Josée Lagacé

Josée Lagacé is a full professor in the School of Rehabilitation Sciences and an audiologist. Her research seeks to better understand difficulties in hearing speech that many experience in the presence of competing noises like those encountered in daily activities. Her work is influenced by her experience in various clinical settings prior to her doctoral studies.

Since the beginning of her career, she has been involved in numerous working committees within provincial licensing bodies, as well as professional and research associations. She is currently co-editor of the Canadian Journal of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology and a member of the national exam committee.

As a professor, thesis and research project supervisor, and mentor and internship supervisor, she has helped train many audiologists working in Canada and in other countries. She is particularly interested in the evolution of audiological practice and the quality of training.

Professor Lagacé is accepting new students for thesis supervision.

• Behavioural assessment of speech perception
• Effects of environmental noise on communication and school-based learning
• Influence of bilingualism on speech perception
• Effects of rehabilitation strategies on speech perception

Professor Lagacé is particularly interested in assessment methods that allow for a better understanding of the ability to perceive speech when in the presence of competing noise, as well as intervention strategies targeting this listening skill.

She has also helped design evaluation tools such as the Test de Mots dans le Bruit (TMB), which is used in various clinical settings in Canada, and the Canadian Digit Triplet Test (CDTT), which has been used in two cross-Canada studies, the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging and the Comprehensive Assessment of Neurodegeneration and Dementia (COMPASS-ND) Study.

Her work also aims to develop effective, evidence-based rehabilitation strategies to help those with difficulties hearing speech.

See Josée Lagacé’s publications.

Book chapters

• Jutras, B., Lagacé, J., & Koravand, A. (2020). The Development of Auditory Functions. In: A. Gallagher, C. Bulteau, D. Cohen D, and J.L. Michaud JL (Eds.) Neurocognitive Development: Normative Development, Volume 173 (pp. 143-156). San Diego: Elsevier.
• Lagacé, J. & Lefebvre, P. (2017). La nécessité des tests normalisés pour l’évaluation orthophonique et audiologique des jeunes francophones vivant en situation linguistique minoritaire: mythe ou réalité? In M. Drolet, P. Bouchard & J. Savard (Eds.), Accessibilité et offre active. Santé et services sociaux en contexte linguistique minoritaire (pp. 343-373). Ottawa: Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa.

Journal articles

• Bigras, J., Lagacé, J., El Mawazini, A., Lessard-Dostie, H. (2024). Interventions for school-aged children with auditory processing disorder: a scoping review. Healthcare, 12, 1161.
• Reynard, P., Lagacé, J., Joly, C. A., Dodelé, L., Veuillet, E., & Thai-Van, H. (2022). Speech-in-Noise Audiometry in Adults: A Review of the Available Tests for French Speakers. Audiology and Neurotology, 1-15.
• Giguère, C., Lagacé, J., Ellaham, N.N., Pichora-Fuller, M.K., Goy, H., Bégin, C., Alary, É. & Bowman, R. (2020). Development of the Canadian Digit Triplet Test in English and French. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 147, 47(3), EL252-EL258.
• Lagacé, J., Geffray, A., & Gagné, J. P. (2017). Utilisation du Test de Phrases dans le Bruit pour mieux comprendre l'effet de l'âge sur les habiletés de reconnaissance de la parole en milieu bruyant. Revue canadienne d'orthophonie et d'audiologie. 41(2), 143-155.
• Lagacé, J., LeBlanc, L., Boisvert, V., Arseneau, M.J. & Breau-Godwin, S. (2013) Mise à jour sur le développement du Test de Mots dans le Bruit. Acoustique canadienne. Volume 41, 65-72.
• Lagacé, J., Doiron, V., Breau-Godwin, S. & Jutras, B. (2013). Exploration de l’effet des variantes linguistiques sur les performances à une épreuve d’écoute dichotique chez deux populations francophones du Canada. Revue canadienne d'orthophonie et d'audiologie. Volume 37, 206-215.
• Lagacé, J., Jutras, B., & Gagné, J. P. (2010). Auditory processing disorder and speech perception problems in noise: Finding the underlying origin.
• Lagacé, J. (2010). Développement du Test de Mots dans le Bruit: mesure de l’équivalence des listes et données préliminaires sur l’effet d’âge. Acoustique canadienne. Volume 38, 19-30.