Clinic Phone Number: 612-626-5794
Office Address:
Head Neck Surgery Lions 5M International Hearing Center
Department of Otolaryngology
MMC 396
420 Delaware Street S. E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Office Location:
8th Floor
Phillips Wangensteen Building
516 Delaware Street S. E.
Email: margo001@umn.edu
Education: Kent State University, Kent, Ohio – Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts in Audiology
Graduate School: University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, – Ph.D. in Audiology
Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship: University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Fellowship: EAR Foundation, Nashville, Tennessee
Year started in the department: 1988
Clinical Interests: Dr. Margolis is director of the Audiology Clinic and specializes in diagnostic hearing evaluations of patients of all ages with a special interests in early identification and measurement of hearing loss in infants and education of hearing-impaired patients and their families regarding the nature of hearing impairment and available treatments.
Research Interests: Dr. Margolis's research has focused primarily on diagnostic audiology, including acoustic immittance, acoustic stapedius reflex, auditory evoked potentials, electrocochleography, extended high frequency hearing, and infant hearing assessment. His current research is related to the development of automated hearing tests, including pure-tone audiometry and speech recognition testing.
Recent research publications:
Rhodes M.C., Margolis, R.H., Hirsch, J.E., Napp, A.P. Hearing screening in the newborn intensive care nursery: a comparison of methods. Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, 120, 799-808, 1999.
Margolis, R.H., Saly, G.S., Keefe, D.H. Wideband reflectance tympanometry in normal adults. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 106, 265-280, 1999.
Margolis, R.H., Saly, G.S., Hunter, L.L. High frequency hearing loss and wideband middle ear impedance in children with otitis media histories. Ear & Hearing,, 21, 206-211, 2000.
Margolis, R.H., Bass-Ringdahl, S., Hanks, W.D., Holte, K., Zapala, D.A. Tympanometry in Newborn Infants - 1 KHz Norms. J. Amer. Acad. Audiol., 14, 383-392, 2003.
Margolis, R.H., Saly, G., Le, C., Laurence, J. Qualind A Method for Assessing the Accuracy of Automated Tests. J. Amer. Acad. Audiol., 18, 78-89, 2007.
Margolis, R.H., Schachern, P.A., Fulton, S. Multifrequency Tympanometry and Histopathology in Chinchillas with Experimentally-Produced Middle Ear Pathologies. Acta Otolaryngologica (Stockh), 118:216-225, 1998.
Margolis, R.H., Rieks, D., Fournier, E.M., Levine, S.C. Tympanic electrocochleography for the diagnosis of Ménière¿s disease. Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, 121, 44-55, 1995.
Books and Book Chapters
Margolis, R.H., Anderson, J.H., Fourner, E.M., Friedman, B., Hirsch, J.E., Hunter, L.L., Jons, C., Schmitz, J.L., Smith, S.L. Audiology Clinical Protocols. Allyn and Bacon, 1997.
Margolis, R.H., Hunter, L.L. Tympanometry: Basic Principles and Clinical Applications. In Musiek, F.E., Rintelmann, W.F. (Eds.) Contermporary Perspectives in Hearing Assessment, Allyn & Bacon (Boston), 89-130, 1999.
Margolis, R.H., Hunter, L.L. Acoustic Immittance Measurements. In Roeser, R.J., Valente, M., Hosford-Dunn, H., (Eds.), Audiology: Diagnosis, Thieme Medical Publishers (New York), 381-42, 2000
Margolis, R.H. Effects of middle ear disease on otoacoustic emissions. In Robinette, M.S., Glattke, T. (Eds.) Otoacoustic Emissions: Clinical Applications. 2nd ed. Thieme (New York), pp. 190-212, 2002.
Patient Education
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