Research focus

My long-term research goal is to improve hearing aid outcomes for older adults by identifying factors that can facilitate or prevent hearing aid success, supporting the AuD clinical degree program.

Current and past courses taught

• CSD:5240 Hearing Aids
• CSD:6291 Vestibular Assessment and Rehabilitation
• CSD:6293 Vestibular Rehabilitation
• CSD:7237 Introduction to Capstone

Scholarly profile and resources

Learn more about Wu's research impact via:

• Google Scholar Profile.

Selected publications

• Wu, Y. H., Stangl, E., Branscome, K., Oleson, J., & Ricketts, T. (2025). Hearing aid service models, technology, and patient outcomes: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, 151(7), 684-692.
• Wu, Y. H., Stangl, E., Chipara, O., Hasan, S. S., Welhaven, A., & Oleson, J. (2018). Characteristics of real-world signal to noise ratios and speech listening situations of older adults with mild to moderate hearing loss. Ear and hearing, 39(2), 293-304.
• Wu, Y. H., Stangl, E., Chipara, O., Hasan, S. S., DeVries, S., & Oleson, J. (2019). Efficacy and effectiveness of advanced hearing aid directional and noise reduction technologies for older adults with mild to moderate hearing loss. Ear and hearing, 40(4), 805-822.