Shruti Deshpande, Ph.D.

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Associate Professor
Communication Sciences and Disorders
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., University of Cincinnati

 

Dr. Shruti Deshpande is an Associate Professor, Vincentian Research Fellow, and the Director of the Doctor of Audiology Program at St. John’s University. She is an audiologist by training and her research focuses on accessible and affordable hearing health services for diverse and vulnerable populations. In September 2024, Dr. Deshpande was invited to serve as a Keynote Speaker at a University-wide event sponsored by St. John’s’ University Faculty Research Consortium and the Office of University Mission, where she spoke about community-based research. Dr. Deshpande was recently named an[SD1]  ASHA Innovator.

Dr. Deshpande has published on issues at the intersection of audiology and social justice and has been a recipient of several prestigious internal and external grants. She is passionate about teaching and teaches undergraduate, MA (SLP), and Doctor of Audiology (AuD) courses.  She has mentored several undergraduate and graduate students on research projects. Dr. Deshpande’s students have presented at conferences, served as her coauthors on peer-reviewed publications in prestigious journals, and have also secured student grants.

In 2024, Dr. Deshpande was invited to serve as a subject matter expert and worked on revising the ASHA Practice Portal in Audiology. She serves as an ad-hoc reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals and is a reviewer for ASHA grants. Dr. Deshpande has been appointed as a board member of the Multicultural Issues Board of the American Speech Language Hearing Association for a three-year term from January 1st, 2023, to December 31st, 2025.

Dr. Deshpande is fluent and literate in four languages. She enjoys hanging out with her family, cooking, listening to audiobooks and podcasts, swimming, and singing.   

 

 

 

 

Central Auditory Processing Disorder (AuD),
Electrophysiology-I (AuD)
Pediatric Audiology (AuD)
Introduction to Hearing Science (undergraduate)
Habilitation for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Child (SLP/MA course)

 

I. Peer-Reviewed

1. Deshpande, S. B., & Deshpande, A.K. (2022).  Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Socio-Economic Status Representation in US-Based Randomized Controlled Trials of Tinnitus: A Systematic Review. American Journal of Audiology (published online ahead of print: https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2022_AJA-21-00244).

2. Deshpande, S. B. (2021). Online, Asynchronous Hearing Education and Research Project for Ethnically Diverse Adolescents via Interprofessional Collaboration and Electronic Service-Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Pilot Study on the Needs and Challenges. American Journal of Audiology, 30(3), 505-517. [This paper was independently featured in the August 2021 issue of the Hearing Journal: Online Learning Program Improves Young Students' Attitudes o... : The Hearing Journal (lww.com)]

3. Deshpande, S. B. (December 2019). Awareness of the Profession of Audiology Among Ethnically Diverse Adolescents: A Pre-and Post-Education Study. American Journal of Audiology, 28(4), 964-972.

4. Deshpande, S. B., Deshpande, A. K., O'Brien, C. A. (graduate research mentee), & McMonagle, K. (undergraduate research mentee) (2019). A Study of the Portrayal of Information related to (Central) Auditory Processing Disorder on Social Media. Hearing Balance and Communication, 17 (2), 134-144.

5. Deshpande, A. K., Deshpande, S. B., & O'Brien, C. A. (graduate research mentee) (2019). Hyperacusis and social media trends. Hearing, Balance and Communication, 17(1), 1-11.

6. Deshpande, A. K., Deshpande, S. B., & O'Brien, C. (graduate research mentee) (2018). A study of social media utilization by individuals with tinnitus. American journal of audiology, 27(4), 559-569. [this publication was selected to be converted into a Continuing Education course by the American Speech Language Hearing Association for 205,000 ASHA members]

7. Brown, C. J., Jeon, E. K., Driscoll, V., Mussoi, B., Deshpande, S. B., Gfeller, K., & Abbas, P. J. (2017). Effects of Long-Term Musical Training on Cortical Auditory Evoked Potentials. Ear and Hearing, 38(2), e74-e84.

8. Wang, Y., Pan, T., Deshpande, S. B., Ma, F. (2015). The relationship between EABR and auditory performance and speech intelligibility outcomes in pediatric cochlear implant recipients. American Journal of Audiology, 24, 226-234.

9. Deshpande, S. & Deshpande, A. K. (2014). “Relativity Applies to Physics, Not Ethics”: A Tutorial on Responsible Conduct of Research for Student Researchers in Communication Sciences and Disorders. eHearsay (Electronic Journal of the Ohio Speech-Language-Hearing Association), 4(1), 25-34.

10. Balvalli, S., & Bantwal, A.R. (2011). Development of a Synthetic Sentence Identification Test in Hindi with Contralateral and Ipsilateral Competing Message Versions. Journal of the Indian Speech and Hearing Association, 25(1), 31-42.

II. Book Chapters

1. Deshpande, S. B., & Deshpande, A. K. (2020). Hidden Hearing Loss. In M. Valente & L. M. Valente (Ed.s), Adult Audiology Casebook (2nd edition). Thieme.

2. Deshpande, A. K., & Deshpande, S. B. (2020). Auditory Dyssynchrony: A Struggle to Understand Speech in Noise. In M. Valente & L. M. Valente (Ed.s), Adult Audiology Casebook (2nd edition). Thieme.

3. Tyler, R. S., Kileny, P., Deshpande, A. K., Deshpande, S. B., Dunn, C., Hansen, M., & Gantz, B. (2016). Future of Cochlear Implants. In A. T. Cacase, E. de Kleine, A. G. Holt, & P. van Dijk (Ed.s), Scientific Foundations of Audiology. San Diego: Plural Publishing, Inc.

4. Brown, C.J., Scheperle, J. A., Tejani, V. D., Jeon, E. K., Deshpande, S. B., & Abbas, P. J. (2016). Electrically Evoked Auditory Potentials. In L. S. Eisenberg (Ed.), Clinical Management of Children with Cochlear Implants. San Diego: Plural Publishing, Inc.

5. Deshpande, S., Houston, L., & Keith, R. W. (2013). Hearing Testing, Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR). In S. E. Kountakis (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (pp. 1151-1158). Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

1. Source- Faculty Research Consortium Grant for Tenured Faculty

Investigators- Deshpande, S.B. (PI), Silverman/Fitzgerald (Community Partner), Rojanaworarit, C. (statistical consultant)

Title- Play it by Ear: An Intervention Program to Enhance Hearing Health Access and Equity for Young Children from Diverse Communities

Amount- $5000 (July 13, 2023, funded)

2. Source: HearX Group Grant

Investigator: Deshpande, S. B.; Deshpande, A. K., & Swanepoel, D.

Title: Feasibility assessment and initial validation of the hearX Self-Test Kit: A community-based approach.

Amount: $1026 (in-kind grant).

3. Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

Investigator: Deshpande, S. B. (Research Mentors: Dr. De Wet Swanepoel, Dr. Vinaya Manchaiah; Dr. Lata A. Krishnan; Teaching Mentor: Dr. Gary E. Martin)

Title: Advancing Academic-Research Careers (AARC) Award

Amount: $5,000 (extramural, funded, July 2021)

4. Source: Global Online Learning Exchange, St. John’s University

Investigator: Deshpande, S. B.

Title: A GOLE project with a goal of increasing Audiology’s visibility through Academic Service Learning (AS-L)

Amount: $2,500 (intramural, funded, March 2020)

5. Source: Summer Support of Research, St. John’s University

Investigator: Deshpande, S. B.

Title: Novel, cost-effective approaches for the assessment and management of central auditory processing disorders (CAPD): A series of faculty-directed, student-led studies.

Amount: $10,000 (intramural, funded, April 2018)

6. Source- 30,000 Degrees Faculty Research Consortium Seed Grant

Investigators- Deshpande, S.B, Deshpande, A. K., & Thomas, J.

Title- Hearing conservation and ‘Audiology’ Education: A Path to 30,000 degrees on Staten Island.

Amount- $4,600 (extramural, funded, November 2017)

7. Source- Academic Service Learning (AS-L) Minigrant

Investigators- Deshpande, S.B., Deshpande, A. K., & Thomas, J.

Title- Hearing conservation project for Liberty Partnership Program’s high school students implemented through academic service learning.

Amount- $1,000 (intramural, funded, May 2017)

8. Source- Faculty Growth Grant

Investigator- Deshpande, S.B.

Title- ‘Smart’phone Teaching = Smart Teaching?

Amount- $1,500 (intramural, funded, May 2017)

9. Source- Dependent Care Subsidy - Travel Grant (Acoustical Society of America)

Investigator- Deshpande, S. B.

Amount- $500 (extramural, funded, June 2017)

10. Source- Richard and Camille Sinatra Endowment Fund (Faculty Consortium, Vincentian Institute for Social Action (VISA), St. John’s University)

Investigators: Deshpande, S., Deshpande, A. K., & Thomas, J.

Title- A sustainable hearing conservation project for Liberty Partnerships Program’s high school students implemented by audiologists and audiology students through academic service learning: A symbiotic impact.

Amount- $1537.87 (intramural, funded, May 2nd, 2017)

11. Source- Liberty Partnerships Program, March 2017.

Principle Investigator: Deshpande, S.

Title- Academic Service-Learning component of ‘Introduction to Hearing Science, Spring 2017’ to support educating diverse high school students about hearing science (pilot project).

Amount- $192.03 (extramural, funded, April 2017)

i. Shannon Contino (AuD student), Long Island AuD Consortium, Project: Octave, Inter-octave, and Extended High Frequency Hearing Testing using mobile-health (mHealth) technologies in Racially Diverse Adolescents. (in progress).

ii. Elizabeth Mercado (AuD student), Long Island AuD Consortium, Project: The relationship between the EABR and auditory performance outcomes as measured by parental rating scales in pediatric cochlear implant recipients. (in progress).

iii.Emma Rios (AuD student), Long Island AuD Consortium, Project: Extended High Frequency (EHF) Audiometry in children with and without traumatic brain injury. (in progress).

iv. Jada Quinlan (AuD student), Long Island AuD Consortium, Project: Extended High Frequency Hearing Thresholds in Children with Diagnosed Central Auditory Processing Disorder (AuD capstone, in progress).

v. Jasmin Butler (AuD student), Long Island AuD Consortium, Project: Comparison of extended high frequency thresholds in younger and older adults. (AuD capstone, in progress)

vi. Kathleen Kalschmid (AuD student), Long Island AuD Consortium, Project: Development of the University of Cincinnati Auditory Processing Inventory - Revised (UCAPI-R): Data from a Diverse Group of Adolescents. (AuD capstone, in progress)

vii. MB (AuD student), Long Island AuD Consortium, Project: Normative data collection on the University of Cincinnati Auditory Processing Inventory on the Bengali speaking population in New York. (AuD capstone, incomplete)

viii. Esther Zamler (AuD student), Long Island AuD Consortium, Project: The relationship between the EABR and auditory performance outcomes as measured by parental rating scales on pediatric cochlear implant recipients post-meningitis. (AuD capstone, completed in 2020)

ix. Kelly Laux (AuD student), Long Island AuD Consortium, Project: Extended High Frequency (EHF) Audiometry in adults with and without traumatic brain injury. (AuD capstone, completed in 2019)

x. Kristin Poptean (AuD student), Long Island AuD Consortium, Project: Compilation of Central Auditory Processing Disorder Case-studies. (AuD capstone, completed, in 2019)

xi. Mary Biordi (AuD student), Long Island AuD Consortium, Project: The Effects of Debilitating Tinnitus on Habituation: An Auditory Event-Related Potentials Study. (AuD capstone, completed)

xii. Kayla Rizzi (AuD Student), Long Island AuD Consortium, Project: Comparison of speech perception measures in individuals with SNHL and SNHL with tinnitus. (AuD capstone, completed)

xiii Rachel Miller (AuD student), Long Island AuD Consortium, Project: Extended High Frequency Screening in Children. (AuD capstone, completed)

xiv. Jessica Kotak (AuD student), Long Island AuD Consortium, Project: Comparison of auditory processing abilities in individuals with and without extended high frequency hearing loss. (AuD capstone, completed)

xx. Yehudit Askarinam (AuD student), Long Island AuD Consortium, Project: Comparison of auditory processing abilities of individuals from low versus high socio-economic backgrounds. (AuD capstone, completed)

 

1. Keynote Speaker, Faculty Research Consortium and Office of University Mission, St. John’s University.

2. Subject Matter Expert (ASHA Practice Portal, Audiology) 

3. ASHA Innovator (2024) 

4. Vincentian Research Fellow, St. John’s University.

5. Member, ASHA’s Multicultural Issues Board, January 1st 2023-December 31st, 2025.

6. Recipient of the Faculty Excellence Award in Community-Based Outcomes and Poverty Research, 2022, St. John’s University. https://www.stjohns.edu/who-we-are/faith-and-mission/vincentian-institute-social-action/faculty-research-consortium

7. Faculty Recognition Award: I have received this award in 2017, 2019, 2020, and 2021 from St. John’s University for Excellence in Research & Scholarship. It includes $2000 or $1000 annual increase in base salary. I have been awarded a $2000 increase for each year listed above. 8. AS-L Faculty Award: Each year, one St. John’s University’s faculty member is selected to receive this award for excellence in academic service-learning.

9. Interviewed by the Hearing Journal regarding my research-based service-learning model during the COVID-19 pandemic. Expected to be published in the August 2021 issue of the Hearing Journal.

10. Interviewed by the Dean’s office regarding my research-based service-learning work and the AS-L faculty award for the 2021 Dean’s Newsletter.

11. Values and Inclusion Program Honoree, St. John’s University (2020-21): https://www.stjohns.edu/about/news/announcements/announcement-2020-values-and-inclusion-program-vip-nominees

12. Featured on ASHA’s story wall- https://ashacertified.org/story-wall/; https://ashacertified.org/story/taking-the-road-less-traveled-from-mumbai-to-new-york-and-promoting-diversity/

13. Invited Presenter on ‘Research-Based Service-Learning’– President & Board of Trustees Meeting, St. John’s University, March 2020: I was invited to speak about my AS-L work/research at the high-level meeting on March 11th 2020; https://www.facebook.com/liaudsaa/photos/a.348538701981520/1409356299233083

14. Invited Adjunct Faculty, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Mangalore, India, January 2020 onward.

15. Excellence in Teaching Award from the National Society of Leadership and Success, 2018: https://www.stjohns.edu/about/news/2018-08-29/faculty-recognized-commitment-student-success