About Suzanne Purdy
Suzanne Purdy was a New Zealand academic.
Suzanne Carolyn Purdy is a New Zealand psychology academic specialising in auditory processing and hearing loss. She is currently a full professor and head of the School of Psychology at the University of Auckland.
Academic career After a 1990 PhD titled Reliability, sensitivity, and validity of magnitude estimation, paired comparisons, and category scaling at the University of Iowa, Purdy moved to the University of Auckland, rising to full professor in 2012.
In the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours, Purdy was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to audiology and communication science.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Suzanne Purdy. https://biography.guide/suzanne-purdy/
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