M. Charles Liberman
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Dr. Michael Charles Liberman, PhD (July 17, 1952) was born to Alvin Liberman
and Isabelle Liberman
in Storrs, Connecticut. He is now Director of the Eaton-Peabody Laboratory at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
in Boston, MA and Harold Schuknecht Professor of Otology and Laryngology and Health Sciences and Technology at Harvard Medical School
. He is a past president of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology.
His research is concerned with the physiology and anatomy of the auditory nerve and cochlear efferent innervation, as well as noice-induced cochlear pathology; he has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers in these areas. He supervises several graduate students from the Harvard-MIT Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology
Program, as well as post-docs and resident's research projects.
Charlie has four children, Alex, Isaac, Max & Rebecca, and resides in Milton, MA with his wife, Leslie, and his two youngest children. Alex Liberman, his oldest son, is an architect in Los Angeles; Isaac Liberman is a Financial Advisor in Chicago. Alex and Isaac grew up together in Brookline, MA.
Alvin Liberman
Alvin Meyer Liberman was an American psychologist whose ideas set the agenda for fifty years of research in the psychology of speech perception and laid the groundwork for modern computer speech synthesis and the understanding of critical issues in cognitive science...
and Isabelle Liberman
Isabelle Liberman
Isabelle Yoffe Liberman was an American psychologist, born in Latvia, who was an expert on reading disabilities, including dyslexia. Isabelle Liberman received her bachelor's degree from Vassar College and her doctorate from Yale University...
in Storrs, Connecticut. He is now Director of the Eaton-Peabody Laboratory at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, known locally as Mass. Eye and Ear, is a specialty hospital providing patient care for disorders of the eye, ear, nose, throat, head and neck. Founded in 1824, MEEI is an international leader in Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology research and a teaching partner of...
in Boston, MA and Harold Schuknecht Professor of Otology and Laryngology and Health Sciences and Technology at Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....
. He is a past president of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology.
His research is concerned with the physiology and anatomy of the auditory nerve and cochlear efferent innervation, as well as noice-induced cochlear pathology; he has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers in these areas. He supervises several graduate students from the Harvard-MIT Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology
Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology
The Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology PhD program in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology is an interdisciplinary training program designed to produce the next generation of pioneers in basic and clinical speech and hearing research. The program was established in...
Program, as well as post-docs and resident's research projects.
Charlie has four children, Alex, Isaac, Max & Rebecca, and resides in Milton, MA with his wife, Leslie, and his two youngest children. Alex Liberman, his oldest son, is an architect in Los Angeles; Isaac Liberman is a Financial Advisor in Chicago. Alex and Isaac grew up together in Brookline, MA.
Education
M. Charles Liberman received his AB in Biology from Harvard University in 1972 and went on to receive his Ph.D. in physiology from Harvard University in 1976.External links
- Publications of Charles Liberman http://mit.edu/shbt/research/citations/liberman_m.html
- Harvard-MIT Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology Program http://web.mit.edu/shbt
- Eaton-Peabody Laboratory of Auditory Physiology http://research.meei.harvard.edu/epl/