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Publications from EAR Lab

Peer Reviewed Papers

As of February 2026:

Lang, S., Galvin, J. J., III, Cooley, I., Stupak, N., & Landsberger, D. M. (2026). "Using vocoders to the implanted ear to investigate the binaural benefit for music sound quality in single-sided deaf cochlear implant users". Hearing Research. In Press.

Hatley, M. , Attlassy, Y. , Spitzer, E. & Waltzman, S. (2026). "Sequential and Simultaneous Bilateral Cochlear Implantation in the Elderly Population". Otology & Neurotology, 47 (1), 111-118. pdf

Cottrell, J., Landsberger, D. M., Winchester, A., Shapiro, W., Friedmann, D. R., Jethanamest, D., McMenomey, S., & Roland Jr, J. T. (2025). "Surgical steps to perform an accurate apical cochleostomy". Cochlear Implants International., 26(5), 333–340. pdf

Spitzer, E. R., Lichtl, A. J., & Waltzman, S. B. (2025). "Adults Implanted as Children: Long-Term Educational, Occupational, and Speech Perception Outcomes". Audiology & Neuro-Otology., 30(5), 404–413. pdf

Cottrell, J., Schremp, C., Winchester, A., Friedmann, D., Jethanamest, D., Spitzer, E., Svirsky, M., Waltzman, S. B., Shapiro, W. H., McMenomey, S., & Roland Jr, J. T. (2025). "Incidence of Trans-Impedance Matrix Pattern Variants in Patients With Normal Anatomy Receiving Cochlear Implantation". Otology & Neurotology, 10-1097. pdf

Berg, K. A., Glassman, E. K., Jiam, N. T., Landsberger, D. M., Haynes, D. S. (2025) "Enhancing Musical Experiences for Cochlear Implant Users: Insights From the 2024 International Fall Cochlear Implant Meeting". Otology & Neurotology Open 5(2):p e070. pdf

Friedmann, D. R., Spitzer, E. R., Horton, J., Jethanamest, D., & Landsberger, D. M. (2025). "Getting the Feeling? The Salience of Music Emotion with a Cochlear Implant". The Laryngoscope., 135(6), 2112–2119. pdf

Schlacter, J. A., Schremp, C., Khudaverdyan, A., Spitzer, E. R., & Waltzman, S. B. (2025). "The Effect of Comorbidities on Cochlear Implantation Outcomes in Adults Under 60". 
Audiology & Neuro-Otology., 1–17. pdf

Cottrell, J., Spitzer, E. R., Winchester, A., Dunn-Johnson, C., Gantz, B., Rathgeb, S., Shew, M., Herzog, J., Buchman, C., Friedmann, D.R., Jethanamest, D., McMenomey, S., Waltzman, S., & Thomas Roland, J. (2024). "Performance After Cochlear Reimplantation Using a Different Manufacturer". 
Otology & Neurotology., 45(9), 1016–1022. pdf

Cottrell, J., Landsberger, D. M., Breen, M., Lebowitz, J., Hagiwara, M., Moonis, G., ... & Roland Jr, J. T. (2024). "Cochlear Apex Triangulation Utilizing Ct Measures And Middle Ear Landmarks". Otology & Neurotology Open, 4(3), e060. pdf

Galvin, J.J., Lang, S., Stupak, N., Landsberger, D. M., (2024) "Sensitivity to spectral and temporal cues in music with a cochlear implant in single-sided deaf listeners". J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 1 March 2024; 155 (3_Supplement): A34. Link 

Cottrell, J. , Winchester, A. , Friedmann, D. R., Jethanamest, D. , Spitzer, E. R., Svirsky, M. , Waltzman, S. , Shapiro, W. , McMenomey, S. & Roland, J. (2024). "Characterizing Cochlear Implant Trans-Impedance Matrix Heatmaps in Patients With Abnormal Anatomy". Otology & Neurotology, 45 (9), e630-e638. pdf

Schlacter, J. A., Asfour, L., Morrissette, M., Shapiro, W., Spitzer, E. R., & Waltzman, S. B. (2024). "The Effect of Bimodal Hearing on Postoperative Quality of Life". Audiology & Neuro-Otology, 29(6), 464–471. pdf

Spitzer, E. R., Attlassy, Y., Roland, J. T., & Waltzman, S. B. (2024). "Early cochlear implantation for children with single sided deafness". International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology., 177. pdf

Landsberger, D. , Long, C. , Kirk, J. , Stupak, N. & Roland, J. (2024). Effect of Return Electrode Placement at Apical Cochleostomy on Current Flow With a Cochlear Implant. Ear and Hearing, 45 (2), 511-516. pdf

Cottrell, J. , Spitzer, E. R., Friedmann, D. , Jethanamest, D. , McMenomey, S. , Roland Jr, T. J. & Waltzman, S. (2024). "Cochlear Implantation in Children Under 9 Months of Age: Safety and Efficacy". Otology & Neurotology, 45 (2), 121-127. pdf

Spitzer, E. R., & Waltzman, S. B. (2023). Cochlear implants: the effects of age on outcomes". Expert Review of Medical Devices, 20(12), 1131–1141. pdf

Spitzer, E. R., Landsberger D. M., Lichtl, A. J., and Waltzman, S. B. (2023). "Ceiling effects for speech perception tests in pediatric cochlear implant users". Cochlear Implants International, 1-12. pdf

Spitzer E. R., Kay-Rivest, E., Waltzman, S. B., O'Brien-Russo C. A., Santacatterina, M., Roland Jr, J. T., Landsberger, D. M., Friedmann, D. R. (2023). "Acceptance and Benefit of Electroacoustic Stimulation in Children". Otology & Neurotology, 44(5):453-461 pdf

Landsberger, D. M., Stupak, N., Dahl, C., and Aronoff, J. M. (2022). "Musical Interval Perception With a Cochlear Implant Alone and With a Contralateral Normal Hearing Ear," Trends in hearing 26, 23312165221142689. pdf

Landsberger, D. M., Stupak, N., Spitzer, E. R., Entwisle, L., Mahoney, L., Waltzman, S. B., McMenomey, S., Friedmann, D. R., Svirsky, M. A., Shapiro, W., and Roland, J. T. Jr. (2022). "Stimulating the Cochlear Apex Without Longer Electrodes: Preliminary Results With a New Approach," Otology & Neurotology 43, e578-e581. pdf     Supplemental Material: pdf 

Landsberger, D.M. and Stupak, N. (2022). "Evaluation of a Tool for Measuring Temporal Modulation Detection," Ear Hear. pdf

Navntoft, C. A., Landsberger, D. M., Barkat, T. R., and Marozeau, J. (2021). "The Perception of Ramped Pulse Shapes in Cochlear Implant Users," Trends in Hearing 25, 23312165211061116. pdf

Richter, C.-P., La Faire, P., Tan, X., Fiebig, P., Landsberger, D. M., and Micco, A. G. (2021). "Listening to speech with a guinea pig-to-human brain-to-brain interface," Scientific Reports 11, 12231. pdf

Spitzer, E. R., Landsberger, D. M., and Friedmann, D. R.  (2021). "Assessing the quality of low-frequency acoustic hearing: Implications for combined electroacoustic stimulation with cochlear implants" Ear Hear. 42, 475-486.  pdf

Stupak, N., Todd, A. E., and Landsberger, D. M. (2021). "Place-pitch interval perception with a cochlear implant.," Ear Hear. 42, 301-312 pdf

Spitzer, E. R., Galvin, J. J., Friedmann, D. R., and Landsberger, D. M. (2021). "Melodic interval perception with acoustic and electric hearing in bimodal and single-sided deaf cochlear implant listeners," Hearing Research 400, 108136 pdf.

Spitzer, E. R., Waltzman, S. B., Landsberger, D. M., and Friedmann, D. R. (2021). "Acceptance and benefits of electro-acoustic stimulation for conventional-length electrode arrays," Audiology and Neurotology 26, 17-26. pdf

Landsberger, D. M., Vermeire, K., Stupak, N., Lavender, A., Neukam, J., Van De Heyning, P., and Svirsky, M. A. (2020). "Music is more enjoyable with two ears, even if one of them receives a degraded signal provided by a cochlear implant," Ear Hear. pdf

Spitzer, E. R., Landsberger, D. M., Friedmann, D. R., and Galvin, J. J. (2019). "Pleasantness ratings for harmonic intervals with acoustic and electric hearing in unilaterally deaf cochlear implant patients," Frontiers in Neuroscience 13. pdf

Soleymani, R., Selesnick, I. W., and Landsberger, D. M. (2019). "ALTIS: A new algorithm for adaptive long-term SNR estimation in multi-talker babble," Computer Speech and Language, 58, 231-246. pdf

Landsberger, D. M., Dwyer, R. T., Stupak, N., and Gifford, R. H. (2019). "Validating a Quick Spectral Modulation Detection Task," Ear Hear. pdf

Landsberger, D. M., Stupak, N., and Aronoff, J. M. (2019). "Spectral-temporally modulated ripple test Lite for computeRless Measurement (SLRM): A nonlinguistic test for audiology clinics," Ear Hear. pdf

Landsberger, D. M., Stupak, N., Green, J., Tona, K., Padilla, M., Martinez, A. S., Eisenberg, L. S., and Waltzman, S. (2019). "Temporal modulation detection in children and adults with cochlear implants: Initial results," Otology & Neurotology 40, e311-e315. pdf

Spitzer, E. R., Choi, S., and Hughes, M. L. (2019). "The effect of stimulus polarity on the relation between pitch ranking and ecap spread of excitation in cochlear implant users," JARO. ​pdf

Landsberger, D. M., Marozeau, J., Mertens, G., and Van de Heyning, P. (2018). "The relationship between time and place coding with cochlear implants with long electrode arrays," The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 144, EL509-EL514. pdf

Stupak, N., Padilla, M., Morse, R. P., and Landsberger, D. M. (2018). "Perceptual Differences Between Low-Frequency Analog and Pulsatile Stimulation as Shown by Single- and Multidimensional Scaling," Trends in Hearing 22, pdf

Todd, A. E., and Landsberger, D. M. (2018). "The effect of polarity order and electrode-activation order on loudness in cochlear implant users," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 144, EL112-EL118. pdf

Klawitter, S., Landsberger, D. M., Buchner, A., and Nogueira, W. (2018). "Perceptual changes with monopolar and phantom electrode stimulation," Hearing Research. 359, 64-75. ​pdf
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Landsberger, D. M., Padilla, M., Martinez, A. S., and Eisenberg, L. S. (2018). "Spectral-Temporal Modulated Ripple Discrimination by Children With Cochlear Implants," Ear Hear 39 60-68. ​pdf

Soleymani, R., Selesnick, I. W., and Landsberger, D. M. (2018). "SEDA: A tunable Q-factor wavelet-based noise reduction algorithm for multi-talker babble," Speech Communication 96, 102-115. pdf

Todd, A. E., Mertens, G., Van de Heyning, P., and Landsberger, D. M. (2017). "Encoding a Melody Using Only Temporal Information for Cochlear-Implant and Normal-Hearing Listeners," Trends in Hearing 21. pdf

Litovsky, R. Y., Goupell, M. J., Kan, A., and Landsberger, D. M. (2017). "Use of Research Interfaces for Psychophysical Studies With Cochlear-Implant Users," Trends in Hearing 21. pdf

Stelmach, J., Landsberger, D. M., Padilla, M., and Aronoff, J. M. (2017). “Developing a Clinically Feasible Pitch Matching Task for Bilateral Cochlear Implant Users”, International Journal of Audiology. pdf

​Padilla, M., Stupak, N., and Landsberger, D. M. (2017). "Pitch Ranking with Different Virtual Channel Configurations in Electrical Hearing," Hearing Research 348​, 54-62. pdf

Todd, A. E., Goupell, M. J., and Litovsky, R. Y. (2017). "The Relationship Between Intensity Coding and Binaural Sensitivity in Adults With Cochlear Implants," Ear Hearing 38, e128-e141. pdf

Nogueira, W., Litvak, L., Landsberger, D. M., and Buchner, A. (2017). "Loudness and Pitch Perception using Dynamically Compensated Virtual Channels," Hearing Research 344, 223-234. pdf

Aronoff, J. M., Padilla, M., Stelmach, J., and Landsberger, D. M. (2016). "Clinically Paired Electrodes Are Often Not Perceived as Pitch Matched," Trends in Hearing 20. pdf

Todd, A. E., Goupell, M. J., and Litovsky, R. Y. (2016). "Binaural release from masking with single- and multi-electrode stimulation in children with cochlear implants", J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 140, 59-73. pdf
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Landsberger, D. M., Vermeire, K., Claes, A., and Van de Heyning, P. (2016). “Qualities of Single Electrode Stimulation as a Function of Rate and Place of Stimulation with a Cochlear Implant”, Ear Hearing. 37, e149-59. pdf

Aronoff, J. M., Stelmach, J., Padilla. M., and Landsberger, D. M. (2016). “Interleaved processors improve cochlear implant patients’ spectral resolution”, Ear Hearing. 37, e85-90. pdf Appendix: "An overview of robust statistics" pdf

Padilla, M. and Landsberger, D. M. (2016). “Reduction in spread of excitation from current focusing at multiple cochlear locations in cochlear implant users”, Hearing Research 333, 98-107. pdf

​Landsberger, D. M., Svrakic, M., Roland, J. T., and Svirsky, M. (2015). “The Relationship between insertion angles, default frequency allocations, and spiral ganglion place pitch in cochlear implants.” Ear Hearing. 36, e207-213. pdf

Vermeire, K., Landsberger, D. M., Van de Heyning, P., Voormolen, M., Kleine Punte, A., Schatzer, R., and Zierhofer, C. (2015). “Frequency-place map for electrical stimulation in cochlear implants: change over time”, Hearing Research 326, 8-14. pdf

Aronoff, J.M., Padilla, M., Fu, Q.-J., Landsberger, D.M. (2015). “Contralateral Masking in Bilateral Cochlear Implant Patients: A Model of Medial Olivocochlear Function Loss.” PloS one 10, e0121591. pdf

Crew, J., Galvin III, J. J., Landsberger, D. M., and Fu, Q.-J. (2015). “Contributions of electric and acoustic hearing to bimodal speech and music perception” PLoS one 10, e0120279. pdf

Padilla, M. and Landsberger, D. M. (2014). “Loudness summation using focused and unfocused electrical stimulation”, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 135, EL102-EL108. pdf

Landsberger, D. M., Mertens, G., Kleine Punte, A., Van De Heyning, P. (2014). “Perceptual changes in place of stimulation with long cochlear implant electrode arrays”, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 135, EL75-EL81. pdf

Vermeire, K., Landsberger, D. M., Schleich, P., and Van De Heyning, P. (2013). “Multidimensional scaling between acoustic and electric stimuli in cochlear implant users with contralateral hearing”, Hear Res 306, 29-36. pdf

Aronoff, J. M. and Landsberger, D. M. (2013). “The development of a modified spectral ripple test”, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 134 (2), EL217-EL22. pdf and erratum pdf

Srinivasan, A. G., Shannon, R. V., and Landsberger, D. M. (2013). “Improving speech perception in noise with current focusing in cochlear implant users”, Hear Res 299, 29-36. pdf

Saoji, A. A., Landsberger, D. M., Padilla, M., and Litvak, L. M. (2013). “Masking patterns for monopolar and phantom electrode stimulation in cochlear implants”, Hear Res 298, 109-116. pdf

Srinivasan, A. G., Shannon, R. V., and Landsberger, D. M. (2012). “Improving virtual channel discrimination in a multi-channel context”, Hear Res 286, 19-22. pdf

Landsberger, D. M., Padilla, M., and Srinivasan, A. G. (2012). “Reducing current spread using current focusing in cochlear implant users,” Hear Res 284, 16-24. pdf

Luo, X., Padilla, M., and Landsberger, D. M. (2012). “Pitch contour identification with combined place and temporal cues using cochlear implants,” J Acoust Soc Am 131, 1325-1336. pdf

Landsberger, D. M., and Galvin, J. J. (2011). “Perceptual differences between sequential and simultaneous virtual channels with electrical hearing”, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 130, 1559–1566. pdf

Srinivasan, A. G., Landsberger, D.M., and Shannon, R.V. (2010). “Current Focusing Sharpens Local Peaks of Excitation in Cochlear Implant Stimulation”, Hear Res 270, 89-100. pdf

Luo, X., Landsberger, D. M., Padilla, M., and Srinivasan, A. G. (2010). “Encoding pitch contours using current steering,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 128, 1215-1223. pdf

Landsberger, D. M. and Srinivasan, A. G. (2009). “Virtual channel discrimination is improved by current focusing in cochlear implant recipients,” Hear Res 254, 34-41. pdf

Landsberger, D. M. (2008). “Effects of modulation wave shape on modulation frequency discrimination with electrical hearing,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 124, EL21-27. pdf

Landsberger, D. M. and McKay C.M. (2005). “Perceptual differences between low and high rates of stimulation on single electrodes for cochlear implantees,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 117, 319-327. pdf

Landsberger, D. M., Jacobs, A. X., and McKay, C. M. (2004). "In-phase amplitude modulation on different numbers of electrodes," International Congress Series 1273, 11-14. pdf

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