Adults

Jones, G. L., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2011). A cocktail party model of spatial release from masking by both noise and speech interferers. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 130(3), 1463-1474.

Ihlefeld, A., Kan, A., & Litovsky, R.Y. (2014). Across-frequency combination of interaural time difference in bilateral cochlear implant listeners. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. 8, Article 22. doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2014.00022

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.

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.

Litovsky, R. Y., Parkinson, A., Arcaroli, J., Peters, R., Lake, J., Johnstone, P., & Yu, G. (2004). Bilateral cochlear implants in adults and children. Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, 130(5), 648-655.

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

Kan, A., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2015). Binaural hearing with electrical stimulation. Hearing Research, 322, 127-137.

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.

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.

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.

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).

Zhou, X., Sobczak, G., McKay, C. M., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2020). Comparing fNIRS signal qualities between approaches with and without short channels. Plos one, 15(12), e0244186.

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.

Baumer, N. T., Becker, M. L., Capone, G. T., Egan, K., Fortea, J., Handen, B. L., Head, E., Hendrix, J. E., Litovsky, R. Y., Strydom, A., Tapia, I. E. & Rafii, M. S. (2022). Conducting clinical trials in persons with Down syndrome: summary from the NIH INCLUDE Down syndrome clinical trials readiness working group. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 14:22.

McKay, C., Shah, A., Seghouane, A., Zhou, X., Cross, W., & Litovsky, R. (2016). Connectivity in Language Areas of the Brain in Cochlear Implant Users as Revealed by fNIRS. In Physiology, Psychoacoustics and Cognition in Normal and Impaired Hearing. Springer International Publishing.

Zhou X, Seghouane AK, Shah A, Innes-Brown H, Cross W, Litovsky R, McKay CM. Trends Hear. 2018 Jan-Dec;22:2331216518786850. doi: 10.1177/2331216518786850.

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.

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.

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.

Kan, A., Goupell, M., & Litovsky, R. (2019). Effect of channel separation and interaural mismatch on fusion and lateralization in normal-hearing and cochlear implant listeners. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 146 (2).

Johnstone, P.M., & Litovsky, R.Y. (2006). Effect of masker type on speech intelligibility and spatial release from masking in children and adults. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 120(4):2177-89.

Kan, A., Stoelb, C., Litovsky, R. Y., & Goupell, M. J. (2013). Effect of mismatched place-of-stimulation on binaural fusion and lateralization in bilateral cochlear-implant users. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 134(4), 2923-2936.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Brown, A. D., Jones, H. G., Kan, A. H., Thakkar, T., Stecker, G. C., Goupell, M. J., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2015). Evidence for a neural source of the precedence effect in sound localization. Journal of Neurophysiology, 114(5), 2991-3001.

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

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.

van Hoesel, R. J., Jones, G. L., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2009). Interaural time-delay sensitivity in bilateral cochlear implant users: effects of pulse rate, modulation rate, and place of stimulation. Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 10(4), 557.

Gartrell, B.C., Jones, H.G., Kan, A., Buhr-Lawler, M., Gubbels, S.P., Litovsky, R.Y. (2014). Investigating long-term effects of cochlear implantation in single-sided deafness: a best practice model for longitudinal assessment of spatial hearing abilities and tinnitus handicap. Otology & Neurotology 35(9), 1525-1532.

Kristensen, K., Lorenz, K.M., Zhou, X., Piro-Gambetti, B., Hartley, S.L., Godar, S.P., Diel, S., Neubauer, E., & Litovsky, R.Y. (2021). Language and executive functioning in young adults with Down syndrome. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research.

Stephen R. Dennison, Tanvi Thakkar, Alan Kan, Ruth Y. Litovsky (2023). Lateralization of binaural envelope cues measured with a mobile cochlear-implant research processor. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 153 (6): 3543–3558. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0019879

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

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

Ihlefeld, A., Carlyon, R. P., Kan, A., Churchill, T. H., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2015). Limitations on Monaural and Binaural Temporal Processing in Bilateral Cochlear Implant Listeners. Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1-12.

Goupell, M. J., Kan, A., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2013). Mapping procedures can produce non-centered auditory images in bilateral cochlear implantees. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 133(2), EL101-EL107.

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.

Sean R. Anderson, Alan Kan, & Ruth Y. Litovsky (2019).
Talk presented at the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Baltimore, MD.

Hossain, S., Montazeri, V., Assmann, P. F., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2015). Precedence based speech segregation in bilateral cochlear implant users. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 138(6), EL545.

Miller, S. D., Litovsky, R. Y., & Kluender, K. R. (2009). Predicting echo thresholds from speech onset characteristics. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 125(4), EL134-EL140.

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.

Goupell, M. J., Draves, G. T., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2020). Recognition of vocoded words and sentences in quiet and multi-talker babble with children and adults. PloS one, 15(12), e0244632.

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.

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.

Fields, T. N., Mueller, K. D., Koscik, R. L., Johnson, S. C., Okonkwo, O. C., & Litovsky, R. Y. Self-Reported Hearing Loss and Longitudinal Cognitive Function in a Cohort Enriched with Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, (Preprint), 1-9.

Goupell, M. J., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2015). Sensitivity to interaural envelope correlation changes in bilateral cochlear-implant users. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 137(1), 335-349.

Warnecke, M., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2021). Signal envelope and speech intelligibility differentially impact auditory motion perception. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1-10.

Litovsky, R., Parkinson, A., Arcaroli, J., & Sammeth, C. (2006). Simultaneous bilateral cochlear implantation in adults: a multicenter clinical study. Ear and hearing, 27(6), 714.

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.

Baumer, N. T., Becker, M. L., Capone, G. T., Egan, K., Fortea, J., Handen, B. L., Head, E., Hendrix, J. E., Litovsky, R. Y., Strydom, A., Tapia, I. E. & Rafii, M. S. (2022). Conducting clinical trials in persons with Down syndrome: summary from the NIH INCLUDE Down syndrome clinical trials readiness working group. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 14:22.

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

Litovsky, R. Y., Parkinson, A., & Arcaroli, J. (2009). Spatial hearing and speech intelligibility in bilateral cochlear implant users. Ear and Hearing, 30(4), 419.

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.

Zheng, Y., Stoelb, C., Escabí, M., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2017). Spectro-temporal cues enhance modulation sensitivity in cochlear implant users. Hearing Research.

Hawley, M. L., Litovsky, R. Y., & Colburn, H. S. (1999). Speech intelligibility and localization in a multi-source environment. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 105(6), 3436-3448.

Churchill, T. H., Kan, A., Goupell, M. J., Ihlefeld, A., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2014). Speech perception in noise with a harmonic complex excited vocoder. Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 15(2), 265-278.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Winn, Matthew B., Kan, Alan, and Litovsky, Ruth Y. (2019). Temporal dynamics and uncertainty in binaural hearing revealed by anticipatory eye movements. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.

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.

Goupell, M. J., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2014). The effect of interaural fluctuation rate on correlation change discrimination. Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 15(1), 115-129.

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

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.

Winn, M.B., Edwards, J.R., Litovsky, R.Y. (2015). The impact of auditory spectral resolution on listening effort revealed by pupil dilation. Ear and Hearing.

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.

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.

Todd, A. E., Goupell, M. J., & Litovsky, R. Y. (2017). The Relationship Between Intensity Coding and Binaural Sensitivity in Adults With Cochlear Implants. Ear and hearing, 38(2), e128-e141

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).

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.

Litovsky, R. Y., & Clifton, R. K. (1992). Use of sound‐pressure level in auditory distance discrimination by 6‐month‐old infants and adults. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 92(2), 794-802.

Winn, M., Litovsky, R. (2015) Using speech sounds to test functional spectral resolution in listeners with cochlear implants. J. Acoust Soc Am, 137, 1430-1442