Marlene Bagatto, AuD, PhD

Assistant Professor
Room 2262J, Elborn College
519 661-2111 x88949
bagatto@nca.uwo.ca
@MarleneBagatto
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Scholarship@Western
Education
- PhD (Western)
- AuD (Central Michigan/Vanderbilt)
- MClSc (Western)
Graduate Program Supervision
Research In Profile
The research in the Pediatric Audiology Strategies and Systems Laboratory focusses on policy and practice integration for infant and child hearing. Evidence-based clinical protocol development and implementation for infants and children who have permanent hearing loss are key activities. Standardization of universal newborn hearing screening, audiological surveillance of children with hearing loss risk factors, pediatric audiology assessment and hearing aid fitting as well as outcome measures and language development services guide the implementation of infant hearing health care services. Through these activities, Dr. Bagatto consults for various provincial early hearing loss detection and intervention programs in Canada to develop and implement clinical protocols and program policies. She is also the Chair of the Canadian Infant Hearing Task Force that advocates for infant hearing health care across the country.
Featured Publications and Projects
- NA Amri, TK Quar, FY Chong, M Bagatto. (2021). Optimising hearing aid output to paediatric prescriptive targets improves outcomes in children, International Journal of Audiology, 1-8.
- B Vos, D Noll, JA Whittingham, M Pigeon, M Bagatto, EM Fitzpatrick. (2021). Cytomegalovirus—A Risk Factor for Childhood Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review, Ear and Hearing 42 (6), 1447-1461.
- Bagatto, M, Gordey, D, El-Naji, R, Scollie, S, Pediatric Bone Conduction Working Group. (2021). Clinical Consensus Document for Fitting Non-Surgical Transcutaneous Bone Conduction Hearing Devices to Children, International Journal of Audiology, 1-8.
- Daub, O, Cunningham, BJ, Bagatto, M, Johnson, A, Kwok, E, Smyth, R, Cardy, J. (2021). Adopting a Conceptual Validity Framework for Testing in Speech-Language Pathology, American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 30(4): 1894-1908.
- Watts, K, Bagatto, M, Clark-Lewis, S, Henderson, S, Scollie, S, Blumsack, J. (2020). Relationship of head circumeference and age in the prediction of the real-ear-to-coupler difference (RECD), Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 31(7): 496-505.
- Folkeard, P, Bagatto, M, Scollie, S. (2020) Evaluation of hearing aid manufacturers’ software-derived fittings to DSL v5.0 pediatric targets, Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 31(5): 354-363.
- Bagatto, M, Moodie, S, Fitzpatrick, E, Kealey, C, Campbell, B, Aiken, S. (2020). Status of early hearing detection and intervention programs in Canada: results from a country-wide survey, Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, 44(3): 107-124.
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Current Grants and Research Projects
- Alberta Health Services Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program
Bagatto, M, Scollie, S- Develop and deliver an audiologist training program for hearing aid provision
to infants and young children
- Develop and deliver an audiologist training program for hearing aid provision
- Ontario Ministry of Children, Community, and Social Services Infant Hearing Program
Bagatto, M, Scollie, S- Activities to maintain and support a provincial early hearing detection and
intervention (EHDI) program
- Activities to maintain and support a provincial early hearing detection and
- William Demant Foundation
Bagatto, M, El-Naji, R- Advancing fitting protocols for non-surgical transcutaneous bone conduction hearing devices in children
- Canadian Academy of Audiology Clinical Research Grant
Bagatto, M, El-Naji, R- Development of a Fitting Protocol for Bone Conduction Hearing Devices to Children
- Development of a Fitting Protocol for Bone Conduction Hearing Devices to Children
Additional Information
Academic Appointments and Research Affiliations
Awards
- Canadian Academy of Audiology President’s Award (2020)
- Judith S. Gravel Lecture (2017)
- Potential Pitfalls in the Provision of Hearing Aids to Infants and Young Children
- Sixth Biennial Modern Developments in Audiology, Hearing and Speech Sciences
- Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center, Nashville, TN, USA
- Krista Riko Lecture (2017)
- Fitting Hearing Aids To Babies: Applying Science and Technology to Support Positive Outcomes
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- Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Sick Kids, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Hearing Aids in Review ‘Best of’ Journal Articles (2016)
- Pediatric Amplification Special Edition Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, Editor: M. Bagatto
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral Research Award (2009-2012)
- Networks of Centres of Excellence Young Innovators Award (2006)
Professional Activities
- Chair, Canadian Infant Hearing Task Force (2017 – present)
- Director, Canadian Academy of Audiology (2015 – 2021)
- President, Canadian Academy of Audiology (2016/2017)
- Co-Chair, Pediatric Bone Conduction Hearing Device Working Group (2015 – present)
- Program Co-Chair, A Sound Foundation Through Early Amplification International Conferences (2013,2016, 2021)