Ruth Y Litovsky, PhD
Professor
- Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
1500 Highland Ave.
Room 521
Madison, WI 53705-2274
Education
- BS, Washington University in St. Louis
- MS, Washington University in St. Louis
- PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Research Interests
Dr. Litovsky’s translational research investigates cochlear implants, particularly with regard to the effect that bilateral cochlear implants have on the ability of patients to hear speech and localize sounds. Specifically, Dr. Litovsky’s lab studies emergence of spatial hearing abilities in young children through longitudinal investigations. The lab studies the ability of children to separate speech from competing sounds and identify source locations. Through various collaborations, these studies also focus on language acquisition (with Jenny Saffran and Susan Ellis-Weismer) and phonological awareness (with Jan Edwards). Another line of research with adults focuses on how to improve performance with bilateral devices that are not designed to be synchronized. Thus the lab studies binaural sensitivity using research processors, in the hope that a clinical binaural processor with a single digital signal processor can be implemented in the near future.
Recent Publications
Sound source localization patterns and bilateral cochlear implants: Age at onset of deafness effects.
Anderson SR, Jocewicz R, Kan A, Zhu J, Tzeng S, Litovsky RY
PLoS One 2022; 17(2): e0263516
[PubMed ID: 35134072]Inhibitory Control in Children 4-10 Years of Age: Evidence From Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Task-Based Observations.
Zhou X, Planalp EM, Heinrich L, Pletcher C, DiPiero M, Alexander AL, Litovsky RY, Dean DC
Front Hum Neurosci 2021; 15: 798358
[PubMed ID: 35046786]The Impact of Synchronized Cochlear Implant Sampling and Stimulation on Free-Field Spatial Hearing Outcomes: Comparing the ciPDA Research Processor to Clinical Processors.
Dennison SR, Jones HG, Kan A, Litovsky RY
Ear Hear 2022 Jul-Aug 01; 43(4): 1262-1272
[PubMed ID: 34882619]Signal envelope and speech intelligibility differentially impact auditory motion perception.
Warnecke M, Litovsky RY
Sci Rep 2021 Jul 23; 11(1): 15117
[PubMed ID: 34302032]Novel Approaches to Measure Spatial Release From Masking in Children With Bilateral Cochlear Implants.
Peng ZE, Litovsky RY
Ear Hear 2022; 43(1): 101-114
[PubMed ID: 34133400]