Amineh Koravand

Amineh Koravand is an associate professor in the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology program of the School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa. Having earned a bachelor’s degree in Audiology in Tehran (Iran) and a Master’s degree from the Université de Montréal, she completed a doctorate in biomedical sciences with a specialization in Audiology and Neuro-Audiology at the CHU Ste-Justine Research Centre as an award recipient of the Fonds de recherche en santé du Québec (FRSQ).

Prof. Koravand's research deals with the relationship between the peripheral and central auditory systems in children. Her goal is to develop neurophysiological measures (biological neuromarkers) to assess the central auditory processing at subcortical and cortical level of children during early childhood, to prevent disorders while brain plasticity is still significant. Moreover, her lab focuses mainly on applying Event Related Potentials (ERPs) combined with behavioral assessments to study plasticity in auditory neural pathways resulting from musical training, singing lessons, bilingualism, multilingualism as well as various auditory-speech deficits.

• Auditory neuroscience
• Neurophysiological markers for identifying central auditory processing disorders
• Maturation and neural plasticity
• Relationship between enriched sensory environment and auditory processing

• Kordjazi, N., Koravand, A & Sveistrup, H. (Submitted). Movement Execution vs. Imagination: Connecting the Two via Network Connectivity-Based Brain Computer Interfacing. Journal of NeuroEngineering Rehabilitation
• Razran M, Duquette-Laplante F, Jutras B, Bursch C, Koravand A. (Accepted with revision).A retrospective study of the effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on auditory function. American Journal of Audiology
• Duda, V., Campbell, K. & Koravand, A. (2020). Event-Related Potentials following Gaps in Noise: The effects of the intensity of preceding noise. Brain Research. 1748,doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2020.147078.Online ahead of print
• Jutras, B., Lagacé, J & Koravand, A. (In Press). The Development of Auditory Functions. In Handbook of Clinical Neurology, Vol 173 (3rd series). Neurocognitive development: Normative development: Part I. A, Gallager, C, Bulteau, D. Cohen and J. Michaud, Editors. Elseviers B.V
• Koravand, A., Parkes, E., Duquette-Laplante, F., Bursch, C. & Tomaszewski, S. (2019). The effects of singing lessons on speech evoked brainstem responses in children with central auditory processing disorders. Special issue of Audiology and Neuroscience. Journal of Canadian Acoustic. 47(2): 31-40
• Koravand, A., Thompsons, J., Chenier, G. & Kordjazi, N (2019). The effects of bilingualismon speech evoked brainstem responses. Special issue of Audiology and Neuroscience. Journal of Canadian Acoustic. 47(2): 23-30
• Duda, V., Zorbas, E., Benoit, DL.& Koravand, A. (2019).Using the auditory brainstem response elicited by within-channel gaps to measure temporal resolution. Canadian Acoustics Special Issue: Neuroscience and Audiology. 47(2): 15-22
• Duda-Milloy, V., Tavakoli, P., Campbell, K., Benoit, D & Koravand. A. (2019). Time efficient multi-deviant paradigm to determine the effects of gap duration on the Mismatch Negativity, Hearing Research, 337, 34-43
• Comeau, G., Koravand, A. & Swrip, M. (2018). Prevalence of Hearing Loss among university music students. Journal of Canadian Acoustics. 46 (1), 37-50
• Koravand, A., Jutras, B. & Lassonde, M. (2017). Abnormalities in cortical auditory responses in children with central auditory processing disorder. Neuroscience, 346, 135-148
• Comeau, G., Koravand, A., & Markovic, S. (2017). Response of hearing-impaired children to piano lessons: Engagement and enjoyment of music. The Canadian Music Educator. 58 (4), 12-18
• Koravand, A. (2017). Response to the Letter to the Editor regarding ‘‘Statistical verification on the effect of hearing loss on speech-evoked auditory brainstem response’’.DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2017.08.015
• Milloy, V., Fournier, Ph., Benoit, D. Noreña A. & Koravand. A.(2017). Auditory brainstem responses in tinnitus: a review of Whom, How and What? Frontiers Aging in neuroscience, 9:237. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2017.00237. eCollection 2017
• Koravand, A., Osman, R. Rivest, V & Poulin, C. (2017). Auditory Brain Stem Response to Speech Sounds in Children with Hearing Loss. International Journal of Pediatric Otolaryngology, 99, 24-29: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2017.05.010
• Koravand, A., Jutras, B. & Lassonde, M. (2013). Auditory Event-Related Potentials in children with a peripheral hearing loss. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 124(7), 1439-1447
• Koravand, A., Jutras, B. & Lassonde, M. (2012). Cortical auditory evoked potentials in children with a hearing loss: Pilot study. International Journal of Pediatric,doi:10.1155/2012/250254