Biography:Laurel H. Carney

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Laurel H. Carney
Born(1961-09-19)19 September 1961
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma mater
Known forEmpirical and computational investigations of the auditory system
Scientific career
FieldsEngineering
Neuroscience
Institutions

Laurel H. Carney (born 19 September, 1961) is an American engineer and neuroscientist who conducts research on the auditory system. She is the Marylou Ingram Professor in Biomedical Engineering, and Professor of Neurobiology & Anatomy, at the University of Rochester.

Life and career

Carney's secondary education was at the Girls Preparatory School in Chattanooga, Tennessee.[1] She received a S.B. in electrical engineering at MIT in 1983, and M.S. (1985) and Ph.D. (1989) degrees in electrical engineering at the University of Wisconsin. Her postdoctoral training was performed at the University of Pennsylvania. Following faculty appointments at Boston University and Syracuse University, in 2007 she assumed a faculty position at University of Rochester, where she is currently the Marylou Ingram Professor in Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Neurobiology & Anatomy.[2][3]

Carney's research combines neurophysiological, behavioral, and computational modeling techniques towards understanding neural mechanisms underlying the perception of complex sounds, and applying that information to the design of physiologically based signal-processing strategies to aid listeners with hearing loss.[3] Since 1995 Carney has been a licensed professional engineer in the field of electrical engineering.[4] As of 2025 Carney has produced 119 research papers,[5] and her research on the auditory system has been funded by the US National Institutes of Health continuously since 1992.[6] She has been a member of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Advisory Council.[7]

In 2024 Carney was hosted by the Eriksholm Research Centre in Snekkersten, Denmark, the research facility of the Danish hearing aid company Oticon.[8][9] She has been a Fellow and workshop co-organizer at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg in Delmenhorst, Germany.[10][11]

Awards

  • Fellow, Acoustical Society of America (2002). For contributions to an integrated understanding of the physiology and psychophysics of hearing.[12]
  • Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (2006). For contributions to the mathematical modeling and empirical characterization of the mammalian auditory system.[13]
  • William and Christine Hartmann Prize in Auditory Neuroscience, Acoustical Society of America (2015). For research that links auditory physiology with auditory perception or behavior.[14][15]
  • Marylou Ingram Professor, University of Rochester (2016).[16]
  • Professor of the Year Award, University of Rochester (2016).[17]

Selected reviews

Carney LH. (2024) Neural Fluctuation Contrast as a Code for Complex Sounds: The Role and Control of Peripheral Nonlinearities. Hear Res. 443:108966.[18]

Carney LH. (2018) Supra-Threshold Hearing and Fluctuation Profiles: Implications for Sensorineural and Hidden Hearing Loss. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 19(4):331-352.[19]

See also

  • Auditory science

References

  1. ↑ "GPS honors outstanding alumnae during Reunion Weekend". Chattanooga Times Free Press, Inc.. 2019-04-27. https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2019/apr/26/gpa-outstanding-alumnae/. 
  2. ↑ "Laurel H. Carney, Ph.D.". University of Rochester. https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/people/112359568-laurel-h-carney. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Faculty Laurel H. Carney". University of Rochester. https://www.hajim.rochester.edu/bme/people/faculty/carney_laurel/index.html. 
  4. ↑ "Information Pertaining To: Electrical Engineer 38961". Massachusetts Society of Professional Engineers. https://elicensing21.mass.gov/CitizenAccess/GeneralProperty/LicenseeDetail.aspx?LicenseeNumber=38961&LicenseeType=Electrical+Engineer. 
  5. ↑ "Search Results". National Library of Medicine. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=carney+lh. 
  6. ↑ "RePORTER Search Results". National Institutes of Health. https://reporter.nih.gov/search/ET43mHOdc0CsYgoQ9nAK9Q/projects. 
  7. ↑ "National Deafness and other Communicative Disorders Advisory Council". National Institutes of Health. https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/sites/default/files/2022-02/2021-september-ndcac-minutes.pdf. 
  8. ↑ "Pioneering Auditory Neuroscientist Collaborating with Eriksholm Research Centre". Eriksholm. https://www.eriksholm.com/article/pioneering-auditory-neuroscientist-collaborating-with-eriksholm-research-centre/. 
  9. ↑ "Laurel Carney reflects on her stay at Eriksholm Research Centre". Eriksholm. https://www.eriksholm.com/article/laurel-carney-returns-to-us/. 
  10. ↑ "Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg - Search". Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg. https://hanse-ias.de/en/search. 
  11. ↑ "Auditory Efferent Systems: Closing the Loop(s)". 2024. https://hanse-ias.de/veranstaltungen/veranstaltung-detail-uebersicht/event/480. 
  12. ↑ "Fellows of the Society". Accoustical Society of America. https://acousticalsociety.org/fellows-of-the-society/. 
  13. ↑ "Laurel H. Carney, Ph.D.". 2006. https://aimbe.org/college-of-fellows/cof-0149/. 
  14. ↑ Iglinski, Peter (2015-07-06). "Researcher wins auditory neuroscience award". https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/the-acoustical-society-of-america-awards-laurel-carney-the-hartmann-prize-in-auditory-neuroscience/. 
  15. ↑ "Laurel H. Carney awarded the William and Christine Hartmann Prize in Auditory Neuroscience". American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). 2015-06-02. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/653742. 
  16. ↑ "Laurel Carney named Marylou Ingram Professor in Biomedical Engineering". 2016-03-14. https://www.hajim.rochester.edu/bme/news-events/news/archives/2016/2016-03-14_news.html. 
  17. ↑ Mandelaro, Jim (2016-05-02). "SA Government names Professors of the Year". https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/four-professors-honored-by-sa-government/. 
  18. ↑ Carney, LH (2024-03-01). "Neural Fluctuation Contrast as a Code for Complex Sounds: The Role and Control of Peripheral Nonlinearities.". Hearing Research 443. doi:10.1016/j.heares.2024.108966. PMID 38310710. 
  19. ↑ Carney, LH (2018-05-09). "Supra-Threshold Hearing and Fluctuation Profiles: Implications for Sensorineural and Hidden Hearing Loss.". Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology 19 (4): 331–352. doi:10.1007/s10162-018-0669-5. PMID 29744729. 



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