Bahar Shahsavarani

Bahar Shahsavarani is a Full-Time Assistant Professor in the Department of Audiology at San Jose State University, affiliated with the College of Health and Human Sciences. She holds a Ph.D. in Communication Disorders from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and completed postdoctoral training at Columbia University, NIMH, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

• Education:
  • Ph.D. in Communication Disorders, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Postdoctoral Training:
  • Columbia University
  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Research Focus

Her research explores how hearing disorders (tinnitus, hearing loss, vertigo) alter brain structure and cognitive function. Key themes include:

• Neuroimaging of auditory and cognitive networks
• Functional connectivity dynamics in tinnitus
• Neuroplasticity in hearing loss
• Computational methods for analyzing brain data
• Impact of auditory interventions on brain states

Publication Trends

Recent work emphasizes cyclicity analysis for mapping cortical dynamics, multi-modal neuroimaging of tinnitus, and cross-species comparisons of auditory processing. Studies frequently link structural/functional brain changes to behavioral outcomes like speech-in-noise performance.