Courses Taught at Lamar

• Cochlear Implants
• Vestibular Assessment and Management
• Electrophysiology
• Medical Audiology
• Hearing Anatomy, Physiology, and Disorders
• Acoustics and Psychoacoustics
• Auditory Processing Disorders
• Problems and Projects
• Study Abroad: Geriatric Syndromes: A Multidisciplinary Intervention

Grants

Awarded:

• CoFAC Grants. Lamar University. 2022 (PI).
• Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Awardees - SURF 2022 - Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) – Lamar University.
• Center for Resiliency Lamar Project. Lamar University. 2022 (Co-PI).
• USDA Telemedicine and Distance Education Grant 2021. DISTANCE LEARNING & TELEMEDICINE PROGRAM. United States Department of Agriculture (Key Personnel).
• O.U.R Grant Award 2021. Office of Undergraduate Research. Lamar University.2021. Center for Innovation, Commercialization and Entrepreneurship (CICE) Grant 2021. “Manned Mission to Mars and Beyond: Controlling Astronaut's Space Sickness” (awarded). Lamar University.2021.
• Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Awardees - SURF 2020 - Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) – Lamar University.
• Recognized with the Award in Teaching Category (Friends of the Arts 2019 Innovation and Excellence Award). Lamar University. 2019.
• Summer Faculty Research Award (Support of Scholarship and Creative Activity) (awarded). Lamar University. 2019.
• Summer Faculty Travel Award (awarded). Lamar University. 2019.
• Center for Innovation, Commercialization and Entrepreneurship (CICE) Grant 2019. “Virtual Reality as a Tool for Balance Training after Spaceflights and the Future Implementation for Balance Healthcare” (awarded). In collaboration with the European Space Agency (Paris, France). Lamar University.2019.

Research

• Research collaborations: Engineering department, Dr. Gleb Tcheslavski (Lamar University), Dr. Herman Kingman (Maastricht University in the Netherlands), and Dr. Roberto Lourenço (Rio de Janeiro University in Brazil).
• I hold a wide range of research interests, primarily focusing on rehabilitative vestibular healthcare. These interests form five main subject areas: (1) vestibular rehabilitation in elderly populations, (2) protocols in electrophysiology measures, (3) biopsychosocial approach to balance care, (4) undergraduate/graduate training/curriculum in vestibular disorders, and (5) clinical applications of vestibular rehabilitation.

Select Publications

Referred Journals

• Felipe L, Hunnicutt S, Staggs A. Can type of dizziness influence the caloric test? J Prim Care Community
• Health. 2021 Jan-Dec; 12:21501327211030120. doi: 10.1177/21501327211030120. PMID: 34720013; PMCID: PMC8562609.
• Felipe L, Cavazos R. Caloric Stimulation Test with Water and Air. Iranian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology. 2021;33 (115), 71.
• Felipe L, Kingma H. The Application Of Video Head Impulse Test (vHIT): A Description Of The Lateral Canal Results In Normal Population And Patients With Vestibular Disorder. Brazilian Academy of Neurology. Arq. Neuropsiquiatr.2021; 79,571-578
• Felipe L, Shelton JA. The clinical utility of the cervical vestibular-evoked myogenic potential (c-VEMP) in university-level athletes with concussion. Neurol Sci. 2020 Nov 8. doi: 10.1007/s10072-020-04849-w.
• Felipe L, Beukes EW, Fox BA, Manchaiah V. Quality and readability of English-language Internet information for vestibular disorders. J Vestib Res. 2020;30(2):63-72. doi:10.3233/VES-200698
• Felipe L, Hunnicutt S. Virtual reality as a vestibular rehabilitation tool for athletes after concussion: a literature review. Advances in Rehabilitation. 2020;34(2):42-48. doi:10.5114/areh.2020.94735
• Kingma H, Felipe L; Gerards MC, Gerits P, Guinand N, Perez-Fornos A, Demkin V, van de Berg R. Vibro-tactile feed-back improves balance and mobility in patients with severe bilateral hypofunction. Neurology. 2019.
• Felipe L. Critical reevaluation of methods of recording and assessing c-VEMPS. Otolaryngol. 2018; 10(5): 260-263.
• Felipe L. Video Head Impulse Test (v-HIT): Main Concepts. Journal of Otolaryngology. 2018 v. 4, p. 112-113, 2016.
• Felipe L, Melo GSD, Pereira AB, Monteiro AR, Tavares CC and Volpe FM. Cervical Vestibular Myogenic Potentials (c-VEMP) in Healthy Individuals: Comparison between Tone-Burst and Click. Otolaryngology, v. 1, p. 35-38, 2016.
• Felipe L. Vestibular Myogenic Evoked Potential (VEMP). Pedro Ernesto, v. 14, p. 56-59, 2015.
• Felipe L, Pereira AB, Almeida LA, Pereira NG, Menezes PA. Cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials in children. Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology (Impresso), v. 81, p. 358-362, 2015.
• Pereira AB, Almeida LA, Pereira NG, Menezes PA, Felipe L, Volpe FM. Seasonality of dizziness and vertigo in a tropical region. Chronobiol Int. Apr 3:1-6, 2015.

Textbook Published

• Felipe L. Title: Tonturas: Guia Prático de Avaliação e Tratamento. Editor: Thieme. 176 pages. ISBN-10 :6555720255. ISBN-13 : 978-6555720259.

Website Article Publications/Professional Magazines

• Felipe L. Fall Prevention in Elderly Population. ENT & Audiology News. 2022
• Felipe L. ENT/Audiology News. Microgravity: An Extreme Environment for Otolith Organs. November 2021.
• Felipe L, Alvarenga k, Jacob L, Araujo E, Morata T. Audiology in Brazil. Global Audiology. 2020.

Book Chapters Published

• Felipe L. Concussion and Balance in Sports. In: Recent Advances in Sport Science. Recent Advances in Sport Science. Editor: InterchOpen. DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.97024
• Kingma H, L Felipe, Gerards MC, Gerits P, GuinandN, Perez-Fornos A, van de Berg R. Non-Invasive restorage of functionality: the vibrotactile belt. In: Biophysics of the Vestibular Implant 2021/4/23.

Select Presentations

• American Academy of Audiology. 2022. (National)
• NASA Research Program Investigator’s Workshop. 2022
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) - 2021 Conference: Comparing Caloric Stimulation Test with Water versus Air (Technical Clinical)
• NASA Research Program Investigator’s Workshop. 2021. (National) – Spatial Medicine Training and Virtual Reality Application: Protocol for Astronauts
• Balance Awareness Week 2021. Setzer Center. Lamar University.
• American Academy of Audiology. 2021. (National)
• Geriatric Brazilian Society / GERIATRIO Brazil 2020. (International)
• ENT Brazilian Conference 2020 (International)
• American Academy of Audiology. 2020. (National)
• NASA Research Program Investigator’s Workshop. 2020. (International)
• American Academy of Audiology. 2019. (National)
• NASA Research Program Investigator’s Workshop. 2019. (International)
• American Academy of Audiology. 2018. (National)
• American Speech Hearing Association. 2018. (National)
• Texas Audiology Academy. 2017. (State)
• Hearing and Balance. Conference Vibrotactile Biofeedback System and Bilateral Vestibular Loss. 2017. (International)
• II Virtual Congress on Hearing Loss (CONVIPA). How to Conduct a Successful Otoneurological Assessment. 2017. (International).

Service

• Collaborator for Global Audiology (ePlatform - globalaudiology.org) and South America Representative since 2016.
• Member of Recruitment Committee at Lamar University
• Member of Gruber Committee at Lamar University
• Chair of the Audiology Event Committee at Lamar University
• Member of CoFAC Council Committee
• Board Member and Social Media Coordinator at South East Texas Speech & Hearing Association (SETSHA)
• Member Interdisciplinary Curriculum Committee
• Editorial Board Member
• Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology Journal of Otolaryngology-ENT Research
• Global Journal of Otolaryngology
• Journal Reviewer:
  • Audiology - Communication Research (ACR) Journal of Otolaryngology-ENT Research Otolaryngology Open Access Journal (OOAJ) Revista CEFAC (Online)
  • The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Journal of Current Medical Research and Opinion Medical
  • Journal of Clinical Trials & Case Studies
  • Comite Editorial Internacional de La Revista Terapeutica de la Universidad Santa Paula
• Book Reviewer: Plural Publishing