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Publications

Featured Publications

  • Kleindienst Robler S, Platt A, Jenson CD, Inglis SM, Hofstetter P, Ross AA, Wang N, Labrique A, Gallo JJ, Egger JR, Emmett SD. Changing the Paradigm for School Hearing Screening Globally: Evaluation of Screening Protocols from Two Randomized Trials in Rural Alaska. Ear and Hearing, 2023; 44(4):877-893. PMID: 36907833.
  • Emmett SD, Platt A, Turner EL, Gallo JJ, Labrique AB, Inglis, SM, Jenson CD, Parnell PE, Wang N, Hicks KL, Egger JR, Halpin PF, Yong M, Ballreich J, Robler SK. Mobile Health School Screening and Telemedicine Referral to Improve Access to Specialty Care in Rural Alaska: A Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial. Lancet Glob Health, 2022;10;e1023-33. PMID: 35714630

Hearing Loss Epidemiology and Prevention

  • Emmett SD, Platt A, Gallo JJ, Labrique A, Wang N, Inglis SM, Jenson C, Hofstetter P, Hicks K, Ross A, Egger J, Kleindienst Robler S. Prevalence of Childhood Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska. Ear and Hearing, 2023; 44(5):1240-1250. PMID: 37287104.
  • Hicks KL, Robler SK, Platt A, Morton SN, Egger JR, Emmett SD. Environmental Factors for Hearing Loss and Middle Ear Disease in Alaska Native Children and Adolescents: A Cross Sectional Analysis from a Cluster Randomized Trial. Ear Hear, 2023; 44(1):2-9. PMID: 35998103.
  • Ficenec SC, Grant DS, Sumah I, Alhasan F, Millah MS, Brima J, Konuwa E, Gbakie MA, Kamara FK, Nond NG, Engel EJ, Shaffer JG, Fischer WA, Wohl DA, Emmett SD, Schieffelin JS. The Prevalence of Post-Ebola Syndrome Hearing Loss, Sierra Leone. BMC Infect Dis, 2022; 22(1):624. PMID: 35850699.
  • Ficenec SC, Percak J, Arguello S, Bays A, Goba A, Gbakie M, Shaffer JG, Emmett SD, Schieffelin, Bausch D. Lassa Fever Induced Hearing Loss; The Neglected Disability of Hemorrhagic Fever. Int J Infect Dis,2020;S1201-9712(20)30650-0. PMID:32795063
  • Ficenec SC, Schieffelin JS, Emmett SD. A Review of Hearing Loss Associated with Zika, Ebola, and Lassa Fever. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2019;101(3):484-90. PMID: 31333155.
  • Linder TE, Shah S, Martha AS, Roosli C, Emmett SD. Introducing the “ChOLE” Classification and Its Comparison to the EAONO/JOS Consensus Classification for Cholesteatoma Staging. Otol Neurotol 2019;40(1):63-72. PMID: 30339650
  • Emmett SD, Kokesh J, Kaylie D. Chronic Ear Disease. Med Clin North Am 2018;102(6):1063-1079. PMID: 30342609
  • Brown CS, Emmett SD, Robler SK, Tucci DL. Global Hearing Loss Prevention. Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2018;51(3):575-592. PMID: 29525388
  • Emmett SD, Schmitz J, Karna SL, Khatry SK, Wu L, LeClerq SC, Pillion J, West KP Jr. Early Childhood Undernutrition Increases Risk of Hearing Loss in Young Adulthood in Rural Nepal. Am J Clin Nutr 2018;107(2):268-277. PMID: 29425280
  • Undurraga EA, Behrman JR, Emmett SD, Kidd C, Leonard WR, Piantadosi ST, Reyes-Garcia V, Sharma A, Zhang R, Godoy RA. Child Stunting is Associated with Weaker Human Capital Among Native Amazonians. Am J Hum Biol 2018;30(1):e23059. PMID: 28901592
  • Emmett SD, West KP Jr. Nutrition and Hearing Loss: A Neglected Cause and Global Health Burden. Am J Clin Nutr 2015;102(5):987-88. PMID: 26468119
  • Emmett SD, West Jr. KP. Gestational Vitamin A Deficiency: A Novel Cause of Sensorineural Hearing Loss in the Developing World? Med Hypotheses 2014;82(1):6-10. PMID: 24120698

Impact of Hearing Loss

  • Borre ED, Kaalund K, Frisco N, Zhang G, Ayer A, Kelly-Hedrick M, Reed SD, Emmett SD, Francis HW, Tucci DL, Wilson BW, Kosinski A, Ogbuoji O, Sanders Schmidler GD. The Impact of Hearing Loss and its Treatment on Health-Related Quality of Life Utility: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Gen Intern Med, 2023; 38(2):456-479. PMID: 36385406.
  • Hicks KL, Robler SK, Simmons RA, Ross A, Egger JR, Emmett SD. Hearing-related quality of life in children and adolescents in rural Alaska. Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol, 2022; 8(1):269-278. PMID: 36846414
  • Emmett SD, Francis HW. The Socioeconomic Impact of Hearing Loss in US Adults. Otol Neurotol2015;36(3):545-50. PMID: 25158616
  • Emmett SD, Schmitz J, Pillion J, Wu L, Khatry SK, Karna SL, LeClerq SC, West KP Jr. Hearing Loss is Associated with Decreased Nonverbal Intelligence in Rural Nepal. Otol Neurotol 2015;36(1):86-92. PMID: 25299832
  • Emmett SD, Francis HW. Bilateral Hearing Loss is Associated with Decreased Nonverbal Intelligence in U.S. Children Ages 6 to 16 Years. Laryngoscope 2014;124(9):2176-81. PMID: 24913183

Telehealth and Digital Innovations for Identification and Diagnosis

  • Coco, L. & Robler, S.K. (2023). Interprofessional Collaboration in Teleaudiology. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest group (SIG 18), 8(15): 1144-1151. 
  • Jin FQ, Huang O, Kleindienst Robler S, Morton S, Platt A, Egger JR, Emmett SD, Palmeri ML. A Hybrid Deep Learning Approach to Identify Preventable Childhood Hearing Loss. Ear and Hearing, 2023; 44(5):1262-1270. PMID: 37318215.
  • Kleindienst Robler S, Platt A, Jenson CD, Inglis SM, Hofstetter P, Ross AA, Wang N, Labrique A, Gallo JJ, Egger JR, Emmett SD. Changing the Paradigm for School Hearing Screening Globally: Evaluation of Screening Protocols from Two Randomized Trials in Rural Alaska. Ear and Hearing, 2023; 44(4):877-893. PMID: 36907833.
  • Robler, S. K., Coco, L., & Krumm, M.  (2022). Telehealth solutions for assessing auditory outcomes related to noise and ototoxic exposures in clinic and research.  J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 152(3), 1737-1754. PMID: 36182272
  • Emmett SD, Platt A, Turner EL, Gallo JJ, Labrique AB, Inglis, SM, Jenson CD, Parnell PE, Wang N, Hicks KL, Egger JR, Halpin PF, Yong M, Ballreich J, Robler SK. Mobile Health School Screening and Telemedicine Referral to Improve Access to Specialty Care in Rural Alaska: A Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial. Lancet Glob Health, 2022;10;e1023-33. PMID: 35714630
  • Bailey JE, Gurgol C, Pan E, Njie S, Emmett S, Gatwood J, Gauthier L, Rosas LG, Kearney SM, Robler SK, Lawrence RH, Margolis KL, Osunkwo I, Wilfey D, Shah VO. Early Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Experience With the Use of Telehealth to Address Disparities: Scoping Review. J Med Internet Res, 2021; 23(12):e28503. PMID: 34878986.
  • Yong M, Panth N, McMahon C, Thorne P, Emmett SD. How the World’s Children Hear: A Narrative Review of School Hearing Screening Programs Globally. OTO Open, 2020;4(2):1-8. PMID: 32490329
  • Neumann K, Euler HA, Chadha S, White KR, The International Newborn and Infant Hearing Screening (NIHS) Group.* A Survey on the Global Status of Newborn and Infant Hearing Screening. JEHDI, 2020;5(2):63-84. (*Member of the NIHS Group)
  • Yong M, Liang J, Ballreich J, Lea J, Westerberg BD, Emmett SD. The Cost-Effectiveness of School Hearing Screening Programs: A Scoping Review. Otolaryngol Head-Neck Surg, 2020;162(6):826-38. PMID: 32228135
  • Klyn, N.A.M., Kleindienst Robler, S., Bogle, J., Alfakir, R., Nielsen, D.W., Griffith, J.W.,…Zapala, D. CEDRA: A Tool to Help Consumers Assess Risk for Ear Disease. Ear Hear, 2019, April 2. PMID: 30946136
  • Suen JJ, Bhatnagar K, Emmett SD, Marrone N, Robler SK, Swanepoel D, Wong W, Nieman CL. Hearing Care Across the Life Course Provided in the Community. WHO Bulletin, 2019;97(10):681-690. PMID: 31656333.
  • Emmett SD, Robler SK, Gallo JJ, Wang N, Labrique A, Hofstetter P. Hearing Norton Sound: Mixed Methods Protocol of a Community Randomized Trial to Address Childhood Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska. BMJ Open, 2019;9(1):302381. PMID 30674486
  • Emmett SD, Robler SK, Wang N, Labrique A, Gallo JJ, Hofstetter P. Hearing Norton Sound: A Community Randomized Trial Protocol to Address Childhood Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska. BMJ Open, 2019;9(1):e023078. PMID 30782695

Community Engagement and Study Design for Equity-Driven Hearing Research

  • Beans, J. A., Trinidad, S. B., Shane, A. L., Wark, K. A., Avey, J. P., Apok, C., Guinn, T., Robler, S. K., Hirschfeld, M., Koeller, D. M., & Dillard, D. A. (2023). The CPT1A Arctic variant: perspectives of community members and providers in two Alaska tribal health settings. Journal of community genetics, 14(6), 613–620. PMID: 37847346
  • Kleindienst Robler S, Inglis-Jenson M, Gallo JJ, Ivanoff P, Ryan S, Hofstetter P, Emmett SD. Mobile Health School Screening and Telemedicine Referral to Improve Access to Specialty Care in Rural Alaska: Integrating Mixed Methods Data to Contextualize Trial Outcomes. Ear and Hearing, 2023; 44(5): 1271-1281. PMID: 37594255.
  • Inglis-Jenson M, Kleindienst Robler S, Gallo JJ, Ivanoff P, Ryan S, Hofstetter P, Emmett SD. Community Perspectives on Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska. Ear and Hearing, 2023; 44(5):1078-1087.PMID: 36939709.
  • Patterson R, Schuh M, Bush ML, Nieman CL, Robler SK, Emmett SD. Expanding Clinical Trials Design to Extend Equitable Hearing Care. Ear Hear, 2022; 43(Suppl 1):23S-32S. PMID: 35724252
  • Robler SK, Inglis SM, Gallo JJ, Parnell HE, Ivanoff P, Ryan S, Jenson CD, Ross A, Labrique A, Wang N, Emmett SD. Hearing Norton Sound: Community Involvement in the Design of a Mixed Methods Community Randomized Trial in 15 Alaska Native Communities. Res Involv Engagem, 2020; 6(1):67. PMID: 33292651

Expanding Access to Treatment

  • Emmett SD, Sudoko CK, Tucci DL, Gong W, Saunders JE, Global HEAR (Hearing Loss Evaluation, Advocacy, and Research) Collaborative: Akhtar N, Bhutta MF, Touch S, Pradhananga RB, Mukhtar N, Martinez N, Martinez FD, Ramos H, Kameswaran M, Kumar RNS, Soekin S, Prepageran P. Expanding Access: Cost Effectiveness of Cochlear Implantation and Deaf Education in Asia. Otolaryngol Head-Neck Surg, 2019; 161(4):672-682. PMID: 31210566.
  • Magro I, Emmett SD, Saunders J. Cost-Effectiveness of Cochlear Implants in Developing Countries. Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2018;26(3):190-195. PMID: 29528875
  • Roland T, Buchman C, Eisenberg L, Henderson L, He S, Firszt J, Francis H, Dunn C, Sladen D, Arndt S, May B, Zeitler D, Niparko JK, Emmett S, Tucci D, Chen J, McConkey Robbins A, Schwefler E, Geers A, Lederberg A, Hayes H, Hughes M, Bierer J, Schafer E, Sorkin D, Kozma-Spytek L, Childress T. Proceeedings of the Annual Symposium of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance. Cochlear Implants Int 2016;17(5):211-237. PMID: 27635521
  • Emmett SD, Tucci DL, Bento RF, Garcia JM, Juman S, Chiossone-Kerdel JA, Liu TJ, Castellanos de Munoz P, Ullauri A, Letort JJ, Mansilla T, Urquijo DP, Aparicio ML, Gong W, Francis HW, Saunders JE. Moving Beyond GDP: Cost Effectiveness of Cochlear Implantation and Deaf Education in Latin America. Otol Neurotol 2016;37(8):1040-48. PMID: 27518131
  • Emmett SD, Tucci DL, Smith M, Macharia IM, Ndegwa SN, Nakku D, Kaitesi MB, Ibekwe TS, Mulwafu W, Gong W, Francis HW, Saunders JE. GDP Matters: Cost Effectiveness of Cochlear Implantation and Deaf Education in Sub-Saharan Africa. Otol Neurotol 2015;36(8):1357-65. PMID: 26244622

Hearing Loss Advocacy

  • Borre ED, Johri M, Dubno JR, Myers ER, Emmett SD, Pavon JM, Francis HW, Ogbuoji O, Sanders Schmidler GD. The Potential Clinical and Economic Impacts of Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids in the United States. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 2023; 149(7):607-614. PMID: 37200042.
  • Borre ED, Dubno JR, Myers ER, Emmett SD, Pavon JM, Francis HW, Ogbuoji O, Sanders Schmidler GD. Model-Projected Cost-Effectiveness of Adult Hearing Screening in the USA. J Gen Intern Med, 2023; 38(4):978-985. PMID: 35931909.
  • Borre ED, Myers ER, Dubno JR, Emmett SD, Pavon JM, Francis HW, Ogbuoji O, Sanders Schmidler GD. Estimated monetary value of future research clarifying uncertainties around the optimal adult hearing screening schedule. JAMA Health Forum, 2022; 3(11):e224065. PMID: 36367737.
  • Borre ED, Ayer A, Der C, Ibekwe T, Emmett SD, Dixit S, Shahid M, Olusanya B, Garg S, Johri M, Saunders JE, Tucci DL, Wilson BS, Ogbuoji O, Sanders Schmidler GD. Validation of the Decision model of the Burden of Hearing loss Across the Lifespan (DeciBHAL) in Chile, India, and Nigeria. eClinicalMedicine, 2022; 50:101502. PMID: 35770254.
  • Borre ED, Diab MM, Ayer A, Zhang G, Emmett SD, Tucci DL, Wilson BS, Kaalund K, Ogbuoji O, Sander GD. Evidence Gaps in Economic Analyses of Hearing Healthcare: A Systematic Review. EClinicalMedicine, 2021; 35:100872. PMID: 34027332
  • McMahon CM, Nieman CL, Thorne P, Emmett SD, Bhutta MF. The Inaugural World Report on Hearing: From Barriers to a Platform for Change. Clin Otolaryngol, 2021; DOI: doi: 10.1111/coa.13756. PMID: 33733605