Marlene Bagatto, AuD, PhD

• Amri, NA, Quar, TK, Chong, FY, Bagatto, M. (2021). Optimising hearing aid output to paediatric prescriptive targets improves outcomes in children, International Journal of Audiology, 1-8.
• Vos, B, Noll, D, Whittingham, JA, Pigeon, M, Bagatto, M, Fitzpatrick, EM. (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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• Ontario Infant Hearing Program Screening Protocol
• Ontario Infant Hearing Program Surveillance Protocol
• Ontario Infant Hearing Program ABRA Protocol
• Ontario Infant Hearing Program CBA Protocol
• Ontario Infant Hearing Program Amplification Protocol
• Ontario Infant Hearing Program Language Development Services Guidelines
• Ontario Infant Hearing Program Modified Physiological Hearing Screening Protocol

• Western Strategic Support for SSHRC Success Seed Grant
  
  • Toward Equitable Infant Hearing Health Care Across Canada
• Canadian Hearing Services Global Partnerships for Research and Innovation
  Bagatto, M, Smith, M, Shelley, J, Begen, M.
  
  • Mapping the Social Determinants of Infant Hearing Health Care in Canada
• Ontario Centre of Innovation Voucher for Innovation and Productivity
  Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation, and Trade
  Partner: Audioscan, Inc
  Scollie, S, Bagatto, M, Meston, C, Beh, K, Dingle, R, Kirchberger, P, Burton, A, Tonus, K, Venkatesan, B, Pietrobon, J, and Pumford, J.
  • Pediatric probe tube placement: Effect of ear canal acoustics and
    analysis of standing wave patterns using a machine-learning algorithm
• 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
• 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
• Western Faculty Research Development Fund
  Scollie, S, Moodie, S, Bagatto, M, Parsa, V, Walton, D: $5,563
  • Clinical Utility of Simulators for Training in Audiology and Hearing Screening: Developing a Framework for Evaluation
• Western Research Catalyst Grant
  Glista, D, Moodie, S, Bagatto, M, Richert, F: $40,000
  
  • A Team-Based Approach to Action: Rapid Implementation of Innovative Virtual Audiology Services in Response to COVID-19
• William Demant Foundation
  Bagatto, M, El-Naji, R
  • Advancing fitting protocols for non-surgical transcutaneous bone conduction hearing devices in children

Developing a Spoken Language Outcome Monitoring Procedure for Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Programs

• Daub, Olivia (2021). PhD, Health & Rehabilitation Sciences

• National Centre for Audiology
• Pediatric Audiology Strategy and Systems Laboratory
• Child Amplification Laboratory

• Marion Downs Award in Pediatric Audiology from the American Academy of Audiology (2023)
• Governor General’s Innovation Award, Governor General of Canada (2022)
  • Desired Sensation Level (DSL): World’s First Pediatric Hearing Aid Prescription
• 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
  • 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)

• Board Member, World Wide Hearing (2022 – present)
• 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)