• Ph D, Speech-Language and Hearing Sciences, University of Minnesota, 2020
• AuD, Audiology, University of Minnesota, 2017
• MA, Speech-Language and Hearing Sciences, University of Minnesota, 2016
• BA, Communication Disorders, Augustana University, 2013

• Audiology, North Dakota
• Audiology, Minnesota
• Certificate of Clinical Competence - Audiology, American Speech-Language Hearing Association
• Audiology, South Dakota
• Audiology, Maryland

• Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention, Health Resources and Services Administration, (2024 - 2025)
• Universal Newborn Hearing Screening And Intervention, Health Resources and Services Administration, (2024 - 2025)
• Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, Department of Defense, (2023 - 2025)
• Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention, Health Resources and Services Administration, (2023 - 2023)
• Universal Newborn Hearing Screening And Intervention, Health Resources and Services Administration, (2023 - 2023)

Citations listed below are presented in a standardized, modified format for display purposes only. They do not necessarily reflect the preferred style and conventions of the faculty member or discipline.

• Phillips, Ian, Bieber, Rebecca E., Dirks, Coral, Grant, Ken W., and Brungart, Douglas S.. Age Impacts Speech-in-Noise Recognition Differently for Nonnative and Native Listeners, 1602-1623. Vol. 67, Iss. 5 Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2024. (DOI: 10.1044/2024_jslhr-23-00470)
• Kulinski, Devon, Dirks, Coral, Carr, Walter, Sheffield, Benjamin , Kamimori, Gary, and Brungart, Douglas S.. Field assessment of acute auditory responses to environmental exposures in close quarters tactics training, 138-150. Vol. 62, Iss. 2 International Journal of Audiology, 2023. (DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2022.2028023)
• Kulinski, Devon, Carr, Walter, Garfield, Bradley, Salib, Jonathan, Dirks, Coral, Sheffield, Benjamin, and Brungart, Douglas . Acute hearing deficits associated with weapons exposure in Section 734 Blast Overpressure Study. Military Medicine.
• Tolisano, Anthony, Pillion, Elicia, Dirks, Coral, Ryan, Matthew, and Bernstein, Joshua G.. Quality of Life Impact of Cochlear Implantation for Single-Sided Deafness: Assessing the Interrelationship of Objective and Subjective Measures, e125-e132. Vol. 44, Iss. 3 Otology & Neurotology. (DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000003783)

• ASHA Distinguished Early Career Professional Award, American Speech Language Hearing Association, 2024
• ASHA Award for Continuing Education, American Speech Language Hearing Association, 2024
• President's Award for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Winner, University of South Dakota, 2023
• Belbas-Larson Award for Excellence in Teaching Nominee, University of South Dakota, 2023
• A & S Travel Grant Program, USD College of Arts and Sciences, 2022

• Dirks, Coral, Grass, Jake, Tice, Beatrice, Phatak, Sandeep, Simpson, Andrew, Moradi, Hossein, Brungart, Douglas, and Bernstein, Joshua, Assessing Test-Retest Reliability of Retrofittable Compact Speaker Arrays . Presented at the 2024 American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ. (March 2024)
• Dirks, Coral, 2nd Annual Challenging Cochlear Implant Discussion. Presented at the 2024 Joint Defense Veterans Audiology Conference (March 2024)
• Dirks, Coral, Lane, Jacynda, Tice, Beatrice , Blasco, Georgina, Makashay, Matthew, and Vause, Nancy, Breaking Barriers: Optimizing Military Audiology Through Telehealth Innovations. Presented at the 2024 Joint Defense Veterans Audiology Conference (March 2024)
• Bernstein, Joshua, Eitel, Megan, Phatak, Sandeep, Kragh-Jensen, Kenneth, Pillion, Elicia, Dirks, Coral, and Goupell, Matthew, Contralateral unmasking for single-sided-deafness cochlear-implant users with shifted frequency assignments to reduce interaural place mismatch. Presented at the 2023 Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses, Lake Tahoe, NV. (July 10, 2023)