Dr. Kristin Vasil-Dilaj is an associate researcher in the Aural Rehabilitation Laboratory.  She studies both pediatric and adult populations.  Her areas of interest include early hearing detection and intervention, programming strategies and outcome measures for patients with cochlear implants, and enhancing listening environments through FM use. Kristin received her doctoral degrees from the University of Connecticut Department of Speech Language & Hearing Sciences. She is currently a clinical and research audiologist at the New England Center for Hearing Rehabilitation. She is a member of the Connecticut Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Task Force, the Connecticut Chapter of Hands & Voices and serves as Secretary for the Academy of Rehabilitative Audiology (ARA).