pensyarah universiti
pusat kajian rehabilitasi & keperluan khas (icarehab)
leeonnwah@ukm.edu.my
Kluster Kepakaran/ Cluster of Expertise :
Biografi/ Biography :
Steven telah menamatkan pengajian dengan Ijazah Sarjana Muda Sains (Kepujian) Audiologi dari Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM, 2013) dan Ijazah Sarjana Sains Audiologi dengan Amalan Klinikal dari University College of London (UK, 2016). Steven kemudian bekerja sebagai pelatih audiologi di Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, London selama satu tahun dan berkhidmat sebagai pensyarah/audiologis di UKM selama tiga tahun. Beliau kemudian menyelesaikan PhD di University of Melbourne (AU, 2024) di bawah penyeliaan Prof Colette McKay dan Dr Julia Wunderlich. Kini, beliau bekerja sebagai ahli akademik dalam Program Audiologi, Fakulti Sains Kesihatan UKM, serta merupakan ahli pasukan Implan Koklea UKM.
Steven menamatkan PhD di University of Melbourne dan Bionics Institute, Australia, pada tahun 2024. Dalam penyelidikan kedoktorannya, Steven meneroka perkembangan diskriminasi pertuturan dalam kalangan bayi dengan pendengaran normal menggunakan teknologi baru yang dikenali sebagai spektroskopi inframerah dekat (fNIRS). Steven berminat untuk mengetahui perubahan respons diskriminasi pertuturan fNIRS dalam kumpulan umur yang berbeza. Pengetahuan ini berfungsi sebagai rujukan untuk eksperimen seterusnya, bagi memahami potensi perbezaan perkembangan dalam kalangan bayi dengan kehilangan pendengaran. Beliau berharap suatu hari nanti, bersama penyelidik lain, beliau akan memberi impak dalam dunia pendengaran.
Steven graduated BSc.(Hon) Audiology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM, 2013), and MSc. Audiological Science with Clinical Practice; University College of London (UK, 2016). Steven then worked as an audiologist trainee at the Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, London for one year, and served as a lecturer/audiologist at UKM for three years. He then completed his PhD at the University of Melbourne (AU, 2024) under the supervision of Prof Colette McKay and Dr Julia Wunderlich. He is now working as an academic in the Audiology Program, Fakulti Science Kesihatan UKM, as well as a member of the UKM Cochlear Implant Team.
Steven completed his PhD at the University of Melbourne and Bionics Institute, Australia, in 2024. In his doctoral research, Steven is exploring the development of speech discrimination in normal-hearing infants using a novel technology known as near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). Steven is interested in finding out the change of fNIRS speech discrimination responses in different age groups. This knowledge serves as a reference for subsequent experiments, to understand the potentially different development milestone in infants with hearing loss. He hopes that one day, together with other researchers, he will make an impact in the hearing world.
onn wah lee, demi gao, tommy peng, julia wunderlich, darren mao, gautam balasubramanian, and colette m. mckay. (2025). measuring speech discrimination ability in sleeping infants using fnirs—a proof of principle. - trends in hearing. 1 - 9.
nur'izzati md yusoff, onn wah lee, farah liana lokman, kai shuo cho, bee see goh. (2025). hearing outcomes in cytomegalovirus cases: ukm experience. - 15th asia pacific symposium on cochlear implants and related sciences 2025. .
bs goh, steven ow lee, farah l lokman, nur’izzatimd yusoff, faizah md zaki. (2025). long-term outcomes of cochlear implantation in children with congenital cytomegalovirus (cmv) infection. - 15th asia pacific symposium on cochlear implants and related sciences 2025. .
goh xue min, rafidah mazlan, lee onn wah, masayu dzainudin. (2025). knowledge and attitudes of early childhood development (ecd) practitioners towards childhood hearing loss and hearing services. - audiology ukm 2025 undergraduate e-colloquium. .
lam shi yun, chong foong yen, rafidah mazlan, lee onn wah, nashrah maamor. (2025). effects of scorers and different response tasks on mandarin fricative-affricate nonsense word test performance among malaysian mandarin speaking young adults. - audiology ukm 2025 undergraduate e-colloquium . .
onn wah lee, demi gao, tommy peng, julia wunderlich, darren mao, gautam balasubramanian, and colette m. mckay. (2025). measuring speech discrimination ability in sleeping infants using fnirs—a proof of principle. - trends in hearing. 1 - 9.
lee, onn wah; mao, darren; wunderlich, julia; balasubramanian, gautam; haneman, mica; korneev, mikhail; mckay, colette m.. (2024). two independent response mechanisms to auditory stimuli measured with functional near-infrared spectroscopy in sleeping infants. - trends in hearing. 1 - 11.
lee, onn wah; mao, darren; savkovic, borislav; wunderlich, julia; nicholls, namita; jeffreys, emily; eager, michael; korneev, mikhail; mckay, colette m.. (2023). the use of heart rate responses extracted from functional near-infrared spectroscopy data as a measure of speech discrimination ability in sleeping infants. - ear and hearing. 776-786.
darren mao, julia wunderlich, borislav savkovic, emily jeffreys, namita nicholls, onn wah lee, michael eager & colette m. mckay. (2021). speech token detection and discrimination in individual infants using functional near-infrared spectroscopy. - scientific reports. 1-14.
onn wah lee, demi gao, tommy peng, julia wunderlich, darren mao, gautam balasubramanian, and colette m. mckay. (2025). measuring speech discrimination ability in sleeping infants using fnirs—a proof of principle. - trends in hearing. 1 - 9.
lee, onn wah; mao, darren; wunderlich, julia; balasubramanian, gautam; haneman, mica; korneev, mikhail; mckay, colette m.. (2024). two independent response mechanisms to auditory stimuli measured with functional near-infrared spectroscopy in sleeping infants. - trends in hearing. 1 - 11.
tommy peng; jamal esmaelpoor; darren mao; onn wah lee; mica haneman; gautam balasubramanian; julia wunderlich; colette m. mckay. (2023). a parametric model for characterizing time-variant single trials of block-design fnirs experiments. - annual international conference of the ieee engineering in medicine and biology society. ieee engineering in medicine and biology society. annual international conference. 1-4.
lee, onn wah; mao, darren; savkovic, borislav; wunderlich, julia; nicholls, namita; jeffreys, emily; eager, michael; korneev, mikhail; mckay, colette m.. (2023). the use of heart rate responses extracted from functional near-infrared spectroscopy data as a measure of speech discrimination ability in sleeping infants. - ear and hearing. 776-786.
darren mao, julia wunderlich, borislav savkovic, emily jeffreys, namita nicholls, onn wah lee, michael eager & colette m. mckay. (2021). speech token detection and discrimination in individual infants using functional near-infrared spectroscopy. - scientific reports. 1-14.
lee onn wah. (2024). hari sukan fsk, ukm tingkat kesihatan fizikal dan pupuk semangat berpasukan. - dewan kosmik: jendela dbp. .
wan syafira, ishak, akmaliza, ali & steven lee onn wah. (2024). kerjasama alumni audiologi, fsk ukm dari pelbagai sektor jayakan projek hope dan sambutan hari pendengaran sedunia di kota kinabalu, sabah. - buletin alumni fakulti sains kesihatan. .
akmaliza ali, wan syafira ishak, rafidah mazlan, lee onn wah, noor alaudin abdul wahab, cila umat, nadiah abdul aziz, wan nur hanim mohd yusof . (2024). penyerahan sumbangan dana mobile audiometric booth dan peralatan audiologi serta naik taraf bilik audiologi di klinik audiologi dan sains pertuturan (kasp), ukm. - buletin alumni fakulti sains kesihatan, ukm. .
razinah binti sharif @ mohd sharif;rozilawati binti ahmad;wan syafira binti ishak;noor hazfalinda binti hamzah;hanis mastura binti yahya;siti fathiah binti masre;nurul huda binti razalli;sumithira a/p narayanasamy;lee onn wah;nurul farahana binti kamaludi. (2021). jaringan kolaborasi strategik bersama kementerian pendidikan malaysia dan industri bagi pembudayaan inovasi dalam sains kesihatan di malaysia. - . .
razinah sharif,rozilawati ahmad, wan syafira ishak, noor hazfalinda hamzah, hanis mastura yahya, siti fathiah masre, nurul huda razalli, sumithira a/p narayanasamy, lee onn wah, nurul farahana kamaludin, chu shin ying, nor afifi razaob, nur najmi. (2020). pembelajaran stem dari perspektif sains kesihatan. - . 1-140.
goh xue min, rafidah mazlan, lee onn wah, masayu dzainudin. (2025). knowledge and attitudes of early childhood development (ecd) practitioners towards childhood hearing loss and hearing services. - audiology ukm 2025 undergraduate e-colloquium. .
lam shi yun, chong foong yen, rafidah mazlan, lee onn wah, nashrah maamor. (2025). effects of scorers and different response tasks on mandarin fricative-affricate nonsense word test performance among malaysian mandarin speaking young adults. - audiology ukm 2025 undergraduate e-colloquium . .
nur'izzati md yusoff, onn wah lee, farah liana lokman, kai shuo cho, bee see goh. (2025). hearing outcomes in cytomegalovirus cases: ukm experience. - 15th asia pacific symposium on cochlear implants and related sciences 2025. .
bs goh, steven ow lee, farah l lokman, nur’izzatimd yusoff, faizah md zaki. (2025). long-term outcomes of cochlear implantation in children with congenital cytomegalovirus (cmv) infection. - 15th asia pacific symposium on cochlear implants and related sciences 2025. .
lee onn wah. (2024). hari sukan fsk, ukm tingkat kesihatan fizikal dan pupuk semangat berpasukan. - dewan kosmik: jendela dbp. .