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Asymmetric Hearing Loss in Adult Cochlear Implant Recipients: Results and Recommendations From a Multisite Prospective Clinical Trial by Firszt, Jill B., Holden, Laura K., Dwyer, Noël Y., Reeder, Ruth M., Strube, Michael J.

“…A multisite clinical trial was conducted to obtain cochlear implant (CI) efficacy data in adults with asymmetric hearing loss (AHL) and establish an…”
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Cortical Regions Activated by Spectrally Degraded Speech in Adults With Single Sided Deafness or Bilateral Normal Hearing by Burton, Harold, Reeder, Ruth M, Holden, Tim, Agato, Alvin, Firszt, Jill B

“…Those with profound sensorineural hearing loss from single sided deafness (SSD) generally experience greater cognitive effort and fatigue in adverse sound…”
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Unilateral Hearing Loss: Understanding Speech Recognition and Localization Variability—Implications for Cochlear Implant Candidacy by Firszt, Jill B., Reeder, Ruth M., Holden, Laura K.

“…OBJECTIVES:At a minimum, unilateral hearing loss (UHL) impairs sound localization ability and understanding speech in noisy environments, particularly if the…”
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Changes in auditory perceptions and cortex resulting from hearing recovery after extended congenital unilateral hearing loss by Firszt, Jill B, Reeder, Ruth M, Holden, Timothy A, Burton, Harold, Chole, Richard A

“…Monaural hearing induces auditory system reorganization. Imbalanced input also degrades time-intensity cues for sound localization and signal segregation for…”
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Quantification of speech-in-noise and sound localisation abilities in children with unilateral hearing loss and comparison to normal hearing peers by Reeder, Ruth M, Cadieux, Jamie, Firszt, Jill B

“…The study objective was to quantify abilities of children with unilateral hearing loss (UHL) on measures that address known deficits for this population, i.e…”
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Auditory abilities after cochlear implantation in adults with unilateral deafness: a pilot study by Firszt, Jill B, Holden, Laura K, Reeder, Ruth M, Waltzman, Susan B, Arndt, Susan

“…This pilot study examined speech recognition, localization, temporal and spectral discrimination, and subjective reports of cochlear implant (CI) recipients…”
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Factors Affecting Outcomes in Cochlear Implant Recipients Implanted With a Perimodiolar Electrode Array Located in Scala Tympani by Holden, Laura K, Firszt, Jill B, Reeder, Ruth M, Uchanski, Rosalie M, Dwyer, Noël Y, Holden, Timothy A

“…OBJECTIVE:To identify primary biographic and audiologic factors contributing to cochlear implant (CI) performance variability in quiet and noise by controlling…”
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Evaluation of the American English Matrix Test with Cochlear Implant Recipients by Potts, Lisa G., Olivo, Alison M., Reeder, Ruth M., Firszt, Jill B.

“…Currently, the variety of speech recognition tests used to evaluate cochlear implant (CI) recipients makes it difficult to compare results, especially across…”
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Cochlear Implantation in Adults With Asymmetric Hearing Loss by Firszt, Jill B, Holden, Laura K, Reeder, Ruth M, Cowdrey, Lisa, King, Sarah

“…OBJECTIVE:Bilateral severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss is a standard criterion for cochlear implantation. Increasingly, patients are implanted in…”
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Neurophysiology of Cochlear Implant Users I: Effects of Stimulus Current Level and Electrode Site on the Electrical ABR, MLR, and N1-P2 Response by Firszt, Jill B, Chambers, Ron D, Kraus, Nina, Reeder, Ruth M

“…OBJECTIVEAs the need for objective measures with cochlear implant users increases, it is critical to understand how electrical potentials behave when stimulus…”
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Front- and rear-facing horizontal sound localization results in adults with unilateral hearing loss and normal hearing by Nelson, Erin, Reeder, Ruth M., Holden, Laura K., Firszt, Jill B.

“…Binaural hearing allows listeners to take advantage of auditory cues that are necessary for sound localization. Patients with asymmetric or unilateral hearing…”
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Results in Adult Cochlear Implant Recipients With Varied Asymmetric Hearing: A Prospective Longitudinal Study of Speech Recognition, Localization, and Participant Report by Firszt, Jill B., Reeder, Ruth M., Holden, Laura K., Dwyer, Noël Y.

“…OBJECTIVES:Asymmetric hearing with severe to profound hearing loss (SPHL) in one ear and better hearing in the other requires increased listening effort and is…”
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Effects of Unilateral Input and Mode of Hearing in the Better Ear: Self-reported Performance Using the Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale by Dwyer, Noël Y, Firszt, Jill B, Reeder, Ruth M

“…OBJECTIVE:To evaluate effects of hearing mode (normal hearing, cochlear implant, or hearing aid) on everyday communication among adult unilateral listeners…”
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Cochlear implantation in nontraditional candidates: preliminary results in adolescents with asymmetric hearing loss by Cadieux, Jamie H, Firszt, Jill B, Reeder, Ruth M

“…Traditionally, children are cochlear implant (CI) candidates if bilateral severe to profound hearing loss is present and amplification benefit is limited. The…”
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A Longitudinal Study in Children with Sequential Bilateral Cochlear Implants: Time Course for the Second Implanted Ear and Bilateral Performance by Reeder, Ruth M, Firszt, Jill B, Cadieux, Jamie H, Strube, Michael J

“…Purpose: Whether, and if so when, a second-ear cochlear implant should be provided to older, unilaterally implanted children is an ongoing clinical question…”
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A Longitudinal Study in Adults with Sequential Bilateral Cochlear Implants: Time Course for Individual Ear and Bilateral Performance by Reeder, Ruth M, Firszt, Jill B, Holden, Laura K, Strube, Michael J

“…Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the rate of progress in the 2nd implanted ear as it relates to the 1st implanted ear and to bilateral…”
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Localization training results in individuals with unilateral severe to profound hearing loss by Firszt, Jill B., Reeder, Ruth M., Dwyer, Noël Y., Burton, Harold, Holden, Laura K.

“…Adults with unilateral hearing loss often demonstrate decreased sound localization ability and report that situations requiring spatial hearing are especially…”
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Evaluation of a New Algorithm to Optimize Audibility in Cochlear Implant Recipients by Holden, Laura K., Firszt, Jill B., Reeder, Ruth M., Dwyer, Noël Y., Stein, Amy L., Litvak, Leo M.

“…OBJECTIVES:A positive relation between audibility and speech understanding has been established for cochlear implant (CI) recipients. Sound field thresholds of…”
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Speech recognition in cochlear implant recipients: comparison of standard HiRes and HiRes 120 sound processing by Firszt, Jill B, Holden, Laura K, Reeder, Ruth M, Skinner, Margaret W

“…HiRes (HR) 120 is a sound-processing strategy purported to offer an increase in the precision of frequency-to-place mapping through the use of current…”
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Optimization of programming parameters in children with the advanced bionics cochlear implant by Baudhuin, Jacquelyn, Cadieux, Jamie, Firszt, Jill B, Reeder, Ruth M, Maxson, Jerrica L

“…Cochlear implants provide access to soft intensity sounds and therefore improved audibility for children with severe-to-profound hearing loss. Speech processor…”
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