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Beverly A. Wright is a Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders at Northwestern University’s School of Communication. Her research focuses on auditory learning mechanisms, perceptual development, and their implications for clinical disorders. She holds a PhD in Experimental Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin and a BS in English and Linguistics from Indiana University.
Key research interests include how auditory learning principles apply to normal adults and populations with hearing loss, language disorders, or reading impairments. Her lab explores how exposure to stimuli and task practice enhance perceptual skills, with applications to clinical training strategies.
Recent work highlights neural plasticity in auditory processing, non-sensory influences on learning (e.g., reward signals), and age-related changes in perceptual abilities. Awards include the Clarence Simon Award for Teaching (2007, 2017) and Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America (2003).
She teaches courses such as Psychoacoustics (CSD 306), Scientific Writing (CSD 412), and Scientific Thinking (CSD 550-1). Her lab collaborates on projects like perceptual training for auditory disorders and developmental studies of sensory processing.
