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Diane L. Sabo, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication
Sciences and Disorders, School of Health and Rehabilitation
Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, School
of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Clinical Director of Audiology, Department of Audiology and
Communication Disorders, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
UCLID Core Faculty, Audiology
Professional Profile
BA, Speech & Hearing Science/Psychology,
Magna Cum Laude, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA,
1976
MA, Audiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 1978
PhD, Audiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA,
1989
Interests
My main interest is in neonatal hearing
screening. I have been actively consulting with National and
State agencies to implement universal screening. I also am
interested in the audiologic consequences of otitis media
and other medical conditions.
Publications
Sabo DL, Paradise JL, Kurs-Lasky M, and Smith CG: Hearing
levels in infants and young children in relation to testing
techniques, age groups, and presence or absence of middle-ear
effusion. Ear and Hearing, in revision.
Sabo DL: Habilitation
and rehabilitation of hearing loss. Alper C, Myers EM, Eibling
DE (eds): Decision-Making in ENT Disorders. WB Saunders,
Philadelphia PA. In press.
Paradise JL, Feldman
HM, Campbell TF, Dollaghan CA, Colborn DK, Bernard BS, Rockette
HE, Janosky JE, Pitcairn DL, Sabo DL, Kurs-Lasky M, Smith
CG: Effect of early or delayed insertion of tympanostomy tubes
for persistent otitis media on developmental outcomes at the
age of three years. The New England Journal of Medicine,
344(16):1179-1187, 2001.
Nozza RJ, Sabo DL and
Mandel E: A Role for otoacoustic emissions in screening for
hearing impairment and middle ear disorders in school age
children. Ear and Hearing, 18(3):227-239, 1997.
Sabo DL, Durrant JD,
Curtin H, Boston JR and Rood S: Correlations of neuroanatomical
measures to BAEP latencies. Ear and Hearing, 13(4):213-222,
1992.
Brown DR, Watchko JF
and Sabo DL: Neonatal sensorineural hearing loss associated
with furosemide use in a case-control study. Developmental
Medicine and Child Neurology, 33:816-823, 1991.
Courses & Training
2000 Electrophysiology Assessment - Co-taught with JD Durrant,
PhD, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University
of Pittsburgh
I also supervise Masters
and Doctoral candidates.
Collaborations,
Consultations, and Service
Since 1999, I have served on the Allegheny Task Force for
Children with Hearing Impairment. I also serve on the Pennsylvania
Department of health Advisory Group for State Wide Universal
Screening.
In 2000, I was on the
American Speech—Language Hearing Association Convention
Program Committee, Behavioral Methods.
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