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Maureen J. Shader

Neuroscience · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Early career · publishing since 2017Rising activity
Hearing Loss and RehabilitationOptical Imaging and Spectroscopy TechniquesHearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, GeneticsNoise Effects and ManagementFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies

Publications

46

Citations

499

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

10

Publishing since 2017

Research summary
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Maureen J. Shader studies hearing and cochlear implants, focusing on how the brain adapts to and processes sound after implantation. Her work combines behavioral hearing tests (psychophysics) with brain imaging methods such as functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) and functional connectivity analysis to understand and predict speech-understanding outcomes in cochlear implant users. She also contributes to methodological work on improving the reliability and reproducibility of fNIRS brain-imaging techniques.

Cochlear implants and hearing rehabilitationFunctional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) methods and reproducibilityBrain connectivity and plasticity related to hearingPredicting speech understanding outcomes from neural dataAuditory and speech processing in aging and hearing loss

Publication output has grown substantially over the last decade, rising from occasional single-paper years to a peak of 12 publications in 2025, indicating an increasing and currently high rate of research activity.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 5.8/year recently
2017: 1 publication17182019: 3 publications192020: 6 publications202021: 7 publications212022: 1 publication222023: 3 publications232024: 6 publications242025: 12 publications12252026: 7 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Ear and Hearing×6
  • Trends in Hearing×5
  • Neurophotonics×4
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×3
  • medRxiv×3
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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