School of Health Sciences and WellnessCollege of Professional Studies

Rebecca Warner Henning, Ph.D., CCC-A

Education:

• B.A., University of Iowa, 1996
• M.A., Indiana University-Bloomington, 1998
• CFY Boys Town National Research Hospital 1998-99
• Ph.D., University of Iowa, 2003

Research and Clinical Interests:

• Optimize clients’ benefit from hearing technology, including hearing aids, assistive listening devices, and cochlear implants. 
• Match each individual patient with the right combination of technology and rehabilitation that will allow him or her to fully participate in life.
• Central auditory processing disorder (CAPD).
• Developing a better understanding of how processing difficulties may influence patients’ benefit from hearing technology.
• As the Audiology Clinic Director, I work with each student to develop a clinical education plan to help meet his/her career goals.

Current Courses Taught:

• ComD 835 Research Methods
• ComD 836 Pediatric Habilitation/Rehabilitation
• ComD 852 Hearing Assessment
• ComD 853 Hearing Assessment Lab
• ComD 855 Electroacoustic & Instrumentation Calibration Lab
• ComD 856 Amplification I
• ComD 857 Amplification I Lab
• ComD 866 Amplification II
• ComD 891/892/893 Clerkship in Audiology
• ComD 894 Externship in Audiology
• ComD 899 Capstone Project
• ComD 921 Problems in Audiology

Recent Publications:

• American Academy of Audiology Education Committee. (2013). Audiology Core Competencies Worksheet. Audiology Today, 25(2).

Recent Presentations:

• Eddins, A. C., Henning, R., & Swanson, T. (2014). Partners for excellence in the AuD externship process: Strengthening the university-externship site relationship. Presentation given at the American Academy of Audiology convention, Orlando, Florida.
• *Johnson, J., & Henning, R. (2014). The effects of hearing aid signal processing on perceived music sound quality. Poster presented at the American Academy of Audiology convention, Orlando, Florida.
• *Henning, R., Kittleson, C., & Wendricks, G. (2013). The Effect of Written Information on Patients' Recall of Audiological Results. Poster presented at the American Academy of Audiology convention, Anaheim, California.
• *Klapperich, K., & Henning, R. (2012). Perceived Hearing Aid Benefit by Hearing Aid Wearers and Their Significant Others. Poster presented at the American Academy of Audiology convention, Boston, Massachusetts.
• *Pieterick, J., & Henning, R. (2012). A Comparison of Methods for Obtaining MCL and UCL. Poster presented at the American Academy of Audiology convention, Boston, Massachusetts.

* indicates mentored student research for which I served as the adviser