Melissa Rafaniello

Student Clinician

Montclair State University Center for Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology

Bloomfield, NJ, 01/24 - 12/25,

· Conduct diagnostic and hearing aid dispensing services, including comprehensive audiologic evaluations such as speech and pure-tone threshold audiometry, word recognition, and speech-in-noise testing.

· Perform immittance measurements (tympanometry, reflexes, reflex decay) and otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) testing.

· Assist with hearing aid evaluation, selection, fitting, and follow-up care.

Utilize live speech mapping and provide detailed report writing.

• Walk 4 Hearing, 10/24, Participated in the annual HLAA walk to raise awareness about hearing loss., Assisted with event organization and fundraising efforts.
• School Hearing Screenings, 2023 – 2024, Participated in a hearing screening program run by students and faculty for schools in the New Jersey area., Conducted otoacoustic emissions and pure tone screenings.

• Graduate Assistant, Hearing Outcomes in Neuroscience Laboratories (HON Lab), Bloomfield, NJ, 10/23, Present, Collaborating on research projects focusing on auditory attention and speech encoding in the brain., Collecting and analyzing data related to speech perception and neuroscience.
• Research Assistant, Speech Perception Research Lab, Greenville, NC, 01/22, 05/23, Assisted in research investigating various factors affecting speech perception in noisy environments., Conducted data collection, literature reviews, and contributed to the analysis and presentation of results.

• Relationship between subcortical speech encoding, sustained auditory attention, and the neural signal-to-noise ratio, Kim, S., Arzac, S., Dokic, N., Donnelly, J., Genser, N., Nina, A., Nortwich, K., Rafaniello, M., Vericker, G., Rooney, A., MidWinter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Orlando, FL, 02/25
• Introducing: Hearing Outcome and Neuroscience Lab at Montclair State University, Genser, N., Arzac, S., Dokic, N., Donnelly, J., Nina, A., Nortwich, K., Rafaniello, M., Vericker, G., Rooney, A., Kim, S., New Jersey Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Atlantic City, NJ, 03/24
• The effect of musical experience on speech recognition in noise ability, Rafaniello, M., Vermiglio, A. J., Driscoll, V., Paulson, C., Kokinda, E., Huffman, D., Musumeci, G., Sullivan, O., Abrams, K., Alford, A., Barnett, T., Deans, M., Dorman, K., Harrison, E., Overcash, K., Perry, M., Pope, L., Research and Creative Achievement Week (RCAW) 2023, Greenville, NC, 04/23

• Student Academy of Audiology, 08/22, Present, Active member of the Montclair State University chapter.
• Montclair State University Chapter of Student Academy of Audiology, 08/24, Present, Historian, responsible for documenting events, managing chapter records, and assisting in the organization of events.