Background
Hellman, Rhona Phyllis was born on May 22, 1935 in New York City. Daughter of David and Florence (Schlesinger) Rosenberg.
Hellman, Rhona Phyllis was born on May 22, 1935 in New York City. Daughter of David and Florence (Schlesinger) Rosenberg.
Bachelor cum laude, Brooklyn College, 1955; Master of Science, Syracuse University, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, Tohoku U., Sendai, Japan, 1998.
Senior research assistant Laboratory Psychophysics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1967-1976;
adjunct assistant professor, Boston University, 1975-1981;
adjunct associate professor, Boston University, 1981-1985;
research associate in psychology, Northeastern U., Boston, 1984-1987;
senior research associate in psychology, Northeastern U., Boston, 1987-1990;
adjunct associate professor, Northeastern U., Boston, since 1990;
research audiologist, VA, Boston, since 1983. Consultant in psychoacoustics Auditory Perception Laboratory, Boston, 1976-1979. Presenter in field; ad hoc reviewer National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation.
Visiting scientist Deutsche Forschungsmeinschaft, Federal Republic of Germany, 1985, Technology U. Denmark, Lynby, 1988. Principal investigator National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, 1979-1985, VARehab. Research and Development, 1984-1992.
Visiting professor Tohoku U., Sendai, Japan, 1997.
Member Arlington Civil Rights Committee, Arlington, Massachusetts, since 1965. Fellow Acoustical Society American (chair standards committee 1981-1984, technical committee 1979-1982, reviewer journal, nominating committee Book Committee, 1992-1997), New York Academy Sciences, Neurosci. Society, Association Research Otolaryngology, Common Cause, Acoustical Society Japan.
Married November 4, 1954. Children: Ronald Bruce, Adrian David.