Emily Fabrizio-Stover
Adjunct Faculty in Psychology
Education
Ph.D. in Biomedical Science, Neuroscience Concentration, University of Connecticut
B.A. in Biology, Wesleyan University
Research Interests
My research interest is in the field of translational auditory neuroscience. Specifically, how maladaptive auditory plasticity, such as changes in excitatory/inhibitory balance, occurs in response to acquired sensorineural hearing loss, such as aging or noise exposure, in both animal models and human subjects. In addition to teaching at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Medical University of South Carolina in the laboratories of Dr. Hainan Lang and Dr. Kelly Harris. My current projects include studying age-related auditory dysfunction and cortical gain, the interaction between immune cells and inhibitory neurons in the auditory cortex, and the effect of noise exposure on central auditory system processing.
Courses Taught
- PSYC 216: Sensation and Perception
Selected Publications
E. Fabrizio-Stover, J. Wu, H. Lang, K.C. Harris. “Middle-aged CBA/CaJ mice exhibit auditory dysfunction in background noise”. Hearing Research 461 (2025): 109259.
E. Fabrizio-Stover, C. Lee, D. Oliver, A. Burghard. "Sound-evoked plasticity differentiates tinnitus from non-tinnitus mice." Frontiers in Neuroscience 19 (2025): 1549163.
E. Fabrizio-Stover, D. Oliver, A. Burghard. "Tinnitus mechanisms and the need for an objective electrophysiological tinnitus test." Hearing Research 449 (2024): 109046.
E. Fabrizio-Stover, G. Nichols, J. Corcoran, A. Jain, A. Burghard, C. Lee, D. Oliver. "Comparison of two behavioral tests for tinnitus assessment in mice." Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 16 (2022): 995422.