Elizabeth A. Dinces, M.D., M.S.

Meet the Researcher

Elizabeth Dinces, M.D., M.S., received her medical degree in 1991 and a M.S. in clinical research in 2004, both from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, N.Y. Dinces is a Royal Arch Masons award recipient. The Royal Arch Masons support Emerging Research Grants in the area of Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD). See all researchers who have received or are currently receiving funding from the Royal Arch Masons.

The Research

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Effects of aging on selective attention in complex, multisource sound environments

Dinces’ basic science research focuses on understanding how the brain processes sounds into meaningful language and includes auditory scene analysis in the elderly, sound intensity processing in children, and development of auditory processing after cochlear implantation. The value of learning the role of attention and understanding the active and passive processes of stream segregation in aging populations will be to help develop therapeutic strategies to improve listening and understanding in noisy sound environments of aging adults.

Research area: fundamental auditory research

Long-term goal of research: to explain mechanisms of auditory scene analysis, which is how the auditory system processes sound into meaningful elements, that break down with aging.