Kristin Uhler, PhD
Associate Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Professional Titles

• Audiologist

Research Interests

Publications

• 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
• 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.
• 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 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, 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
• 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.