Ruth Y Litovsky, PhD
Professor
- Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
litovsky@waisman.wisc.edu
(608) 262-5045
1500 Highland Ave.
Room 521
Madison, WI 53705-2274
Education
- BS, Washington University in St. Louis, 1988
- MS, Washington University in St. Louis, 1988
- PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1991
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
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- Assessing Fine-Grained Speech Discrimination in Young Children With Bilateral Cochlear Implants.
- Peng ZE, Hess C, Saffran JR, Edwards JR, Litovsky RY
- Otol. Neurotol. 2019 Jan 24;
- [PubMed ID: 30688756]
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- Restoration of spatial hearing in adult cochlear implant users with single-sided deafness.
- Litovsky RY, Moua K, Godar S, Kan A, Misurelli SM, Lee DJ
- Hear. Res. 2019 Feb; 372: 69-79
- [PubMed ID: 29729903]
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- Mixed stimulation rates to improve sensitivity of interaural timing differences in bilateral cochlear implant listeners.
- Thakkar T, Kan A, Jones HG, Litovsky RY
- J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 2018 Mar; 143(3): 1428
- [PubMed ID: 29604701]
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- The Effect of Simulated Interaural Frequency Mismatch on Speech Understanding and Spatial Release From Masking.
- Goupell MJ, Stoelb CA, Kan A, Litovsky RY
- Ear Hear 2018 Sep/Oct; 39(5): 895-905
- [PubMed ID: 29337763]
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- Spatial Release From Masking in 2-Year-Olds With Normal Hearing and With Bilateral Cochlear Implants.
- Hess CL, Misurelli SM, Litovsky RY
- Trends Hear 2018 Jan-Dec; 22: 2331216518775567
- [PubMed ID: 29761735]