Chi Yhun Lo, PhD, is a Research Associate who joined the SMART Lab in April 2022. He explores the intersection between music, hearing, deafness, and health. Current projects include: (1) exploring the benefits of choir for older adults with hearing aids, (2) investigating how trust and personality may impact outcomes between audiologists’ and clients, (3) the development of effective hearing health messaging, and (4) exploring the impact of cannabis on the auditory system.
Chi completed a PhD at Macquarie University that explored the benefits of music for deaf and hard-of-hearing children; and his first postdoctoral position was at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation investigating the stigma faced by cochlear implant recipients.
Chi enjoys working and connecting with the broader community. He is the Vice-President of the Parents of Deaf Children—a charity organisation in Australia that supports deaf and hard-of-hearing children; the Founder of a Science Camp for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children; and a KITE Young Innovator—a not-for-profit outreach program that support STEM studies for youth.
Contact details:
chi.lo@torontomu.ca
Selected publications:
Bleckly, F., Matthews, N., & Lo, C. Y. (2023). Identity change of late-deafened adults after receiving cochlear implants. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 1-10
Rapport, F., Lo, C. Y., Elks, B., Warren, C., & Clay-Williams, R. (2022). Cochlear implant aesthetics and its impact on stigma, social interaction and quality of life: a mixed-methods study protocol. BMJ open, 12(3), e058406.
Lo, C. Y., Looi, V., Thompson, W. F., & McMahon, C. M. (2022) Can music training improve listening skills for children with hearing loss? Frontiers for Young Minds: A World of Sound.
Lo, C. Y., Looi, V., Thompson, W. F., & McMahon, C. M. (2022) Beyond audition: Psychosocial benefits of music training for children with hearing loss. Ear and Hearing, 43(1).
Lo, C. Y., Looi, V., Thompson, W. F., & McMahon, C. M. (2020) Music training for children with sensorineural hearing loss improves speech-in-noise perception. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 63(6).
McMahon, C. M., Boisvert, I., De Lissa, P., Granger, L., Ibrahim, R., Lo, C. Y., Miles, K., & Graham, P. L. (2016) Monitoring alpha oscillations and pupil dilation across the performance-intensity function. Frontiers in Psychology, 7(745), 1–12.
Lo, C. Y., McMahon, C. M., Looi, V., & Thompson, W. F. (2015) Melodic Contour Training and Its Effect on Speech in Noise, Consonant Discrimination, and Prosody Perception for Cochlear Implant Recipients. Behavioural Neurology [Music in the Brain: From Listening to Playing].
Lo, C. Y., Dillon, H., Cameron, S., & McMahon, C. M. Evaluation of headphone effects in LiSN & Learn auditory training software. (2015) ANU Journal of Undergraduate Research, 6, 147–159.