Dr. Michael Heinz

Professor

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Biography

Michael G. Heinz is a Professor in the Department of Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences and the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University. He received his Sc.B. degree in Electrical Engineering from Brown University in 1992 and completed his Master’s in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Johns Hopkins University in 1994. His psychoacoustical research focuses on human listeners' abilities to detect signals in noise. In 2000, he earned a Ph.D. from MIT in Health Sciences Technology with a focus on Speech and Hearing Sciences. His dissertation involved computational modeling to quantify the information in auditory nerve responses in psychoacoustical tasks. Following his doctoral work, he pursued post-doctoral research at Johns Hopkins University, evaluating neural responses related to loudness recruitment in animals with normal hearing and noise-induced hearing loss. Dr. Heinz joined Purdue as an Assistant Professor in 2005, contributing to research on neurophysiological and perceptual responses to sound in normal and impaired hearing. He has been recognized as a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America and has received multiple awards for his research and teaching.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor, Interim Head

2005-01-01 — Present

Purdue University • West Lafayette, IN

Research and teaching in auditory neuroscience and auditory perception.

Awards

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Career Research Achievement Award

2021-01-01
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Purdue Online Excellence Course Design Teaching Award

2020-01-01
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University Faculty Scholar

2016-01-01
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Fellow

2010-01-01

Courses

SLHS 504 - Auditory Periphery SLHS 444 - Introduction to Research in Communication Sciences and Disorders BME 511 - Biomedical Signal Processing

Requirements for Purdue University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7.5
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:135
Overall
Required:135
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in CS or related field Foundational concepts of computer science Data structures Computer architecture Operating systems Mathematics through differential equations Linear and matrix algebra
Application Checklist
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Specialization Notes

GRE is not required.