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Ph.D Student

Naudy Ocasio Portalatin

Ocasio Portalat铆n, Naudy A., Au.D.

PhD Student 

Primary Advisor: Michelle Arnold, AuD., Ph.D., CCC-A

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Dr. Ocasio Portalat铆n is a bilingual audiologist from San Antonio, Texas. Originally from Puerto Rico, he has lived in multiple locations globally both as a child of a military member and later as a U.S. Air Force member himself. He recently completed his Doctor of Audiology at the University of Arizona. His research interests include development and validation of audiometric speech assessment measures in Spanish, hearing healthcare disparities/access to care, and auditory contributions to the maintenance of gait and balance in aging adults. 

Education
Doctor of Audiology  University of Arizona  2023
Bachelor of Arts CSD  Our Lady of the Lake University  2019

Recent Scholarly Activity

  • Wong, A., Marrone N., Lee, D, Ocasio Portalat铆n, N.A., McClure, L. (2022, November). Building Communication Resilience: Technical Lessons Learned in Facilitating Discussions for Multilingual Audiences with Hearing Loss. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association 2022 Convention, New Orleans, LA. [Virtual Poster Presentation] 
  • Ocasio Portalat铆n, N.A., Gallun, F.J. (2022, February). Binaural hearing and the integration of auditory and vestibular cues. American Auditory Society Annual Conference 2022, Scottsdale, AZ [Poster Presentation]
  • Ocasio Portalat铆n, N. A., Marrone, N., Wong, A., Rodr铆guez, B., & Lee, D. (2021, November). Detours and discoveries in building research capacity on hearing loss intervention for Hispanic/LatinX communities. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association 2021 Convention, Washington, D.C. [Virtual Poster Presentation]
  • Ocasio Portalat铆n, N.A., Gallun, F.J. (2021, September). Binaural hearing and the integration of auditory and vestibular cues. National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research Biennial Conference 2021, Portland, OR [Virtual Poster Presentation]
  • Ocasio Portalat铆n, N.A. (2021, August) National Institutes of Health T-35 Summer Research Fellowship Presentation. Binaural Hearing and the integration of auditory and vestibular cues. National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research, Portland, OR [Virtual Presentation]
  • Marrone, N., Wong, A., Rodr铆guez, B., Ocasio Portalat铆n, N. A., & Lee, D. (2021, April). Juntos somos mejores: building research capacity through collaborative community engagement. Arizona Speech-Language-Hearing Association 2021 Virtual Conference, Phoenix, AZ. [Virtual Poster Presentation]
  • Wong, A., Ocasio Portalat铆n, N. A., Rodr铆guez, B. (March 2021). 鈥淗earing Care for All鈥�: A Community Coalition Addressing Disparities. The ASHA Leader Live. From https://leader.pubs.asha.org/do/10.1044/2021-0303-world-hearing-day/full/ [Online Blog]
  • Ocasio Portalat铆n, N. A., Taliancich-Klinger, C., Arcos-Hernandez, N., Hernandez, A.M., & Brady, B. (2019, November). Linguistic characteristics pre and post language enrichment for culturally and linguistically diverse children in a title 1 school. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association 2019 Convention, Orlando, FL. [Poster Presentation]