Communication Disorders

Communication Disorders

Dr Greg O'Beirne

Dr Greg O'Beirne

Position

Senior Lecturer in Audiology
Coordinator of Postgraduate Audiology Programme

Qualifications

Memberships

Room

Office: 174, Unit 7
Lab: 183, Unit 8

Contact Details

Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext. 7085
Email: gregory.obeirne@canterbury.ac.nz

Department of Communication Disorders
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch, 8140, NEW ZEALAND

Research Interests

  • Electrophysiology and homeostasis
  • Cochlear mechanics
  • Evoked potentials and intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring
  • Audiological instrumentation
  • Speech comprehension and auditory processing [SCAUP Lab member]

Graduate Courses

Refereed Publications

  • Dwyer CH, Robb MP, O'Beirne GA, Gilbert HR, 2009. The influence of speaking rate on nasality in the speech of hearing impaired individuals. The Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 52:1321-1333. [Abstract] [Full Text]
  • Robb MP, Sargent A, O'Beirne GA, 2009. Characteristics of disfluency clusters in adults who stutter. Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology 24:1-7. [Abstract] [Full Text]
  • Doeltgen SH, Ridding MC, O'Beirne GA, Dalrymple-Alford J, Huckabee ML, 2009. Test-retest reliability of motor evoked potentials (MEPs) at the submental muscle group during volitional swallowing. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 178:134-137. [Abstract] [Full Text]
  • O'Beirne GA, Patuzzi RB, 2007. Mathematical model of outer hair cell regulation including ion transport and cell motility. Hearing Research 234:29-51. [Abstract] [Full Text]
  • Purdy SC, Agung KB, Hartley D, Patuzzi RB, O'Beirne GA, 2005. The post-auricular muscle response: an objective electrophysiological method for evaluating hearing sensitivity. International Journal of Audiology 44:625-630. [Abstract] [Full Text]
  • Agung KB, Purdy SC, Patuzzi RB, O'Beirne GA, Newall P, 2005. Rising-frequency chirps and earphones with an extended high frequency response enhance the post-auricular muscle response. International Journal of Audiology 44: 631-636. [Abstract] [Full Text]
  • O'Beirne GA, Patuzzi RB, 1999. Basic properties of the sound-evoked post-auricular muscle response (PAMR). Hearing Research 138:115-132. [Abstract] [Full Text]
  • Patuzzi RB, O'Beirne GA, 1999. Effects of eye rotation on the sound-evoked post-auricular muscle response (PAMR). Hearing Research 138:133-146. [Abstract] [Full Text]
  • Patuzzi RB, O'Beirne GA, 1999. A correlation method for detecting the sound-evoked post-auricular muscle response (PAMR). Hearing Research 138:147-162. [Abstract] [Full Text]
  • Patuzzi RB, O'Beirne GA, 1999. Boltzmann analysis of CM waveforms using virtual instrument software. Hearing Research 133:155-159. [Abstract] [Full Text]

Conference Contributions

  • McAuliffe MJ, Schaefer M, O'Beirne GA, LaPointe LL, 2009. Effect of noise upon speech intelligibility in dysarthria. American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Annual Convention 2009. New Orleans, LA, USA, 19-21 Nov 2009.
  • O'Beirne GA, Sincock BP, Starfinger C, 2009. Clinical Applicability of Adaptive Speech Testing: A comparison of the administration time, accuracy, efficiency and reliability of adaptive speech tests with conventional speech audiometry. 9th European Federation of Audiological Societies Congress. Tenerife, Spain, 23rd June 2009. [Abstract] [Slides - UC Research Repository]
  • O'Beirne GA, McGaffin AJ, 2009. Development of a monosyllabic adaptive speech test for the identification of central auditory processing disorder. 9th European Federation of Audiological Societies Congress. Tenerife, Spain, 22nd June 2009. [Abstract] [Poster - UC Research Repository]
  • Babbage MJ, Feldman MB, O'Beirne GA, Bird PA, MacFarlane MR, 2009. Early postoperative delayed hearing loss following vestibular schwannoma surgery: Behavioural and electrophysiological responses. 6th Australasian Auditory Neuroscience Workshop. Canberra, ACT, Australia, 31st January 2009.
  • O'Beirne GA, Patuzzi RB, 2008. Regulation of cochlear outer hair cells: Insights from mathematical modelling. 26th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research, Queenstown, New Zealand, 23-27 August 2008. [Abstract] [Slides - UC Research Repository]
  • McAuliffe MJ, Good PV, O'Beirne GA, LaPointe LL, 2008. Influence of auditory distraction upon intelligibility ratings in dysarthria. Conference on Motor Speech: Motor Speech Disorders & Speech Motor Control. Monterey, CA, USA, March 6-9, 2008. [Abstract]
  • Doeltgen S, Huckabee ML, Dalrymple-Alford J, Ridding M, O'Beirne G, 2008. Effects of event-related electrical stimulation on motor evoked potentials at the submental muscle group. 16th Annual Dysphagia Research Society, Isle of Palms, SC, USA, March 5-8, 2008. [Published abstract in Dysphagia 23:423-436].
  • O'Beirne GA, Patuzzi RB, 2008. In vivo effects of hyperosmotic perilymph perfusion on hair cell and neural potentials. 31st MidWinter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology. Phoenix, Arizona, USA, 17th February 2008. [Poster - UC Research Repository]
  • Looi V, Arnephy J, O'Beirne GA, 2007. Environmental sound perception of cochlear implant users. 6th Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implants & Related Sciences. Sydney, Australia. 30th Oct – 2nd Nov, 2007. [Poster - UC Research Repository]
  • Patuzzi RB, O'Beirne GA, 2007. Gain, nonlinearity and regulation in the mammalian cochlea. International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research - Auditory Signal Processing in Hearing Impaired Listeners. Hotel Marienlyst, Helsingør, Denmark, 29 - 31 August 2007.
  • O'Beirne GA, Patuzzi RB, 2007. In vivo effects of reduced-sodium perilymph perfusion on hair cell and neural potentials. 30th MidWinter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology. Denver, Colorado, USA, 11th February 2007. [Abstract] [Poster - UC Research Repository]
  • O'Beirne GA, Patuzzi RB, 2006. Application of force to the cochlear wall: An experimental technique for altering cochlear mechanics. 30th Annual Conference of the New Zealand Audiological Society. Rotorua, New Zealand, 8th July 2006.
  • O'Beirne GA, Patuzzi RB, 2006. Application of force to the cochlear wall: Effect on auditory thresholds, outer hair cell transduction, and distortion-product otoacoustic emissions. 151st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Providence, Rhode Island, USA, 6th June 2006. [Abstract] [Full Text - UC Research Repository]
  • O'Beirne GA, Patuzzi RB, 2006. Mathematical modelling of the regulation of cochlear amplification. 3rd Australasian Auditory Neuroscience Workshop. Sydney, New South Wales, 31st January 2006.
  • O'Beirne GA, Patuzzi RB, 2005. A mathematical model of the regulation of OHC basolateral permeability and transducer operating point. 42nd Inner Ear Biology Workshop. Tübingen, Germany, 18th September 2005. [Abstract] [Full Text - UC Research Repository]
  • Ferraro J, Bentler R, Kreisman B, O'Beirne GA, 2005. Training models for audiology and audiological research. Canterbury Conference on Communication Disorders. Christchurch, New Zealand, 9th April 2005.
  • O'Beirne GA, Patuzzi RB, 2005. Real-time electrophysiological monitoring of cochlear regulation. Canterbury Conference on Communication Disorders. Christchurch, New Zealand, 8th April 2005.
  • O'Beirne GA, 2004. Electrophysiological monitoring of outer hair cell homeostasis. 1st Australasian Auditory Neuroscience Workshop. Melbourne, Victoria, 31st January 2004.
  • O'Beirne GA, Patuzzi RB, 2002. Mathematical modelling of the role of outer hair cells in cochlear homeostasis [poster]. Biophysics of the Cochlea: Molecules to Models. Titisee, Germany, 31st July 2002.
  • O'Beirne GA, 2002. Modelling the role of outer hair cells in cochlear regulation and tinnitus. VIIth International Tinnitus Seminar. Fremantle, Western Australia, 7th March 2002.
  • O'Beirne GA, Patuzzi RB, 2001. The post-auricular muscle response (PAMR): Basic properties, measurement techniques, and use in hearing screening. IUPS Auditory Satellite Symposium. Auckland, New Zealand, 20th - 22nd August 2001. [Poster]

Non-refereed Publications

  • Feldman MB, O'Beirne GA, Bird PA, 2008. Delayed hearing loss following vestibular schwannoma surgery: Auditory function in the early postoperative period. New Zealand Audiological Society Bulletin, 18(2):7-20. [Full Text]
  • O'Beirne GA, 2006. News from the Canterbury Programme. New Zealand Audiological Society Bulletin, 16(1):35-36. [Full Text]
  • O'Beirne GA, Patuzzi RB, 2003. Mathematical modelling of the role of outer hair cells in cochlear homeostasis. In: Gummer, A.W. (Ed.). Biophysics of the Cochlea. World Scientific, Singapore, pp. 434-435 [Full Text]
  • Purdy SC, Agung K, Patuzzi RB, O'Beirne GA, 2002. The post auricular muscle response in adults and infants. National Acoustic Laboratories Annual Report 2001/2002. pp. 7-8 [Full Text]
  • Agung K, Purdy SC, Patuzzi R, O'Beirne GA, 2002. Objective hearing assessment using the post auricular muscle response: Stimulus and insert earphone transducer effects. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology 23:67
  • O'Beirne GA, Patuzzi RB, 2002. Modelling the role of outer hair cells in cochlear regulation and tinnitus. Proceedings of the VIIth International Tinnitus Seminar. University of Western Australia, Crawley. pp. 62-67
  • Purdy SC, Agung K, Hartley D, Patuzzi RB, O'Beirne GA, 2001. Objective hearing screening in diagnosis using the post auricular muscle response (PAMR). National Acoustic Laboratories Research & Development Annual Report 2000/2001. pp. 6-7

Invited Presentations

  • O'Beirne GA, 2008. Waveforms, Boltzmann functions, and tuning curves - What electrophysiological measures can tell us about auditory function. Brain Research Forum, Christchurch School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1st December 2008.
  • O'Beirne GA, 2008. Update on Audiology at the University of Canterbury. 32nd Annual Conference of the New Zealand Audiological Society. Hotel Grand Chancellor, Christchurch, 10th July 2008.
  • O'Beirne GA, Patuzzi RB, 2005. Amplification in the cochlea: Electrophysiological measurement and mathematical modelling. Brain Research Forum No.15, Christchurch School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Christchurch, New Zealand, 5th December, 2005
  • O'Beirne GA, 2004. Real-time electrophysiological monitoring of cochlear regulation. Audiological Society of Australia State Meeting. Hyatt Regency Hotel, Perth, Western Australia, 5th November 2004.

Supervised Theses

  • Alchin KF, 2010. The effect of intratympanic dexamethasone on auditory thresholds in cisplatin ototoxicity. MAud thesis.
  • Babbage MJ, 2009. Early postoperative delayed hearing loss: Patterns of behavioural and electrophysiological auditory responses following vestibular schwannoma surgery. MAud thesis.
  • McElhinney SA, 2009. Vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials in the diagnosis of Ménière’s Disease. MAud thesis.
  • Walker, JK, 2008. The maturation of cortical auditory evoked potentials in children with normal hearing and hearing impairment. MAud thesis. [Full Text - UC Research Repository]
  • Sincock BP, 2008. Clinical applicability of adaptive speech testing: a comparison of the time efficiency, accuracy and reliability of adaptive speech tests with conventional speech audiometry. MAud thesis. [Full Text - UC Research Repository]
  • Feldman MB, 2008. Early postoperative hearing loss following vestibular Schwannoma surgery: behavioural and electrophysiological responses. MAud thesis. [Full Text - UC Research Repository]
  • McGaffin AJ, 2007. Use of an adaptive filtered-speech test in the diagnosis of central auditory processing disorder. MAud thesis. [Full Text - UC Research Repository]