Gabriel Bargen, Ph.D., CCC-A/SLP

Associate Professor, Pediatric Audiology

Research Interests

Dr. Bargen’s current research focuses on evaluating risk indicators for delayed-onset hearing loss and through community collaboration efforts, finding ways to make resources accessible to all children who are hard of hearing or deaf and their families in Idaho by connecting community entities across the state.

Sample Publications

Stitch-Hennen, J. & Bargen, G. (2017). Implementing a two-class system for monitoring risk factors for delayed-onset hearing loss. The Journal of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention, 2(1): 55-63.

Bargen, G. (2015). Chirp evoked auditory brainstem response in children: a review. American Journal of Audiology, 24: 573-583. doi:10.1044/2015_AJA-15-0016.

Bio

Dr. Bargen teaches courses covering pediatric audiology, auditory anatomy and physiology, advance aural rehabilitation, and central auditory processing.  She also serves as the Co-Coordinator for the PhD Program in Rehabilitation and Communication Sciences in the College of Rehabilitation and Communication Sciences.  

Professional interests include pediatric audiology, specifically diagnostic hearing assessment and treatment; assessing risks associated with hearing dysfunction in infants; clinical application of auditory brainstem response for hearing loss screening in newborns, infants, and toddlers.

Dr. Bargen received her Doctor of Philosophy in Audiology from the University of Kansas. She also holds two master degrees—a Master of Arts in Audiology from the University of Kansas and a Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Nebraska at Kearney.