Ear and Hearing

Current Issue

January/February 2019 - Volume 40 - Issue 1

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

Hearing Impairment and Perceived Clarity of Predictable Speech

Objectives: The precision of stimulus-driven information is less critical for comprehension when accurate knowledge-based predictions of the upcoming stimulus...

Effects of Age and Hearing Loss on the Recognition of Emotions in Speech

Objectives: Emotional communication is a cornerstone of social cognition and informs human interaction. Previous studies have shown deficits in facial and voc...

High-Variability Sentence Recognition in Long-Term Cochlear Implant Users: Associations With Rapid Phonological Coding and Executive Functioning

Objectives: The objective of the present study was to determine whether long-term cochlear implant (CI) users would show greater variability in rapid phonolog...

Masked Sentence Recognition in Children, Young Adults, and Older Adults: Age-Dependent Effects of Semantic Context and Masker Type

Objectives: Masked speech recognition in normal-hearing listeners depends in part on masker type and semantic context of the target. Children and older adults...

Effects of Phantom Electrode Stimulation on Vocal Production in Cochlear Implant Users

Objectives: Cochlear implant (CI) users suffer from a range of speech impairments, such as stuttering and vocal control of pitch and intensity. Though little ...

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Current Issue Highlights

Editorial

WHO World Hearing Forum: Guest Editorial: Ear and Hearing Care: A Global Public Health Priority

Curhan, Sharon G.

Ear and Hearing. 40(1):1-2, January/February 2019.

Research Article

Effects of Additional Low-Pass–Filtered Speech on Listening Effort for Noise-Band–Vocoded Speech in Quiet and in Noise

Pals, Carina; Sarampalis, Anastasios; van Dijk, Mart; More

Ear and Hearing. 40(1):3-17, January/February 2019.

Are You There for Me? Joint Engagement and Emotional Availability in Parent–Child Interactions for Toddlers With Moderate Hearing Loss

Dirks, Evelien; Rieffe, Carolien

Ear and Hearing. 40(1):18-26, January/February 2019.

Temporal Sensitivity Measured Shortly After Cochlear Implantation Predicts 6-Month Speech Recognition Outcome

Erb, Julia; Ludwig, Alexandra Annemarie; Kunke, Dunja; More

Ear and Hearing. 40(1):27-33, January/February 2019.

Dynamic Current Focusing: A Novel Approach to Loudness Coding in Cochlear Implants

de Jong, Monique A. M.; Briaire, Jeroen J.; Frijns, Johan H. M.

Ear and Hearing. 40(1):34-44, January/February 2019.

Effects of Hearing Loss and Fast-Acting Compression on Amplitude Modulation Perception and Speech Intelligibility

Wiinberg, Alan; Jepsen, Morten Løve; Epp, Bastian; More

Ear and Hearing. 40(1):45-54, January/February 2019.

Two-Point Method for Measuring the Temporal Modulation Transfer Function

Morimoto, Takashi; Irino, Toshio; Harada, Kouta; More

Ear and Hearing. 40(1):55-62, January/February 2019.

Perceptual Discrimination of Speaking Style Under Cochlear Implant Simulation

Tamati, Terrin N.; Janse, Esther; Baskent, Deniz

Ear and Hearing. 40(1):63-76, January/February 2019.

How Do Hearing Aid Owners Respond to Hearing Aid Problems?

Bennett, Rebecca J.; Laplante-Lévesque, Ariane; Eikelboom, Robert H.

Ear and Hearing. 40(1):77-87, January/February 2019.

Tinnitus Severity Is Related to the Sound Exposure of Symphony Orchestra Musicians Independently of Hearing Impairment

Schmidt, Jesper Hvass; Paarup, Helene M.; Bælum, Jesper

Ear and Hearing. 40(1):88-97, January/February 2019.

Comparing Two Hearing Aid Fitting Algorithms for Bimodal Cochlear Implant Users

Vroegop, Jantien L.; Homans, Nienke C.; van der Schroeff, Marc P.; More

Ear and Hearing. 40(1):98-106, January/February 2019.

A “Goldilocks” Approach to Hearing Aid Self-Fitting: Ear-Canal Output and Speech Intelligibility Index

Mackersie, Carol; Boothroyd, Arthur; Lithgow, Alexandra

Ear and Hearing. 40(1):107-115, January/February 2019.

Improved Detection of Vowel Envelope Frequency Following Responses Using Hotelling’s T2 Analysis

Vanheusden, Frederique J.; Bell, Steven L.; Chesnaye, Michael A.; More

Ear and Hearing. 40(1):116-127, January/February 2019.

High-Frequency Horizontal Semicircular Canal Function in Certain Menière’s Disease

Jerin, Claudia; Maxwell, Rebecca; Gürkov, Robert

Ear and Hearing. 40(1):128-134, January/February 2019.

A Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study of Tinnitus Awareness and Impact in a Population of Adult Cochlear Implant Users

Gomersall, Philip A.; Baguley, David M.; Carlyon, Robert P.

Ear and Hearing. 40(1):135-142, January/February 2019.

Effects of Amplification and Hearing Aid Experience on the Contribution of Specific Frequency Bands to Loudness

Thrailkill, Katie M.; Brennan, Marc A.; Jesteadt, Walt

Ear and Hearing. 40(1):143-155, January/February 2019.

Informational Masking Effects on Neural Encoding of Stimulus Onset and Acoustic Change

Niemczak, Christopher E.; Vander Werff, Kathy R.

Ear and Hearing. 40(1):156-167, January/February 2019.

Relationship Between Audio-Vestibular Functional Tests and Inner Ear MRI in Meniere’s Disease

Quatre, Raphaële; Attyé, Arnaud; Karkas, Alexandre; More

Ear and Hearing. 40(1):168-176, January/February 2019.

Evaluation of Two Circumaural Earphones for Audiometry

Smull, Clae C.; Madsen, Brandon; Margolis, Robert H.

Ear and Hearing. 40(1):177-183, January/February 2019.

Deterioration in Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions in Auditory Neuropathy Patients With Distinct Clinical and Genetic Backgrounds

Kitao, Kyoko; Mutai, Hideki; Namba, Kazunori; More

Ear and Hearing. 40(1):184-191, January/February 2019.

Air-Conducted Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential Testing in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: Thresholds, Frequency Tuning, and Effects of Sound Exposure

Rodriguez, Amanda I.; Thomas, Megan L. A.; Janky, Kristen L.

Ear and Hearing. 40(1):192-203, January/February 2019.

Brief Report

Nonverbal Visual Sequential Learning in Children With Cochlear Implants: Preliminary Findings

Klein, Kelsey E.; Walker, Elizabeth A.; Tomblin, J. Bruce

Ear and Hearing. 40(1):213-217, January/February 2019.

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.