Douglas Sladen
PhD
Affiliate Investigator, BC Children's Hospital
American Journal of Audiology
Malia P. Henderson and Adam Bosen and Douglas P. Sladen
DOI: 10.1044/2025_AJA-25-0000912 / 2025
Otology and Neurotology
Reed, N.S. and Assi, S. and Bush, M. and Carlson, M.L. and Cosetti, M. and Creel, L. and Gubbels, S. and Gurgel, R. and Holcomb, M. and Jilla, A.M. and Lin, F.R. and Marinelli, J.P. and Myers, C. and Sladen, D.P. and Spankovich, C. and Sydlowski, S. and Yueh, B. and Nassiri, A.M.
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000004523American Journal of Audiology
Sladen, D.P. and Diedesch, A.C. and Zeitler, D.M.
DOI: 10.1044/2024_AJA-23-00214American Journal of Audiology
Kirjav, S.A. and Sladen, D.P. and Debacker, J.R.
DOI: 10.1044/2023_AJA-22-00112Meiji Kabuki Japanese Theatre Through Foreign Eyes
Sladen, D.
Ear and Hearing
Park, L.R. and Griffin, A.M. and Sladen, D.P. and Neumann, S. and Young, N.M.
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000001204Meiji Kabuki Japanese Theatre Through Foreign Eyes
Hartshorne, A.C. and Mar, W.D. and Gaisberg, F. and Sladen, D. and Clement, E.W. and Rittner, G.H. and Browne, G.W. and Watson, W.P. and D?Anethan, E.M. and Holland, C. and Montgomery, H.B. and Adam, E. and Anonymous and Exner, A.H.
Cochlear Implants International
Sladen, D.P. and Zeitler, D.M.
DOI: 10.1080/14670100.2022.2054098Otology and Neurotology
Sladen, D.P. and Peterson, A. and Olund, A.
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000002533Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
McRackan, T.R. and Hand, B.N. and Velozo, C.A. and Dubno, J.R. and Golub, J.S. and Wilkinson, E.P. and Mills, D. and Carey, J.P. and Vorasubin, N. and Brunk, V. and Carlson, M.L. and Driscoll, C.L. and Sladen, D.P. and Camposeo, E.L. and Holcomb, M.A. and Lambert, P.R. and Meyer, T.A. and Thomas, C. and Moberly, A.C. and Blevins, N.H. and Larky, J.B. and Herzano, R.P. and Hoffer, M.E. and Prentiss, S.M. and Samy, R.N. and Gubbels, S.P. and Brant, J. and Hunter, J.B. and Isaacson, B. and Walter Kutz, J. and Gurgel, R.K. and Zeitler, D.M. and Buchman, C.A. and Firszt, J.B. and Gifford, R.H. and Haynes, D.S. and Labadie, R.F.
DOI: 10.1044/2019_JSLHR-H-19-0142Ear and Hearing
McRackan, T.R. and Hand, B.N. and Velozo, C.A. and Dubno, J.R. and Samy, R.N. and Gubbels, S.P. and Golub, J.S. and Wilkinson, E.P. and Mills, D. and Carey, J.P. and Vorasubin, N. and Brunk, V. and Carlson, M.L. and Driscoll, C.L. and Sladen, D.P. and Camposeo, E.L. and Holcomb, M.A. and Lambert, P.R. and Meyer, T.A. and Thomas, C. and Moberly, A.C. and Blevins, N.H. and Larky, J.B. and Herzano, R.P. and Hoffer, M.E. and Prentiss, S.M. and Brant, J. and Hunter, J.B. and Isaacson, B. and Kutz, J.W. and Gurgel, R.K. and Zeitler, D.M. and Buchman, C.A. and Firszt, J.B. and Gifford, R.H. and Haynes, D.S. and Labadie, R.F.
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000684Otology and Neurotology
Sladen, D.P. and Olund, A.P. and Schmitt, M. and Benson, B. and De Jong, M.D. and Dowling, B.P. and Carlson, M.L.
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000002246International Journal of Audiology
Bagatto, M. and DesGeorges, J. and King, A. and Kitterick, P. and Laurnagaray, D. and Lewis, D. and Roush, P. and Sladen, D.P. and Tharpe, A.M.
DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2019.1654620International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Zeitler, D.M. and Sladen, D.P. and DeJong, M.D. and Torres, J.H. and Dorman, M.F. and Carlson, M.L.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2018.12.037Ear and Hearing
Dirks, C. and Nelson, P.B. and Sladen, D.P. and Oxenham, A.J.
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000708Otology and Neurotology
Sladen, D.P. and Carlson, M.L. and Dowling, B.P. and Olund, A.P. and Dejong, M.D. and Breneman, A. and Hollander, S. and Beatty, C.W. and Neff, B.A. and Driscoll, C.L.
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000001763Otology and Neurotology
Carlson, M.L. and Sladen, D.P. and Gurgel, R.K. and Tombers, N.M. and Lohse, C.M. and Driscoll, C.L.
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000001632Cochlear Implants International
Sladen, D.P. and Nie, Y. and Berg, K.
DOI: 10.1080/14670100.2018.1424513Otology and Neurotology
Lohmann, A.R. and Carlson, M.L. and Sladen, D.P.
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000001719Laryngoscope
Sladen, D.P. and Frisch, C.D. and Carlson, M.L. and Driscoll, C.L.W. and Torres, J.H. and Zeitler, D.M.
DOI: 10.1002/lary.26102Cochlear Implants International
Sladen, D.P. and Peterson, A. and Schmitt, M. and Olund, A. and Teece, K. and Dowling, B. and DeJong, M. and Breneman, A. and Beatty, C.W. and Carlson, M.L. and Neff, B.A. and Hughes-Borst, B. and Driscoll, C.L.
DOI: 10.1080/14670100.2017.1293203Laryngoscope
Sladen, D.P. and Gifford, R.H. and Haynes, D. and Kelsall, D. and Benson, A. and Lewis, K. and Zwolan, T. and Fu, Q.-J. and Gantz, B. and Gilden, J. and Westerberg, B. and Gustin, C. and O'Neil, L. and Driscoll, C.L.
DOI: 10.1002/lary.26513Otology and Neurotology
Itayem, D.A. and Sladen, D. and Driscoll, C.L. and Neff, B.A. and Beatty, C.W. and Carlson, M.L.
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000001615Laryngoscope
Sladen, D.P. and Carlson, M.L. and Dowling, B.P. and Olund, A.P. and Teece, K. and DeJong, M.D. and Breneman, A. and Peterson, A. and Beatty, C.W. and Neff, B.A. and Driscoll, C.L.
DOI: 10.1002/lary.26337Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)
Thompson, G.P. and Sladen, D.P. and Hughes Borst, B.J. and Still, O.L.
DOI: 10.1177/0194599815623266Cochlear Implants International
Thomas Roland, J. and Buchman, C. and Eisenberg, L. and Henderson, L. and He, S. and Firszt, J. and Francis, H. and Dunn, C. and Sladen, D. and Arndt, S. and May, B. and Zeitler, D. and Niparko, J.K. and Emmett, S. and Tucci, D. and Chen, J. and McConkey Robbins, A. and Schwefler, E. and Geers, A. and Lederberg, A. and Hayes, H. and Hughes, M. and Bierer, J. and Schafer, E. and Sorkin, D. and Kozma-Spytek, L. and Childress, T.
DOI: 10.1080/14670100.2016.1225348Otology and Neurotology
Carlson, M.L. and Neff, B.A. and Sladen, D.P. and Link, M.J. and Driscoll, C.L.
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000001016Otology and Neurotology
Carlson, M.L. and Sladen, D.P. and Haynes, D.S. and Driscoll, C.L. and DeJong, M.D. and Erickson, H.C. and Sunderhaus, L.W. and Hedley-Williams, A. and Rosenzweig, E.A. and Davis, T.J. and Gifford, R.H.
American Journal of Audiology
Sladen, D.P. and Ricketts, T.A.
DOI: 10.1044/2015_AJA-15-0023Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)
Thompson, G.P. and Sladen, D.P. and Borst, B.J.H. and Still, O.L.
DOI: 10.1177/0194599815593737American Journal of Audiology
Sladen, D.P. and Zappler, A.
DOI: 10.1044/2014_AJA-13-0066Otology and Neurotology
Van Abel, K.M. and Dunn, C.C. and Sladen, D.P. and Oleson, J.J. and Beatty, C.W. and Neff, B.A. and Hansen, M. and Gantz, B.J. and Driscoll, C.L.W.
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000000703Journal of the American Academy of Audiology
Jin, S.-H. and Liu, C. and Sladen, D.P.
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.25.7.4Otology and Neurotology
Holman, M.A. and Carlson, M.L. and Driscoll, C.L.W. and Grim, K.J. and Petersson, R.S. and Sladen, D.P. and Flick, R.P.
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31827d0922American Journal of Audiology
Porter, H. and Sladen, D.P. and Ampah, S.B. and Rothpletz, A. and Bess, F.H.
DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889(2013/13-0013)Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
Smiljanic, R. and Sladen, D.
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2012/12-0097)Seminars in Hearing
Tharpe, A.M. and Sladen, D.P. and Dodd-Murphy, J. and Boney, S.J.
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1215437Trends in Amplification
Tharpe, A.M. and Sladen, D.P.
DOI: 10.1177/1084713807313085Journal of the American Academy of Audiology
Tharpe, A.M. and Ashmead, D. and Sladen, D.P. and Ryan, H.A.M. and Rothpletz, A.M.
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.19.10.2Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development Three Volume Set
Ashmead, D.H. and Tharpe, A.M. and Sladen, D.P.
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012370877-9.00014-1Ear and Hearing
Tharpe, A.M. and Bess, F.H. and Sladen, D.P. and Schissel, H. and Couch, S. and Schery, T.
DOI: 10.1097/01.aud.0000224981.60575.d8Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
Sladen, D.P. and Tharpe, A.M. and Ashmead, D.H. and Grantham, D.W. and Chun, M.M.
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2005/106)Cochlear Implants International
Tharpe, A.M. and Sladen, D.
DOI: 10.1002/cii.118Topics in Language Disorders
Hedley-Williams, A.J. and Sladen, D.P. and Tharpe, A.M.
DOI: 10.1097/00011363-200301000-00007American Journal of Audiology
Tharpe, A.M. and Sladen, D. and Huta, H.M. and Rothpletz, A.M.
DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889(2000/006)Children with severe unilateral hearing loss (single-sided deafness) have difficulty with complex auditory tasks such as understanding speech in noise and locating sound sources. Compared to children with typical hearing, children with SSD have lower speech and language scores and are at risk for academic failure. Recently, cochlear implants have been made available to children and adults who have severe-to-profound hearing loss in one ear only (single-sided deafness). My current work examines the outcomes for this population. Specifically, my studies examine how well the implant restores speech understanding to the implanted side, the ability to understand speech when listening in background noise, and the ability to locate sound sources.
Tablet based games can be used in auditory training for children who use cochlear implants. In this study we are examining how much improvement is observed following a 4-week training period.
In this study we are testing speech understanding in noise and sound source localization using a virtual reality test system. Our overall aim is to measure auditory function using quasi-realistic measures to gain further insight into the auditory abilities of children during their everyday lives.
2022 - Reader's Choice Award, Ear and Hearing. Awarded for the article: Park, L., Griffin, A., Neuman, S., Sladen, D.P., Young, N. (2022) Current state of knowledge: Clinical management of children with single-sided deafness and a cochlear implant. Ear & Hearing, 22(43):255-267.
2023 – Outstanding Community Service Award from the Hearing Loss Association of America
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