Kenneth Morse, PhD, AuD, CCC-A

Assistant Professor

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Human Performance - Communication Sciences and Disorders

Classification:

Faculty

• PhD, Syracuse University, 2021
• BS, Lafayette College, 2014

Biography: 

Dr. Morse became a Mountaineer in 2021. At the undergraduate level, he teaches an introductory course to communication sciences and disorders. At the graduate level, he teaches courses related to audiological assessment, intervention, and tinnitus. Dr. Morse’s research focuses on the pathophysiological mechanisms related to tinnitus perception in humans. His clinical work focuses on adult aural rehabilitation, including working with individuals struggling with hearing loss, tinnitus, and related auditory dysfunction. Dr. Morse holds his Certificate of Clinical Competence in audiology (CCC-A) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Representative Scholarship: 

Morse, K. V., & Vander Werff, K. R. (2019). Comparison of silent gap in noise cortical auditory evoked potentials in matched tinnitus and no-tinnitus control subjects. American Journal of Audiology, 28(2), 260-273.

Morse, K. V. (2021, April). Tinnitus: Decreased Inhibition and a Hyperactive Auditory System. Guest speaker at Annual Neuroscience Research Day, Syracuse, NY.

Morse, K. V., & Vander Werff, K. R. (2021, February).  Onset-offset cortical auditory evoked potential indices of tinnitus-related excitatory-inhibitory neural plasticity. Poster presented at Association for Research in Otolaryngology Mid-Winter Virtual Meeting. 

Morse, K. V., Akin, F., & Murnane O. (2020, March). Test retest reliability of cervical and ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials. Poster presented at American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ.

Morse, K. V., & Vander Werff, K. R. (2017, October). The utility of electrophysiological gap detection to assess if tinnitus masks silent gaps in noise. Poster presented at the National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research (NCRAR), Portland, OR.

Morse, K. V., & Vander Werff, K. R. (2017, April). Cortical auditory evoked potentials in tinnitus subjects. Poster session presented at the Annual Neuroscience Research Day, Syracuse, NY.

Morse, K. V., & Vander Werff, K. R. (2017, March). Effect of gap duration on the CAEP in tinnitus subjects. Poster session presented at American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ.

Teaching:

CSAD200: Introduction to Communication Disorders

CSAD711: Adult Behavioral Assessment

CSAD721: Communication Technology for Adults

CSAD735: Tinnitus

Current Service: Dr. Morse serves as the Coordinator of Audiology Research; he is responsible for mentoring and tracking of graduate audiology student progress in the completion of the culminating research project. Dr. Morse also has served as a reviewer for several audiology journals.

Special Training

• Other Speciality Training, Audiology
  Syracuse University, 2016

Patient Care Information:

Medical Specialties:

Auditory and vestibular assessment and intervention including comprehensive hearing evaluations, hearing aid fittings, verification, maintenance, counseling, tinnitus management, vestibular evaluations, and canalith repositioning treatment.

Special Training 

CCC-A, 2019