Richard Tyler, PhD

Rich Tyler was trained in Audiology and Psychoacoustics at the University of Western Ontario and the University of Iowa. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery and in the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology at the University of Iowa. His primary areas of research interest are cochlear implants and tinnitus. Dr. Tyler worked in the United Kingdom for three years at the Institute of Hearing Research, and has been a visiting scholar in China, South Africa, Australia, Sweden, and France. He became interested in tinnitus early in his career while working with Professor Ross Coles. His scientific tinnitus work includes the quantification of tinnitus, necessary for its investigation, as well as the study of different treatments for tinnitus. Dr. Tyler sees tinnitus patients weekly, and hosts an annual Tinnitus Treatment Workshop. He has also been the co-principal investigator of a 20-year NIH-funded study of cochlear implants, and is particularly interested in binaural hearing.

Contact information:

319-356-2471 (office)
319- 356-4547 (fax)
rich-tyler@uiowa.edu

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