2026
Bosen AK, Frenette A, Spratford M, Lewis D, Walker EA, McCreery RW. (2026). Developmental Changes in Speech Frequency Weighting in Children. Ear and Hearing, (42)2, 548-557. DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000001749
Gross RL, McCreery RW, Walker EA. (2026). Streaming with Hearing Aids for Adolescents who are Hard of Hearing. Seminars in Hearing, 47(1), 26-32. [PMCID: PMC13076038 - Available 2027-02-06]. DOI: 10.1055/s-0046-1815940
Jorgensen EJ, Fear M, Kaminski C, McCreery RW, Ocel A, Walker EA. (2026). Daily-Life Fatigue Among Adolescents Who are Hard of Hearing: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study. Ear and Hearing, 47(1), 146-161. [PMCID: PMC12313263]
2025
Golden BN, Shymanski JJ, Walker EA, AuBuchon AM. (2025). Stimulus Labels Support Declarative but not Procedural Memory in Children With and Without Hearing Loss. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 68(12), 6129-6143. [PMCID: PMC12704923]
Heinrichs-Graham E, Shen Z, Lee WH, Benavente AA, Eastman JA, Frenzel MR, Wiesman AI, Wilson TW, Walker EA, McCreery RW. (2025). Cross-modal impact of auditory experience on visual cortical entrainment in children who are hard of hearing. (2025). Imaging Neuroscience (Camb), 3:IMAG.a.1001. [PMCID: PMC12603657]
Rodgers NH, Zhang Y, Combiths P, Walker EA. (2025). Embedding Social-Emotional Learning in Elementary School-Based Speech-Language Therapy: A Pilot Randomized Control Trial. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 56(4), 1141-1159. DOI: 10.1044/2025_LSHSS-25-00001
Wiseman KB, Sapp C, Stiles D, Walker EA, McCreery RW. (2025). The Speech Intelligibility Index: Tutorial and Applications for Children who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing. American Journal of Audiology, 34(3), 467-483. [PMCID: PMC12418376]
Hilker C, Oleson JJ, Tertyshnaia M, McCreery RW, Walker EA. (2025). The Use of Filled Pauses Across Multiple Discourse Contexts in Children who are Hard of Hearing and Children with Typical Hearing. Behavioral Sciences, 15(8), 1053. [PMCID: PMC12382971]
Shen Z, Lee WH, Eastman JA, Frenzel MR, Wiesman AI, Wilson TW, Walker EA, McCreery RW, Heinrichs-Graham E. (2025). Alterations in cortical 40-Hz auditory steady-state response dynamics in children with mild-to-severe hearing loss are related to hearing aid use. Cerebral Cortex, 35(7), bhaf178. [PMCID: PMC12265889- Available 2026-07-16]. DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhaf178
Walker EA, Spratford M, Foody M, McCreery R. (2025). Characteristics of Hearing Aid Use in Adolescents who are Hard of Hearing. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 56(3), 522-541. [PMCID: PMC12303600]
Hendrickson K, Lee N, Walker EA, Foody M, Combiths P. (2025). Assessing Perceptual Difficulty Across Speech Sound Categories and Contrasts to Optimize Minimal Pair Training. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 68(6), 2945-2958. [PMCID: PMC12510373]
Wiseman KB, Cowan TM, Calandruccio L, Walker EA, Rodriguez B, Oleson JJ, McCreery RW, Leibold LJ, Buss E. (2025). Device Use Among Spanish-English Bilingual and English Monolingual Children who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 68(1), 282-300. [PMCID: PMC11842041]
2024
Wiseman KB, Walker EA, Spratford M, Brennan M, McCreery RW. (2024). Comparing criteria for deviation from hearing aid prescriptive targets in children. International Journal of Audiology, 63(12), 997-1008. [PMCID: PMC11199377]
Lalonde K, Walker EA, Leibold LJ, McCreery RW. (2024). Predictors of Susceptibility to Noise and Speech Masking Among School-Age Children with Hearing Loss or Typical Hearing. Ear and Hearing, 45(1), 81-93. [PMCID: PMC10771540]
2023
Walker EA, Harrison M, Baumann R, Moeller MP, Sorensen E, Oleson JJ, McCreery RW. (2023). Story Generation and Narrative Retells in Children who are Hard of Hearing and Hearing Children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66(9), 3550-3573. [PMCID: PMC10558149]
McCreery R, Grindle A, Merchant GR, Crukely J, Walker EA. (2023). Predicting wideband real-ear-to-coupler differences in children using wideband acoustic immitance. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 154(2), 991-1002. [PMCID: PMC10431946]
McCreery R, Crukely J, Grindle A, Merchant GR, Walker EA. (2023). Predicting children's real-ear-to-coupler differences based on tympanometric data. International Journal of Audiology, 62(5), 462-471. [PMCID: PMC10159987]
Walker EA. (2023). The Importance of High-Frequency Bandwidth on Speech Language Development in Children: A Review of Patricia Stelmachowicz's Contributions to Pediatric Audiology. (2023). Seminars in Hearing, 44(Suppl 1), S3-S16. [PMCID: PMC10033203]
Wiseman K, McCreery RW, Walker EA. (2023). Hearing Thresholds, Speech Recognition, and Audibility as Indicators for Modifying Intervention in Children with Hearing Aids. Ear and Hearing, 44(4), 787-802. [PMCID: PMC10271969]
2022
Lewis D, Spratford M, Stecker GC, McCreery RW. (2022). Remote Microphone Benefit in Noise and Reverberation for Children who are Hard of Hearing. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 33(6), 330-341. [PMCID: PMC10300232]
Wiseman K, Slotkin J, Spratford M, Haggerty A, Heusinkvelt M, Weintraub S, Gershon R, McCreery RW. (2022). Validation of a tablet-based assessment of auditory sensitivity for researchers. Behavioral Research Methods, 55(6), 2838-2852. [PMCID: PMC10228289]
Sapp C, McCreery R, Holte L, Oleson J, Walker E. (2022) Descriptions of Hearing Loss Severity Differentially Influence Parental Concern about the Impact of Childhood Hearing Loss. Ear and Hearing, 44(2), 287-299. [PMCID: PMC10810141]
Ward C, Oleson J, Tomblin JB, Walker E. (2022). Modeling population and subject-specific growth in a latent trait measured by multiple instruments over time using a hierarchical Bayesian framework. Journal of Applied Statistics, 49(2), 449-465. [PMCID: PMC8992014]
Klein KE, Walker EA, McMurray B. (2022). Delayed lexical access and cascading effects on spreading semantic activation during spoken word recognition in children with hearing aids and cochlear implants: Evidence from eye-tracking. Ear and Hearing, 44(2), 338-357. [PMCID: PMC9957808]
Farquharson K, Oleson J, McCreery RW, Walker EA. (2022). Auditory Experience, Speech Sound Production Growth, and Early Literacy in Children who are Hard of Hearing. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 31(5), 2092-2107. [PMCID: PMC9907434]
Heinrichs-Graham E, Walker EA, Lee WH, Benavente AA, McCreery RW. (2022). Somatosensory gating is related to behavioral and verbal outcomes in children with mild-to-severe hearing loss. Cerebral Cortex, 33(9), 5228-5237. [PMCID: PMC10151872]
Heinrichs-Graham E, Walker EA, Taylor BK, Menting SC, Eastman JA, Frenzel MR, McCreery RW. (2022). Auditory experience modulates frontoparietal theta activity serving fluid intelligence. Brain Communications, 4(2). [PMCID: PMC9039508]
Heinrichs-Graham E, Walker EA, Eastman JA, Frenzel MR, McCreery RW. (2022). Amount of Hearing Aid Use Impacts Neural Oscillatory Dynamics Underlying Verbal Working Memory Processing for Children with Hearing Loss. Ear and Hearing, 43(2), 408-419. [PMCID: PMC8770672]
Kondaurova MV, Zheng Q, VanDam M, Kinney K. (2022). Vocal turn-taking in families with children with and without hearing loss. Ear and Hearing, 43(3), 883-898. [PMCID: PMC8983796]
McCreery RW, Walker EA. (2022). Variation in auditory experience affects language and executive function skills in children who are hard of hearing. Ear and Hearing, 43(2), 347-360. [PMCID: PMC8738778]
2021
Wiseman K, Sapp C, Walker E, McCreery R. (2021). Comprehensive audiological management of HL in children including mild and unilateral hearing loss. (2021). Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America, 54(6), 1171-1179. [PMCID: PMC8594741]
Sapp C, Stirn J, O'Hollearn T, Walker EA. (2021). Expanding the Role of Educational Audiologists After a Failed Newborn Hearing Screening: A Quality Improvement Study. American Journal of Audiology, 30(3), 631-641. [PMCID: PMC8642079]
Thomas AE, Ambrose SE, Marvin CA, Oleson J, Moeller MP. (2021). Evaluation of Parent-Researcher Agreement on the Vocal Development Landmarks Interview. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 64(7), 2623-2636. [PMCID: PMC8632476]
Brennan MA, Browning JM, Spratford M, Kirby BJ, McCreery RW. (2021). Influence of aided audibility on speech recognition performance with frequency composition for children and adults. International Journal of Audiology, 60(11), 849-857. [PMCID: PMC8440664]
Heinrichs-Graham E, Walker EA, Eastman JA, Frenzel MR, Joe TR, McCreery RW. (2021). The impact of mild-to-severe hearing loss on the neural dynamics serving verbal working memory processing in children. Neuroimage: Clinical, 30:102647. [PMCID: PMC8056458]
Quick NA, Harrison M, Erickson K. (2021). A Multilinguistic Spelling Analysis of Children who are Hard of Hearing. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 26(1), 112-129. [PMCID: PMC7747681]
2020
Tomblin JB, Oleson J, Ambrose SE, Walker EA, McCreery RW, Moeller MP. (2020). Aided Hearing Moderates the Academic Outcomes of Children with Mild to Severe Hearing Loss. Ear and Hearing, 41(4), 775-789. [PMCID: PMC7546580]
Walker EA, Sapp C, Dallapiazza M, Spratford M, McCreery R, Oleson JJ. (2020). Language and Reading Outcomes in Fourth-Grade Children with Mild Hearing Loss Compared to Age-Matched Hearing Peers. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 51(1), 17-28. [PMCID: PMC7251588]
McCreery RW, Walker EA, Stiles DJ, Spratford M, Oleson JJ, Lewis DE. (2020). Audibility-Based Hearing Aid Fitting Criteria for Children with Mild Bilateral Hearing Loss. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 51(1), 55-67. [PMCID: PMC7251589]
Walker EA. (2020). Evidence-Based Practices and Outcomes for Children with Mild and Unilateral Hearing Loss. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 51(1), 1-4. [PMCID: PMC7251591]
2019
Jorgensen EJ, Walker EA. (2019). Music Participation Among School-Aged Children who are Hard of Hearing. American Journal of Audiology, 28(4), 908-926. [PMCID: PMC7210439]
Spratford M, Walker EA, McCreery RW. (2019). Use of an Application to Verify Classroom Acoustic Recommendations for Children who are Hard of Hearing in a General Education Setting. American Journal of Audiology, 28(4), 927-934. [PMCID: PMC7210436]
Klein KE, Spratford M, Redfern A, Walker EA. (2019). Effects of Grade and School Services on Children's Responsibility for Hearing Aid Care. American Journal of Audiology, 28(3), 673-685. [PMCID: PMC6808313]
Walker EA, Sapp C, Oleson JJ, McCreery RW. (2019). Longitudinal Speech Recognition in Noise in Children: Effects of Hearing Status and Vocabulary. Frontiers in Psychology, 10:2421. [PMCID: PMC6824244]
VanDam M, Yoshinaga-Itano C. (2019). Use of the LENA Autism Screen with Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Medicina (Kaunas), 55(8), 495. [PMCID: PMD6723169]
McCreery RW, Walker EA, Spratford M, Lewis D, Brennan M. (2019). Auditory, Cognitive, and Linguistic Factors Predict Speech Recognition in Adverse Listening Conditions for Children with Hearing Loss. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13:1093. [PMCID: PMC6803493]
Walker EA, Kessler D, Klein K, Spratford M, Oleson JJ, Welhaven A, McCreery RW. (2019). Time-Gated Word Recognition in Children: Effects of Auditory Access, Age, and Semantic Context. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62(7), 2519-2534. [PMCID: PMC6808355]
Moeller MP, Thomas AE, Oleson J, Ambrose SE. (2019). Validation of a Parent Report Tool for Monitoring Early Vocal Stages in Infants. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62(7), 2245-2257. [PMCID: PMC6808354]
Oleson JJ, Brown GD, McCreery RW. (2019). The Evolution of Statistical Methods in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62(3), 498-506. [PMCID: PMC6802898]
Oleson JJ, Brown GD, McCreery RW. (2019). Essential Statistical Concepts for Research in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 62(3), 489-497. [PMCID: PMC6802903]
Walker EA, Curran M, Spratford M, Roush P. (2019). Remote Microphone Systems for Preschool-Age Children who are Hard of Hearing: Access and Utilization. International Journal of Audiology, 58(4), 200-207. [PMCID: PMC6430665]
Walker EA, Redfern A, Oleson JJ. (2019). Linear Mixed-Model Analysis to Examine Longitudinal Trajectories in Vocabulary Depth and Breadth in Children who are Hard of Hearing. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62(3), 525-542. [PMCID: PMC6802902]
Curran M, Walker EA, Roush P, Spratford M. (2019). Using Propensity Score Matching to Address Clinical Questions: The Impact of Remote Microphone Systems on Language Outcomes in Children who are Hard of Hearing. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62(3), 564-576. [PMCID: PMC6802899]
Spratford M. (2019). Being Mindful of "Mild". In Jane Madell, Carol Flexer, Erin Schafer & Jace Wolfe (Eds.) Pediatric Audiology Casebook, 2nd Ed. Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc, New York, NY.
Quick N, Harrison M, Erickson K. (2019). A multilinguistic analysis of spelling among children with cochlear implants. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 24(1), 41-53. [PMCID: PMC6318947]