I am interested in language development in children with and without hearing loss. My focus is developing approaches to determine how infants discriminate speech sounds and discrimination in early infancy and how this relates to later language development.
Publications
Uhler, K and Yoshinaga-Itano, C (2023). Amplification device fittings, In Christine
Yoshinaga-Itano (Ed), Fast Facts: Early hearing detection and intervention. Oxford, UK Karger, Publisher Ltd.
Uhler KM, Anderson SR, Yoshinaga-Itano C, Walker KA, Hunter S. Speech Discrimination in Infancy Predicts Language Outcomes at 30 Months for Both Children with Normal Hearing and Those with Hearing Differences. J Clin Med. 2022 Sep 30;11(19). PubMed PMID: 36233686
Warner-Czyz AD, Roland JT Jr, Thomas D, Uhler K, Zombek L. American Cochlear Implant Alliance Task Force Guidelines for Determining Cochlear Implant Candidacy in Children. Ear Hear. 2022 Mar Apr;43(2):268-282. PubMed PMID: 35213891
Uhler K, Hunter S, Gilley PM. Mismatched response predicts behavioral speech discrimination outcomes in infants with hearing loss and normal hearing. Infancy. 2021 Jan 22. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33481354
Uhler KM, Kaizer AM, Walker KA, Gilley PM. Relationship between Behavioral Infant Speech Perception and Hearing Age for Children with Hearing Loss. J Clin Med. 2021 Sep 30;10(19). PubMed PMID: 34640584
Chan K, Carosone-Link P, Bautista MTG, Sanvictores D, Uhler K, Tallo V, Lucero MG, De Jesus J, Simoes EAF. Population-based otoscopic and audiometric assessment of a birth cohort recruited for a pneumococcal vaccine trial 15-18 years earlier: a protocol. BMJ Open. 2021 Feb 17;11(2):e042363. PubMed PMID: 33597137
Uhler K, Hunter S, Gilley PM. Mismatched response predicts behavioral speech discrimination outcomes in infants with hearing loss and normal hearing. Infancy. 2021 Mar;26(2):327-348. PubMed PMID: 33481354
Jung J, Reed J, Wagner L, Stephens J, Warner-Czyz AD, Uhler K, Houston D. Early Vocabulary Profiles of Young Deaf Children Who Use Cochlear Implants. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2020 Apr 27;63(4):1254-1269. PubMed PMID: 32302250
Sininger YS, Hunter LL, Roush PA, Windmill S, Hayes D, Uhler KM. Protocol for Rapid, Accurate, Electrophysiologic, Auditory Assessment of Infants and Toddlers. J Am Acad Audiol. 2020 Jun;31(6):455-468. PubMed PMID: 31870467
Sininger YS, Hunter LL, Roush PA, Windmill S, Hayes D, Uhler KM. Protocol for Rapid, Accurate, Electrophysiologic, Auditory Assessment of Infants and Toddlers. J Am Acad Audiol. 2019 Dec 20;:0. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31870467
Awad R, Oropeza J, Uhler KM. Meeting the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing Standards in a Large Metropolitan Children's Hospital: Barriers and Next Steps. Am J Audiol. 2019 Jun 10;28(2):251-259. PubMed PMID: 31084570
Chan KH, Dreith S, Uhler KM, Tallo V, Lucero M, De Jesus J, Simões EA. Large-scale otoscopic and audiometric population assessment: A pilot study. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2019 Feb;117:148-152. PubMed PMID: 30579070
Sininger YS, Hunter LL, Hayes D, Roush PA, Uhler KM. Evaluation of Speed and Accuracy of Next-Generation Auditory Steady State Response and Auditory Brainstem Response Audiometry in Children With Normal Hearing and Hearing Loss. Ear Hear. 2018 Nov Dec;39(6):1207-1223. PubMed PMID: 29624540
Gilley PM, Uhler K, Watson K, Yoshinaga-Itano C. Spectral-temporal EEG dynamics of speech discrimination processing in infants during sleep. BMC Neurosci. 2017 Mar 22;18(1):34. PubMed PMID: 28330464
Uhler K, Warner-Czyz A, Gifford R, Working Group P. Pediatric Minimum Speech Test Battery. J Am Acad Audiol. 2017 Mar;28(3):232-247. PubMed PMID: 28277214
Uhler K, Biever A, Gifford RH. Method of Speech Stimulus Presentation Impacts Pediatric Speech Recognition: Monitored Live Voice Versus Recorded Speech. Otol Neurotol. 2016 Feb;37(2):e70-4. PubMed PMID: 26756158
Mattingly JK, Uhler KM, Cass SP. Air-Bone Gaps Contribute to Functional Hearing Preservation in Cochlear Implantation. Otol Neurotol. 2016 Oct;37(9):1255-62. PubMed PMID: 27518207
Uhler K, Anderson MC, Jenkins HA. Long-Term Outcome Data in Patients following One Year's Use of a Fully Implantable Active Middle Ear Implant. Audiol Neurootol. 2016;21(2):105-12. PubMed PMID: 27031589
Uhler K, Biever A, Gifford RH. Method of Speech Stimulus Presentation Impacts Pediatric Speech Recognition: Monitored Live Voice Versus Recorded Speech. Otol Neurotol. 2016 Feb;37(2):e70-4. PubMed PMID: 26756158
Uhler KM, Baca R, Dudas E, Fredrickson T. Refining Stimulus Parameters in Assessing Infant Speech Perception Using Visual Reinforcement Infant Speech Discrimination: Sensation Level. J Am Acad Audiol. 2015 Nov-Dec;26(10):807-14. PubMed PMID: 26554486
Jenkins HA, Uhler K. Otologics active middle ear implants. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2014 Dec;47(6):967-78. PubMed PMID: 25301507
Uhler K, Gifford RH. Current trends in pediatric cochlear implant candidate selection and postoperative follow-up. Am J Audiol. 2014 Sep;23(3):309-25. PubMed PMID: 25036461
Uhler K, Thomson V, Cyr N, Gabbard SA, Yoshinaga-Itano C. State and territory EHDI databases: what we do and don't know about the hearing or audiological data from identified children. Am J Audiol. 2014 Mar;23(1):34-43. PubMed PMID: 23824438
Warner-Czyz, A., Uhler, K., & Gifford, R. (in press). Speech recognition in children with
cochlear implants. In Young, N.M. & Kirk, K.I. (Eds.), Pediatric cochlear implantation: Learning and the brain, 2nd edition. New York, New York: Springer.