Curriculum Vitae (CV)

René H. Gifford, Ph.D., CCC-A

• Office Address:             
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Nashville, TN 37232
• Email:                                  
  • rene.gifford@vumc.org                                             
• Laboratory:                    
  • Implantables, Hearing Enhancement, & Amplification Research (I HEAR) Lab, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, https://www.vumc.org/cochlear-implant-lab
• Education:
  • 1991-1995: Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
    • B.S., Speech and Hearing Science
      • Summa cum laude
  • 1995-1997: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
    • M.S., Hearing and Speech Sciences
      • Thesis: Amplitude Modulation Detection Thresholds and Associated Psychometric Functions
  • 1998-2003: Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
    • Ph.D.,Hearing Science (Psychoacoustics)
      • Mentor: Sid P. Bacon, Ph.D.             
      • Dissertation: The Effects of Age on Psychophysical Estimates of Nonlinear Cochlear Processing
  • 2003-2006: Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
    • Postdoctoral Fellowship: Speech science, cochlear implants
    • Cochlear Implant Research Laboratory
    • Mentor: Michael F. Dorman, Ph.D.
• Licensure and Certifications:
  • 1998-present: Certificate of Clinical Competence, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Audiology, License #09134848
  • 2006-2009: Arizona State Licensure, Department of Health Services, Speech and Hearing, Audiology
  • 2006-2011: Minnesota State Licensure, Department of Health, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Audiology
  • 2011-present: Tennessee State Licensure, Department of Health, Board of Communication Sciences andDisorders, Audiology, License #1603
• ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS & EMPLOYMENT
  • Academic Appointments:   
    • 2003-2006: Research Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
    • 2006-2008: Instructor, Otolaryngology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
    • 2008-2010: Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
    • 2011-2014: Assistant Professor, Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University
    • 2011-2014: Assistant Professor (Secondary Appointment), Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Vanderbilt University
    • 2014-2017: Associate Professor, Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University
    • 2014-2017: Associate Professor, Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery (secondary appointment), Vanderbilt University
    • 2012-present: Member, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt University
    • 2014-present: Tier I Training Faculty, Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University
    • 2017-present: Professor, Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    • 2017-present: Professor, Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery (secondary appointment), Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Academic and Clinical Positions:
    • 1994-1995: Undergraduate Research Assistant, Cochlear Implant Research Laboratory, Arizona State University, Laboratory Director: Michael Dorman, PhD
    • 1995-1997: Graduate Research Assistant, Hearing Aid Research Laboratory, Vanderbilt University, Laboratory Director: Tim Trine, PhD
    • 1997-1998: Clinical Audiologist, Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    • 1997-1998: Research Assistant, Infant Auditory Research Laboratory, Vanderbilt University, Laboratory Director: Anne Marie Tharpe, PhD
    • 1998-2003: PhD Student and Research Assistant, Psychoacoustics Laboratory, Arizona State University, Laboratory Director: Sid Bacon, PhD
    • 2003-2006: Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Assistant Professor, Cochlear Implant Research Laboratory, Department of Speech and Hearing Science, Arizona State University, Laboratory Director: Michael Dorman, PhD
    • 2006-2010: Faculty Clinician/Scientist, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (see Academic Appointments for academic rank detail)
    • 2011-present: Faculty Clinician/Scientist, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Departments of Hearing and Speech Sciences and Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine (see Academic Appointments for academic rank detail)
    • 2013-present: Adjunct Faculty, Arizona State University, Department of Speech and Hearing Science, College of Health Solutions
  • Intramural Leadership Experience (Academic, Clinical & Research):
    • 2006-2010: Director, Cochlear Implant Clinical Program, Department of Otolaryngology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
    • 2006-2010: Director, Cochlear Implant Research Laboratory, Department of Otolaryngology, Division of Audiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
    • 2011-2014: Director, Pediatric Audiology, Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences
    • 2014-2017: Associate Director, Implantable Hearing Technologies, Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences
    • 2011-2022: Director, Cochlear Implant Clinical Program, Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center, Division of Audiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences
    • 2011-present: Director, Implantables, Hearing Enhancement, & Amplification Research (I HEAR) Laboratory (formerly Cochlear Implant Research Laboratory), Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    • 2011-2015: Director, Childhood Hearing Loss Collaborative Working Group for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences
    • 2011-2023: Co-Director of Research, National Center for Childhood Deafness and Family Communication, Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences
    • 2017-2018: Co-Chair, Women on Track, Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine
    • 2018-2019: Chair, Women on Track, Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine
    • 2020-2022: Appointed Member, Faculty Appointments, Promotion, and Tenure Committee, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University
    • 2021-present: Chair, Subcommittee on Education, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Extramural Leadership Experience (Academic, Clinical & Research):
    • 2011-2016: Co-Director, Pediatric Working Group for the Development of a Minimum Speech Test Battery (MSTB) for children with hearing loss
    • 2014: Conference Co-Chair, American Cochlear Implant Alliance (ACIA) conference, Nashville, TN
    • 2016-2024: Elected member, Board of Directors, American Auditory Society (AAS)
    • 2018-2020: Chair, Diversity Committee, American Auditory Society (AAS)
    • 2020-2021: Elected Member, Committee on Evaluating Hearing Loss for Individuals with Cochlear Implants, National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM)
    • 2020-2022: Chair, Research and Scientific Affairs Committee (RSAC), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
    • 2021-2022: President Elect and Chair of the 2022 Program Committee, American Auditory Society (AAS)
    • 2022-2023: President, American Auditory Society
    • 2022: Chair, Ad hoc search committee for new Editor in Chief, Ear and Hearing
    • 2023-2024: Chair, Nominations committee, American Auditory Society (AAS)
    • 2023-present:  Director, Institute for Cochlear Implant Training (ICIT), Advanced Audiology Course (AAC)
  • Awards and Honors:
    • 2015: Louis M. DiCarlo Award for Recent Clinical Achievement, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).
    • 2017: Chancellor’s Award for Research, Vanderbilt University, recognizing excellence on the part of faculty for published research, scholarship, or creative expression.
    • 2021: Jerger Career Award for Research in Audiology, awarded to individuals for innovative research contributions in the field of audiology/hearing and balance sciences whose work has had groundbreaking impacts on the field and/or practice of audiology, American Academy of Audiology
    • 2021: Fellowship of the Association, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
    • 2022: Inaugural Legends of Fall CI Conference Award, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, awarded to an invited speaker for longstanding contributions in the fields of audiology and otology
    • 2022: Friend of Otolaryngology Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, awarded for over 10 years of research mentorship of ENT residents and neurotology fellows
    • 2022-present: Fred H. Bess Chair in Audiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences
    • 2023: Gene Bratt Outstanding Classroom Teaching Award, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • EXTERNAL CONSULTANCY (biomedical)
    • 2023-present: Clinical consultant, Skylark Bio, Cambridge, MA
    • 2023-present: Auditory consultant, Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
    • 2023-present: Executive advisory board, Cochlear, Lone Tree, CO
    • 2018-2023: Clinical consultant, Akouos, Boston, MA
    • 2015-2023: Clinical advisory board, Frequency Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA
    • 2012-present: Clinical consultant, Cochlear, Lone Tree, CO
    • 2011-present: Clinical consultant, Advanced Bionics, Valencia, CA
    • 2011-2013: Audiology advisory board, MED-EL, Innsbruck, Austria
    • 2009-2019: Audiology advisory board, Advanced Bionics, Valencia, CA
    • 2007-2017: Audiology advisory board, Cochlear, Lone Tree, CO
• RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP
  • Scientific Metric Summary: (updated June 21, 2024)
    • Google Scholar profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=GnvMF4cAAAAJ&hl=en
    • h-index: 54; i10-index: 125; Total citations: 9123
    • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-6662-3436
  • Federal Funding:
    • 2001-2003: NIH Predoctoral Fellowship F31 DC050851 (PI), Aging and Psychophysical Estimates of Cochlear Nonlinearity, Direct costs: $41,156, 12.0 calendar months
    • 2003-2006: NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship F32 DC06538 (PI),Cochlear Implants: Electric and Acoustic Stimulation, Direct costs: $130,972. 12.0 calendar months
    • 2005-2010: NIH Loan Repayment Plan (LRP), Combining electric and acoustic stimulation with cochlear implants.
    • 2009-2021: NIH NIDCD R01 DC009404 (PI),Cochlear implants: Electric and binaural acoustic stimulation, Direct costs (2015-2020): $1,250,000. 4.2 calendar months. No-cost extension 2020-2021.
    • 2010-2016: NIH NIDCD R01 DC010821 (Co-PI, MPI),Cochlear implant performance in realistic listening environments, Direct costs: $1,250,000. 1.8 calendar months
    • 2012-2015: NIH NIDCD R21 DC012620 (Co-I), Image-based frequency reallocation for optimizing cochlear implant programming, Direct costs: $419,075. 1.2 calendar months
    • 2013-2019: NIH NIDCD R01 DC13117 (PI),Clinical application of spectral envelope perception: cochlear implant evaluation, Direct costs: $ 1,250,000. 1.8 calendar months
    • 2014-2024: NIH NIDCD R01 DC014037 (Co-I, PI: Noble), Model-based cochlear implant programming, Direct costs: $2,500,000. 1.2 calendar months.
    • 2015-2020: NIH NIDCD R01 DC014462 (Co-I, PI: Dawant), Computer-assisted, image-guided programming of cochlear implants. Direct costs: $2,497,696. 1.2 calendar months.
    • 2016-2021: NIH NIDCD R01 DC003937 (Co-I and subaward PI), Adaptation to frequency-place functions in cochlear implant users. Subaward from NYU School of Medicine, PI: Mario Svirsky, PhD. Direct costs: $102,576; 0.6 calendar months.
    • 2019-2024: NIH NIDCD R01 DC017683 (Co-PI, MPI: Gifford, Camarata), Image-Guided Cochlear Implant Programming: Pediatric Speech, Language, and Literacy. Direct costs: $1,650,000. 2.4 calendar months
    • 2021-2024: NIH NIDCD F32DC020347-01 (Sponsor), Optimizing cochlear implants for music perception, PI: Katelyn Berg, AuD (PhD student), Vanderbilt University. Direct costs: $215,474
    • 2022-2027: NIH NIDCD R01 DC020194-A1 (PI), Binaural cue sensitivity in children and adults with combined electric and acoustic stimulation. Direct costs: $2,500,000. 3.0 calendar months.
    • 2023-2028: NIH NIDCD R01 DC020936 (Co-I and subaward PI), Predicting Performance in Adult Cochlear Implantation. Subaward from Washington University, PI: Craig Buchman, MD. Subaward direct costs: $470,167.
  • Industry Funding:
    • 2015-2021: Advanced Bionics (co-PI), Cochlear implant research with advanced signal processing strategies. Role: PI. PI effort: none; Total costs: $450,000
    • 2021-2022: Oticon Medical (PI), Bone anchored implants for improving speech recognition and spatial discrimination: listeners with single-sided deafness and bilateral conductive and mixed hearing losses. Role: PI; PI effort: 0.3 months. Total costs: $37,214
    • 2021-2022: Cochlear (PI), Emergence of EAS benefit in adult and pediatric CI users with acoustic hearing preservation. Role: PI; PI effort: 1.2 calendar months; Total costs: $127,195
    • 2021-2022: Advanced Bionics (PI), Cochlear implant research with advanced signal processing strategies. Role: PI. PI effort: none; Total costs: $40,000
    • 2022-2024: Advanced Bionics (PI), Cochlear implant outcomes over time: behavioral and objective measures. Role: PI. PI effort: 5%; Total costs: $85,000
  • Patents
    • 2021: US Patent Application 63/246,501: A Graph-Based Method for Optimal Active Electrode Selection in Cochlear Implants. Inventors: Jack Noble, PhD, Erin Bratu, René Gifford, PhD, Robert Labadie, MD, PhD, Benoit Dawant, PhD
    • 2020: Patient Customized Electro-Neural Interface Models for Model-Based Cochlear Implant Programming and Applications of Same. US and Worldwide Patent No. PCT/US2020/04788 Inventors: Jack Noble, PhD, Ahmet Cakir, PhD, René Gifford, PhD, Robert Labadie, MD, PhD, Benoit Dawant, PhD
    • 2018: Current steering compatible image-guided cochlear implant electrode deactivation methods and applications of same. Worldwide patent No. WO2013152077A1. Inventors: Jack Noble, PhD, René Gifford, PhD, Robert Labadie, MD, PhD, Benoit Dawant, PhD
    • 2013: System and methods of cochlear implant mapping based on intracochlear position of electrode arrays and applications of same. US Patent No. 9572981. Inventors: Jack Noble, PhD, René Gifford, PhD, Robert Labadie, MD, PhD, Benoit Dawant, PhD

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

Articles in refereed journals:

1. Gifford RH, Bacon SP. (2000). Contributions of suppression and excitation to simultaneous masking: effects of signal frequency and masker-signal frequency relation. J Acoust Soc Am, 107:2988-2200. doi: 10.1121/1.428499.
2. Gifford RH, Bacon SP. (2005).  Psychophysical estimates of nonlinear cochlear processing in younger and older listeners. J Acoust Soc Am, 118:3823-3833. doi: 10.1121/1.2126933.
3. Gifford RH, Bacon SP. (2005). The effect of a steep high-frequency hearing loss on growth-of-masking functions in simultaneous masking where f_m < f_s. Hear Res, 208:47-53. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2005.05.001.
4. Gifford RH, Dorman MF, Spahr AJ, McKarns SA. (2007). The effect of digital frequency compression (DFC) on speech and melody intelligibility in candidates for a partial-insertion cochlear implant. J Speech Lang Hear Res, 50:1194-1202. doi: 10.1044/1092-4388(2007/083).
5. Dorman MF, Spahr AJ, Gifford RH, Holden T, Skinner M, Finley C, Loiselle L, McKarns SA. (2007).  An electric frequency-to-place map for a cochlear implant patient with near-normal hearing in the non-implanted ear. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol, 8:234-240. doi: 10.1007/s10162-007-0071-1.
6. Gifford RH, Dorman MF, Spahr AJ, McKarns SA. (2007).  Combined electric and contralateral acoustic hearing: word and sentence intelligibility with bimodal hearing. J Speech Lang Hear Res, 50:835-843. doi: 10.1044/1092-4388(2007/058).
7. Gifford RH, Bacon SP, Williams E. (2007). An examination of speech recognition in a modulated background and of forward masking in younger and older listeners. J Speech Lang Hear Res, 50:857-864. doi: 10.1044/1092-4388(2007/060).
8. Gifford RH, Dorman MF, Spahr AJ, Bacon SP. (2007). Auditory function and speech understanding in listeners who qualify for EAS surgery. Ear Hear, 28:114S-118S. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3180315455.
9. Dorman MF, Gifford RH, Spahr AJ, McKarns SA. (2008). The benefits of combining acoustic and electric stimulation for the recognition of speech, voice and melodies. Audiol Neurotol, 13:105-112. doi: 10.1159/000111782.
10. Gifford RH, Shallop JK, Peterson AM. (2008). Speech Recognition Materials and Ceiling Effects: Considerations for Cochlear Implant Programs. Audiol Neurotol, 13:193-205. doi: 10.1159/000113510
11. Gifford RH, Dorman MF, Spahr AJ, Bacon SP, Lorens A, Skarzynski H. (2008). Hearing preservation surgery: Psychophysical estimates of cochlear damage in recipients of a short electrode array. J Acoust Soc Am, 124:2164-2173. doi: 10.1121/1.2967842.
12. Roeser M, Driscoll C, Shallop J, Gifford R, Kasperbauer J, Gluth M. (2009). Susac syndrome-a report of cochlear implantation and review of otologic manifestations in twenty-three patients. Otol Neurotol, 30:34-40. doi: 10.1097/mao.0b013e31818b6ac2.
13. Dorman MF, Gifford RH, Lewis K, McKarns S, Ratigan J, Spahr A, Shallop  JK, Driscoll CLW, Luetje C, Thedinger BS, Beatty CW, Syms M, Novak M, Barrs D, Cowdrey L, Black J, Loiselle L. (2009). Word recognition following implantation of conventional and10 mmHybrid electrodes. Audiol Neurotol, 14:181-189. doi: 10.1159/000171480
14. Gifford RH, Dorman, MF, Brown, CB. (2010). Psychophysical properties of low-frequency hearing: implications for perceiving speech and music via electric and acoustic stimulation. Adv Otorhinolaryngol, 67:51-60. doi: 10.1159/000262596
15. Carlson, MC, Archibald DJ, Dabade TS, Gifford RH, Neff BA, Beatty CW, Barrs DM, Driscoll CL. (2010). Prevalence and Timing of Individual Cochlear Implant Electrode Failures. Otol Neurotol. 31(6):893-8. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181d2d697.
16. Gifford RH, Dorman MF, Shallop JK, Sydlowski, SA. (2010). Evidence for the expansion of adult cochlear implant candidacy. Ear Hear, 31:186-94. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3181c6b831.
17.  Gifford RH, Revit LR. (2010). Speech perception for adult cochlear implant recipients a realistic background noise: effectiveness of preprocessing strategies and external options for improving speech recognition in noise. J Am Acad Audiol, 21(7):441-51. doi: 10.3766/jaaa.21.7.3.
18. Carlson MC, Breen J, Gifford RH, Peterson A, Driscoll CLW. (2010). Cochlear Implantation in the Octogenarian and Nonagenarian. Otol Neurotol, 31(8):1343-9. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181edb69d.
19. Dorman MF, Gifford RH. (2010). Combining acoustic and electric stimulation in the service of speech recognition. Intl J Audiol, 49:912-9. doi: 10.3109/14992027.2010.509113
20. Carlson MC, Archibald DJ, Gifford RH, Driscoll CLW. (2011). Conversion disorder: a missed diagnosis leading to cochlear reimplantation. Otol Neurotol, 32: 36-8. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181fc7888.
21. Dorman MF, Yost WA, Wilson BS, Gifford RH. (2011). Speech Perception and Sound Localization by Adults with Bilateral Cochlear Implants. Semin Hear, 32: 073-089.
22. Carlson MC, Driscoll CLW, Gifford RH, Service GJ, Tombers N, Hughes-Borst BJ, Neff BA, Beatty, CW. (2011). Implications of minimizing trauma during conventional length cochlear implantation. Otol Neurotol, 32(6):962-8. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3182204526.
23. Gifford RH, Olund AP, DeJong MD. (2011). Improving speech perception in noise for children with cochlear implants. J Am Acad Audiol. 22(9):623-32. doi: 10.3766/jaaa.22.9.7.
24. Breneman A, Gifford RH, DeJong MD. (2012). Cochlear Implantation in Children with Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder: Long Term Outcomes. J Am Acad Audiol. 23(1):5-17. doi: 10.3766/jaaa.23.1.2.
25. Spahr AJ, Dorman MF, Litvak LL, Van Wie S, Gifford RH, Loizou PC, Loiselle LM, Oakes T, Cook S. (2012). Development and Validation of the AzBio Sentence Lists. Ear Hear. 33:112-7. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31822c2549.
26. Carlson ML, Gifford RH, Shallop JK, Driscoll CLW. (2012). Resolution of untoward nonauditory stimulation and cochlear implant performance gain after extraction of a stainless steel dental crown in a patient with cochlear otosclerosis. Otol Neurotol, 32: 1455-8. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3182382a94.
27. Carlson ML, Archibald D, Gifford RH, Driscoll CLW, Beatty CW. (2012). Reimplantation with a conventional length electrode following residual hearing loss in four hybrid implant recipients. Cochlear Implants Intl. 13(3): 148-155. doi: 10.1179/1754762811Y.0000000003
28. Gifford RH, Dorman MF. (2012). The psychophysics of low-frequency acoustic hearing in electric and acoustic stimulation (EAS) and bimodal patients. J Hear Sci, 2: 33-44. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24244874/
29. Dorman MF, Spahr AJ, Gifford RH. Cook S, Zhang T, Loiselle L, Yost W, Cardy L, Whittingham J, Schramm D. (2012). Current research with cochlear implants at Arizona State University. J Am Acad Audiol. 23:385-95. doi: 10.3766/jaaa.23.6.2.
30. Carlson ML, Breen JT, Driscoll CLW, Link MJ, Neff BA, Gifford RH, Beatty CW. (2012). Cochlear implantation in patients with neurofibromatosis type 2. Otol Neurotol, 33(5):853-62. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e318254fba5.
31. Noble JH, Gifford RH, Labadie RF, Dawant BM. (2012). Statistical shape model segmentation and frequency mapping of cochlear implant stimulation targets in CT. Med Imag Comput Assist Interv. 15 (Pt 2): 421-8. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-33418-4_52.
32. Gifford RH, Dorman MF, Spahr AJ, Brown CA. (2012). Hearing, psychophysics, and cochlear implants: implications for older individuals with mild sloping to profound sensory hearing loss. J Hear Sci. 2(4):A9-17. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24319590/
33. Gifford RH, Dorman MF, Skarzynski H, Lorens A, Polak M, Driscoll CLW, Roland P, Buchman CA. (2013). Cochlear implantation with hearing preservation yields significant benefit for speech recognition in complex listening environments. Ear Hear. 34(4):413-25. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31827e8163.
34. Noble JH, Labadie RF, Gifford RH, Dawant BM. (2013). Image-guidance enables new methods for customizing cochlear implant stimulation strategies. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. 21(5):820-9. doi: 10.1109/TNSRE.2013.2253333.
35. Pelosi S, Wanna GB, Gifford RH, Sisler-Dinwiddie A, Bom Braga GP, Bennett ML, Labadie RF, Rivas A, Haynes DS. (2013). Unilateral auditory performance before and after bilateral sequential cochlear implantation. Otol Neurotol, 34(9):1642-7. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3182a0034e.
36. McRackan T, Gifford RH, Kahue CN, Labadie RL, Wanna GB, Haynes DS, Bennett ML. (2014). Cochlear implantation in Meniere’s disease patients. Otol Neurotol. 35(3):421-5. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000000247.
37. Gifford RH, Dorman MF, Sheffield SW, Spahr AJ, Teece K, Olund AP. (2014). Availability of binaural cues for bilateral cochlear implant recipients and bimodal listeners with and without hearing preservation. Audiol Neurotol. 19(1):57-71. doi: 10.1159/000355700.
38. Spahr AJ, Dorman MF, Cook SJ, Loiselle L, Hayes C, Hedley-Williams A, Sunderhaus LW, DeJong MD, Gifford RH. (2014). Development and validation of the pediatric AzBio sentence test. Ear Hear 35(4):418-22. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000031.
39. Gifford RH, Hedley-Williams A, Spahr AJ. (2014). Clinical assessment of spectral modulation detection for cochlear implant recipients: a non-language based measure of performance outcomes. Int J Audiol. 53(3):159-64. doi: 10.3109/14992027.2013.851800
40. Sheffield SW, Gifford RH. (2014). The benefits of bimodal hearing: effects of frequency region and bandwidth. Audiol Neurotol, 19(3):151-163. doi: 10.1159/000357588
41. Gifford RH, Grantham DW, Sheffield SW, Davis TD, Dwyer R, Dorman MF. (2014). Localization and interaural time difference (ITD) thresholds for cochlear implant recipients with preserved acoustic hearing in the implanted ear. Hear Res, 312:28-37. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2014.02.007.
42. Wanna GB, Noble JH, Carlson ML, Gifford RH, Dietrich MS, Haynes, DS, Dawant BM, Labadie RF. (2014). Impact of electrode design and surgical approach on scalar location and cochlear implant outcomes. Laryngoscope, 124(Suppl 6): S1-S7. doi: 10.1002/lary.24728.
43. Zhang T, Dorman MF, Gifford RH, Moore BCJ. (2014). Cochlear dead regions constrain the benefit of combining acoustic stimulation with electric stimulation. Ear Hear. 35(4):410-7.doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000032.
44. Noble JH, Gifford RH*, Hedley-Williams A, Sunderhaus L, Labadie RF, Dawant BM. (2014). Clinical evaluation of an image-guided cochlear implant programming strategy. Audiol Neurotol. 19(6):400-11. *co-first author doi: 10.1159/000365273
45. Uhler K, Gifford RH. (2014). Current trends in pediatric cochlear implant candidate selection and postoperative follow up. Am J Audiol. 23(3):309-25. doi: 10.1044/2014_AJA-13-0067
46. Dorman MF, Cook S, Spahr T, Zhang T, Loiselle L, Schramm D, Whittingham J, Gifford RH. (2015). Factors constraining the benefit to speech understanding of combining information from low-frequency hearing and a cochlear implant. Hear Res, 322:107-11. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2014.09.010.
47. Kolberg ER, Sheffield SW, Davis TJ, Sunderhaus LW, Gifford RH. (2015). Cochlear implant microphone location affects speech recognition in diffuse noise. J Am Acad Audiol. 26:51–58. doi: 10.3766/jaaa.26.1.6.
48. Sheffield SW, Jahn K, Gifford RH. (2015). Preserved acoustic hearing in cochlear implantation improves speech perception. J Am Acad Audiol. 26(2): 145-54. doi: 10.3766/jaaa.26.2.5.
49. Carlson MC, Sladen DP, Haynes DS, Driscoll CLW, DeJong MD, Sunderhaus LW, Hedley-Williams A, Rosenzweig EA, Davis TJ, Gifford RH. (2015). Evidence for the expansion of pediatric cochlear implant candidacy. Otol Neurotol. 36(1): 43-50. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000000607.
50. Sheffield SW, Haynes DS, Wanna GB, Labadie RF, Gifford RH. (2015). Availability of binaural cues for pediatric bilateral cochlear implant recipients. J Am Acad Audiol. 26(3):289-98. doi: 10.3766/jaaa.26.3.8.
51. Loiselle L, Dorman M, Yost W, Gifford RH. (2015). Sound source localization by hearing preservation patients with and without symmetric, low frequency acoustic hearing. Audiol Neurotol. 20(3):166-71. doi: 10.1159/000367883.
52. Dorman M, Zeitler D, Cook S, Loiselle L, Yost W, Wanna G, Gifford RH. (2015). Interaural level difference cues (ILDs) determine sound source localization by single-sided deaf patients fit with a cochlear implant. Audiol Neurotol. 20(3):183-8. doi: 10.1159/000375394.
53. Gifford RH, Davis TJ, Sunderhaus LW, Driscoll CLW, Fiebig P, Micco A, Dorman MF. (2015). A within-subjects comparison of bimodal hearing, bilateral cochlear implantation, and bilateral cochlear implantation with bilateral hearing preservation: High-performing patients. Otol Neurotol. 36(8):1331-7. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000000804.
54. Zeitler D, Dorman M, Cook S, Loiselle L, Yost W, Gifford RH. (2015). Sound source localization and speech understanding in complex listening environments by single-sided deaf listeners after cochlear implantation. Otol Neurotol. 36(9):1467-71. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000000841.
55. Wanna GB, Noble JH, Gifford RH, Dietrich MS, Sweeney AD, Zhang D, Dawant BM, Rivas A, Labadie RF. (2015). Impact of intrascalar electrode location, electrode type, and angular insertion depth on residual hearing in cochlear implant patients: preliminary result. Otol Neurotol. 36(8):1343-8. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000000829.
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148. Patro A, Perkins EL, Ortega CA, Lindquist NR, Dawant BM, Gifford RH, Haynes DS, Chowdhury N. (2023). Machine learning approach for screening cochlear implant candidates: comparing with the 60/60 guideline. Otol Neurotol, 44(7):e486-e491.doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000003927.
149. Berg KA, Holder JT, Gifford RH. (2023). Development of an optimized protocol for cochlear implant care to increase cochlear implant access. Otol Neurotol, 44(8):e635-e640. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000003968.
150. Berg KA, Chen C, Noble JH, Dawant BM, Dwyer RT, Labadie RF, Gifford RH. (2023). Effects of the number of channels and channel stimulation rate on speech recognition and sound quality using precurved electrode arrays. Am J Audiol, 32(2):403-416. doi: 10.1044/2023_AJA-22-00032.
151. DeFreese A, Lindquist N, Shi L, Holder JT, Berg K, Haynes DS, Gifford RH. (2023). Adult cochlear implant outcomes: re-examining the role of duration of deafness and age at implantation in relation to daily processor use. Otol Neurotol, 44(7):672-678.doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000003920.
152. Lindquist NR, Dietrich MS, Patro A, Henry M, Freeman MH, Perkins EL, Gifford RH, Haynes DS, Holder JT. (2023). Early datalogging predicts cochlear implant performance: building a recommendation for daily device usage. Otol Neurotol, 44(7):e479-e485.doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000003917.
153. Sheffield SW, Larson E, Butera IM, DeFreese A, Rogers BP, Wallace MT, Stecker GC, Lee AKC, Gifford RH. (2023). Sound level changes the auditory cortical activation detected with functional near-infrared spectroscopy. Brain Topogr, 36(5):686-697. doi: 10.1007/s10548-023-00981-w.
154. Holder JT, Henry MR, Macdonald AE, Gifford RH. (2023). Cochlear implant upper stimulation levels: eSRT vs. loudness scaling. Otol Neurotol, 44(9):e667-e672.doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000003988
155. Xu C, Cheng FY, Medina S, Eng E, Gifford RH, Smith S. (2023). Objective discrimination of bimodal speech using frequency following responses. Hear Res, 437:108853. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2023.108853. 
156. Stahl AN, Racca JM, Hood LJ, Gifford RH, Rex TS. (2024). Comprehensive Behavioral and Physiologic Assessment of Peripheral and Central Auditory Function in Individuals with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Hear Res, 441:108928. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2023.108928
157. Patro A, Lindquist NR, Holder JT, Freeman MH, Gifford RH, Tawfik KO, O’Malley MR, Bennett ML, Haynes DS, Perkins EL. (2024). Improved Postoperative Speech Recognition and Processor Use with Early Cochlear Implant Activation. Otol Neurotol, 45(4): 386-391. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000004150.
158. Kasdan AV, Butera IM, DeFreese AJ, Rowland J, Hillbun L, Gordon RL, Wallace MT, Gifford RH. (2024). Cochlear implant users experience the sound-to-music effect. Aud Percept Cog, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/25742442.2024.2313430
159. Fan Y, Gifford RH. (2024). Objective measure of binaural processing: acoustic change complex in response to interaural phase differences. Hear Res, 448: 109020. 10.1016/j.heares.2024.109020
160. Reinhart P, Parkinson A, Gifford RH. (in press). Hybrid cochlear implant outcomes and improving outcomes with electric-acoustic stimulation. Otol Neurotol
161. Dunn CC, Zwolan TA, Balkany TJ, Strader HL, Biever, A, Gifford RH, Hall MW, Holcomb M, Hill H, King ER, Larky J, Presley R, Reed M, Shapiro WH, Sydlowski S, Wolfe J. (in press). The minimum speech test battery—revision 3. Am J Audiol
162. Berg KA, DeFreese AJ, Sisler-Dinwiddie AL, Labadie RF, Tawfik K, Gifford RH. (in press). Clinical applications for spread of excitation functions obtained via electrically evoked compound action potentials (eCAP). Otol Neurotol
163. DeFreese AJ, Camarata S, Sunderhaus L, Holder JT, Berg K, Lighterink M, Gifford RH. (2024). The impact of spectral and temporal processing on speech recognition in children with cochlear implants. Sci Rep, 14:14094, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-63932-w

Books, book chapters, editorials, & invited review articles

Books:

1. Gifford RH. (2013). Cochlear Implant Patient Assessment: Evaluation of Candidacy, Performance, and Outcomes, 1^st edition. Plural: San Diego.
2. Haynes DS, Wanna, GB, Rivas AJ, Gifford RH. (2020). Cochlear Implants: From Principles to Practice. JP Medical Inc: Philadelphia, PA.
3. Gifford RH. (2020). Cochlear Implant Patient Assessment: Evaluation of Candidacy, Performance, and Outcomes, 2^nd edition. Plural: San Diego.

Book Chapters:

1. Gifford RH. (2012). Cochlear implant candidate selection. In M. Ruckenstein “Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Hearing Devices.” Plural: San Diego.  
2. Gifford RH. (2013). Pediatric cochlear implant candidacy.  In C. Flexer & J. Madell “Pediatric Audiology.” Thieme: New York.
3. Gifford RH. (2015). Hearing assessment. In T. McRacken & D. E. Brackmann “Otology, Neurotology, and Skull Base Surgery: Clinical Reference Guide.” Plural: San Diego.
4. Wilson BS, Dorman MF, Gifford RH, McAlpine D. (2016). Cochlear implant design considerations. In N. Young & K. Kirk “Cochlear Implants in Children: Learning and the Brain.” Springer: New York.
5. Gifford RH. (2016). Cochlear implant candidacy in children: Audiological considerations. In N. Young & K. Kirk “Cochlear Implants in Children: Learning and the Brain.” Springer: New York.
6. Kirk KI, Gifford RH, Uhler K. (2016). Assessing spoken word recognition in children with cochlear  implants. In L. S. Eisenberg “Clinical Management of Children with Cochlear Implants.” Plural: San Diego.
7. Gifford RH. (2016). The Future of Auditory Implants. In A. M. Tharpe & R. Seewald “Comprehensive Handbook of Pediatric Audiology.” Plural: San Diego.
8. Gifford RH. (2020). Cochlear implant candidate selection. In M. Ruckenstein “Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Hearing Devices.” Plural: San Diego.  
9. Warner-Czyz A, Uhler K, Gifford RH. (2023). Speech recognition in children with cochlear implants. In N. Young & K. Kirk “Cochlear Implants in Children: Learning and the Brain.” Springer: New York.
10. Gifford RH. (2023). Cochlear implant candidacy in children: audiological considerations. In N. Young & K. Kirk “Cochlear Implants in Children: Learning and the Brain.” Springer: New York.
11. Wilson B, Tucci D, Dorman M, Gifford RH. (2023). Present audiological practices and paths toward better measures and precision medicine approaches. In N. Young & K. Kirk “Cochlear Implants in Children: Learning and the Brain.” Springer: New York.

Invited Review Articles:

1. Gifford RH. (2011). Who is a cochlear implant candidate? Hearing Journal, 64(6): 16, 18-22.
2. Wanna GB, Gifford RH, McRackan TR, Rivas A, Haynes DS. (2012). Bilateral cochlear implantation. Otolaryngol Clin N Amer, 45: 81-90.
3. Carlson ML, Driscoll, CLW, Gifford RH, McMenomey SO. (2012). Cochlear implantation: current and future device options. Otolaryngol Clin N Amer, 45: 221-248.
4. Gifford RH. (2012). FDA indications for pediatric cochlear implantation fail to reflect current research. Hearing Journal, 65:12-14.
5. Gifford RH. (2013). Non-linear frequency compression for adults and children with bimodal hearing, Hearing Journal, 66(10): 28-30.
6. Gifford RH. (2014). Combined electric and acoustic stimulation: entering a new era. Hearing Journal, 67(10): 20-26.
7. Gifford RH. (2015). Are two better than one? Hearing Journal, 68(10): 28-33.
8. Gifford RH. (2016). Expansion of pediatric cochlear implant indications: 4 years later. Hearing Journal, 69(12): 27-32.
9. Gifford RH. (2017). 20Q: Combining electric and acoustic hearing—Hearing preservation and bimodal listening. AudiologyOnline. July 2017.
10. Gifford RH. (2017). CI Updates for single-sided deafness (SSD). Hearing Journal,
11. 70(12):8,9,11.
12. Gifford RH. (2019). Bimodal hearing: how to optimize bimodal fittings. Hearing Journal, 72(2): 8-10.
13. Gifford RH. (2020). Bilateral Cochlear Implants or Bimodal Hearing for Children with Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss. Curr Otolaryngol Rep. 8: 385–394.
14. Brown C, Gifford RH. (2021). Expansion of Audiologic Criteria for Pediatric Cochlear Implantation. Otolaryngol Clin North Am, 54(6):1181-1191. doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2021.08.002. PMID: 34774230

Invited editorials:

1. Gifford RH.  (2013). Editorial: Pediatric Auditory Brainstem Implant (ABI) Research in the U.S.—Why the Wait? Hearing Journal, 66(10):2.
2. Gifford RH. (2017). Editorial: Where do you place value? Hearing Journal, 70(10): 6.
3. Gifford RH. (2021). Editorial: The Future of Hearing Therapeutics and Protective Therapies and the Potentially Profound Impact On Both Patients and Providers. J Am Acad Audiol, 32(10):625-626. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1745777.

Invited International Research Fellowships:

• 2005: Invited Visiting Scholarship, International Center for Hearing and Speech, Warsaw, Poland. Institute Director and Host: Professor Henryk Skarzynski, August 2005
• 2010: Invited Visiting Scholarship, International Center for Hearing and Speech, Warsaw, Poland. Institute Director and Host: Professor Henryk Skarzynski, March 2010
• 2020: Invited Visiting Scholar, Distinguished Visitor Award (DVA), University of Auckland, New Zealand, canceled due to COVID-19. Hosting Faculty: Holly Teagle, AuD; Associate Professor, Medical and Health Sciences.

Presentations at Scientific Meetings

Invited Presentations (National):

1. Gifford RH, Dorman MF (2006). The effects of digital frequency compression (DFC) on speech recognition for individuals meeting candidacy for hybrid cochlear implant technology. Academy of Dispensing Audiologists. Scottsdale, AZ. June 2006.
2. Gifford RH, Shallop JK, Driscoll CLW, Beatty CW, Lane JI, Peterson AM. (2007).  Hearing Preservation Cochlear Implantation with a Long Electrode Array. Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses, Tahoe City, CA. July 2007.
3. Gifford RH. (2008). Speech recognition metrics for use with cochlear implant recipients.  Cochlear Implant Advanced Programming Workshop, Bloomington, MN. May 2008.
4. Gifford RH. (2008). Electric and acoustic stimulation (EAS) with cochlear implants:  past, present, and future. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Virtual Conference on Cochlear Implants. September 2008.
5. Gifford RH. (2008). Hearing preservation with cochlear implantation.  Audiology Grand Rounds, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN. October 2008.
6. Gifford RH, Driscoll CLW, Neff BA, Shallop JK, Service G. (2008). Audiological Assessment of EAS Patients: Benefits of Binaural Acoustic Hearing.  Hearing Preservation Workshop, Kansas City, MO. October 2008.
7. Gifford RH. (2009). Assessment of speech perception: test metrics and environment. Convergence of CI and HA Technology Workshop, Miami, FL. January 2009.
8. Gifford RH. (2009). Pre- and post-implant assessment of speech perception: delivery, materials, ceiling effects, and other clinical considerations. Minnesota Academy of Audiology, Minneapolis, MN. February 2009.
9. Gifford RH, Dorman MF. (2009). Cochlear implant candidacy indications. American Academy of Audiology Featured Session, Dallas, TX. March 2009.
10. Gifford RH. (2009). Cochlear implants: electric and acoustic stimulation (EAS).  Minnesota Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Bloomington, MN. April 2009.
11. Gifford RH. (2009). Music Benefits with HiRes Fidelity 120 Sound Processing.12th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children, Seattle, WA. June 2009.
12. Gifford RH. (2009). Cochlear implants: what did you say? 11th Annual Conference on Internal Medicine Review for Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants & Primary Care Physicians, Rochester, MN. July 2009.
13. Gifford RH, Hogan CA, Niichel JL. (2009). From Diagnosis to Management of Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder.  Mayo Clinic’s Twentieth Annual Audiology Videoconference, Rochester, MN. November 2009.
14. Gifford RH. (2010). Electric and acoustic stimulation: benefits of binaural acoustic hearing for complex listening environments.  Otolaryngology Grand Rounds, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA. April 2010.
15. Gifford RH, Driscoll CLW. (2010). Evidence for the expansion of adult cochlear implant indications, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD. April 2010.
16. Gifford RH, Madell JM. (2010). Expansion of cochlear implant criteria, American Academy of Audiology Featured Session, San Diego, CA. April 2010.
17. Gifford RH, Driscoll CLW. (2010). Electric and Acoustic Stimulation with Short Electrode Arrays. American Academy of Audiology Featured Session, San Diego, CA. April 2010.
18. Gifford RH, Dorman MF, Lorens A, Skarzynski H, Polak M. (2010).  Assessment of speech recognition in a realistic listening environment. Hearing Preservation Workshop, Miami, FL. October 2010.

19. Gifford RH. (2011). The hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy…of research.  American Auditory Society, Young Investigator Keynote Lecture, Scottsdale, AZ. March 2011.
20. Gifford RH. (2011). Benefits of bilateral cochlear implantation for speech recognition in complex listening environments. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) meeting. 11 May 2011, Baltimore, MD.
21. Gifford RH, Shallop JH, Carlson ML. (2011). Facial stimulation and tooth/jaw pain with cochlear implantation: a case study. 13^th Symposium on Cochlear implants in Children, Chicago, IL. June 2011.
22. Gifford RH. (2011). Incorporating a New Test Metric Into Your CI Program. 13^th Symposium on Cochlear implants in Children, Chicago, IL. June 2011.
23. Gifford RH. (2011). Incorporating a New Test Metric into your Clinic: The New MSTB. Audiology Online. June 20011.
24. Gifford RH, Dorman MF, Driscoll CLW, Carlson ML. (2011). Hearing preservation cochlear implantation:  benefits of binaural acoustic hearing. 13^th Symposium on Cochlear implants in Children, Chicago, IL. June 2011.
25. Gifford RH. (2011). Cochlear implantation in children under 12 months of age. Audiology Online, Nashville Live journal club series. July 2011.
26. Gifford RH. (2011). Minimum speech test battery for the assessment of speech perception in adult cochlear implant recipients. William House Cochlear Implant Study Group, American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery. San Francisco, CA. September 2011.
27. Gifford RH. (2012). CI after labyrinthectomy and Baha. CI Grand Rounds. American Academy of Audiology. March 29, 2012.
28. Gifford RH. (2012). Pediatric Case Study: Asymmetric hearing loss and ESL.  Pediatric Grand Rounds. American Academy of Audiology. March 29, 2012.
29. Gifford RH. (2012). Who is a cochlear implant candidate?  American Academy of Audiology Learning Lab. Boston, MA. March 28, 2012.
30. Gifford RH. (2012). Cochlear implants in older adults.  CI-2012 Med El Breakfast Symposium. Baltimore, MD. May 3, 2012.
31. Gifford RH. (2012). Cochlear implant candidacy: from infancy to adulthood.  42nd Annual Mid-South Conference on Communicative Disorders. University of Memphis. Memphis, TN. February 24, 2012.
32. Gifford RH. (2012). Evidence for the expansion of pediatric cochlear implant candidacy.  Controversial Issues in Pediatric Audiology. The Graduate Center-CUNY. New York, NY. February 3, 2012.
33. Gifford RH. (2012). Getting the biggest bang for your buck: bimodal, bilateral and hearing preservation cochlear implantation. 2012 Ultimate Midwinter ENT Meeting. Vail, CO. February 7, 2012.
34. Gifford RH. (2012). Hearing preservation cochlear implantation: combined electric and binaural acoustic stimulation. 2012 Ultimate Midwinter ENT Meeting. Vail, CO. February 8, 2012.
35. Gifford RH. (2012). Electric and acoustic stimulation: benefits of binaural acoustic hearing in realistic listening environments. Hearing Preservation Symposium. Baltimore, MD. April 30, 2012.
36. Gifford RH, Dorman MF. (2012). Electric and acoustic stimulation: benefits of binaural acoustic hearing in realistic listening environments. International Hearing Aid Research Conference (IHCON) Conference. Tahoe City, CA. August 11, 2012.
37. Gifford RH. (2012). Audiologic challenges for managing patients with hearing preservation. William House Cochlear Implant Study Group at the Annual AAO-HNS Conference. Washington, DC. September 8, 2012.
38. Gifford RH. (2012). Hearing preservation:  What? Why? How much? American Neuro-Otology Society (ANS) meeting at the Annual AAO-HNS Conference.  Washington, DC. September 8, 2012.
39. Gifford RH. (2013). Bimodal hearing versus bilateral cochlear implantation: is there a functional difference? Joint Defense Veterans Audiology Conference (JDVAC). Nashville, TN. February 26, 2013.
40. Gifford RH. (2013). Cochlear implants: from candidacy to clinic. Student Academy of Audiology Conference. Anaheim, CA. April 3, 2013.
41. Gifford RH. (2013). Cochlear implants for infants with severe-to-profound hearing loss. American Academy of Audiology, Anaheim, CA. April 6, 2013.
42. Gifford RH. (2013). Cochlear Implant Grand Rounds: A case of conflicting recommendations. American Academy of Audiology, Anaheim, CA. April 5, 2013.
43. Gifford RH. (2013). Hearing preservation in cochlear implantation. Fourth Biennial Modern Developments in Audiology. Nashville, TN. April 19, 2013.
44. Gifford RH. (2013). Value of hearing preservation in the implanted ear for speech understanding in everyday listening environments. EAS Symposium. Las Vegas, NV. August 15, 2013.
45. Gifford RH. (2013). Value of hearing preservation in the implanted ear for speech understanding in everyday listening environments. EAS Symposium. Washington D.C. October 21-24, 2013.
46. Gifford RH. (2013). Preservation of functional acoustic hearing following cochlear implantation. American Cochlear Implant Alliance. Washington D.C., October 21-24, 2013.
47. Gifford RH, Noble JH, Labadie RF, Dawant B. (2013). Getting an even better signal to the brain of cochlear implant recipients. Neural Imaging: From the Cochlea to the Cortex. Tempe, AZ. November 4, 2013.
48. Gifford RH. (2013). Audiologic Assessment: Birth Through School Age: When Is It Time to Consider a Cochlear Implant? American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Chicago, IL. November 13-15, 2013.
49. Gifford RH, Schafer E, Page T, Berry L. (2013). It Takes Two: Audiologists & Speech-Language Pathologists Working Collaboratively. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Chicago, IL. November 13-15, 2013.
50. Gifford RH. (2013). The benefits of bimodal hearing for adults and children: effect of frequency region and acoustic bandwidth. A Sound Foundation Through Early Amplification. Chicago, IL. December 8-11, 2013.
51. Gifford RH. (2014). Image Based Frequency Reallocated for Optimizing Cochlear Implant Programming: Improvement in Speech Recognition in Noise and Spectral Resolution, 2014 ENT Ultimate Colorado Midwinter Meeting, Vail, CO. Feb 2-5, 2014.
52. Gifford RH. (2014). The Effects of Low Frequency Acoustic Hearing Preservation for Speech Recognition in Noise Localization and Motion Perception: Effect of Interaural Timing Cues, 2014 ENT Ultimate Colorado Midwinter Meeting, Vail, CO. Feb 2-5, 2014.
53. Gifford RH. (2014). Cochlear Implant Candidacy and Expected outcomes: expanded indications, patient awareness and advances in technology. Mississippi Speech, Language, and Hearing Association Annual Conference, Jackson, MS. February 21-22, 2014.
54. Gifford RH. (2014). Clinical application of spectral envelope perception. University of Texas at Dallas, Audiology Grand Rounds, Dallas, TX. April 28, 2014.
55. Gifford RH. (2014). Considerations for the management of patients with sudden single-sided deafness. American Otological Society (AOS), Las Vegas, NV. May 13-15, 2014.
56. Gifford RH. (2014). The value of acoustic hearing for summation, squelch, and spatial release from masking. The apex of the cochlea: from neuroanatomy to electrical stimulation, Chapel Hill, NC. September 6-7, 2014.
57. Gifford RH. (2014). Pediatric cochlear implantation: candidacy, outcomes for non-traditional candidates, bimodal hearing, and future clinical applications. American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Orlando, FL. November 20-23, 2014.
58. Gifford RH. (2014). Programming hybrid hearing, Expanding treatment solutions in implantable technology, Nashville, TN. December 10, 2014.
59. Gifford RH, Dwyer R, Agrawal S, Hetlinger C, Holder J, Spahr AJ. (2014). Cochlear implant patient self-assessment and fitting adjustment. 14^th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children, Nashville, TN. December 11-13, 2014.
60. Gifford RH. (2015). Combined Electric and Acoustic Stimulation (EAS) with Hearing Preservation: Effect of Implant Crossover Frequency on Speech Understanding. 2015 Ultimate Colorado ENT Midwinter Meeting, Vail, CO. February 1-5, 2015.
61. Gifford RH. (2015). The Role of Combined Electric and Acoustic Stimulation (EAS) for Binaural Summation, Squelch, & Spatial Release from Masking. Association for Research in Otolaryngology Midwinter Meeting, Baltimore, MD. February 21-24, 2015.
62. Gifford RH. (2015). Complex patient management: cochlear implants. Student Academy of Audiology Conference at American Academy of Audiology, San Antonio, TX. March 25, 2015.
63. Gifford RH, Noble JH, Dawant BM, Labadie RF, Sunderhaus LW, Davis TJ. (2015). Image-guided cochlear implant programming: a case of tip foldover and hearing preservation. CI Grand Rounds, American Academy of Audiology, San Antonio, TX. March 25-27, 2015.
64. Gifford RH. (2015). The value of hybrid hearing and hearing preservation. Audiology Online. April 10, 2015.
65. Gifford RH. (2015). Pediatric Cochlear Implantation: candidacy and outcomes for non-traditional candidates. FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health; Ear, Nose, and Throat Devices Panel Meeting, Gaithersburg, MD. May 1, 2015.
66. Gifford RH. (2015). Clinical application of spectral envelope perception. Modern Developments in Audiology. Nashville, TN. May 2, 2015.
67. Gifford RH. (2015). Factors influencing outcomes for combined electric and acoustic stimulation (EAS): bimodal hearing and hearing preservation cochlear implantation. T32 invited lecturer. University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center. Aurora, CO. May 14, 2015.
68. Gifford RH, Loiselle L, Cook S, Davis T, Sheffield S, Dorman MF. (2015). Additions to a single cochlear implant to improve speech understanding. Acoustical Society of America, Celebration of the Modern Cochlear Implant and the First Substantial Restoration of a Human Sense Using a Medical Intervention. Pittsburgh, PA. May 19, 2015.
69. Gifford RH. (2015). Bimodal hearing, bilateral cochlear implants, and hearing preservation: speech understanding and underlying mechanisms. 10^th Annual Hearing Symposium of the University of California Irvine and Providence Speech and Hearing Center. Irvine, CA. May 30, 2015.
70. Gifford RH. (2015). The value of acoustic hearing preservation: speech understanding, spatial hearing, and multisensory integration. Hearing Preservation Workshop. Nashville, TN. October 9-10, 2015.
71. Gifford RH. (2015). Combined electric and acoustic stimulation (EAS): programming challenges and outcomes. Maximizing performance in CI recipients: Programming Concepts. New York, NY. December 4-5, 2015.
72. Gifford RH, Noble JH, Labadie RF, Dawant BM. (2015). CT guided programming. Maximizing performance in CI recipients: Programming Concepts. New York, NY. December 4-5, 2015.
73. Gifford RH. (2015). Bimodal hearing, bilateral cochlear implants, and hearing preservation: speech understanding and underlying mechanisms. 1st International Conference on Adults with Complex Hearing Needs. Phoenix, AZ. December 6-8, 2015.
74. Gifford RH. (2015). Programming challenges for bimodal hearing. 1st International Conference on Adults with Complex Hearing Needs. Phoenix, AZ. December 6-8, 2015.
75. Gifford RH. (2016). Combined electric and acoustic stimulation: a brief history and programming challenges. American Academy of Audiology, Learning Lab. Phoenix, AZ. April 13-16, 2016.
76. Gifford RH. (2016). Image-guided programming for cochlear implant recipients. American Academy of Audiology, Learning Lab. Phoenix, AZ. April 13-16, 2016.
77. Gifford RH. (2016). CI Grand Rounds: Am I a poor performer? American Academy of Audiology. Phoenix, AZ. April 13-16, 2016.
78. Gifford RH. (2016). Image-guided cochlear implant programming (IGCIP): an audiologic and otologic application of personalized medicine. A.G. Bell Convention, 2016 Research Symposium “Neuroimaging—Predicting Hearing and Language Outcomes,” Denver, CO. July 1-3, 2016.
79. Gifford RH, McKay S, Simmons J, Henderson L, Ouellette M. (2016). Decision Making in Complex Cases of Children with Hearing Loss. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA. November 17-19, 2016.
80. Gifford RH, Dorman MF, Loiselle L, Natale S, Sunderhaus L, Davis T, Sheffield S. (2016). Improving spatial hearing abilities: hearing configurations and device programming. Maximizing performance in CI recipients: programming concepts. New York, NY. December 4-5, 2016.
81. Gifford RH. (2016). Programming challenges and outcomes for bimodal listeners. Maximizing performance in CI recipients: programming concepts. New York, NY. December 4-5, 2016.
82. Gifford RH. (2016). Bimodal hearing: the role of the peripheral auditory system, cognitive state, and age. Hearing implants for older adults with age-related hearing loss. New York, NY. January 12-14, 2017.
83. Gifford RH. (2017). Audiology: The strengths of our past and opportunities for our future. Invited keynote address for the G. Paul Moore Symposium on Hearing Science and Audiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. February 1, 2016.
84. Gifford RH. (2017). Improving cochlear implant patient outcomes: clinical, technological, and scientific factors. G. Paul Moore Symposium on Hearing Science and Audiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. February 2, 2016.
85. Gifford RH. (2017). Bimodal hearing versus bilateral implantation: speech understanding, spatial release from masking, and source location uncertainty. Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses. Tahoe City, CA. July 17-21, 2017.
86. Gifford RH. (2017). Evidence for the expansion of pediatric cochlear implant candidacy. Hear ‘n’ Now Conference, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Cochlear Implant Program. Chapel Hill, NC. October 13, 2017.
87. Gifford RH. (2017). Considerations for determining bimodal and bilateral implant candidacy. University of Washington, T32 training fellowship for auditory neuroscience. Seattle, WA. October 27, 2017.
88. Gifford RH. (2017). What about the babies?  What hearing happens during the first year of life. Cochlear Implants in Children: Evolving Criteria. Seattle, WA. October 28, 2017.
89. Uhler K, Warner-Czyz A, Gifford RH. (2017). Pediatric minimum speech test battery (PMSTB). American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Los Angeles, CA. November 9-11, 2017.
90. Camarata S, Koegel L, Yoder P, Koegel R, Novaleski C, Gifford RH. (2017). Funding opportunities that can support early-stage research in communication sciences and disorders. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Los Angeles, CA. November 9-11, 2017.
91. Gifford RH. (2017). Number of active electrodes and maxima: effects on speech understanding and sound quality. Maximizing performance in CI recipients: Programming Concepts. New York, NY. December 3-4, 2017.
92. Gifford RH. (2017). Bimodal hearing: benefits and fitting optimization. Maximizing performance in CI recipients: Programming Concepts. New York, NY. December 3-4, 2017.
93. Gifford RH. (2018). Beyond “deaf.” American Cochlear Implant Alliance. Washington D.C. March 7-10, 2018.
94. McLean W, Ryals B, Weber P, Alagramam K, Gifford RH. (2018). Regeneration and Repair: The Potential for Hearing Loss Therapeutics. American Academy of Audiology. Nashville, TN. April 18-21, 2018.
95. Gifford RH. (2018). But I Though (S)he Had Too Much Hearing for a Cochlear Implant: Real Cases of Successful Recipients. American Academy of Audiology. Nashville, TN. April 18-21, 2018.
96. Gifford RH. (2018). Combined electric and binaural acoustic stimulation: underlying mechanisms driving patient benefit. Gordon Research Conference: Function, Dysfunction and Restoration of the Auditory System. Smithfield, RI. July 8-13, 2018.
97. Gifford RH, Surrency S, Finan D,  (2018). Advancing the scholarship of teaching and learning: use of the flipped classroom. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Pre-conventional workshop. Boston, MA. November 14-17, 2018.
98. Duff M, Kujawa S, Roberts M, Camarata S, Gifford RH. (2018).  Successful Research Grant Writing in Communication Sciences & Disorders: Advice From the Experts. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Boston, MA. November 14-17, 2018.
99. Gifford RH. (2018). Bimodal fitting. Maximizing performance in CI recipients: Programming Concepts. New York, NY. December 2-3, 2018.
100. Gifford RH. (2018). How many channels does my patient need? Maximizing performance in CI recipients: Programming Concepts. New York, NY. December 2-3, 2018.
101. Gifford RH. (2019). Evidence for the expansion of pediatric cochlear implant candidacy. Kentucky Speech-Language-Hearing Association (KSHA). Lexington, KY. February 22, 2019.
102. Gifford RH. (2019). Bimodal hearing vs. bilateral cochlear implant candidacy in children. Kentucky Speech-Language-Hearing Association (KSHA). Lexington, KY. February 22, 2019.
103. Gifford RH. (2019). The Importance of Collaboration (Clinical & Research): How we do it. Hear in Cincinnati, University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH. February 23, 2019.
104. Gifford RH. (2019). Channel independence with precurved and straight electrode arrays. Hear in Cincinnati. University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH. February 23, 2019.
105. Gifford RH. (2019). Combined electric and acoustic stimulation. University of Texas at Austin. Woolfolk Distinguished Lecture Series.
106. Gifford RH (2019). Cochlear implant candidacy: current indications and evidence for expansion. New Jersey Speech and Hearing Association (NJSHA). May 2, 2019.
107. Gifford RH (2019). Hearing aids and/or cochlear implants: opportunities to expand your practice. New Jersey Speech and Hearing Association (NJSHA). May 2, 2019.
108. Gifford RH. (2019). EAS benefit and the relationship to ITD sensitivity in adult and pediatric CI users with hearing preservation. Hearing and Structural Preservation Workshop. New York, NY. November 8-9, 2019.
109. Gifford RH. (2019). Auditory factors driving cochlear implant outcomes in adults and children: channel independence and spectrotemporal processing. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Orlando, FL. November 20-23, 2019.
110. Gifford RH. (2019). Bimodal myth busting: programming for maximizing bimodal outcomes. Maximizing performance in CI recipients: Programming Concepts. New York, NY. December 8-9, 2019.
111. Gifford RH. (2019). My patient has preserved hearing: now what? Maximizing performance in CI recipients: Programming Concepts. New York, NY. December 8-9, 2019.
112. Gifford RH. (2020). Clinical determination of bimodal or bilateral CI candidacy. Invited Keynote address at the American Cochlear Implant Alliance. Orlando, FL. March 19-21, 2020—Canceled due to COVID-19. Presentation provided online via AudiologyOnline, May 2020. https://www.audiologyonline.com/audiology-ceus/course/ci2020-online-session-3-35062
113. Gifford RH. (2020). Cochlear implantation for individuals with single sided deafness (SSD). Invited presentation at the Student Academy of Audiology. New Orleans, LA. March 31, 2020—Canceled due to COVID-19.
114. Gifford RH, Dhar S, Edwards B, Kuk F, Fabry D. (2020). Hearing and the Brain: research from the American Auditory Society. American Academy of Audiology. New Orleans, LA. April 1-4, 2020—Canceled due to COVID-19.
115. Gifford RH (2020). The adult and pediatric minimum speech test battery: calibration and administration. American Academy of Audiology. New Orleans, LA. April 1-4, 2020—Canceled due to COVID-19.
116. Gifford RH, Limb C, Brewer C, Dhar S. (2020). New Frontiers in Hearing Research. Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meeting. Atlanta, GA. April 22-26, 2020—Canceled due to COVID-19.
117. Corbin N, Smith S, Hogan T, Gray S, Gifford RH. (2020). Successful Research Grant Writing in Communication Sciences & Disorders: Advice From the Experts. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). San Diego, CA. November 2020—canceled due to COVID-19.
118. Gifford RH. (2020). Auditory factors driving cochlear implant outcomes in children: channel independence and spectrotemporal processing. Otolaryngology Grand Rounds, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Tx. July 6, 2020.
119. Gifford RH. (2020). Best practices: updating clinical assessments to better characterize factors impacting speech intelligibility for patients with sensorineural hearing loss. American Academy of Otolaryngology, Virtual Conference, Fall 2020.
120. Gifford RH. (2021). Communication challenges for patients with high-frequency hearing loss. Potential for Restorative Treatments for Acquired Sensorineural Hearing Loss (online conference). January 19, 2021.
121. Gifford RH. (2021). Electric and acoustic stimulation (EAS) in adults and children. Presidential Symposium for the Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO; virtual Conference). February 20-24, 2021.
122. Gifford RH. (2021). Transitioning from hearing aids to bimodal hearing: evidence-based guidelines for borderline cochlear implant candidates. 2021 Sound Foundations Conference, Virtual Conference, March 2021.
123. Gifford RH. (2021). Grant writing discussion: formulating convincing abstracts and specific aims. 2021 Focus on Success: Advancing Women in Academic Medicine. Vanderbilt University Medical Center. June 9, 2021.
124. Gifford RH. (2021). Acoustic hearing preservation with cochlear implantation: combined electric and acoustic stimulation (EAS). American Academy of Audiology, Virtual Conference, April 2021.
125. Zwolan T, Gifford RH. (2021). When is it Best to Refer My Patient For a Cochlear Implant Evaluation?American Academy of Audiology, Virtual Conference, April 2021.
126. Gifford RH. (2021). The future of cochlear implants. A.G. Bell symposium, Virtual Conference. June 25, 2021.
127. Gifford RH. (2021). Emergence of binaural cue sensitivity in pediatric CI recipients with acoustic hearing preservation. Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses (CIAP), Virtual Conference. July 12-16, 2021.
128. Gifford RH. (2021). Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Cochlear Implant Candidacy via Case Studies. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. November 18-20, 2021. Washington D.C.
129. Gifford RH. (2021). Benefits & Challenges of Combined Electric & Acoustic Hearing in Adults & Children. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. November 18-20, 2021. Washington D.C.
130. Gifford RH, Smith S, Corbin N, Klusek J. (2021). Writing Successful Research Grant Applications in Communication Sciences and Disorders: Advice from Experts. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. November 18-20, 2021. Washington D.C.
131. Gifford RH. (2021). Bilateral cochlear implants vs. bimodal hearing. Otolaryngology Grand Rounds, University of California, San Francisco. December 15, 2021. Virtual presentation.
132. Gifford RH. (2022). Bimodal hearing and bilateral cochlear implantation for children. HEAR Indiana Listening and Spoken Language Conference. February 4, 2022. Virtual presentation.
133. Gifford RH. (2022). Expansion of Pediatric Cochlear Implant Indications. HEAR Indiana Listening and Spoken Language Conference. February 4, 2022. Virtual presentation.
134. Gifford RH, Roberts J, Dunn C, Buchman C. (2022). EAS/Hybrid Candidacy, Programming, and Outcomes. American Academy of Audiology. March 30-April 2, 2022. St. Louis, MO.
135. Gifford RH. (2022). Cochlear Implant Grand Rounds: Electric and acoustic stimulation (EAS) benefits afforded by acoustic hearing preservation. American Academy of Audiology. March 30-April 2, 2022. St. Louis, MO.
136. Gifford RH. (2022). Auditory Processing in Pediatric Cochlear Implant Recipients. Ohio State University, Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Grand Rounds. April 4, 2022. Columbus, OH.
137. Gifford RH, Limb C, Dhar S, Brewer C. (2022). New Frontiers in Auditory Research. American Neurotology Society (ANS), Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meeting (COSM), April 30, 2022. Dallas, TX.
138. Gifford RH. (2022). Evidence-based recommendations for bimodal hearing and bilateral implantation. American Cochlear Implant Alliance (ACIA), Pre-Conference Symposium, May 18, 2022. Washington, D.C.
139. Gifford RH. (2022). John Niparko Memorial Lecture: The evolution of cochlear implant care: a 25-year review. American Cochlear Implant Alliance (ACIA), May 18-21, 2022. Washington, D.C.
140. Gifford RH. (2022). Benefits & Challenges of Combined Electric & Acoustic Stimulation (EAS) in Children. Fall Cochlear Implant (CI) Meeting. November 7-9, 2022. Seaside, FL.
141. Gifford RH. (2022). Evidence based bimodal programming tips. Maximizing performance in CI recipients: Programming Concepts. December 4-5, 2022. New York, NY.
142. Gifford RH. (2022). EAS/Hybrid programming: go beyond default settings. Maximizing performance in CI recipients: Programming Concepts. December 4-5, 2022. New York, NY.
143. Gifford RH. (2023). Evidence for the expansion of pediatric cochlear implant candidacy. Grand Rounds, House Ear Clinic, Department of Otolaryngology. Virtual presentation. January 13, 2023.
144. Gifford RH. (2023). Auditory Processing in Pediatric Cochlear Implant Recipients: Effects of Development and Selective Electrode Activation. Grand Rounds, University of Southern California, Department of Otolaryngology. Virtual presentation. April 6, 2023.
145. Gifford RH, Holder JT. (2023). Creating a more efficient cochlear implant care model: data-driven guidance. American Cochlear Implant Alliance, Pre-Conference Symposium. June 7-10, 2023. Dallas, TX.
146. Tollin D, Snapp H, Gifford RH. (2023). Binaural blast: what we need to know about binaural hearing. OSSEO 2023: 8th International Congress on Bone Conduction Hearing and Related Technologies. September 6-9, 2023. Denver, CO.
147. Gifford RH. (2023). Preliminary results of image-guided cochlear implant programming (IGCIP) in a large group in school-aged children. 2023 Fall CI Meeting. October 23-25, 2023. Santa Rosa Beach, FL.
148. Gifford RH. (2023). Combining electric and acoustic hearing: Programming tips for bimodal listening and patients with and without acoustic hearing preservation. NYU Maximizing Performance in Cochlear Implant Recipients: Programming Concepts. December 3-4, 2023. New York, NY.
149. Gifford RH. (2023). Back to basics: evidence for programming and verifying lower and upper stimulation levels. NYU Maximizing Performance in Cochlear Implant Recipients: Programming Concepts. December 3-4, 2023. New York, NY.
150. Gifford RH. (2024). Image-guided cochlear implant programming in children with cochlear implants: auditory processing, speech production, language, and literacy outcomes in a double-blind randomized controlled trial (RCT). Stanford University, Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, T32-invited scientist. January 19, Palo Alto, CA
151. Gifford RH. (2024). Bimodal hearing and bilateral cochlear implantation: clinical essentials for programming and data-driven recommendations. Joint Defense Veteran’s Audiology Conference (JDVAC), March 5-9, Funner, CA
152. Gifford RH. (2024). Evidence-based cochlear implant programming . Joint Defense Veteran’s Audiology Conference (JDVAC), March 5-9, Funner, CA
153. Gifford RH. (2024). Image-guided cochlear implant programming in children with cochlear implants: auditory processing, speech production, language, and literacy outcomes in a double-blind RCT. T32 Seminar Series. Department of Otolaryngology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO. May 14, 2024.

Invited Presentations (International):

1. Gifford RH, Dorman MF, Spahr AJ, Bacon SP, Luetje C, Dawson K. (2006). Combined electric and acoustic stimulation of the ipsilateral cochlea. 9th International Conference on Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Auditory Technologies (CI2006), Vienna, Austria. July 12-15, 2006.
2. Gifford RH, Dorman MF, Lorens A, Skarzynski H, Polak M. (2011). Electric and acoustic stimulation: benefits of binaural acoustic hearing for speech recognition in complex listening environments. 10th European Federation of Audiology Societies (EFAS) Congress, Warsaw, Poland.  June 23-27, 2011.
3. Gifford RH. (2012). Hearing and psychophysics as related to cochlear implantation and outcomes. Presbycusis Research Meeting: Cochlear Implantation. Munich, Germany. January 11-13, 2012.
4. Gifford RH. (2012). Partial deafness cochlear implantation: speech recognition in complex listening environments. Program of the International Scientific Conference of the Opening of the World Hearing Center. Warsaw, Poland. May 11-12, 2012.
5. Gifford RH, Dorman MF, Spahr AJ, Loiselle L, Cook S, Sheffield S. (2012). Speech recognition in noise with fixed and roving source azimuth for bilateral and bimodal listeners. Bilateral Implantation: Successes and Challenges. Amsterdam, Netherlands. September 17-18, 2012.
6. Gifford RH. (2012). Availability of binaural cues with hearing preservation. Hearing Preservation Workshop. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. October 18-20, 2012. 
7. Gifford RH. (2012). Expanding criteria for adult and pediatric cochlear implantation. VI Otology Audiology Congress. Bogota, Colombia. October 26, 2012.
8. Gifford RH. (2014). Image-guided programming for improving speech understanding in cochlear implant recipients. 8^th International symposium on objective measures in auditory implants. Objective measures in Auditory Implants (OMAI). Toronto, Ontario, Canada. October 17, 2014.
9. Gifford RH. (2015). Clinical application of spectral envelope perception: Results from year 1. Semana de la Otología 2015, Bogota, Colombia. March 17, 2015.
10. Gifford RH. (2015). Optimization of electric and acoustic stimulation (EAS) fittings: cochlear implants and hearing aids. Semana de la Otología 2015, Bogota, Colombia. March 17, 2015.
11. Gifford RH. (2016). Hybrid hearing: transforming the treatment of hearing loss. 14^th International Conference on Cochlear Implants and other implantable technologies. Toronto, Canada. May 11-14, 2016.
12. Gifford RH. (2016). The importance of bimodal hearing. 14^th International Conference on Cochlear Implants and other implantable technologies. Toronto, Canada. May 11-14, 2016.
13. Gifford RH. (2016). Wired for Sound: Treating Deafness with Cochlear Implants. Creative Minds in Medicine. Dublin, Ireland. July 15, 2016.
14. Gifford RH. (2016). Speech understanding and spatial hearing with bilateral cochlear implants. BICI 2016 – Binaural Hearing with Cochlear Implants “A Tribute to 20 Years of Bilateral Cochlear Implantation.” Munich, Germany. September 8-11, 2016.
15. Gifford RH. (2016). The value of bimodal hearing for better hearing, speech, and music perception. Japan Audiological Society Conference. Morioka, Japan. October 20-22, 2016.
16. Gifford RH. (2016). Spatial hearing abilities for cochlear implant recipients with hearing preservation. Cochlear Implant Global Research Symposium. Sydney, Australia. November 1-4, 2016.
17. Gifford RH. (2017). Spatial Release from Informational and Energetic Masking in Bimodal and Bilateral Cochlear Implant Users. 9^th Speech in Noise Workshop. Oldenburg, Germany. January 5-6, 2017.
18. Gifford RH. (2017). Bimodal hearing vs. bilateral cochlear implantation: speech understanding and underlying mechanisms. Brazilian Hearing and Balance Symposium, Sao Paulo, Brazil. April 6-8, 2017.
19. Gifford RH. (2017). Unilateral and asymmetrical deafness: pediatric cochlear implantation. Brazilian Hearing and Balance Symposium, Sao Paulo, Brazil. April 6-8, 2017.
20. Gifford RH. (2017). Image-guided cochlear implant programming (IGCIP): an audiologic and otologic application of personalized medicine. Brazilian Hearing and Balance Symposium, Sao Paulo, Brazil. April 6-8, 2017.
21. Gifford RH. (2017). Expansion of adult cochlear implant indications. IFOS ENT World Congress, Paris, France. June 17-21, 2017.
22. Gifford RH. (2017). The benefits of bimodal hearing for adults and children. British Society of Audiology (BSA), eConference. December 1, 2017. Online presentation for BSA audiologists.
23. Gifford RH. (2018). Bimodal hearing: speech and music perception. Keynote Speaker, CI2018. Antwerp, Belgium. June 26-30, 2018.
24. Gifford RH, Noble JH, Dawant BM, Labadie RF. (2018). Image-guided cochlear implant programming (IGCIP). Objective Measures in Auditory Implants (OMAI). Tel Aviv, Israel. October 10-12, 2018.
25. Gifford RH. (2018). EAS fittings and outcomes. Hearing and structural preservation workshop. Uppsala, Sweden. October 26-27, 2018.
26. Gifford RH. (2019). Cochlear implant indications in the United States: evidence for the expansion of adult and pediatric criteria. Implant Cochleaire: Cebat Autour de la Prise en Charge. Biarritz, France. October 11-12, 2019.
27. Gifford RH. (2020). Combining cochlear implant research and clinical practice. XIV International Workshop on Advances in Audiology. Salamanca, Spain. May 28-30, 2020—Canceled due to COVID-19
28. Gifford RH. (2020). Improving cochlear implant performance. ENT UK British Academic Conference in Otolaryngology (BACO) International 2020; Distinguished speaker. July 8-10, 2020. Birmingham, UK—Canceled due to COVID-19
29. Gifford RH. (2020). Effects of electric and acoustic stimulation (EAS) on tasks of music perception, music sound quality, and musicality judgments. Music and cochlear implants. Cambridge, UK. September 14-15, 2020—Canceled due to COVID-19
30. Gifford RH. (2020). Cochlear implant research in the United States: COVID-19 precautions and amendments. Global CI Collaborative: CI Research at a Distance: a Post-Covid Challenge. Virtual conference hosted in London, UK. September 16, 2020.
31. Gifford RH. (2020). Benefits afforded by precurved electrode arrays: speech and auditory perception for adult cochlear implant recipients. Cochlear Science and Research Seminar. Virtual conference hosted in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. December 4, 2020.
32. Gifford RH. (2021). Programming options to improve cochlear implant performance. ENT UK Virtual British Academic Conference in Otolaryngology (BACO) International. Distinguished Speaker. January 10-12, 2021. Virtual presentation.
33. Gifford RH. (2021). Benefits of combining electric and acoustic hearing for music perception and sound quality. 3^rd International Music & CI Symposium. Invited keynote lecture. Cambridge, UK. Delivered presentation virtually to an in-person/hybrid conference. September 15-16, 2021.
34. Gifford RH. (2021). Evidence for the expansion of adult cochlear indications. New Zealand Audiological Society. August 25-27, 2021. Rotorua, New Zealand. Canceled due to COVID-19.
35. Gifford RH. (2021). Preserving residual acoustic hearing with surgery: why and how? 13^th Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implants and Related Sciences. December 8-10, 2021. Melbourne, Australia. Virtual presentation.
36. Gifford RH. (2023). Clinical essentials: bilateral cochlear implants and bimodal hearing. European Symposium on Pediatric Cochlear Implantation (ESPCI). Invited keynote lecture. May 31-June 3, 2023. Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
37. Gifford RH. (2023). Benefits and challenges of combined electric and acoustic hearing in adults and children. Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implants (APSCI). November 8-11, 2023. Seoul, South Korea.
38. Gifford RH. (2023). Spectral and temporal resolution over time for school-aged children with cochlear implants. Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implants (APSCI). November 8-11, 2023. Seoul, South Korea.
39. Gifford RH. (2023). Image-guided cochlear implant programming in adults and children to minimize channel interaction and frequency-to-place mismatch. Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implants (APSCI). November 8-11, 2023. Seoul, South Korea.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

• Graduate School Courses:
  • 1999-2002: Auditory Perception by the Hearing Impaired, 4-6 lectures/semester, 1.5 hours/lecture, taught each Fall semester, Arizona State University, Department of Speech and Hearing Science, Master’s degree program in Audiology
  • 2004: Neurophysiology of the Auditory System, 32 lectures/semester, 1.5 hours/lecture, Fall semester, Arizona State University, Department of Speech and Hearing Science, AuD program
  • 2005: Physiologic Measures of Auditory Function, 32 lectures/semester, 1.5 hours/lecture, Spring semester, Arizona State University, Department of Speech and Hearing Science, AuD program