Waisman Center
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1500 Highland Avenue, Room 556
Madison, WI 53705
(608) 262-7483
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Publications: Studies on Speech Understanding

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

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. 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

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

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

Loizou PC, Hu Y, Litovsky RY, Yu G, Peters R, Lake J, Roland P. (2009) Speech recognition by bilateral cochlear implant users in a cocktail-party setting. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 125(1), 372-83. PDF Link

Jones GL, Litovsky RY. (2008) Role of masker predictability in the cocktail party problem. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 124(6), 3818-30. PDF Link

Garadat SN, Litovsky RY. (2007) Speech intelligibility in free field: spatial unmasking in preschool children. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 121(2):1047-55. PDF Link

Peters BR, Litovsky R, Parkinson A, Lake J. (2007) Importance of age and postimplantation experience on speech perception measures in children with sequential bilateral cochlear implants. Otology and Neurotology 28(5):649-57. PDF Link

Johnstone PM, Litovsky RY. (2006) Effect of masker type and age on speech intelligibility and spatial release from masking in children and adults. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 120(4):2177-89. PDF Link

Litovsky RY, Johnstone PM, Godar SP. (2006) Benefits of bilateral cochlear implants and/or hearing aids in children. International Journal of Audiology 45(S1):S78-91. PDF Link

Litovsky R, Parkinson A, Arcaroli J, Sammeth C. (2006) Simultaneous bilateral cochlear implantation in adults: a multicenter clinical study. Ear & Hearing 27(6):714-31. PDF Link

Litovsky RY. (2005) Speech intelligibility and spatial release from masking in young children. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 117(5):3091-9. PDF Link

Culling JF, Hawley ML, Litovsky RY. (2004) The role of head-induced interaural time and level differences in the speech reception threshold for multiple interfering sound sources. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 116(2):1057-65. Erratum in: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 118(1):552. PDF Link

Godar SP, Litovsky RY, Johnstone PM, Agrawal SS. (2004) Cochlear implant plus hearing aid: measuring binaural benefit in children. International Congress Series 1273, 219-22. PDF Link

Hawley ML, Litovsky RY, Culling JF. (2004) The benefit of binaural hearing in a cocktail party: effect of location and type of interferer. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 115(2):833-43. PDF Link

Litovsky R, Johnstone P, Parkinson A, Peters R, Lake J. (2004) Bilateral cochlear implants in children. International Congress Series 1273, 451-454. PDF Link

Litovsky RY, Parkinson A, Arcaroli J, Peters R, Lake J, Johnstone P, Yu G. (2004) Bilateral cochlear implants in adults and children. Archives of Otolaryngology, Head, and Neck Surgery 130(5):648-55. PDF Link

Peters B, Litovsky R, Lake J, Parkinson AJ. (2004) Sequential bilateral cochlear implantation in children. International Congress Series 1273, 462-5. PDF Link

Stickney GS, Zeng FG, Litovsky R, Assmann P. (2004) Cochlear implant speech recognition with speech maskers. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 116(2):1081-91. PDF Link

Litovsky RY, Fligor BJ, Tramo MJ. (2002) Functional role of the human inferior colliculus in binaural hearing. Hearing Research 165(1-2):177-88. PDF Link

Shinn-Cunningham BG, Schickler J, Kopco N, Litovsky R. (2001) Spatial unmasking of nearby speech sources in a simulated anechoic environment. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 110(2):1118-29. PDF Link

Hawley ML, Litovsky RY, Colburn HS. (1999) Speech intelligibility and localization in a multi-source environment. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 105(6):3436-48. PDF Link

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