Ear and Hearing

Current Issue

September/October 2018 - Volume 39 - Issue 5

Editor-in-Chief: Brenda M. Ryals, PhD
ISSN: 0196-0202
Online ISSN: 1538-4667
Frequency: 6 issues / year
Ranking: Otorhinolaryngology 2/42
Audiology & Speech Language Pathology 1/25
Impact Factor: 3.120

Published Ahead-of-Print

Achieved Gain and Subjective Outcomes for a Wide-Bandwidth Contact Hearing Aid Fitted Using CAM2

Objectives: The objective of this study was to test the ability to achieve, maintain, and subjectively benefit from extended high-frequency amplification in a...

Redundant Information Is Sometimes More Beneficial Than Spatial Information to Understand Speech in Noise

Objectives: To establish a framework to unambiguously define and relate the different spatial effects in speech understanding: head shadow, redundancy, squelc...

Factors Affecting Sound-Source Localization in Children With Simultaneous or Sequential Bilateral Cochlear Implants

Objectives: The study aimed to determine the effect of interimplant interval and onset of profound deafness on sound localization in children with bilateral c...

Comparing the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health Core Sets for Hearing Loss and Otorhinolaryngology/Audiology Intake Documentation at Mayo Clinic

Objectives: The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) Core Sets for Hearing Loss (CSHL) consists of short lists of categor...

Bimodal Hearing or Bilateral Cochlear Implants? Ask the Patient

Objective: The objectives of this study were to assess the effectiveness of various measures of speech understanding in distinguishing performance differences...

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Current Issue Highlights

Research Articles

Using Thresholds in Noise to Identify Hidden Hearing Loss in Humans

Ridley, Courtney L.; Kopun, Judy G.; Neely, Stephen T.; More

Ear and Hearing. 39(5):829-844, September/October 2018.

Results in Adult Cochlear Implant Recipients With Varied Asymmetric Hearing: A Prospective Longitudinal Study of Speech Recognition, Localization, and Participant Report

Firszt, Jill B.; Reeder, Ruth M.; Holden, Laura K.; More

Ear and Hearing. 39(5):845-862, September/October 2018.

Longitudinal Development of Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions in Infants With Normal Hearing

Hunter, Lisa L.; Blankenship, Chelsea M.; Keefe, Douglas H.; More

Ear and Hearing. 39(5):863-873, September/October 2018.

Children’s Recognition of Emotional Prosody in Spectrally Degraded Speech Is Predicted by Their Age and Cognitive Status

Tinnemore, Anna R.; Zion, Danielle J.; Kulkarni, Aditya M.; More

Ear and Hearing. 39(5):874-880, September/October 2018.

Tinnitus and Auditory Perception After a History of Noise Exposure: Relationship to Auditory Brainstem Response Measures

Bramhall, Naomi F.; Konrad-Martin, Dawn; McMillan, Garnett P.

Ear and Hearing. 39(5):881-894, September/October 2018.

The Effect of Simulated Interaural Frequency Mismatch on Speech Understanding and Spatial Release From Masking

Goupell, Matthew J.; Stoelb, Corey A.; Kan, Alan; More

Ear and Hearing. 39(5):895-905, September/October 2018.

Home Hearing Test: Within-Subjects Threshold Variability

Margolis, Robert H.; Bratt, Gene; Feeney, M. Patrick; More

Ear and Hearing. 39(5):906-909, September/October 2018.

Examination of Utricular Response Using oVEMP and Unilateral Centrifugation Rotation Testing

Zalewski, Christopher K.; Ackley, R. Steven; McCaslin, Devin L.; More

Ear and Hearing. 39(5):910-921, September/October 2018.

Social Connectedness and Perceived Listening Effort in Adult Cochlear Implant Users: A Grounded Theory to Establish Content Validity for a New Patient-Reported Outcome Measure

Hughes, Sarah E.; Hutchings, Hayley A.; Rapport, Frances L.; More

Ear and Hearing. 39(5):922-934, September/October 2018.

Developmental Effects in Masking Release for Speech-in-Speech Perception Due to a Target/Masker Sex Mismatch

Leibold, Lori J.; Buss, Emily; Calandruccio, Lauren

Ear and Hearing. 39(5):935-945, September/October 2018.

Pure-Tone Audiometry With Forward Pressure Level Calibration Leads to Clinically-Relevant Improvements in Test–Retest Reliability

Lapsley Miller, Judi A.; Reed, Charlotte M.; Robinson, Sarah R.; More

Ear and Hearing. 39(5):946-957, September/October 2018.

An Evaluation of Output Signal to Noise Ratio as a Predictor of Cochlear Implant Speech Intelligibility

Watkins, Greg D.; Swanson, Brett A.; Suaning, Gregg J.

Ear and Hearing. 39(5):958-968, September/October 2018.

The Influence of Hearing Aid Gain on Gap-Detection Thresholds for Children and Adults With Hearing Loss

Brennan, Marc A.; McCreery, Ryan W.; Buss, Emily; More

Ear and Hearing. 39(5):969-979, September/October 2018.

Word Learning in Children With Cochlear Implants: Examining Performance Relative to Hearing Peers and Relations With Age at Implantation

Pimperton, Hannah; Walker, Elizabeth A.

Ear and Hearing. 39(5):980-991, September/October 2018.

Sonority’s Effect as a Surface Cue on Lexical Speech Perception of Children With Cochlear Implants

Hamza, Yasmeen; Okalidou, Areti; Kyriafinis, George; More

Ear and Hearing. 39(5):992-1007, September/October 2018.

Evidence-Based Inclusion Criteria for Cochlear Implantation in Patients With Postlingual Deafness

Snel-Bongers, Jorien; Netten, Anouk P.; Boermans, Peter-Paul B. M.; More

Ear and Hearing. 39(5):1008-1014, September/October 2018.

Neural Activity During Mental Rotation in Deaf Signers: The Influence of Long-Term Sign Language Experience

Le, Hong-Bo; Zhang, Hui-Hong; Wu, Qiu-Lin; More

Ear and Hearing. 39(5):1015-1024, September/October 2018.

Psychometric Properties and Factor Structure of a New Scale to Measure Hyperacusis: Introducing the Inventory of Hyperacusis Symptoms

Greenberg, Benjamin; Carlos, Megan

Ear and Hearing. 39(5):1025-1034, September/October 2018.

Brief Report

A Retrospective Estimate of Ear Disease Detection Using the “Red Flags” in a Clinical Sample

Klyn, Niall A. M.; Kleindienst Robler, Samantha; Alfakir, Razan; More

Ear and Hearing. 39(5):1035-1038, September/October 2018.

Important Update

Ear & Hearing has achieved an Impact Factor of 3.120, as reported in the recently announced 2017 Journal Citation Reports. This places Ear and Hearing FIRST out of twenty-five titles indexed in the Audiology & Speech-Language Category and SECOND out of forty-two titles in Otorhinolaryngology Category.

The Editor and the American Auditory Society would like to thank our contributors and reviewers for their excellent contributions to Ear and Hearing, providing our readers with leading-edge research in the audiological sciences.