Bio

Christopher Spankovich, AuD, PhD, MPH, is a clinical audiologist and the vice chair of research for the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC). He also serves as the director of the Doctor of Audiology Program at UMMC. His research program spans basic and epidemiological investigations into identifying and leveraging modifiable risk factors to mitigate susceptibility to acquired hearing loss and tinnitus. His clinical interests include advanced diagnostics, tinnitus and decreased sound tolerance evaluation and management, and hearing conservation. Dr. Spankovich is an associate editor for the International Journal of Audiology and recently completed service on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Audiology. He currently serves on the Board of the Accreditation Commission for Audiology Education.

Articles

Perceived Hearing Difficulty and Pure-Tone Audiometry (Ranta Images/Shutterstock.com and S. Chanesman)

Perceived Hearing Difficulty and Pure-Tone Audiometry 

By Christopher Spankovich This article is a part of the May/June 2024, Volume 36, Number 3, Audiology Today issue. In…

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Some Observations on ‘Normal’ Hearing and Hearing Loss

Some Observations on ‘Normal’ Hearing and Hearing Loss

By Christopher Spankovich This article is a part of the September/October 2020, Volume 32, Number 5, Audiology Today issue. What is…

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OPINION EDITORIAL | Otolaryngology and Audiology in a Direct-Access Future

OPINION EDITORIAL | Otolaryngology and Audiology in a Direct-Access Future

By Christopher Spankovich This article is a part of the March/April 2020, Volume 32, Number 2, Audiology Today issue. The American Academy of…

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Eyes, Ears, & Teeth

By Christopher Spankovich This article is a part of the January/February 2019, Volume 31, Number 1, Audiology Today issue. In the…

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Eyes and Ears Article

Eyes and Ears

By Christopher Spankovich This article is a part of the March/April 2018, Volume 30, Number 2, Audiology Today issue. Optometry and…

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Feature Story Main Image - Perspectives on “Normal” Hearing and Perceived Hearing Complaints Article

Perspectives on “Normal” Hearing and Perceived Hearing Complaints

By Christopher Spankovich and Colleen Le Prell This article is a part of the November/December 2017, Volume 29, Number 6, Audiology…

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Illustration of a tumor in the head close to the inner ear

CASE STUDY INVESTIGATION | Site of Lesion Teasing

By Christopher Spankovich This article is a part of the March/April 2017, Volume 29, Number 2, Audiology Today issue. Case…

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