All BHSL Publications are listed below in reverse chronological order. Please click the links to the left to view publications organized by subject area.
2011
Jones, G.L. and Litovsky, R.Y. (2011). A cocktail party model of spatial release from masking by both noise and speech interferers. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 130(3): 1463-1474. PDF Link
Litovsky, R.Y. (2011). Review of recent work on spatial-hearing skills in children with bilateral cochlear implants. Cochlear Implants Int. PDF Link
Lu, T., Litovsky, R., and Zeng, F.G. (2011). Binaural unmasking with multiple adjacent masking electrodes in bilateral cochlear implant users. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 129(6): 3934-3945. PDF Link
Runge, C.L., Jensen, J., Friedland, D.R., Litovsky, R.Y., and Tarima, S. (2011). Aiding and occluding the contralateral ear in implanted children with auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder. J. Am. Acad. Audiol. 22: 1-11. PDF Link
Todd, A.E., Edwards, J.R., and Litovsky, R.Y. (2011). Production of contrast between sibilant fricatives by children wtih cochlear implants. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 130(6): 3969-3979. PDF Link
van Hoesel, R.J.M. and Litovsky, R.Y. (2011). Statistical bias in the assessment of binaural benefit relative to the better ear. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 130(6): 4082-4088. PDF Link
2010
Godar, S.P. and Litovsky, R.Y. (2010). Experience with bilateral cochlear implants improves sound. Otology Neurotology. 31(8):1287-92. PDF Link
Garadat, S.N., Litovsky, R.Y., Yu, G. and Zeng, F.G. (2010). Effects of Simulated Spectral Holes on Speech Intelligibility and Spatial Release from Masking under Binaural and Monaural Listening. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 127(2): 977-89. PDF Link
Litovsky, R.Y. and Godar, S.P. (2010). Difference in precedence effect between children and adults signifies development of sound localization abilities in complex listening tasks. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 128(4): 1979-1991. PDF Link
Litovsky, R.Y., Jones, G.L., Agrawal, S. and van Hoesel, R. (2010). Effect of age at onset of deafness on binaural sensitivity in electric hearing in humans. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 127: 400-414. PDF Link
Lu, T., Litovsky, R.Y. and Zeng, F.G. (2010). Binaural masking level differences in actual and simulated bilateral cochlear implant listeners. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 127(3): 1479-90. PDF Link
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2009
Loizou P.C, Hu, Y., Litovsky, R.Y., Yu, G., Peters, R., Lake, J. and Roland, P. (2009). Speech recognition by bilateral cochlear implant users in a cocktail-party setting. J Acoust Soc Am. 125:372-83. PMID: 19173424 PDF Link
Garadat, S.N., Litovsky, R.Y., Yu, G. and Zeng, F.G. (2009). Role of Binaural Hearing in Speech Intelligibility and Spatial Release from Masking Using Vocoded Speech. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 126: 2522-35. PDF Link
Litovsky, R.Y., Parkinson, A. and Arcaroli, J. (2009). Spatial hearing and speech intelligibility in bilateral cochlear implant users. Ear and Hearing. 27(6):714-31. PMID: 17086081 PDF Link
Miller, S., Litovsky, R.Y. and Kluender, K. (2009). Predicting echo thresholds from speech onset characteristics. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., Electronic Letters. 125(4):EL134-40. PMID: 19354351 PDF Link
van Hoesel, R.J.M., Jones, G.L. and Litovsky, R.Y. (2009). Interaural time-delay sensitivity in bilateral cochlear implant users: Effects of pulse-rate, modulation-rate, and place of stimulation. J. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngol. 10(4):557-67. PMID: 19513792 PDF Link
Potts, L., Skinner, M., Litovsky, R.Y., Kuk, F. and Strube, M. (2009). Recognition and Localization of Speech by Adult Cochlear Implant Recipients Wearing a Digital Hearing Aid in the Non-implanted Ear (Bimodal Hearing). Int. J. Audiology. 20:353-373. PMID: 19594084 PDF Link
Grieco-Calub, T., Saffran, J. and Litovsky, R.Y. (2009). Spoken word recognition in toddlers who use cochlear implants. J. Sp. Lang. Hear. Res. 52: 1390-1400. PDF Link
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2008
Grieco-Calub, T., Litovsky, R.Y. and Werner, L.A. (2008). Using the observer-based psychophysical procedure to assess localization acuity in toddlers who use bilateral cochlear implants. Invited paper in special issue of Otology and Neurology. 29(2):235-239. PMID: 18180690 PDF Link
Balkany, T., Hodges, A., Telischi, F., Hoffman, R., Madell, J., Parisier, S., Gantz, B., Tyler, R., Peters, R. and Litovsky, R. (2008). William House Cochlear Implant Study Group: position statement on bilateral cochlear implantation. Otol Neurotol. 29:107-8. PMID: 18223440 PDF Link
Jones, G.L. and Litovsky, R.Y. (2008). Effects of uncertainty in a cocktail party environment in adults. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 124: 3818-3830. PMID: 19206808 PDF Link
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2007
Garadat, S. and Litovsky, R.Y. (2007). Speech Intelligibility in Free Field: Spatial Unmasking in Preschool Children. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 121: 1047-1055. PDF Link
Peters, R., Litovsky, R.Y., Parkinson, A. and Lake, J. (2007). Importance of Age and Post-Implantation Experience on Performance in Children with Sequential Bilateral Cochlear Implants. Otol. Neurotol. 28(5):649-57. PDF Link
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2006
Litovsky, R.Y., Johnstone, P.M., Godar, S., Agrawal, S., Parkinson, A., Peters, R. and Lake, J. (2006). Bilateral cochlear implants in children: localization acuity measured with minimum audible angle. Ear and Hearing. 27(1):43-59. PDF Link
Litovsky, R.Y., Johnstone, P. and Godar, S. (2006). Benefits of bilateral cochlear implants and/or hearing aids in children. Int. J. Audiology. Jul;45 Suppl:78-91. PDF Link
Long, C.J., Carlyon, R.P., Litovsky, R.Y. and Downs, D.H. (2006). Binaural Unmasking with Bilateral Cochlear Implants. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 7(4):352-60. Epub 2006 Aug 29. PDF Link
Litovsky, R.Y., Parkinson, A., Arcaroli, J. and Sammath, C. (2006). Clinical Study of Simultaneous Bilateral Cochlear Implantation in Adults: A Multicenter Study. Ear and Hearing. 27(6):714-31. PDF Link
Johnstone, P.M. and Litovsky, R.Y. (2006). Effect of masker type on speech intelligibility and spatial release from masking in children and adults. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 120(4):2177-89. PDF Link
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2002-2005
Culling, J.F., Hawley, M.L. and Litovsky, R.Y. (2004). The role of head-induced interaural time and level differences in the speech reception threshold for multiple interfering sound sources. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 116: 1057-1065. PDF Link
Dizon, R.M. and Litovsky, R.Y. (2004). Localization dominance in the median-sagittal plane: effect of stimulus duration. J Acoust Soc Am. 115(6):3142-55. PDF Link
Godar, S.P., Litovsky, R.Y., Johnstone, P.M., Agrawal, S.S. (2004). Cochlear implant plus hearing aid: measuring bilateral benefit in children. International Congress Series, 1273: 219-222. PDF Link
Hawley, M.L., Litovsky, R.Y. and Culling. J.F. (2004). The benefit of binaural hearing in a cocktail party: Effect of location and type of interferer. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 115: 833-843. PDF Link
Litovsky, R.Y. (2005). Speech intelligibility and spatial release from masking in young children. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 117: 3091-9. PDF Link
Litovsky, R.Y. and Delgutte, B. (2002). Neural correlates of the precedence effect in the inferior colliculus: effect of localization cues. J Neurophysiol. 87(2), 976-994. PDF Link
Litovsky, R.Y., Fligor, B. and Tramo, M. (2002). Functional role of the human inferior colliculus in binaural hearing. Hearing Research, 165:177-188. PDF Link
Litovsky, R.Y., Johnstone, P., Parkinson, A., Peters, R., Lake, J. (2004). Bilateral cochlear implants in children. International Congress Series, 1273: 451-454. PDF Link
Litovsky, R.Y., Parkinson, A., Arcaroli, J., Peters, R., Lake, J., Johnstone, P. and Yu, G. (2004). Bilateral cochlear implants in adults and children. Arch. Otology Head and Neck Surgery. 130: 648-655. PDF Link
Stickney, G., F.G., Litovsky, R.Y. and Assman, P. (2004). Cochlear implant speech recognition with speech maskers. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 116: 1081-1091. PDF Link
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1999-2000
Hawley, M.L., Litovsky, R.Y., and Colburn, H.S. (1999). Speech intelligibility and localization in complex environments. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., 105, 3436-3448. PDF Link
Litovsky, R.Y., Colburn, H.S., Yost, W.A., and Guzman, S. (1999). The precedence effect. Review & Tutorial paper, J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., 106, 1633-1654. PDF Link
Litovsky, R.Y., Hawley, M.L., Fligor, B. and Zurek, P.M. (2000). Failure to unlearn the precedence effect. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., 108, 2345-2352. PDF Link
Litovsky, R.Y. and Shinn-Cunningham, B.G. (2001). Investigation of the relationship between three common measures of precedence: fusion, localization dominance and discrimination suppression. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., 109, 346-358. PDF Link
Delgutte B, Joris PX, Litovsky RY, Yin TC. (1999) Receptive fields and binaural interactions for virtual-space stimuli in the cat inferior colliculus. Journal of Neurophysiology 81(6):2833-51. PDF Link
Shinn-Cunningham BG, Schickler J, Kopco N, Litovsky R. (2001). Spatial unmasking of nearby speech sources in a simulated anechoic environment. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., 110(2), 1118-29. PDF Link
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Before 1999
Litovsky, R.Y. and Yin, T.C.T. (1998a). Physiological studies of the precedence effect in the inferior colliculus of the cat: I. Correlates of psychophysics. J. Neurophys. 80, 1302-1316. PDF Link
Litovsky, R.Y. and Yin, T.C.T. (1998b). Physiological studies of the precedence effect in the inferior colliculus of the cat: I. Neural Mechanisms. J. Neurophys. 80, 1285-1301. PDF Link
Litovsky, R.Y. (1998a). Physiological studies of the precedence effect in the inferior colliculus of the kitten. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., vol. 104, selected research article, 103, 3139-3152. PDF Link
Litovsky, R. (1997). Developmental changes in the precedence effect: Estimates of Minimal Audible Angle. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., 102, 1739-1745. PDF Link
Litovsky, R.Y., Yin, T.C.T., Rakerd, B., and Hartmann, W.M. (1997). Psychophysical and physiological evidence for a precedence effect in the median sagittal plane. J. Neurophys. Rapid Communication, 77, 2223-2226. PDF Link
Litovsky, R. and Clifton, R. (1992). Use of sound-pressure level in auditory distance discrimination by 6-month old infants and adults. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., 92(2), 794-802. PDF Link
Litovsky, R. and Macmillan, N. (1994). Minimum auditory angle for clicks with simulated echoes: Effects of azimuth and standard. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., 96(2), 752-758. PDF Link
Clifton, R., Freyman, R., Litovsky, R. and McCall, D. (1994). Listeners’ expectations about echoes can raise or lower echo threshold. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., 95(5), 1525-1533. PDF Link
Freyman RL, Clifton RK, Litovsky RY. (1991). Dynamic processes in the precedence effect. J Acoust Soc Am. 90:874-84. PDF Link
Clifton RK, Rochat P, Litovsky RY, Perris EE. (1991). Object representation guides infants' reaching in the dark. J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform. 17:323-9. PDF Link
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