Ears, hearing, and everything else

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  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 fm < fs. 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.
  56. Holder JT, Sheffield SW, Gifford RH. (2016). Speech understanding in children with normal hearing: Sound field normative data for BabyBio, BKB-SIN, and QuickSIN. Otol Neurotol. 37(2):e50-5. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000000907.
  57. Uhler K, Biever A, Gifford RH. (2016). Method of speech stimulus presentation impacts pediatric speech recognition: Monitored live voice versus recorded speech. Otol Neurotol. 37(2):e70-4. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000000911.
  58. Noble JH, Hedley-Williams A, Sunderhaus L, Dawant B, Labadie RF, Camarata S, Gifford RH. (2016). Initial Results With Image-guided Cochlear Implant Programming in Children. Otol Neurotol. 37(2):e63-9. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000000909.
  59. Labadie RF, Gifford RH, Noble JH, Dawant BM. (2016). Results of post-operative, CT-based, electrode deactivation on hearing in pre-lingually deafened adult cochlear implant (CI) recipients. Otol Neurotol. 37(2):137-45. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000000926.
  60. Davis TJ, Zhang D, Gifford RH, Dawant BM, Labadie RF, Noble JH. (2016). Relationship between electrode-to-modiolus distance and current levels for adults with cochlear implants. Otol Neurotol. 37(1): 31-37. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000000896.
  61. Sweeney AD, Hunter JB, Carlson ML, Rivas A, Bennett ML, Gifford RH, Noble JH, Haynes DS, Labadie RF, Wanna GB. (2016). Durability of Hearing Preservation after Cochlear Implantation with Conventional-Length Electrodes and Scala Tympani Insertion. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 154(4) 907-13. doi: 10.1177/0194599816630545.
  62. Sheffield SW, Simha M, Jahn KN, Gifford RH. (2016). The effects of acoustic bandwidth on simulated bimodal benefit in children and adults with normal hearing. Ear Hear. 37(3):282-8. PMID: 26901264
  63. Bunta F, Douglas M, Dickson H, Cantu A, Wickesberg J, Gifford RH. (2016). Dual language versus English only support for bilingual children with hearing loss who use cochlear implants and hearing aids. Int J Lang Commun Disord. 51(4):460-72. PMID: 27017913
  64. Hunter JB, Gifford RH, Wanna GB, Labadie RF, Bennett ML, Haynes DS, Rivas A. (2016). Hearing Preservation Outcomes with a Mid-Scala Electrode in Cochlear Implantation. Otol Neurotol. 37(3):235-40. PMID: 26825671
  65. Dorman MF, Yost WA, Natale SJ, Loiselle L, Gifford RH. (2016). Sound source localization by normal hearing listeners, hearing-impaired listeners, and cochlear implant listeners. Audiol Neurotol. 21(3):127-131. PMID: 27077663
  66. Dwyer RT, Spahr AJ, Agrawal S, Hetlinger C, Holder JT, Gifford RH. (2016). Participant-generated programs for Advanced Bionics recipients: speech recognition, sound quality, and satisfaction. Otol Neurotol. 37(7):e209-16. PMID: 27228018
  67. Loiselle LH, Dorman MF, Yost WA, Cook SJ, Gifford RH. (2016). Using ILD or ITD cues for sound source localization and speech understanding in a complex listening environment by bilateral and hearing-preservation cochlear-implant listeners. J Speech Lang Hear Res, 59(4):810-8. PMID: 27411035
  68. Davis TJ, Grantham DW, Gifford RH. (2016). Effect of motion on speech recognition. Hear Res. 337:80-8. PMID: 27240478
  69. O’Connell B, Haynes DS, Gifford RH, Noble JH, Labadie RF, Dawant BM, Wanna GB. (2016). Electrode location and audiologic performance after cochlear implantation: a comparative study between Nucleus CI422 and CI512 electrode arrays. Otol Neurotol, 37(8):1032-5. PMID: 27525618
  70. Zuniga MG, Rivas A, Hedley-Williams A, Gifford RH, Dwyer R, Dawant BM, Sunderhaus LW, Wanna GB, Noble JH, Labadie RF. (2017). Tip fold-over in cochlear implantation. Otol Neurotol. 38(2): 199-206. PMID: 27918363
  71. Uhler K, Warner-Czyz A, Gifford RH. (2017). Pediatric Minimum Speech Test Battery (PMSTB). J Am Acad Audiol. 28(3): 232-247. PMID: 28277214
  72. Gifford RH, Davis TJ, SunderhausLW, MenapaceC, BuckB, CrossonJ, O’NeillL, Beiter A, SegelP. (2017). Combined electric and acoustic stimulation (EAS) with hearing preservation: effect of cochlear implant low-frequency cutoff on speech understanding and perceived listening difficulty. Ear Hear. 38(5): 539-553. PMID: 28301392
  73. Sladen DS, Gifford RH, Haynes DS, Kelsall D, Benson A, Lewis K, Zwolan T, Fu, QJ, Gantz B, Gilden J, Westerberg B, Gustin C, White L, Driscoll CL. (2017).  Evaluation of a revised indication for determining adult cochlear implant candidacy. Laryngoscope. 127(10): 2368-2374. PMID: 28233910
  74. Stevenson RA, Sheffield SW, Butera IM, Gifford RH, Wallace MT. (2017). Multisensory integration in cochlear implant recipients. Ear Hear, 38(5):521-538. PMID: 28399064
  75. McRackan TR, Noble JH, Wilkinson EP, Mills D, Dietrich MS, Dawant BM, Gifford RH, Labadie RF. (2017). Implementation of image-guided cochlear implant programming at a distant site. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 156(5): 933-937. PMID: 28374640
  76. O’Connell B, Holder JT, Dwyer R, Gifford RH, Noble JH, Bennett M, Rivas A, Wanna G, Haynes DS, Labadie RF. (2017). Intra- and post-operative electrocochleography may be predictive of final electrode position and postoperative hearing preservation. Frontiers in Neuroscience.  2017 May 29;11:291. PMID: 28611574
  77. Dorman MF, Gifford RH. (2017). Speech understanding in complex listening environments by listeners fit with cochlear implants. J Speech Lang Hear Assoc, 60: 3019-3026. PMID: 29049602
  78. Wanna GB, Gifford RH, O’Connell B, Francis D, Holder JT, Hunter J, Bennett M, Rivas A, Labadie RF, Haynes DS. (2018). Predictive factors for short- and long term hearing preservation in cochlear implantation with conventional length electrodes. Laryngoscope. 128(2):482-489. PMID: 28643327
  79. Davis TJ, Gifford RH. (2018). Spatial Release from Masking in Adults with Bilateral Cochlear Implants: Effects of Distracter Azimuth and Microphone Location. J Speech Lang Hear Res, 61(3): 752-761. PMID: 29450488
  80. Holder JT, Reynolds SM, Sunderhaus LW, Gifford RH. (2018). Current profile of adults presenting for preoperative cochlear implant evaluation. Trends Hear. 22:2331216518755288. PMID: 29441835
  81. Wolfe J, Gifford RH, Schafer E. (2018). Measurement of the electrically-evoked stapedial reflex response with wideband acoustic reflectance measurement. J Am Acad Audiol, 29(4): 337-347. PMID: 29664726.
  82. Yawn B, O’Connell, Reynolds SM, Dwyer RT, Sunderhaus LW, Haynes DS, Gifford RH. (2018). Bilateral cochlear implantation versus bimodal hearing in patients with functional residual hearing: a within-subjects comparison of audiologic performance and quality of life. Otol Neurotol, 39(4): 422-427. PMID: 29716437
  83. Gifford RH, Loiselle L, Natale S, Sheffield SW, Sunderhaus LW, Dietrich M, Dorman MF. (2018). Speech understanding in noise for adults with cochlear implants: effects of hearing configuration, source location uncertainty, and head movement. J Speech Lang Hear Res, 61(5): 1306-1321. PMID: 29800361
  84. Holder JT, Kessler DM, Noble JH, Gifford RH, Labadie RF. (2018). Prevalence of extracochlear electrodes: CT scans, cochlear implant maps, and operative reports. Otol Neurotol, 39(5):e325-e331. PMID: 29738386
  85. Butera IM, Stevenson RA, Mangus BD, Woynaroski TG, Gifford RH, Wallace MT. (2018). Audiovisual Temporal Processing in Postlingually Deafened Adults with Cochlear Implants. Sci Rep, 8(1): 11345. PMID: 30054512.
  86. Gifford RH, Dorman MF. (2019). Bimodal hearing or bilateral cochlear implants: ask the patient. Ear Hear, 40(3):501-516. PMID: 30285977
  87. Holder JT, Levin LM, Gifford RH. (2018). Speech recognition in noise for adults with normal hearing: age-normative performance for AzBio, BKB-SIN, and QuickSIN. Otol Neurotol. 39(10):e972-e978. PMID: 30247429
  88. Gifford RH, Noble JH, Camarata SM, Sunderhaus LW, Dwyer RD, Dawant BM, Dietrich MS, Labadie RF. (2018). The relationship between spectral modulation detection and speech recognition: adult versus pediatric cochlear implant recipients. Trends Hear, 22: 1-14. PMID: 29716437
  89. Uhler KM, Gifford RH, Forster JE, Anderson M, Tierney E, Claycomb SD, Werner LA. (2018). Refining Stimulus Parameters in Assessing Infant Speech Perception Using Visual Reinforcement Infant Speech Discrimination in Infants with and without Hearing Loss: Presentation Level. J Am Acad Audiol. 2018 Oct;29(9):847-854. PMID: 30278869
  90. Dwyer RT, Kessler DM, Butera IM, Gifford RH.(2019). Contralateral Routing of Signal (CROS) Yields Significant Speech in Noise Benefit for Unilateral Cochlear Implant Recipients. J Am Acad Audiol. 30(3): 235-242. PMID: 30461413
  91. Reynolds SM, Gifford RH. (2019). Effect of Signal Processing Strategy and Stimulation Type on Speech and Auditory Perception in Adult Cochlear Implant Users. Intl J Audiol. 58(6): 363-372. PMID: 3098747
  92. Chakravorti S, Noble JH, Gifford RH, Dawant BM, O’Connell BO, Wang J, Labadie RF. (2019). Further evidence of the relationship between cochlear implant electrode positioning and hearing outcomes. Otol Neurotol. 40(5):617-624. PMID: 30889115
  93. Landsberger DM, Dwyer RT, Stupak N, Gifford RH. (2019). Validating a quick spectral modulation detection test. Ear Hear. 40(6):1478-1480. PMID: 31033635
  94. Berg KA, Noble JH, Dawant BM, Dwyer RT, Labadie RF, Gifford RH. (2019). Speech recognition as a function of the number of channels in perimodiolar electrode recipients. J Acoust Soc Am, 145(3): 1556-1564. doi: 10.1121/1.5092350 PMID: 31067952.
  95. van Ginkel C, Gifford RH, Stecker GC. (2019). Binaural interference with simulated electric acoustic stimulation (EAS). J Acoust Soc Am. 145(4): 2445–2452. PMID: 31046315
  96. D’Onofrio KL, Gifford RH, Ricketts TA. (2019). Musician and nonmusician hearing aid setting preferences for music and speech stimuli. Am J Audiol, 14: 1-15. PMID: 31091118
  97. Yoon YS, Riley B, Patel H, Frost A, Fillmore P, Gifford RH, Hansen J. (2019). Enhancement of consonant recognition in bimodal and normal-hearing listeners. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol, 128(6 Suppl): 139S-145S. PMID: 31092038
  98. Nassiri AM, Yawn RJ, Gifford RH, Haynes DS, Roberts JB, Gilbane MS, Murfree J, Bennett ML. (2019). Intraoperative evoked compound action potential (ECAP) measurements in traditional and hearing preservation cochlear implantation. J Am Acad Audiol, 30(10): 918-926. doi: 10.3766/jaaa.180 PMID: 31274070
  99. Dwyer RT, Gifford RH, Bess FH, Dorman MF, Spahr AJ, Hornsby BWY. (2019). Diurnal cortisol levels and subjective ratings of effort and fatigue in adult cochlear implant users: A pilot study. Am J Audiol, 20:1-11. doi: 10.1044/2019_AJA-19-0009 PMID: 31430174
  100. Holder JT, Yawn RJ, Nassiri AM, Dwyer RT, Rivas A, Labadie RF, Gifford RH. (2019). Matched cohort comparison indicates superiority of precurved electrode arrays. Otol Neurotol. 40(9):1160-1166. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000002366. PMID: 31469799
  101. Berg K, Noble JH, Dawant BM, Dwyer RT, Labadie RF, Richards VM, Gifford RH. (2019). Musical sound quality as a function of the number of channels in modern implant recipients. Frontiers Neurosci, 2019 Sept 24, 13:999. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2019.00999 PMID: 31607846.
  102. Nassiri AM, Yawn RJ, Gifford RH, Holder JT, Stimson CJ, Eavey RD, Haynes DS. (2020). Same-day patient consultation and cochlear implantation: innovations in patient-centered health care delivery. Otol Neurotol. 41(2):e223-e226. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000002478. PMID: 31664000
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