Master of Health Sciences in Audiology

Profile

Elizabeth Fitzpatrick

Assistant Professor
Room: RGN 3017
Phone: 613-562-5800 ext. 4545
Fax: 613-562-5428
E-mail: elizabeth.fitzpatrick@uottawa.ca

Biography

Elizabeth Fitzpatrick is an assistant professor in audiology in the School of Rehabiliation Sciences. She is responsible for the development of a new certificate in auditory-verbal studies. She joined the University of Ottawa in 2007 after completing doctoral studies in population health at the University of Ottawa. She has been working in auditory (re)habilitation and audiology for the past 25 years. Before joining the University of Ottawa, she held various positions as audiologist, therapist and manager at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) in Ottawa and the Central Speech and Hearing Clinic in Winnipeg. Working in collaboration with colleagues at CHEO and the Ottawa Hospital, her research and publications cover the spectrum from infants to adults; her doctoral studies were focused on newborn hearing screening. She has been involved in professional associations as a member of the Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists working group on cochlear implants in children and internationally as a member of the Board of Directors of Auditory-Verbal International, Inc. She is currently a member of the Auditory-Verbal Certification Committee (Alexander Graham Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language).

Research Interests

• Cochlear implantation for children and adults, particularly outcomes in “special populations”
• Early identification of hearing loss in children
• Services for children (and families) affected by hearing loss
• Systematic reviews on hearing loss and cochlear implantation outcomes

Publications

• Durieux-Smith, A., Fitzpatrick, E., & Whittingham, J.  Universal newborn hearing screening: A question of evidence.  International Journal of Audiology (accepted).
• Fitzpatrick, E. Angus, D., Durieux-Smith, A., Graham, I., & Coyle, D. Parents needs following identification of childhood hearing loss. American Journal of Audiology (accepted).
• Fitzpatrick, E. Coyle, D., Durieux-Smith, A., Graham, I., Angus, D., & Gaboury, I. (2007). Parents’ preferences for services for children with hearing loss: A conjoint analysis study. Ear and Hearing, 28 (6), 842-849.
• Fitzpatrick, E., Durieux-Smith, A., Eriks-Brophy, A., Olds, J., & Gaines, R. (2007).  The impact of newborn hearing screening on communication development. Journal of Medical Screening, 14, 123-131.
• Fitzpatrick, E., Graham, I., Durieux-Smith, A., Coyle, D., Angus, D., (2007). Parents’ perspectives on the impact of the early diagnosis of childhood hearing loss. International Journal of Audiology, 46 (2), 97-106.
• Eriks-Brophy, A., Durieux-Smith, A., Olds, J., Fitzpatrick, E., Duquette, C., Whittingham, J. (2007). Facilitators and barriers to the integration of orally educated children and youth with hearing loss into their families and communities. Volta Review, 107 (1), 5-36.
• Fitzpatrick, E., Durieux-Smith, A., Angus, D., Olds, J., Schramm, D., Whittingham, J. (2006) Economic evaluation of cochlear implants in children, Journal of speech language pathology and audiology. Journal of Speech language pathology and audiology, 30 (4), 215-223.
• Eriks-Brophy, A., Durieux-Smith, A., Olds, J., Fitzpatrick, E., Duquette, C., Whittingham, J. (2006) Facilitators and barriers to the inclusion of orally educated children and youth with hearing loss in schools : promoting partnerships to support inclusion.  Volta Review, 106 (1), 53-88.
• Fitzpatrick, E. & Schramm.  (2006). Clinicans’ perceptions of benefits in adults with prelingual deafness. Journal of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, 30 (3), 192-197.
• Fitzpatrick, E. McCrae, R., & Schramm.  (2006). Cochlear implantation in children with residual hearing.  BMC Ear Nose and Throat Journal, 6 (7).
• Fitzpatrick, E., Johnston, C., Angus, D. and Durieux-Smith, A. (2006). Fitting Audiology within the Population Health Perspective – Canadian Journal of Public Health, 97 (2): 153-155.
• Duquette, C., Durieux-Smith, A., Olds, J., Fitzpatrick, E., Eriks-Brophy, A. and Whittingham, J. (2002).  Parents’ perspectives on their roles in facilitating the inclusion of their children with hearing impairment.  Exceptionality Education Canada ,12(1), 19-36.
• Schramm, D., Fitzpatrick, E. & Séguin, C. Cochlear implantation in adolescents and adults with pre-linguistic deafness. Otology and Neurotology, 23 (5), 698-703.