Tony L Sahley Author

Tony L. Sahley, PhD, CCC-A, is currently an associate professor in the School of Health Sciences at Cleveland State University, where he teaches upper-level undergraduate courses in hearing and speech science, neuroscience, medical physiology, and clinical audiometry. Dr. Sahley also holds an adjunct appointment in the Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences (BGES). His dissertation was conducted at Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, under the mentorship of Dr. Frank E. Musiek, and he received a doctorate in hearing science from the joint programs at the University of California, Santa Barbara and at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. Dr. Sahley also completed his clinical internship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and authored the book, Efferent Auditory System: Structure and Function together with coauthors Dr. R.H. Nodar and Dr. F.E. Musiek. Dr. Sahley began publishing articles on peptide neuropharmacology in 1976 and is presently investigating the role of opioid peptides, glutamate, and glutamate-sensitive NMDA receptors in both the generation and the exacerbation of tinnitus. Frank E. Musiek, PhD, CCC-A, is professor and director of auditory research, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, and professor of otolaryngology, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut. He is the 2007 recipient of the American Academy of Audiology (AAA) James Jerger Career Award for Research in Audiology, the 2010 recipient of "The Honors" of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association for his contributions to audiology and auditory neuroscience, as well as the recipient of the "Book of the Year Award" for the 2007 Handbook of (Central) Auditory Processing Disorder, Volumes I and II (with Gail D. Chermak, coeditor). He has published more than 200 articles and book chapters in the areas of auditory evoked potentials, central auditory disorders, neuroaudiology, and auditory neuroanatomy, and has authored or edited 9 books. He has served on numerous national and international committees, editorial boards, and task forces, including chairing the 2010 AAA task force for clinical practice guidelines for central auditory processing disorder.