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Morgan Dyer, AuD.,CCC-A

Morgan Dyer, AuD.,CCC-A

  • Assistant Professor

(405) 271-2866, ext. 46868

Morgan-Dyer@ou.edu

Education:

  • Doctor of Audiology, Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Oklahoma HSC, 2016
  • Bachelor of Science, Health Promotion/Pre-Med, Oklahoma State University, 2005

Societies and Organizations:

  • American Academy of Audiology
  • American Speech and Hearing Association

Teaching:

  • CSD 8233: 001 Audiology II
  • CSD 8420: Spring 2026
  • CSD 8420: Fall 2026
  • CSD 8420: Summer 2026
  • CSD 4443/7453: Spring 2026

During the majority of 2025–2026 academic year, I served as a Clinical Assistant Professor with primary responsibilities in clinical education, student supervision, and patient-centered audiologic care. My efforts focused on high-quality clinical instruction, interdisciplinary collaboration within our department settings, and continued engagement in scholarly and service activities aligned with the mission of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. In the fall of 2025, my role and title changed to Assistant Professor and my position was preparing for a slight change in my clinical vs didactic role. I now focus on:

  • Delivering instruction and hands-on training in diagnostic audiology, amplification, tinnitus management, and medical/ENT audiology.
  • Emphasizing development of clinical reasoning, professionalism, and readiness for fourth-year externship placement.
  • Fostering a supportive learning environment focused on student confidence, autonomy, and ethical patient care.
  • Delivering comprehensive audiologic services in medical and clinical settings, including diagnostic evaluations, hearing protection, and hearing/amplification technology management.
  • Collaborating closely with otolaryngology and interdisciplinary healthcare teams to support coordinated, patient-centered care and through the ENT specialty clinic at John W Keys Speech and Hearing Center.
  • Contributing to maintaining high standards of clinical excellence and evidence-based practice within university-affiliated clinics.
  • Accompany our AuD students to Starkey University in the Summer of 2025.
  • Identifying areas for future research and scholarly dissemination related to clinical education and supervision of Au.D. students.

Research Interests:

My research interests focus on the cognitive and neural consequences of untreated hearing loss and assessing how degraded auditory input influences speech perception, production, and overall communication function. A central component of my work examines tinnitus, listening effort, and cognitive load as they relate to untreated hearing loss. I have a strong interdisciplinary focus at the intersection of audiology, speech science, and motor neuroscience, investigating how auditory and somatosensory feedback systems support speech motor control. My current work explores sensorimotor integration and adaptation, particularly in populations with altered auditory input such as cochlear implant recipients and children with craniofacial differences (e.g., cleft lip and palate), under the mentorship of Dr. Matt Masapollo. Our research examines functional connectivity between auditory and motor systems, as well as the effects of sensory disruption on speech learning and control. Broadly, my goal is to translate this interdisciplinary knowledge into clinically meaningful applications, improving early intervention, rehabilitation strategies, and patient counseling across the lifespan.

Funding:

  • Grant: Research Project Grant (R01)
    Funding Source: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
    Project title: Speech sensorimotor learning and control in cochlear implant recipients
    Role: Co-I
    Planned Submission: June 2026
     
  • Grant: Research Project Grant (R01)
    Funding Source: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
    Project title: Speech sensorimotor learning in children with cleft lip and palate
    Role: Co-I
    Planned Submission: October 2026

Clinical Interests:

Accomplished Audiologist with 10 years of experience specializing in treating complex hearing loss configurations in ENT patients. Skilled in comprehensive diagnostic assessments, advanced hearing aid fittings, and programming of hearing aids. Focused on untreated hearing loss as it relates to cognitive decline and dedicated to improving patient quality of life through evidence-based treatment and rehabilitation. Advanced skills in cerumen management and foreign body removals.

Select Publications:

MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW /PREPARATION

  • 7/2025-5/2026 Masapollo, M., Geddes, S., Dyer, M., Ramjee, V., & Mims, M. (in preparation). Inter-articulator speech motor timing control in children with cleft lip and palate. 191st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America.
  • +Cross, S., +Koporc, K., +McDougal, B., +Ralston, A., Mims, M., Ramjee, V., Dyer, M., & sMasapollo, M. (in preparation). Auditory feedback control of speech movements in cochlear implant recipients. 16th Annual College of Allied Health Research Day, Oklahoma City, OK.
  • Masapollo, M., +Cross, S., +Koporc, K., +McDougal, B., Dyer, M., Mims, M., Ramjee, V., & Nittrouer, S. (in preparation). Auditory feedback control of speech movements in cochlear implant recipients. 190th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Masapollo, M., Yabluchanskiy, A., Mims, M., Ramjee, V., Dyer, M., Gifford, R., Ostry, D.J., & Nittrouer, S. (in preparation). Functional connectivity between speech sensory and motor cortices in cochlear implant recipients: an fNIRS study. Journal of Neurophysiology.
  • Masapollo, M., Mims, M., Ramjee, V., Dyer, M., Nittrouer, S., & Ostry, D.J. (in preparation). Contributions of auditory and somatosensory feedback to speech motor control: Effects of deafferentation. Journal of Neurophysiology.

Service:

  • Secretary for Oklahoma Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (OBESPA) Licensure Board. Three-year term of service beginning in 06/2025-Present.
  • Audiology section member