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Elizabeth Fitzpatrick is a full professor in audiology at the School of Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Ottawa and a senior scientist at the CHEO Research Institute.  She joined the University of Ottawa in 2007 and holds a cross-appointment in the Faculty of Medicine.
Professor Fitzpatrick has worked in hearing health for more than 40 years. Before joining the University of Ottawa, she held clinical and management positions at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) in Ottawa and the Central Speech and Hearing Clinic in Winnipeg. Her research and publications cover the spectrum from infants to adults.

Professor Fitzpatrick has held several editorial positions, including editor-in-chief of the Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (2012–16). She serves as a board member with the and is a member of the . In 2021, she received the Honours of the Academy from the Canadian Academy of Audiology.

Professor Fitzpatrick is accepting new students for thesis supervision.

• Epidemiology of childhood hearing loss
• Early intervention practices and outcomes in children with hearing loss
• Cochlear implantation for children and adults, including outcomes in “special populations”
• Services for children and families affected by hearing loss

Early identification and new hearing technologies offer children with hearing loss a better start in the early years. Our Child Hearing Lab is involved with pediatric hearing research, with a focus on intervention practices and outcomes in children across the spectrum of hearing. Current projects include early intervention practices, the consequences of mild bilateral and unilateral hearing loss, cochlear implantation outcomes, and services for children and families. Our research is primarily supported by grants from CIHR and the Consortium national de formation en santé.

Through our research, we aim to transfer new knowledge to families, clinicians, teachers, and decision-makers, to make a positive impact on the lives of children with hearing disorders. Our lab works with an interdisciplinary research group with expertise in audiology, psychology, population health and medicine. Students from the PhD program in Rehabilitation Sciences at 91��Ʒ���ϳԹ�, as well as students from psychology and medicine, are actively involved in our research.

See Elizabeth Fitzpatrick’s publications on and .

• Fitzpatrick, E.M., Nassrallah, F., Gaboury, I. et al. (2023). . Frontiers in Pediatrics, 11:1149477.
• Fitzpatrick, E.M., Hashem, R.*, Whittingham, J. Nassrallah, F. (May 2023 E-pub). . International Journal of Audiology, 26:1-9.
• Na, E., Toupin-April, K., Olds, J., Fitzpatrick, E.M. (supervisor). (2023). . Cochlear Implants International, 24(6), 301-310.
• Pignac, S., Sygal, N. Biglari, M., Olds, J. Fitzpatrick, E.M (supervisor). (In press, Jan 2024). . International Journal of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Jan 3:177:111855.
• Na, E., Toupin-April, K., Olds, J., Fitzpatrick, E.M. (supervisor). (2022). . International Journal of Audiology, Dec 16:1-12.
• Fitzpatrick, E.M. Wu, J., Olds, J. Whittingham, J., Nassrallah, F., Gaboury, I., Durieux-Smith, A., Coyle, D.  (2022). . Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 27, 137-150.
• Fitzpatrick, E.M., Carrier, V., Turgeon, G., Olmstead, T., McAfee, A., Whittingham, J., Schramm, D.  (E-pub, 2022). . International Journal of Audiology.
• Salatmatmanesh, M., Ramsay, T., Lagacé, J. Sikora, L. Fitzpatrick, E.M. (supervisor) (2022). . International Journal of Audiology, 61(1):12-20.
• Na, E., Toupin-April, K., Olds, J., Whittingham, J., Fitzpatrick, E.M. (supervisor). (2022). . International Journal of Audiology, 61(2): 108-118.
• Noll, D., DiFabio, D., Moodie, S., Grandpierre, V., Graham, I. Potter, B. Fitzpatrick, E.M. (supervisor). (2021). . Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 26 (4):453-468.
• Vos, B., Noll, D., Whittingham, J., Pigeon, M., Bagatto, M., Fitzpatrick, E.M. (2021). . Ear and Hearing, 42(6):1447-1461.
• Nassrallah, F., Tang, K. Whittingham, J. Sun, H. Fitzpatrick, E.M. (2020). . Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. 25(2), 167-177.
• Fitzpatrick, E.M., McCurdy, L., Whittingham J., Rourke, R., et al. (2020). . International Journal of Audiology.
• Fitzpatrick, E.M., Nassrallah, F., Vos, B. Whittingham, J., Fitzpatrick, J. (2020). . Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, (Invited manuscript), 51(1):5-16.
• Fitzpatrick, EM, Coyle, D, Gaboury, I, Durieux-Smith, A, Whittingham, J, Grandpierre, V, Na, E, Salamatmanesh, M. (2019) . Ear and Hearing. 41, 671-679. (Highlighted in 2019 favorites in Hearing Journal).
• Fitzpatrick, EM, Gaboury I. Coyle, D, et al. (2018). . Hearing Research, [Epub ahead of print], 2018.
• Barreira-Nielsen C, Fitzpatrick EM, Hashem S, Whittingham J, Barrowman N, Aglipay M. (2016). . Ear and Hearing. 37(5), e311-321.
• Fitzpatrick E. M, Hamel C., Stevens A., Pratt M., Moher D., Doucet S. P, Neuss D., Bernstein A., Na E. (2016). . Pediatrics, 137(1).

Books authored

• Duncan J, Rhoades EA, Fitzpatrick E.M. (2014). Adolescents with hearing impairment: Auditory (re)habilitation. Oxford University Press.
• Fitzpatrick E.M., Doucet S.P. (2013). Apprendre à écouter et à parler: La communication auditive-verbale chez l'enfant ayant une déficience auditive. University of Ottawa Press.
• Fitzpatrick, E.M. Doucet, S.P. (2013). Pediatric audiologic rehabilitation: From infancy to adolescence. New York, United States: Thieme Medical Publisher.