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2004
Cochlear implant plus hearing aid: measuring bilateral benefit in children Godar, S. P., Litovsky, R. Y., Johnstone, P. M., & Agrawal, S. S. (2004, November). Cochlear implant plus hearing aid: measuring binaural benefit in children. In International Congress Series (Vol. 1273, pp. 219-222). Elsevier.
Localization dominance in the median-sagittal plane: effect of stimulus duration Dizon, R. M., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2004). Localization dominance in the median-sagittal plane: effect of stimulus duration. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 115(6), 3142-3155.
The benefit of binaural hearing in a cocktail party: Effect of location and type of interferer Hawley, M. L., Litovsky, R. Y., & Culling, J. F. (2004). The benefit of binaural hearing in a cocktail party: Effect of location and type of interferer. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 115(2), 833-843.
The role of head-induced interaural time and level differences in the speech reception threshold for multiple interfering sound sources Culling, J. F., Hawley, M. L., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2004). The role of head-induced interaural time and level differences in the speech reception threshold for multiple interfering sound sources. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 116(2), 1057-1065.
2006
Benefits of bilateral cochlear implants and/or hearing aids in children Litovsky, R. Y., Johnstone, P. M., & Godar, S. P. (2006). Benefits of bilateral cochlear implants and/or hearing aids in children. International Journal of Audiology, 45(Supplement 1), S78-S91.
Bilateral cochlear implants in children: localization acuity measured with minimum audible angle Litovsky, R.Y., Johnstone, P.M., Godar, S., Agrawal, S., Parkinson, A., Peters, R., & Lake, J. (2006). Bilateral cochlear implants in children: localization acuity measured with minimum audible angle. Ear and Hearing. 27(1):43-59.
Binaural unmasking with bilateral cochlear implants Long, C. J., Carlyon, R. P., Litovsky, R. Y., & Downs, D. H. (2006). Binaural unmasking with bilateral cochlear implants. Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 7(4), 352.
2008
Effects of uncertainty in a cocktail party environment in adults Jones, G. L., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2008). Effects of uncertainty in a cocktail party environment in adults. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 124, 3818-3830.
Using the observer-based psychophysical procedure to assess localization acuity in toddlers who use bilateral cochlear implants Grieco-Calub, T. M., Litovsky, R. Y., & Werner, L. A. (2008). Using the observer-based psychophysical procedure to assess localization acuity in toddlers who use bilateral cochlear implants. Otology & Neurotology, 29(2), 235-239.
2009
Recognition and localization of speech by adult cochlear implant recipients wearing a digital hearing aid in the nonimplanted ear (bimodal hearing) Potts, L. G., Skinner, M. W., Litovsky, R. A., Strube, M. J., & Kuk, F. (2009). Recognition and localization of speech by adult cochlear implant recipients wearing a digital hearing aid in the nonimplanted ear (bimodal hearing). Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 20(6), 353-373.
Role of binaural hearing in speech intelligibility and spatial release from masking using vocoded speech Garadat, S. N., Litovsky, R. Y., Yu, G., & Zeng, F. G. (2009). Role of binaural hearing in speech intelligibility and spatial release from masking using vocoded speech. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 126(5), 2522-2535.
Spatial hearing and speech intelligibility in bilateral cochlear implant users Litovsky, R. Y., Parkinson, A., & Arcaroli, J. (2009). Spatial hearing and speech intelligibility in bilateral cochlear implant users. Ear and Hearing, 30(4), 419.
Speech recognition by bilateral cochlear implant users in a cocktail-party setting Loizou, P. C., Hu, Y., Litovsky, R., Yu, G., Peters, R., Lake, J., & Roland, P. (2009). Speech recognition by bilateral cochlear implant users in a cocktail-party setting. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 125(1), 372-383.
2010
Binaural masking level differences in actual and simulated bilateral cochlear implant listeners Lu, T., Litovsky, R., & Zeng, F. G. (2010). Binaural masking level differences in actual and simulated bilateral cochlear implant listeners. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 127(3), 1479-1490.
Difference in precedence effect between children and adults signifies development of sound localization abilities in complex listening tasks Litovsky, R. Y., & Godar, S. P. (2010). Difference in precedence effect between children and adults signifies development of sound localization abilities in complex listening tasks. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 128(4), 1979-1991.
Effect of age at onset of deafness on binaural sensitivity in electric hearing in humans Litovsky, R. Y., Jones, G. L., Agrawal, S., & van Hoesel, R. (2010). Effect of age at onset of deafness on binaural sensitivity in electric hearing in humans. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 127(1), 400-414.
Effects of simulated spectral holes on speech intelligibility and spatial release from masking under binaural and monaural listening Garadat, S. N., Litovsky, R. Y., Yu, G., & Zeng, F. G. (2010). Effects of simulated spectral holes on speech intelligibility and spatial release from masking under binaural and monaural listening. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 127(2), 977-989.
Experience with bilateral cochlear implants improves sound localization acuity in children Godar, S. M., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2010). Experience with bilateral cochlear implants improves sound localization acuity in children. Otology & Neurotology, 31(8), 1287.
Sound localization skills in children who use bilateral cochlear implants and in children with normal acoustic hearing Grieco-Calub, T. M., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2010). Sound localization skills in children who use bilateral cochlear implants and in children with normal acoustic hearing. Ear and hearing, 31(5), 645.
2011
Binaural unmasking with multiple adjacent masking electrodes in bilateral cochlear implant users Lu, T., Litovsky, R., & Zeng, F. G. (2011). Binaural unmasking with multiple adjacent masking electrodes in bilateral cochlear implant users. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 129(6), 3934-3945. Review of recent work on spatial hearing skills in children with bilateral cochlear implants Litovsky, R. Y. (2011). Review of recent work on spatial hearing skills in children with bilateral cochlear implants. Cochlear Implants International, 12(1), S30-S34.
Statistical bias in the assessment of binaural benefit relative to the better ear van Hoesel, R. J., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2011). Statistical bias in the assessment of binaural benefit relative to the better ear. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 130(6), 4082-4088.
2012
Interaural level differences do not suffice for restoring spatial release from masking in simulated cochlear implant listening Ihlefeld, A., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2012). Interaural level differences do not suffice for restoring spatial release from masking in simulated cochlear implant listening. PLoS One, 7(9), e45296. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0045296.
Spatial release from masking in children with normal hearing and with bilateral cochlear implants: Effect of interferer asymmetry Misurelli, S. M., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2012). Spatial release from masking in children with normal hearing and with bilateral cochlear implants: Effect of interferer asymmetry. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 132(1), 380-391.
Studies on bilateral cochlear implants at the University of Wisconsin’s Binaural Hearing and Speech Laboratory Litovsky, R.Y., Goupell, M.J., Godar, S., Grieco-Calub, T., Jones, G.L., Garadat, S.N., Agrawal, S., Kan, A., Todd, A., Hess, C., & Misurelli, S. (2012). Studies on bilateral cochlear implants at the University of Wisconsin’s Binaural Hearing and Speech Laboratory. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 23(6), 476-494.
2013
Effect of mismatched place-of-stimulation on the salience of binaural cues in conditions that simulate bilateral cochlear-implant listening Goupell, M. J., Stoelb, C., Kan, A., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2013). Effect of mismatched place-of-stimulation on the salience of binaural cues in conditions that simulate bilateral cochlear-implant listening. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 133(4), 2272-2287.
Reaching for sound measures: An ecologically valid estimate of spatial hearing in 2- to 3-year-old children with bilateral cochlear implants Litovsky, R. Y., Ehlers, E., Hess, C., & Harris, S. (2013). Reaching for Sound Measures: An Ecologically Valid Estimate of Spatial Hearing in 2-3 year old Children with Bilateral Cochlear Implants. Otology & Neurotology. 34(3), 429-435.
2014
Comparing sound localization deficits in bilateral cochlear-implant users and vocoder simulations with normal-hearing listeners Jones, H., Kan, A., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2014). Comparing sound localization deficits in bilateral cochlear-implant users and vocoder simulations with normal-hearing listeners. Trends in hearing, 18. doi: 10.1177/2331216514554574.
Spatial hearing benefits demonstrated with presentation of acoustic temporal fine structure cues in bilateral cochlear implant listeners Churchill, T.H., Kan, A., Goupell, M.J., Litovsky, R.Y. (2014). Spatial hearing benefits demonstrated with presentation of acoustic temporal fine structure cues in bilateral cochlear implant listeners. J. Acoust Soc Am. Sep; 136(3):1246.
Transitioning from bimodal to bilateral cochlear implant listening: speech recognition and localization in four individuals Potts, L. G., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2014). Transitioning from bimodal to bilateral cochlear implant listening: Speech recognition and localization in four individuals. American Journal of Audiology, 23(1), 79-92. doi: 10.1044/1059-0889(2013/11-0031).
2015
Bilateral Loudness Balancing and Distorted Spatial Perception in Recipients of Bilateral Cochlear Implants Fitzgerald, M. B., Kan, A., & Goupell, M. J. (2015). Bilateral Loudness Balancing and Distorted Spatial Perception in Recipients of Bilateral Cochlear Implants. Ear Hear, 36(5), e225-e236. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000174.
Binaural hearing with electrical stimulation Kan, A., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2015). Binaural hearing with electrical stimulation. Hearing Research, 322, 127-137.
Development of Sound Localization Strategies in Children with Bilateral Cochlear Implants Zheng, Y., Godar, S. P., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2015). Development of Sound Localization Strategies in Children with Bilateral Cochlear Implants. PloS one,10(8), e0135790.
Effect of multi-electrode configuration on sensitivity to interaural timing differences in bilateral cochlear-implant users Kan, A., Jones, H. G., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2015). Effect of multi-electrode configuration on sensitivity to interaural timing differences in bilateral cochlear-implant users. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America,138(6), 3826-3833.
Effects of interaural pitch matching and auditory image centering on binaural sensitivity in cochlear implant users Kan, A., Litovsky, R.Y., Goupell, M.J. (2015). Effects of interaural pitch matching and auditory image centering on binaural sensitivity in cochlear implant users. Ear and Hearing, 36(3), e62-e68. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000135.
Spatial release from masking in children with bilateral cochlear implants and with normal hearing: Effect of target-interferer similarity Misurelli, S., Litovsky, R. (2015) Spatial release from masking in children with bilateral cochlear implants and with normal hearing: Effect of target-interferer similarity. J. Acoust Soc Am, 138(1), 319-331.
2016
Bilateral cochlear implants in children: Effects of auditory experience and deprivation on auditory perception Litovsky, R.Y., & Gordon, K. (2016). Bilateral cochlear implants in children: Effects of auditory experience and deprivation on auditory perception. Hearing Research, 338, 76-87. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2016.01.003
Binaural release from masking with single-and multi-electrode stimulation in children with cochlear implants Todd, A. E., Goupell, M. J., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2016). Binaural release from masking with single-and multi-electrode stimulation in children with cochlear implants. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 140(1), 59-73.
Does bilateral experience lead to improved spatial unmasking of speech in children who use bilateral cochlear implants? Litovsky, R. Y., & Misurelli, S. M. (2016). Does bilateral experience lead to improved spatial unmasking of speech in children who use bilateral cochlear implants? Otology & Neurotology, 37(2), e35-e42. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000000905.
Lateralization of interaural timing differences with multi-electrode stimulation in bilateral cochlear-implant users Kan, A., Jones, H.G., Litovsky, R.Y. (2016). Lateralization of interaural timing differences with multi-electrode stimulation in bilateral cochlear-implant users. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Express Letters, 140 (5), EL392-EL398. doi:10.1121/1.4967014.
Spatial attention in bilateral cochlear-implant users Goupell, M., Kan, A., Litovsky, R.Y. (2016). Spatial attention in bilateral cochlear-implant users. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 140(3), 1652-1662. doi: 10.1121/1.4962378.
The Effect of Microphone Placement on Interaural Level Differences and Sound Localization Across the Horizontal Plane in Bilateral Cochlear Implant Users Jones, H. G., Kan, A., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2016). The Effect of Microphone Placement on Interaural Level Differences and Sound Localization Across the Horizontal Plane in Bilateral Cochlear Implant Users. Ear and Hearing, 37(5), e341-e345. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000297.
2017
Binaural sensitivity in children who use bilateral cochlear implants Ehlers, E., Goupell, M. J., Zheng, Y., Godar, S. P., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2017). Binaural sensitivity in children who use bilateral cochlear implants. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 141(6), 4264-4277.
2018
A systematic assessment of a cochlear implant processor’s ability to encode interaural time differences Kan, A., Peng, Z., Moua, K., Litovsky, R., (2018) “A systematic assessmentof a cochlear implant processor’s ability to encode interaural time differences”, Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association – Annual Summit and Conference (APSIPA-ASC), Mixed stimulation rates to improve sensitivity of interaural timing differences in bilateral cochlear implant listeners Thakkar, T., Kan, A., Jones, H. G., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2018). Mixed stimulation rates to improve sensitivity of interaural timing differences in bilateral cochlear implant listeners. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 143(3), 1428-1440.
Spatial Release From Masking in 2-Year-Olds With Normal Hearing and With Bilateral Cochlear Implants Hess CL, Misurelli SM, Litovsky RY (2018). Spatial release from masking in 2-year-olds with normal hearing and with bilateral cochlear implants. Trends in Hearing. 22: 1-13.
The Effect of Simulated Interaural Frequency Mismatch on Speech Understanding and Spatial Release From Masking Goupell, M. J., Stoelb, C. A., Kan, A., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2018). The Effect of Simulated Interaural Frequency Mismatch on Speech Understanding and Spatial Release From Masking. Ear and hearing.
2019
Asymmetric temporal envelope encoding: Implications for within- and across-ear envelope comparison Anderson, S. R., Kan, A., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2019). Asymmetric temporal envelope encoding: Implications for within-and across-ear envelope comparison. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 146(2), 1189-1206.
Auditory motion tracking ability of adults with normal hearing and with bilateral cochlear implants Moua, K., Kan, A., Jones, H.G., Misurelli, S.M., Litovsky, R.Y. (2019). Auditory motion tracking ability of adults with normal hearing and with bilateral cochlear implants. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.
Binaural unmasking with temporal envelope and fine structure in listeners with cochlear implants Todd, A., Goupell, M., Litovsky, R.Y. (2019). Binaural Unmasking with temporal envelope and fine structure in listeners with cochlear implants. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 145 (5).
Monaural Temporal Sensitivity and its Implications for Binaural Hearing in Normal-Hearing and Cochlear-Implant Listeners Sean R. Anderson, Alan Kan, & Ruth Y. Litovsky (2019). Talk presented at the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Baltimore, MD. Restoration of spatial hearing in adult cochlear implant users with single-sided deafness Litovsky, R. Y., Moua, K., Godar, S., Kan, A., Misurelli, S. M., & Lee, D. J. (2019). Restoration of spatial hearing in adult cochlear implant users with single-sided deafness. Hearing research.
Sound Localization in Toddlers with Normal Hearing and with Bilateral Cochlear Implants Revealed Through a Novel ‘‘Reaching for Sound’’ Task Bennett, E. E., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2019). Sound Localization in Toddlers with Normal Hearing and with Bilateral Cochlear Implants Revealed Through a Novel’Reaching for Sound’Task. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology.
Temporal dynamics and uncertainty in binaural hearing revealed by anticipatory eye movements Winn, M. B., Kan, A., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2019). Temporal dynamics and uncertainty in binaural hearing revealed by anticipatory eye movements. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 145(2), 676-691.
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders – Binaural Hearing Litovsky, R. (2019). Binaural hearing. In J. Damico & M. Ball (Eds.), The SAGE encyclopedia of human communication sciences and disorders (Vol. 1, pp. 289-289). Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: 10.4135/9781483380810.n92.
Understanding auditory motion perception: the role of temporal fine structure and envelope cues Warnecke, M., Litovsky, R.Y. (2019). Understanding auditory motion perception: the role of temporal fine structure and envelope cues. Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics. Aachen, Germany.
2020
Development of Binaural Sensitivity: Eye Gaze as a Measure of Real-time Processing Peng, Z. E., Kan, A., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2020). Development of Binaural Sensitivity: Eye Gaze as a Measure of Real-time Processing. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 14, 39.
Evaluating the Impact of Age, Acoustic Exposure, and Electrical Stimulation on Binaural Sensitivity in Adult Bilateral Cochlear Implant Patients Thakkar, T., Anderson, S. R., Kan, A., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2020). Evaluating the Impact of Age, Acoustic Exposure, and Electrical Stimulation on Binaural Sensitivity in Adult Bilateral Cochlear Implant Patients. Brain Sciences, 10(6), 406.
The impact of temporal fine structure and signal envelope on auditory motion perception Warnecke, M., Peng, Z. E., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2020). The impact of temporal fine structure and signal envelope on auditory motion perception. Plos one, 15(8), e0238125.
2021
Signal envelope and speech intelligibility differentially impact auditory motion perception Warnecke, M., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2021). Signal envelope and speech intelligibility differentially impact auditory motion perception. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1-10.
Systematic Comparison of Trial Exclusion Criteria for Pupillometry Data Analysis in Individuals With Single-Sided Deafness and Normal Hearing Burg, E. A., Thakkar, T., Fields, T., Misurelli, S. M., Kuchinsky, S. E., Roche, J., Lee, D. J., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2021). Systematic Comparison of Trial Exclusion Criteria for Pupillometry Data Analysis in Individuals With Single-Sided Deafness and Normal Hearing. Trends in Hearing.
The Impact of Synchronized Cochlear Implant Sampling and Stimulation on Free-Field Spatial Hearing Outcomes: Comparing the ciPDA Research Processor to Clinical Processors Dennison, S. R., Jones, H. G., Kan, A., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2021). The Impact of Synchronized Cochlear Implant Sampling and Stimulation on Free-Field Spatial Hearing Outcomes: Comparing the ciPDA Research Processor to Clinical Processors. Ear and Hearing. The Role of Interaural Differences, Head Shadow, and Binaural Redundancy in Binaural Intelligibility Benefits Among School-Aged Children Ellen Peng Z, Litovsky RY (2021). The Role of Interaural Differences, Head Shadow, and Binaural Redundancy in Binaural Intelligibility Benefits Among School-Aged Children. Trends in Hearing.
2022
Effects of degraded speech processing and binaural unmasking investigated using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) Zhou X, Sobczak GS, McKay CM, Litovsky RY (2022) Effects of degraded speech processing and binaural unmasking investigated using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). PLoS ONE 17(4): e0267588. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267588
Novel Approaches to Measure Spatial Release From Masking in Children With Bilateral Cochlear Implants Peng, Z. E., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2022). Novel Approaches to Measure Spatial Release From Masking in Children With Bilateral Cochlear Implants. Ear and hearing, 43(1), 101–114. https://doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000001080.
Sound source localization patterns and bilateral cochlear implants: Age at onset of deafness effects Anderson, S. R., Jocewicz, R., Kan, A., Zhu, J., Tzeng, S., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2022). Sound source localization patterns and bilateral cochlear implants: Age at onset of deafness effects. PloS one, 17(2), e0263516.
2023
Hearing Preservation and Spatial Hearing Outcomes After Cochlear Implantation in Children With TMPRSS3 Mutations Peng, Z. E., Garcia, A., Godar, S. P., Holt, J. R., Lee, D. J., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2023). Hearing Preservation and Spatial Hearing Outcomes After Cochlear Implantation in Children With TMPRSS3 Mutations. Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology, 44(1), 21–25. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAO.0000000000003747
Interaural asymmetry of dynamic range: Abnormal fusion, bilateral interference, and shifts in attention Anderson, S. R., Gallun, F. J., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2023). Interaural asymmetry of dynamic range: Abnormal fusion, bilateral interference, and shifts in attention. Frontiers in neuroscience, 16, 1018190. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.1018190
Lateralization of interaural time differences with mixed rates of stimulation in bilateral cochlear implant listeners Thakkar, T., Kan, A., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2023). Lateralization of interaural time differences with mixed rates of stimulation in bilateral cochlear implant listeners. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 153(3), 1912. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0017603