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chisolm, theresa

Chisolm, Theresa, Ph.D., CCC-A

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Phone: 813.974.2281
Office: PCD 4014

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Theresa Chisolm is a professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and a director of the Auditory Rehabilitation and Clinical Trials laboratory. Dr. Chisolm has been a faculty member at USF since 1988 and has served as both Department Chair and Vice Provost. Dr. Chisolm is an American Speech-Language-Hearing Association certified audiologist with license to practice in the state of Florida. Her clinical speciality is audiological rehabilitation in children and adults. Her recent research focuses on issues related to treatement efficacy, including hearing aid intervention and post-hearing aid fitting intervention strategies. She is also known for her work in evidence-based practice as it relates to audiology intervention. Dr. Chisolm's current collaborative NIH-funded research has focused on examining the potential for best practice hearing intervention to reduce the trajectory of cognitive decline in older adults. 

Education
Ph.D. The Graduate School of the City University of New York 1987
M.A. Monclair State College 1980
B.A. Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York 1978

Recent Scholarly Activity

  • Pike, J.R., Huang A.R., Reed, N.S., Arnold, M., Chisolm, T., Couper, D., Deal, J.A., Glynn, N.W., Goman, A. M., Hayden, K. M., Mitchell, C. M., Pankow, J.S., Sanchez, V., Sullivan, K. J., Tan, N. S., Coresh, J., Lin, F. R., & ACHIEVE Collaborative Research Group (2025). Cognitive benefits of hearing intervention vary by risk of cognitive decline: A secondary analysis of the ACHIEVE trial. Alheimer's & Dementia: the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 21(5), e70156.
  • Reed, N. S., Chen, J., Huang., Pike, J. R., Arnold, M., Burgard, S., Chen, Z., Chisolm, T., Couper, D., Cudjoe, T. K. M., Deal, J. A., Gorman, A. M., Glynn, N.W., Gmelin, T., Gravens-Mueller, L., Hayden, K. M., Mitchell, C.M., Mosley, T., Oh, E. S., Pankow, J.S., ... ACHIEVE Collaborative Research Group (2025). Hearing Intervention, Social Isolation, and Loneliness. A Secondary Analysis of the ACHIEVE Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA internal medicine, 185(7), 797-806. 
  • Humes, L. E., Dhar, S., Manchaiah, V., Sharma, A., Chisolm, T.H., Arnold, M. L., & Sanchez, V.A. (2024). A perspectie on Auditory Wellness: What It Is, Why It Is Important,  and How It Can Be Managed. Trends in hearing, 28, 23312165241273342
  • Huang, A. R., Morales, E. G., Arnold, M. L., Burgard, S., Couper, D., Deal, J. A., Glynn, N. W., Gmelin, T., Goman, A. M., Gravens-Mueller, L., Hayden, K. M., Mitchell, C. M., Pankow, J. S., Pike, J. R., Reed, N. S., Sanchez, V. A., Schrack, J. A., Sullivan, K. J., Coresh, J., Lin, F. R., 鈥� Chisolm, T.H.* ACHIEVE Collaborative Research Group (2024). A Hearing Intervention and Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults: A Secondary Analysis of the ACHIEVE Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA network open, 7(11), e2446591.  * Senior Author
  • Sanchez, V. A., Arnold, M. L., Garcia Morales, E. E., Reed, N. S., Faucette, S., Burgard, S., Calloway, H. N., Coresh, J., Deal, J. A., Goman, A. M., Gravens-Mueller, L., Hayden, K. M., Huang, A. R., Mitchell, C. M., Mosley, T. H., Jr, Pankow, J. S., Pike, J. R., Schrack, J. A., Sherry, L., Weycker, J. M., 鈥�Chisolm, T.H.* ACHIEVE Collaborative Study (2024). Effect of hearing intervention on communicative function: A secondary analysis of the ACHIEVE randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 72(12), 3784鈥�3799. * Senior Author