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2023
Lalonde, K., Walker, E. A., Leibold, L. J., & McCreery, R. W. (2023). Predictors of Susceptibility to Noise and Speech Masking Among School-Age Children With Hearing Loss or Typical Hearing. Ear and hearing, 10-1097. [doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000001403]
McCreery, R. W., Grindle, A., Merchant, G. R., Crukley, J., & Walker, E. A. (2023). Predicting wideband real-ear-to-coupler differences in children using wideband acoustic immittance. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 154(2), 991-1002. [doi: 10.1121/10.0020660].
Walker, E. A., Harrison, M., Baumann, R., Moeller, M. P., Sorensen, E., Oleson, J. J., & McCreery, R. W. (2023). Story Generation and Narrative Retells in Children Who Are Hard of Hearing and Hearing Children. Journal of speech, language, and hearing research, 66(9), 3550-3573. [doi: 10.1044/2023_JSLHR-23-00084].
McCreery, R. W., Crukley, J., Grindle, A., Merchant, G. R., & Walker, E. (2023). Predicting children’s real-ear-to-coupler differences based on tympanometric data. International Journal of Audiology, 1-10. [doi: 10.1080/14992027.2023.2169200] [ACCEPTED, FREE VERSION]
Wiseman, K. B., McCreery, R. W., & Walker, E. A. (2023). Hearing Thresholds, Speech Recognition, and Audibility as Indicators for Modifying Intervention in Children With Hearing Aids. Ear and Hearing, 10-1097. [doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000001328]
2022
Heinrichs-Graham, E., Walker, E. A., Lee, W. H., Benavente, A. A., & McCreery, R. W. (2022). Somatosensory gating is related to behavioral and verbal outcomes in children with mild-to-severe hearing loss. Cerebral Cortex. [doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhac412]
Lewis, D., Spratford, M., Stecker, G. C., & McCreery, R. W. (2022). Remote-Microphone Benefit in Noise and Reverberation for Children Who are Hard of Hearing. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology. [doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1755319]
Brennan, M. A., McCreery, R. W., & Massey, J. (2022). Influence of Audibility and Distortion on Recognition of Reverberant Speech for Children and Adults with Hearing Aid Amplification. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 33(03), 170-180. [doi: 10.1055/a-1678-3381] [OPEN ACCESS]
Sapp, C., McCreery, R., Holte, L., Oleson, J., & Walker, E. (2022). Descriptions of Hearing Loss Severity Differentially Influence Parental Concern about the Impact of Childhood Hearing Loss. Ear and hearing, 10-1097. [doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000001280]
Wiseman, K., Slotkin, J., Spratford, M., Haggerty, A., Heusinkvelt, M., Weintraub, S., ... & McCreery, R. (2022). Validation of a tablet-based assessment of auditory sensitivity for researchers. Behavior Research Methods, 1-15. [doi: 10.3758/s13428-022-01933-1] [ACCEPTED, FREE VERSION]
Farquharson, K., Oleson, J., McCreery, R. W., & Walker, E. A. (2022). Auditory Experience, Speech Sound Production Growth, and Early Literacy in Children Who Are Hard of Hearing. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 31(5), 2092-2107. [doi: 10.1044/2022_AJSLP-21-00400] [ACCEPTED, FREE VERSION]
Dubas, C., Porter, H., McCreery, R. W., Buss, E., & Leibold, L. J. (2022). Speech-in-speech recognition in preschoolers. International Journal of Audiology, 1-8. [doi: 10.1080/14992027.2022.2035833]
Braza, M. D., Porter, H. L., Buss, E., Calandruccio, L., McCreery, R. W., & Leibold, L. J. (2022). Effects of word familiarity and receptive vocabulary size on speech-in-noise recognition among young adults with normal hearing. PloS one, 17(3), e0264581. [doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264581] [OPEN ACCESS]
Heinrichs-Graham, E., Walker, E. A., Taylor, B. K., Menting, S. C., Eastman, J. A., Frenzel, M. R., & McCreery, R. W. (2022). Auditory experience modulates frontoparietal theta activity serving fluid intelligence. Brain Communications. [doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcac093] [ACCEPTED, FREE VERSION]
Heinrichs-Graham, E., Walker, E. A., Eastman, J. A., Frenzel, M. R., & McCreery, R. W. (2022). Amount of hearing aid use impacts neural oscillatory dynamics underlying verbal working memory processing for children with hearing loss. Ear and Hearing, 43(2), 408-419. [doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000001103] [FREE VERSION]
McCreery, R. W., & Walker, E. A. (2022). Variation in Auditory Experience Affects Language and Executive Function Skills in Children Who Are Hard of Hearing. Ear and Hearing, 43(2), 347-360. [doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000001098]
2021
Wiseman, K., Sapp, C., Walker, E., & McCreery, R. (2021). Comprehensive Audiological Management of Hearing Loss in Children, Including Mild and Unilateral Hearing Loss. Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America, 54(6), 1171-1179. [doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2021.08.006] [OPEN ACCESS]
Brennan, M.A., Browning, J.M., Spratford, M., Kirby, B.J., McCreery, R.W. (2021). Influence of aided audibility on speech recognition performance with frequency composition for children and adults. International Journal of Audiology, 1-9. [doi: 10.1080/14992027.2021.1893839] [ACCEPTED, FREE VERSION]
Heinrichs-Graham, E., Walker, E. A., Eastman, J. A., Frenzel, M. R., Joe, T. R., & McCreery, R. W. (2021). The impact of mild-to-severe hearing loss on the neural dynamics serving verbal working memory processing in children. NeuroImage: Clinical, 102647. [doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102647] [OPEN ACCESS]
2020
McCreery, R. W., Miller, M. K., Buss, E., & Leibold, L. J. (2020). Cognitive and Linguistic Contributions to Masked Speech Recognition in Children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 63(10), 3525-3538. [doi: 10.1044/2020_JSLHR-20-00030] [FREE VERSION]
AuBuchon, A. & McCreery, R (2020) When Choosing NOT to Listen Helps You Hear and Learn. Front. Young Minds. 8:104. [doi: 10.3389/frym.2020.00104] [OPEN ACCESS]
Lalonde K., & McCreery R.W. Audiovisual enhancement of speech perception in noise by school-age children who are hard of hearing. Ear and Hearing. 2020 Jul/Aug;41(4):705-719. [doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000830] [FREE VERSION]
Tomblin J.B., Oleson J., Ambrose S.E., Walker E.A., McCreery R.W., & Moeller M.P. Aided hearing moderates the academic outcomes of children with mild to severe hearing loss. Ear and Hearing. 2020 Jul/Aug;41(4):775-789. [doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000823] [FREE VERSION]
Walker E.A., Sapp C., Dallapiazza M., Spratford M., McCreery R.W., Oleson J.J. (2020). Language and Reading Outcomes in Fourth-Grade Children With Mild Hearing Loss Compared to Age-Matched Hearing Peers. Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools, 51(1):17-28. [doi: 10.1044/2019_LSHSS-OCHL-19-0015] [FREE VERSION]
McCreery, R.W., Walker, E.A., Stiles, D.J., Spratford, M., Oleson, J.J., & Lewis, D.E. (2020) Audibility-based hearing aid fitting criteria for children with mild bilateral hearing loss, Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools. 51(1):55-67. [doi: 10.1044/2019_LSHSS-OCHL-19-0021] [FREE VERSION]
2019
Miller M.K., Calandruccio L., Buss E., McCreery R.W., Oleson J., Rodriguez B., Leibold L.J. (2019) Masked English Speech Recognition Performance in Younger and Older Spanish-English Bilingual and English Monolingual Children. The Journal of Speech Language Hearing Research, 62(12):4578-4591. [doi: 10.1044/2019_JSLHR-19-00059] [FREE VERSION]
Spratford M, Walker E.A., McCreery R.W. (2019) Use of an Application to Verify Classroom Acoustic Recommendations for Children Who Are Hard of Hearing in a General Education Setting. American Journal of Audiology, 28(4):927-934. [doi: 10.1044/2019_AJA-19-0041] [FREE VERSION] [ERRATUM]
Walker E.A., Sapp C., Oleson J.J., McCreery R.W. (2019) Longitudinal Speech Recognition in Noise in Children: Effects of Hearing Status and Vocabulary. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 241. [doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02421] [OPEN ACCESS]
McCreery R.W., Walker E.A., Spratford M., Lewis D., Brennan M. (2019) Auditory, Cognitive, and Linguistic Factors Predict Speech Recognition in Adverse Listening Conditions for Children With Hearing Loss. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13,1093. [doi: 10.3389/fnins.2019.01093] [OPEN ACCESS]
Walker E.A., Kessler D., Klein K., Spratford M., Oleson J.J., Welhaven A., McCreery R.W. (2019) Time-Gated Word Recognition in Children: Effects of Auditory Access, Age, and Semantic Context. The Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research. 62(7):2519-2534. [doi: 10.1044/2019_JSLHR-H-18-0407] [FREE VERSION]
Oleson, J., Brown, G., McCreery, R.W. (2019) Essential statistical concepts for speech, language, and hearing sciences. The Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.62(3):489-497. [doi: 10.1044/2018_JSLHR-S-ASTM-18-0239] [FREE VERSION]
Oleson, J., Brown, G., McCreery, R.W. (2019) The evolution of statistical methods in speech, language, and hearing sciences. The Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.62(3):498-506. [doi: 10.1044/2018_JSLHR-H-ASTM-18-0378] [FREE VERSION]
2018
Kirby, B.J., Spratford, M., Klein, K. & McCreery, R.W. (2018) Cognitive abilities contribute to spectro-temporal discrimination in children who are hard of hearing. Ear and hearing. 40(3):645-650. [doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000645] [FREE VERSION]
Jorgensen L.E., Benson E.A., McCreery R.W. (2018) Conventional amplification for adults with severe to profound hearing loss. Seminars in Hearing, 39(4), 364-376. [doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1670699] [FREE VERSION]
Brennan, M. A., McCreery, R.W., Buss, E., & Jesteadt, W. (2018). The Influence of Hearing Aid Gain on Gap Detection Thresholds for Children and Adults With Hearing Loss. Ear and hearing, 39(5), 969-979. [doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000558] [FREE VERSION]
2017
McCreery, R.W., Brennan, M., Walker, E. A., & Spratford, M. (2017). Perceptual Implications of Level-and Frequency-Specific Deviations from Hearing Aid Prescription in Children. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 28(9), 861-875. [doi: 10.3766/jaaa.17014] [FREE VERSION]
Brennan, M. A., Lewis, D., McCreery, R., Kopun, J., & Alexander, J. M. (2017). Listening effort and speech recognition with frequency compression amplification for children and adults with hearing loss. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 28(9), 823-837. [doi: 10.3766/jaaa.16158] [FREE VERSION]
Spratford, M., McLean, H. H., & McCreery, R. (2017). Relationship of Grammatical Context on Children’s Recognition of s/z-Inflected Words. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 28(9), 799-809. [doi: 10.3766/jaaa.16151] [FREE VERSION]
Kirby, B. J., Kopun, J. G., Spratford, M., Mollak, C. M., Brennan, M. A., & McCreery, R. W. (2017). Listener performance with a novel hearing aid frequency lowering technique. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 28(9), 810-822. [doi: 10.3766/jaaa.16157] [FREE VERSION]
Thomas, M. L., Fitzpatrick, D., McCreery, R., & Janky, K. L. (2017). Big Stimulus, Little Ears: Safety in Administering Vestibular-Evoked Myogenic Potentials in Children. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 28(5), 395-403. [doi: 10.3766/jaaa.15097] [FREE VERSION]
Klein, K. E., Walker, E. A., Kirby, B., & McCreery, R. W. (2017). Vocabulary Facilitates Speech Perception in Children With Hearing Aids. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 60(8), 2281-2296. [doi: 10.1044/2017_JSLHR-H-16-0086] [FREE VERSION]
McCreery, R. W., Spratford, M., Kirby, B., & Brennan, M. (2017). Individual differences in language and working memory affect children’s speech recognition in noise. International journal of audiology, 56(5), 306-315. [doi: 10.1080/14992027.2016.1266703] [FREE VERSION]
Lewis, D., Kopun, J., McCreery, R., Brennan, M., Nishi, K., Cordrey, E., ... & Moeller, M. P. (2017). Effect of Context and Hearing Loss on Time-Gated Word Recognition in Children. Ear and hearing, 38(3), e180-e192. [doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000395] [FREE VERSION]
2016
Brennan, M.A., McCreery, R., Kopun, J., Lewis, D.E., Alexander, J., & Stelmachowicz, P.G. (2016) Masking release in children and adults with hearing loss when using amplification. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 59(1), 110-121. [doi: 10.1044/2015_JSLHR-H-14-0105] [FREE VERSION]
Walker, E.A., McCreery, R.W., Spratford, M, & Roush, P. (2016) Children with ANSD fitted with hearing aids applying the AAA Pediatric Amplification Guideline: Current practice and outcomes. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 27(3), 204-213. [doi: 10.3766/jaaa.15050] [FREE VERSION]
McCreery, R.W., Walker, E.A., Spratford, M, Kirby, B, Oleson, J, & Brennan, M.A. (2016) Stability of audiometric thresholds for children with hearing aids applying the AAA Pediatric Amplification Guidelines: Implications for safety Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 27(3), 252-263. [doi: 10.3766/jaaa.15049] [FREE VERSION]
2015
Kirby, B. J., Browning, J. M., Brennan, M. A., Spratford, M., & McCreery, R. W. (2015). Spectro-temporal modulation detection in children. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 138(5), EL465-EL468. [doi: 10.1121/1.4935081] [OPEN ACCESS]
Brennan, M.A, Jesteadt, W., & McCreery, R. (2015). The influence of hearing-aid compression on forward-masked thresholds for adults with hearing loss. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 138(4), 2589-2597. [doi: 10.1121/1.4932028] [FREE VERSION]
McCreery, R. W., Walker, E. A., Spratford, M., Oleson, J., Bentler, R., Holte, L., & Roush, P. (2015). Speech recognition and parent-ratings from auditory development questionnaires in children who are hard of hearing. Ear and Hearing, 36(0 1), 60S. [doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000213] [OPEN ACCESS]
McCreery, R.W., Walker, E.A., Spratford, M., Bentler, R., Holte, L., Roush, P., Oleson, J., Van Buren, J., & Moeller, M.P. (2015). Longitudinal predictors of aided speech audibility in infants and children. Ear and Hearing. 36(S1), 24S-37S. [doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000211] [OPEN ACCESS]
Walker, E.A., McCreery, R.W., Spratford, M. Oleson, J.J., Van Buren, J., Bentler, R., Roush, P., & Moeller, M.P. (2015). Trends and predictors of longitudinal hearing aid use forchildren who are hard of hearing. Ear and Hearing. 36(S1), 38S-47S. [doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000208] [OPEN ACCESS]
Tomblin, J.B. Walker, E.A., McCreery, R.W., Arenas, R.M., Harrison, M., & Moeller, M.P. (2015) Outcomes of children with hearing loss: data collection and methods. Ear and Hearing. 36(S1), 14S-23S. [doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000212] [OPEN ACCESS]
Walker, E. A., Holte, L., McCreery, R. W., Spratford, M., Page, T., & Moeller, M. P. (2015). The influence of hearing aid use on outcomes of children with mild hearing loss. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 58(5), 1611-1625. [doi: 10.1044/2015_JSLHR-H-15-0043] [FREE VERSION]
Koehlinger, K., Van Horne, A. O., Oleson, J., McCreery, R., & Moeller, M. P. (2015). The role of sentence position, allomorph, and morpheme type on accurate use of s-related morphemes by children who are hard of hearing. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 58 (2), 396-409. [doi: 10.1044/2015_JSLHR-L-14-0134] [FREE VERSION]
McCreery, R.W., Kaminski, J.,Beauchaine, K., Lenzen, N., Simms, K. & Gorga, M.P. (2015) The Impact of Degree of Hearing Loss on Auditory Brainstem Response Predictions of Behavioral Thresholds. Ear and Hearing 36 (3), 309-319. [doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000120] [FREE VERSION]
*Kimlinger, C., McCreery, R.W. & Lewis, D.E. (2015) High-frequency audibility: The effects of audiometric configuration, stimulus type and device. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology. 26 (2), 128-137. [doi: 10.3766/jaaa.26.2.3] [FREE VERSION]
2014
Liebold, L.J., Hodson, H., McCreery, R.W., Calandruccio, L., & Buss, E. (2014) Effects of low-pass filtering on the perception of word-final plurality markers in children and adults with normal hearing. American Journal of Audiology, 23 (3), 351-358. [doi: 10.1044/2014_AJA-14-0003] [FREE VERSION]
McCreery, R.W., Alexander, J., Brennan, M.A., Hoover, B., Kopun, J. & Stelmachowicz, P.G. (2014) The influence of audibility on speech recognition with nonlinear frequency compression for children and adults with hearing loss. Ear and Hearing. 35(4) 440-447. [doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000027] [FREE VERSION]
Bentler, R., Walker, E., McCreery, R., Arenas, R. M., & Roush, P. (2014). Nonlinear frequency compression in hearing aids: Impact on speech and language development. Ear and hearing, 35(4), e143. [doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000030] [FREE VERSION]
*Gustafson, S., McCreery, R.W., Hoover, B., Kopun, J. & Stelmachowicz, P.G. (2014) Listening effort and perceived clarity for normal hearing children with the use of digital noise reduction. Ear and Hearing. 35 (2), 183-194. [doi: 10.1097/01.aud.0000440715.85844.b8] [FREE VERSION]
Brennan, M.A., McCreery, R.W., Kopun, J., Hoover, B. Alexander, J., Lewis, D.E., & Stelmachowicz, P.G. (2014) Paired comparisons of nonlinear frequency compression, extended bandwidth, and restricted bandwidth hearing aid processing for children and adults with hearing loss. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 25(10), 983-998. [doi: 10.3766/jaaa.25.10.7] [FREE VERSION]
2013
McCreery, R. W., Bentler, R. A., & Roush, P. A. (2013). The characteristics of hearing aid fittings in infants and young children. Ear and hearing, 34(6). [doi: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31828f1033] [FREE VERSION]
McCreery, R. W., Brennan, M. A., Hoover, B., Kopun, J., & Stelmachowicz, P. G. (2013). Maximizing audibility and speech recognition with non-linear frequency compression by estimating audible bandwidth. Ear and hearing, 34(2), e24. [doi: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31826d0beb] [FREE VERSION]
McCreery, R.W. & Stelmachowicz, P.G. (2013) The effects of limited bandwidth and noise on verbal processing time and word recall in normal-hearing children. Ear and Hearing 34(5):585-91. [doi: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31828576e2] [FREE VERSION]
2012
Goehring, J.L., Hughes, M.L., Baudhuin, J.L., Valente, D.L., McCreery, R.W., Diaz, G.R., Sanford, T. & Harpster. R (2012). The effect of technology and testing environment on speech perception using telehealth with cochlear implant recipients. J. Speech. Lang. Res. 55 (5), 1373-1386. [doi: 10.1044/1092-4388(2012/11-0358)] [FREE VERSION]
McCreery, R.W., Venediktov, R.A., Coleman, J.J., & Leach, H.M. (2012) An evidence-based systematic review of frequency lowering in hearing aids for school-age children with hearing loss. American Journal of Audiology, 21 (2), 313-328. [doi: 10.1044/1059-0889(2012/12-0015)] [FREE VERSION]
McCreery, R.W., Venediktov, R.A., Coleman, J.J., & Leach, H.M. (2012) An evidence-based systematic review of directional microphones and digital noise reduction in hearing aids for school-age children with hearing loss. American Journal of Audiology, 21 (2), 295-312. [doi: 10.1044/1059-0889(2012/12-0014)] [FREE VERSION]
McCreery, R.W., Venediktov, R.A., Coleman, J.J., & Leach, H.M. (2012) An evidence-based systematic review of amplitude compression in hearing aids for school-age children with hearing loss. American Journal of Audiology, 21 (2), 269-294. [doi: 10.1044/1059-0889(2012/12-0013)] [FREE VERSION]
Crukley, J., Dundas, J. A., McCreery, R., Meston, C. N., & Ng, S. L. (2012). Re-envisioning collaboration, hierarchy, and transparency in audiology education, practice, and research. Seminars in Hearing 33(2), 196-206. [doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1311678] [FREE VERSION]
2011
McCreery, R.W. & Stelmachowicz, P.G. (2011) Audibility-based predictions of speech recognition for children and adults with normal hearing. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 130(6) 4070-81. [doi: 10.1121/1.3658476] [FREE VERSION]
2010
McCreery, R.W., Ito, R. Spratford, M. Lewis, D.E., Hoover, B.; & Stelmachowicz, P.G. (2010) Performance intensity functions for normal-hearing adults and children using CASPA. Ear & Hearing 31(1) 95-101. [doi: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3181bc7702] [FREE VERSION]
Stelmachowicz, P.G., Lewis, D.E., Hoover, B., Nishi, K., McCreery, R.W., & Woods, W. (2010) Effects of digital noise reduction on speech perception for children with hearing loss. Ear & Hearing, 31(3) 345-355. [doi: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3181cda9ce] [FREE VERSION]
2009
McCreery, R.W., Pittman, A.L., Lewis, J.D., Neely, S.T., & Stelmachowicz, P.G. (2009) Use of forward pressure level to minimize acoustic standing waves during probe-microphone hearing aid verification. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 126(1) 15-24. [doi: 10.1121/1.3143142] [FREE VERSION]
Sanford, C.A., Keefe, D.H., Liu, Y.-W., Fitzpatrick, D., McCreery, R.W., Lewis, D.E., & Gorga, M.P. (2009) Sound conduction effects on DPOAE screening outcomes in newborn infants: Test performance of wideband acoustic transfer functions and 1-kHz tympanometry. Ear & Hearing. 30(6), 635-652. [doi: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3181b61cdc] [FREE VERSION]
Lewis, J.D., McCreery, R.W., Neely, S.T., & Stelmachowicz, P.G. (2009) Comparison of in-situ calibration methods for quantifying ear-canal sound level, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 126(6), 3114-24. [doi: 10.1121/1.3243310] [FREE VERSION]
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