Author
Sherri M. Jones, PhD
Dr. Sherri Jones is a Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at East Carolina University (ECU). She teaches courses in auditory physiology, embryology and genetics of hearing impairment, and vestibular assessment and management. She conducts basic research on genetics of inner ear dysfunction and genetic influences on aging of auditory and vestibular function. This research has been supported by the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders and the Deafness Research Foundation. She also sees patients at ECU Speech Language and Hearing Clinic specializing in vestibular assessment and has active clinical research in vestibular function following head trauma and blast injury.