Psychology), Sept 1997
B.A. / B.M. Northwestern University (Psychology and Music Theory), June 1996
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
2004 — present Assistant Professor and Philip F. Holton Scholar, Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology Ð Head and Neck Surgery Instructor, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Department of Psychology: Lifespan Development
2003 — 2004 Assistant Scientist, Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology Ð Head and Neck Surgery
2001 — 2003 NIH Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
2002 — 2004 Supervisor, NIH Summer Research Traineeships for Medical Students
1999 — 2000 Instructor, University of Toronto: Introduction to Development
1996 — 2001 Teaching Assistant, University of Toronto: Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Psychology Lab, Developmental Psychology, Psychology of Language, Language Acquisition, Cross-Cultural Psychology, Exceptionality: Disability and Giftedness
Research Assistant, Dr. Sandra E. Trehub, University of Toronto
1993 — 1996 Research Assistant, Dr. David Uttal, Northwestern University (Psychology)
June — Sept 1995 Summer Research Assistant, Dr. Sandra E. Trehub, University of Toronto
June — Sept 1993 Summer Research Assistant, Dr. Elliott Ross, University of North Dakota Medical Education Center (Neuropsychiatry)
RESEARCH GRANTS
2004 — 2007 National Institutes of Health - National Institute on Deafness and Communication Disorders (NIH-NIDCD): R21 DC006682-01, "Multimodal perception by infants with cochlear implants"; Principal Investigator; $375,000 (Total Direct Costs)
2003 — 2008 National Institutes of Health - National Institute on Deafness and Communication Disorders (NIH-NIDCD): R01 DC006235-01, "Speech perception by infants after cochlear implantation"; Research Scientist (Principal Investigator, Derek M. Houston); $1,125,000 (Total Direct Costs)
AWARDS AND HONORS
NIH Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (Dec 2001 - Present)
Doctoral Thesis Completion Grant (2001), University of Toronto
Student Presentation Award (Sept 2000), Canadian Acoustical Association
University of Toronto Fellowship (1998-2001)
International Student Award (1997-2001), University of Toronto
University of Toronto Open Fellowship (1996-1998)
Honors in Music Theory (1996), Northwestern University
Honors in Psychology (1996), Northwestern University
Honorable Mention, William A. Hunt Award for best research paper in psychology by an undergraduate (1996), Department of Psychology, Northwestern University
Carl Milton Beecher Award for musical and academic excellence (1995), Northwestern University
Benton J. Underwood Fellow (June - Sept 1994), Department of Psychology, Northwestern University
Latin Honor Society (1993 - 1996), Northwestern University
PUBLICATIONS
Bergeson, T. R., & Trehub, S. E. (1999). Mothers' singing to infants and preschool children. Infant Behavior and Development, 22, 51-64.
Bergeson, T. R., Schneider, B. A., & Hamstra, S. J. (2001). Duration discrimination in younger and older adults. Canadian Acoustics, 29, 3-10.
Bergeson, T. R., & Trehub, S. E. (2002). Absolute pitch and tempo in mothers' songs to infants. Psychological Science, 13, 72-75.
Bergeson, T. R., Pisoni, D. B., & Davis, R. A. O. (2003). A longitudinal study of audiovisual speech perception by hearing-impaired children with cochlear implants. The Volta Review, 103 monograph, 347-370.
Bergeson, T. R., & Pisoni, D. B. (2004). Audiovisual speech perception in deaf adults and children following cochlear implantation. In G. Calvert, C. Spence, & B. E. Stein (Eds.), Handbook of Multisensory Processes (pp. 749-772). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Bergeson, T. R., Pisoni, D. B., & Davis, R. A. O. (submitted). Development of Audiovisual Comprehension Skills in Prelingually Deaf Children With Cochlear Implants
Bergeson, T. R., & Trehub, S. E. (submitted). Signature tunes in mothers' speech to infants.
Bergeson, T. R., & Trehub, S. E. (submitted). Infants' perception of metric and nonmetric rhythms.
Bergeson, T. R., & Trehub, S. E. (submitted). Infants' perception of duple and triple meter.
Bergeson, T. R., Miller, R. J., & McCune, K. (in press). Mothers' speech to hearing-impaired infants and children with cochlear implants. Infancy
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND PROGRESS REPORTS
Bergeson, T. R., Schneider, B. A., & Hamstra, S. J. (2000). Duration discrimination in younger and older adults. Canadian Acoustics (Proceedings, Acoustics Week in Canada), 28, 124-125.
Bergeson, T. R. (2002). Speech feature discrimination in children following cochlear implantation. Research on Spoken Language Processing No. 25 (pp. 245-252). Bloomington, IN: Speech Research Laboratory, Indiana University.
Bergeson, T. R., Pisoni, D. B., & Davis, R. A. O. (2003). A longitudinal study of audiovisual speech perception by prelingually deaf children with cochlear implants. In M. J. Solé, D. Recasens, & J. Romero (Eds.), Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (pp. 139-142). Adelaide, Australia: Causal Productions.
Bergeson, T. R., Pisoni, D. B., Lachs, L., & Reese, L. (2003). Audiovisual integration of point light displays of speech by deaf adults following cochlear implantation. In M. J. Solé, D. Recasens, & J. Romero (Eds.), Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (pp. 1469-1472). Adelaide, Australia: Causal Productions.
Bergeson, T. R., Pisoni, D. B., & Reynolds, J. T. (2003). Perception of point light displays of speech by normal-hearing adults and deaf adults with cochlear implants. In J.-L. Schwartz, F. Berthommier, M.-A. Cathiard, & Sodoyer (Eds), Proceedings of Audio Visual Speech Processing 2003 (pp. 55-60). Grenoble, France: Institut de la Communication Parlée, CNRS UMR 5009, INP Grenoble, Université Stendhal.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Bergeson, T. R. and Cuddihee, K. A. (1996, May). I got rhythm: Effects of a contextual hierarchy on spontaneous notation of rhythm.Ê Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois. Bergeson, T. R., & Trehub, S. E. (1998, April). Mothers' singing to infants and preschool children.Ê Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Atlanta, Georgia.
Bergeson, T. R., Trehub, S. E., & Fernandes, G. (1999, April). Comparisons of speech and singing to infants. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Bergeson, T. R. (1999a, August). Melodies in speech and singing to infants. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, Evanston, Illinois.
Bergeson, T. R. (1999b, November). Melodic expectancy in infancy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Columbus, Ohio.
Trehub, S. E., & Bergeson, T. R. (1999, November). Mothers' speech and song for infants. Invited paper presented at the annual meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Columbus, Ohio.
Bergeson, T. R., & Trehub, S. E. (2000, July). Songs to infants and preschoolers. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Brighton, United Kingdom.
Bergeson, T. R., Schneider, B. A., & Hamstra, S. J. (2000, September).Ê Duration discrimination in younger and older adults. Paper presented at the Acoustics Week in Canada meeting of the Canadian Acoustical Association, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
Bergeson, T. R. (2000, November). Infants' perception of rhythmic patterns. Paper presented at the Toronto 2000 meeting of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Bergeson, T. R. (2001, April). Melodies in mothersÕ speech to infants. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Bergeson, T. R. (2001, August). Infants' perception of duple versus triple meter. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Trehub, S. E., Nakata, T., & Bergeson, T. R. (2002, April). Infants' responsiveness to soothing and playful singing. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Bergeson, T. R., Pisoni, D. B., & Kirk, K. I. (2002, June). Speech feature discrimination in deaf children following cochlear implantation.Ê Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Bergeson, T. R., Pisoni, D. B., Reese, L., & Kirk, K. I. (2003, February). Audiovisual speech perception in adult cochlear implant users: Effects of sudden vs. progressive hearing loss. Poster presented at the 26th annual MidWinter research meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Daytona Beach, Florida.
Kirk, K. I., Pisoni, D. B., Bergeson, T. R., Miyamoto, R. T., & Davis, R. A. O. (2003, March). Long-term cochlear implant outcomes in prelingually deafened children. Invited paper presented at the American Auditory Society Scientific and Technology Meeting, Scottsdale, Arizona.
Bergeson, T. R., Pisoni, D. B., & Davis, R. A. O. (2003, April). Multimodal speech perception and measures of speech and language following cochlear implantation in prelingually deaf children. Poster presented at the 9th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children, Washington, D.C.
Kirk, K. I., Pisoni, D. B., Bergeson, T., Miyamoto, R. T., Davis, R. O. (2003, April). Long-term cochlear implant use by prelingually deafened children. Invited paper presented at the 9th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children, Washington, D.C.
Bergeson, T. R., & McCune, K. (2003b, April). Effects of pediatric cochlear implantation on mothersÕ speech to infants: A preliminary report. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, Florida.
Bergeson, T. R., & McCune, K. (2003a, June). Mothers' speech and singing to deaf infants with cochlear implants: A first report. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Bergeson, T. R., Pisoni, D. B., & Davis, R. A. O. (2003, August). A longitudinal study of audiovisual speech perception by prelingually deaf children with cochlear implants. Paper presented at the 15th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Barcelona, Spain.
Bergeson, T. R., Pisoni, D. B., Lachs, L., & Reese, L. (2003, August). Audiovisual integration of point light displays of speech by deaf adults following cochlear implantation. Poster presented at the 15th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Barcelona, Spain.
Bergeson, T. R., Pisoni, D. B., & Reynolds, J. T. (2003, September). Perception of point light displays of speech by normal-hearing adults and deaf adults with cochlear implants. Paper presented at the 2003 ISCA Tutorial and Research Workshop on Audio Visual Speech Processing (AVSP-2003), St. Jorioz, France.
Kirk, K. I., Bergeson, T. R., Pisoni, D. B., & Davis, R. A. O. (2003, November). Cochlear implants in children: Long-term results. Invited paper presented at the annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Chicago, Illinois.
Bergeson, T. R., & Miller, R. J. (2004, May). Effects of age and hearing loss on maternal speech to normal-hearing infants and hearing-impaired infants with cochlear implants. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Chicago, Illinois.
Bergeson, T. R., Houston, D. M., & Pisoni, D. B. (2004, May). Audiovisual speech perception in normal-hearing infants and hearing-impaired infants with cochlear implants. Symposium paper presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Chicago, Illinois.
Bergeson, T. R., & Miller, R. J. (2004, May). Mother's speech to infants: Effects of age, hearing loss, and cochlear implantation. Paper presented at the VIII International Cochlear Implant Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Bergeson, T. R., Houston, D. M., & Pisoni, D. B. (2004, May). Audiovisual speech perception in normal-hearing infants and hearing-impaired infants with cochlear implants. Poster presented at the VIII International Cochlear Implant Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Psychological Association (2003-present)
American Psychological Society (2002-present)
International Phonetic Association (2003-present)
International Speech Communication Association (2003-present)
International Society for Infant Studies (2002-present)
Society for Music Perception and Cognition (2001-present)
Society for Research on Child Development (2002-present)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Ad-hoc reviewer, The Volta Review, 2002
Ad-hoc reviewer, Language Learning, 2003-2004