Kristin Uhler, PhD

Professional Titles

• Audiologist

Research Interests

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, Yoshinaga-Itano, C., Gabbard, S.A., Rothpletz, A., & Jenkins, H.A. (in press). Longitudinal Infant Speech Perception in Young Cochlear Implant Users.
• Uhler, K, Yoshinaga-Itano, C., Gabbard, S.A., Rothpletz, A., & Jenkins, H.A. (2011). Longitudinal Infant Speech Perception in Young Cochlear Implant Users. 129-142.
• Uhler, K, Burns, S, Dalpes, M. & Yoshinaga-Itano, C (2011) An Auditory Spoken Language Matrix for Differential Diagnosis of Spanish-speaking Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Special interest group 14, communication disorders and sciences in culturally and linguistically diverse populations.
• Jenkins HA, Uhler K (2012): Speech Perception Comparisons of the Otologics Implanted Carina™ and the Freedom™ Microphones in Cochlear Implant Patients. Otol Neurotol., 33(1):13-19.
• Jenkins, HA, Uhler, K (2012): Speech Perception Comparisons of the Otologics Implanted Carina™ and the Freedom™ Microphones in Cochlear Implant Patients. Otol Neurotol., 33(1):13-19.
• Uhler, K, Heringer, A, Thompson, N & Yoshinaga-Itano, C (2012). A tutorial on auditory neuropathy/dyssynchrony for the speech-language pathologist and audiologist, Seminars in Speech and Language, 33, 354-366.
• Uhler, K., Thomson, V., Cyr, N., Gabbard, S.G., & Yoshinaga-Itano, C. (2013). State and Territory EHDI databases: what we do and don't know about the hearing or audiological data from identified children. American Journal of Audiology, 13-0015.
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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, 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, Gifford, RH, Forster, JE, Anderson, M, Tierney, E, Claycomb, SD, Werner, LA (2017). Refining stimulus parameters in assessing infant speech perception using visual reinforcement infant speech discrimination in infants with and without hearing loss: Presentation level, J. American Academy of Audiology, 00, 1-8
• Yoon, P, Uhler, K (2017) Management of pediatric sensorineural hearing loss. In Pediatric Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Clinical Diagnosis and Management (Eds. S. Anne, J. E.C. Lieu, & MA. Kenna), Plural Publishing, San Diego, CA.
• Uhler KM, Gifford RH, Forster JE, Anderson M, Tierney E, Claycomb SD, Werner LA. Refining Stimulus Parameters in Assessing Infant Speech Perception Using Visual Reinforcement Infant Speech Discrimination in Infants with and without Hearing Loss: Presentation Level. J Am Acad Audiol. 2018 Oct;29(9):847-854. PubMed PMID: 30278869
• Uhler KM, Hunter SK, Tierney E, Gilley PM. The relationship between mismatch response and the acoustic change complex in normal hearing infants. Clin Neurophysiol. 2018 Jun;129(6):1148-1160. PubMed PMID: 29635099
• 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
• 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
• Uhler, K., Warner-Czyz, A.D., Gifford, R.H., & PMSTB working group (in press). Pediatric minimum speech test battery, Journal of the American Academy of Audiology.
• Gilley*, P, Uhler*, K, Watson, K & Yoshinaga-Itano, C. (accepted). Spectral-temporal EEG dynamics of speech discrimination processing in infants during sleep, BMC NeuroScience.
• 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. 2018 Nov 30;117:148-152. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30579070
• Kirk, K., Uhler, K., & Gifford, R. (2016). Speech recognition assessment in children with cochlear implants., In: Clinical Management of children with cochlear implants, 2nd Edition, Eisenberg, L. (Ed). Plural Publishing.
• Uhler, K., Yoshinaga-Itano, C., Watson, K., Gilley, P. 2016. Automated detection of auditory discrimination responses in the EEG of infants during sleep staging. 39th Meeting of Association for Research in Otolaryngology, ARO abs.: 244
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 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.
• 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.
• Warner-Czyz AD, Anderson SR, Graham S, Uhler K. Expressive vocabulary word categories of children who are deaf and hard-of-hearing. J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ. 2024 Jan 17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38240124
• Uhler K, Tollin DJ, Gilley PM. EEG Alpha Band Responses Reveal Amplification Benefits in Infants with Hearing Loss. Children (Basel). 2023 Mar 21;10(3). PubMed PMID: 36980158
• 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.
• Warner-Czyz, A.,?Uhler, K., & Gifford, R. (2024). 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.
• Warner-Czyz, AD and Uhler, K (2023). Into the cochlea: Expanded implant candidacy for children, ASHA Leader, May/June 2023.
• Uhler, K., Walker, K., Tollin, D., Gilley, P. Impact of auditory access on speech perception during infancy, International evoked response audiometry study group, Colgne, Germany (keynote) September 18, 2023.
• Uhler, K., Walker, K., Tollin, D., Gilley, P. Exploring the impact hearing differences have on the development of speech perception during infancy, presented in the "Sensory and Non-sensory Influences on Auditory Development". Acoustical Society of America, Chicago, IL, May 10, 2023

Practice Locations

UCHealth Anschutz Outpatient Pavilion - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-1234

Hospital Affiliation

• Children's Hospital Colorado

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
• Certified Audiologist - Speech, Language and Hearing, License (0001)
• Audiologist, License (0001)

Conditions & Treatments

• Rehabilitation Therapy - Speech Therapy
• Rehabilitation Therapy