Our Team
Katie Currie
Audiologist
Ms. Curie obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon in 1998. She then returned to graduate school at Portland State University and then to San Francisco State University where she received a Master of Science degree in Audiology in October 2005. Right after graduation she joined Stanford Audiology where she is in the process of obtaining clinical certification in Audiology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
She is is a fellow of the American Academy of Audiology. She participates in and contributes to all aspects of Audiology, including auditory diagnostics and vestibular diagnostics. She already has considerable experience with the selection, fitting and adjustment of hearing aids. She also works with our Cochlear Implant patients.
Ms. Currie enjoys the field of Audiology and the ability to help people through aural habilitation and rehabilitation. Research is continuous in our field and she already is playing a key role in the ongoing research at Stanford Audiology and is looking forward to what new developments will result from this research.
She is fluent in Spanish which enhances her clinical skills among Stanford's culturally diverse patient population.
Honey Gholami
Audiologist
Ms. Gholami joined Stanford Audiology in October 2004. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication Disorders - Speech and Hearing Sciences from San Jose State University in 2002 and then a Masters degree in Audiology from San Francisco State University in 2004.
She performs both conventional and advanced auditory diagnostic measures, obtained behaviorally and physiologically. She also performs both conventional and advanced measures of the balance or vestibular system.
When it comes helping people hear better, Ms. Gholami is fully prepared and experienced to select, fit, and adjust the most advanced digital hearing aids. She takes great pleasure in the technology & clinical aspects provided by Audiology and finds her work to be quite rewarding. Currently she is introducing the lates methods for improving listening ability through the use of computers.
Ms. Gholami is fluent in Farsi, which enhances her clinical skills among Stanford's culturally diverse patient population.
Jannine B. Larky, MA
Audiologist
Jan is an audiologist who has worked with pediatric and adult cochlear implant patients for over 15 years.
Though a California native, Jan elected to study audiology at the University of Iowa. After graduation she returned to California to complete her Clinical Fellowship in Audiology at the House Ear Institute in Los Angeles. Three years later she accepted a position at UC San Francisco and remained there for the next 12 years.
In December 2004, Jan was recruited to Stanford to create and direct a new Cochlear Implant Center. Jan oversees the clinical and daily operation of the center and sees patients on a regular basis, providing the full range of services to cochlear implant candidates and recipients.
Jan holds licensure in both audiology and hearing aid dispensing. She has many published peer reviewed articles and has presented widely on cochlear implantation.
Cathy M. Newman, MA
Audiologist
Ms. Newman is certified nationally by the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association, holds California state licenses in both Audiology and Hearing Aid Fitting and Dispensing.
She received her master's degree in Audiology from Washington State University in 1996 and bachelor's degree at Eastern Washington University. She also holds an AAS degree in Interpreting for the Deaf and is fluent in American Sign Language.
Her clinical experience is very broad and includes pediatric to geriatric diagnostic audiology services and hearing aid fitting and dispensing at major comprehensive medical clinics in Spokane, Washington and Palo Alto, California.
Her special expertise includes advanced vestibular and balance disorder assessment and habilitation of the hearing impaired adult. She has a true passion for her profession and strives to provide quality, professional services to the hearing impaired population. Ms. Newman goes the "extra-mile" for her patients and meets challenges with tenacity and compassion. She actively networks with her audiology colleagues, exchanging ideas and learning new technology and solutions.
Memberships:
American Academy of Audiology
American Speech, Language and Hearing Association
California State Audiology Association
Bay Area Audiology Group
Self Help for the Heard of Hearing - San Jose Chapter
American Tinnitus Association
Gerald R. Popelka, PhD
Audiologist
Gerald Popelka holds a PhD degree from the University of Wisconsin in Madison with an emphasis in neuroscience, and a two year post doctoral research fellowship in otolaryngology from UCLA. Prior to these he earned a masters degree in audiology from Kent State University.
Dr. Popelka was a faculty member for 24 years at Washington University in St. Louis with appointments in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Medical School. During this period he also was the Head of Audiology at Central Institute for the Deaf, an affiliated internationally-recognized institution for research on the auditory system. He joined the faculty at Stanford this year.
Dr. Popelk's research has been funded continuously with external grants from a wide variety of sources including governmental agencies (National Institutes of Health, Veteran's Administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the US-Israel Bi-National Science Foundation) and non-profit organizations (National Organization for Hearing Research, Sertoma). He currently maintains a research grant from the NIH to develop a neonatal hearing simulator.
He has a broad understanding of the organizational, planning and creative processes necessary for originating, funding and conducting complex research projects. His research grants have supported basic research, clinical research, and technology transfer research. He has initiated and completed successful collaborative research projects among diverse academic divisions including medicine and engineering.
Dr. Popelka is a co-inventor of the world's first all digital hearing aid. The original patent was granted in 1985 and sold in 1996 to a consortium of all of the world's major hearing aid manufacturers. This patent formed the basis of all current programmable and digital hearing aids or ~70% of all hearing aids currently sold worldwide.
With over 80 research articles, many research presentations, two college textbooks, and various achievement awards, he has developed an international reputation for creating and using leading-edge technology that addresses both basic science and clinical applications for the auditory system. He regularly reviews research articles for variety or peer-reviewed journals. In 1996 he conceived and lead the development of JARO, the Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, now recognized as a premier, international auditory scientific research journal that was launched in 2000.
He remains in the forefront of developing innovative technology for biomedical applications. He continues to incorporate new and leading-edge technology into his research, always cognizant of its potential direct clinical applications. Currently he is focused on noninvasive measures of neonatal auditory function and hyperbilirubinemia.