Dr. Xin Yang

Dr. Xin Yang has been providing statistical support to the Hear Here Alabama project for almost 10 years. He holds a PhD in Biological Science and an MS in Applied Statistics. He currently serves as a senior research scientist and research analyst with the project. Prior to this role, Dr. Yang served as the Director of Analytics and Scholarship at the Institute of Data Analytics with the University of Alabama. Throughout his career, Dr. Yang has authored more than 40 […]

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New Community Members of the Team

A big welcome to the newest members of the Hear Here Alabama team. We’re beginning to hire new members, both community health workers and audiologists. Recently, we made a trip to Livingston, AL to get some photos of Ms. Johnnie Sanders, our Community Health Coordinator, and two Community Health Advisors, Ms. Debra Clark and Ms. Loretta Henderson. Really excited to have them part of the project and really looking forward to have them work with us.   Ms. Johnnie Sanders, […]

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We’re still here and doing fine – pretty well, actually…

It’s been almost a year since our last post. As you are all aware, COVID-19 has had a significant impact on all of our lives, affecting our in-person interactions. Dottie hasn’t been on the road seeing people but she has been taking spins each week just to keep her engine running smoothly. We typically take a run down to Fosters to keep her purring – maybe you’ve even seen her travelling down McFarland and out to I-65, heading west? At […]

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American Auditory Society Meeting – We’re There!

Since the summer, we’ve been doing a number of needs assessment discussions with both adults who have hearing loss and community stakeholders in West Central and South Alabama. We’ve put all of our data together and created this poster for the American Auditory Society Meeting in Scottsdale, AZ.  This meeting happens every year at this time and it’s always a great venue to showcase work that we and other researchers have been doing within the past year or so. American […]

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Alabama Life Research Institute Faculty Fellows

Eight faculty members from the University of Alabama were named a fellows of the Alabama Life Research Institute and two professors from the Department of Communicative Disorders were honored with this distinction, Dr. Angie Barber and Dr. Marcia Hay-McCutcheon, for their work in rural Alabama. Dr. Barber does research with children who have Autism Spectrum Disorders, and Dr. Hay-McCutcheon has done work improving access and affordability of hearing healthcare. For more information check out this link: ALRI Fellows for Rural […]

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A Brand New Semester…A Brand New Group of Students

The beginning of the fall semester is full of hope. Hope for working together with new friends and colleagues. Hope for helping others with hearing loss in rural communities. And, hope for enjoying ourselves along the way. Oh, how we are looking forward to it! Pictured here are the students for the fall semester. They are (from left to right), Madison Clary, Adrienne Crawford, Emily Forsythe, Emma Brown, Marissa Schubert, Caroline Yuk, Grace Anne Lake and Harper Blount. The two […]

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We’ve Been Busy!

Over the past couple of months we’ve enrolled more research study participants who have helped us understand the association between hearing loss and social interaction in communities without access to hearing health care.  A few weeks ago we had a great trip to Livingston and saw lots of people there.  We were so busy that we didn’t even have a chance to get a photo until our drive on the way back to Tuscaloosa – see below.  Note that we […]

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