Akshay R Maggu

Principal Investigator

Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences

Trained as an auditory-cognitive neuroscientist, Dr. Maggu, in his research program, investigates the effect of short-term (e.g., auditory training) and long-term (e.g., language) auditory experiences on typical and atypical central auditory nervous systems. At the University of Connecticut, Dr. Maggu directs the Auditory Perception and Neuroscience Lab with a long-term goal of developing efficacious tools for
screening, diagnostics, and intervention for auditory disorders. Dr. Maggu obtained his postdoctoral fellowships at the Kresge Hearing Research Institute at the University of Michigan Medical School and the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke University. He obtained his PhD at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He also possesses international clinical experience working as an audiologist.