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The Effect of Noise on the Relationship between Auditory Working Memory and Comprehension in School-Age Children by Sullivan, Jessica R, Osman, Homira, Schafer, Erin C

“…Purpose: The objectives of the current study were to examine the effect of noise (-5 dB SNR) on auditory comprehension and to examine its relationship with…”
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Assistive Technology Evaluations: Remote-Microphone Technology for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder by Schafer, Erin C., Ph.D, Wright, Suzanne, B.A, Anderson, Christine, B.S, Dyson, Jessalyn, B.A, Pitts, Katie, B.S, Bryant, Danielle, B.A, Watson, Melissa, B.S, Box, Jerrica, B.S, Neve, Melissa, B.S, Mathews, Lauren, M.A, Reed, Mary Pat, M.S

“…Highlights • RM system provided significantly improved speech recognition in noise, acceptable noise levels, and listening comprehension for most children with…”
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Educational Challenges during the Pandemic for Students Who Have Hearing Loss by Schafer, Erin C, Dunn, Andrea, Lavi, Alexandra

“…Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic introduced new educational challenges for students, teachers, and caregivers due to the changed and varied learning…”
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A Novel Performance‐Based Paradigm of Care for Cochlear Implant Follow‐Up by Grisel, Jedidiah, Miller, Sharon, Schafer, Erin C.

“…Objectives Utilize a multi‐institutional outcomes database to determine expected performance for adult cochlear implant (CI) users. Estimate the percentage of…”
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Speech-in-Noise and Dichotic Auditory Training Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder by Mathews, Lauren, Schafer, Erin C, Gopal, Kamakshi V, Lam, Boji, Miller, Sharon

“…Individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often exhibit auditory processing issues, including poor speech recognition in background noise and…”
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Remote Microphone Technology for Children with Hearing Loss or Auditory Processing Issues by Schafer, Erin C, Kirby, Benjamin, Miller, Sharon

“…School classrooms are noisy and reverberant environments, and the poor acoustics can be a barrier to successful learning in children, particularly those with…”
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Factors Associated with Speech-Recognition Performance in School-Aged Children with Cochlear Implants and Early Auditory-Verbal Intervention by Wolfe, Jace, Deroche, Mickael, Neumann, Sara, Hanna, Lindsay, Towler, Will, Wilson, Caleb, Bien, Alexander G, Miller, Sharon, Schafer, Erin C, Gracco, Vincent

“…Considerable variability exists in the speech recognition abilities achieved by children with cochlear implants (CIs) due to varying demographic and…”
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List equivalency of the AzBio sentence test in noise for listeners with normal-hearing sensitivity or cochlear implants by Schafer, Erin C, Pogue, Jody, Milrany, Tyler

“…Speech recognition abilities of adults and children using cochlear implants (CIs) are significantly degraded in the presence of background noise, making this…”
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Speech Recognition in Noise in Adults and Children Who Speak English or Chinese as Their First Language by Schafer, Erin C, Aoyama, Katsura, Ho, Tiffany, Castillo, Priscilla, Conlin, Jennifer, Jones, Jessalyn, Thompson, Skyler

“…Speech recognition of individuals who are listening to a nonnative language is significantly degraded in the presence of background noise and may be influenced…”
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Voice gender and the segregation of competing talkers: Perceptual learning in cochlear implant simulations by Sullivan, Jessica R, Assmann, Peter F, Hossain, Shaikat, Schafer, Erin C

“…Two experiments explored the role of differences in voice gender in the recognition of speech masked by a competing talker in cochlear implant simulations…”
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Optimizing Communication in Schools and Other Settings During COVID-19 by Wolfe, Jace, Smith, Joanna, Neumann, Sara, Miller, Sharon, Schafer, Erin C, Birath, Amy Lynn, Childress, Tina, McNally, Catharine, McNiece, Caleb, Madell, Jane, Spangler, Carrie, Caraway, Teresa H, Jones, Christine

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Developmental Effects and Spatial Hearing in Young Children With Normal-Hearing Sensitivity by Schafer, Erin C, Beeler, Stephanie, Ramos, Hope, Morais, Mila, Monzingo, Jamie, Algier, Katherine

“…OBJECTIVES:Previous research suggests that young children have significant difficulty recognizing speech in the presence of background noise as compared with…”
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A meta-analysis to compare speech recognition in noise with bilateral cochlear implants and bimodal stimulation by Schafer, Erin C., Amlani, Amyn M., Paiva, Daniele, Nozari, Ladan, Verret, Sybil

“…Abstract Objective: This investigation quantified the relative benefits of binaural CI arrangements (i.e., bilateral, bimodal) for three binaural phenomena…”
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Personal FM systems for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and/or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): An initial investigation by Schafer, Erin C, Mathews, Lauren, Mehta, Smita, Hill, Margaret, Munoz, Ashley, Bishop, Rachel, Moloney, Molly

“…Highlights ► Compared to peers, subjects had poorer average speech recognition in noise. ► When FM used, average speech recognition in noise of subjects was…”
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Benefit of a commercially available cochlear implant processor with dual-microphone beamforming: a multi-center study by Wolfe, Jace, Parkinson, Aaron, Schafer, Erin C, Gilden, Jan, Rehwinkel, Kathy, Mansanares, Jennifer, Coughlan, Elizabeth, Wright, Jennifer, Torres, Jennifer, Gannaway, Stephanie

“…Previous research shows that cochlear implant users experience significant difficulty with speech perception in noisy listening situations. There is a paucity…”
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Preliminary evaluation of a novel non-linear frequency compression scheme for use in children by Wolfe, Jace, Duke, Mila, Schafer, Erin C., Rehmann, Julia, Jha, Siddhartha, Allegro Baumann, Silvia, John, Andrew, Jones, Christine

“…Objective: The primary goal of this study was to evaluate a new form of non-linear frequency compression (NLFC) in children. The new NLFC processing scheme is…”
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The effect of front-end processing on cochlear implant performance of children by Wolfe, Jace, Schafer, Erin C, John, Andrew, Hudson, Mary

“…Previous research shows that children using cochlear implants experience significant difficulty with speech perception in noisy listening situations. There are…”
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Evaluation of speech recognition in noise with cochlear implants and dynamic FM by Wolfe, Jace, Schafer, Erin C, Heldner, Benjamin, Mülder, Hans, Ward, Emily, Vincent, Brandon

“…Use of personal frequency-modulated (FM) systems significantly improves speech recognition in noise for users of cochlear implants (CIs). Previous studies have…”
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Creating a framework for data sharing in cochlear implant research by Schafer, Erin C., Grisel, Jedidiah J., de Jong, Andrew, Ravelo, Kimberly, Lam, Anne, Burke, Meredith, Griffin, Terry, Winter, Margaret, Schrader, Debra

“…Objectives: To summarize the development process of a national database that was designed to facilitate communication and collaboration, improve care, and…”
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A proposed electroacoustic test protocol for personal FM receivers coupled to cochlear implant sound processors by Schafer, Erin C, Musgrave, Elizabeth, Momin, Sadaf, Sandrock, Carl, Romine, Denise

“…Current fitting guidelines from the American Academy of Audiology (Academy) support the use of objective electroacoustic measures and behavioral testing when…”
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