- Overview
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Dr. Sladen studies hearing and hearing loss in children. The majority of his work is in the area of cochlear implants; a device used to manage severe hearing loss. Dr. Sladen’s recent work has examined children with severe unilateral hearing loss (single-sided deafness) and their outcomes following cochlear implantation. Dr. Sladen has also been exploring the use of virtual reality test environments to assess various auditory skills such as speech understanding in noise and sound source localization.
- Publications
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Localization and Speech-in-Noise Performance in a Virtual Reality Test Environment: A Pilot Study of Adults With Single-Sided Deafness Using a Cochlear Implant
American Journal of Audiology
Douglas P. Sladen and Anna C. Diedesch and Daniel M. Zeitler
DOI: 10.1044/2024_AJA-23-00214
09/2024Providing Mindful and Informed Health Care for Patients Who Are LGBTQ+: Perspectives for Clinical Audiology
American Journal of Audiology
Kirjav, S.A. and Sladen, D.P. and Debacker, J.R.
DOI: 10.1044/2023_AJA-22-00112
2023Speech perception abilities of adult cochlear implant listeners with single-sided deafness vs. bilateral hearing loss
Cochlear Implants International
Sladen, D.P. and Zeitler, D.M.
DOI: 10.1080/14670100.2022.2054098
2022American Cochlear Implant Alliance Task Force Guidelines for Clinical Assessment and Management of Cochlear Implantation in Children with Single-Sided Deafness
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.0000000000001204
2022Auditory Development and Hearing Disorders
Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development
Ashmead, D.H. and Tharpe, A.M. and Sladen, D.P.
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-816512-6.00014-8
2020Assessment of Temporal Fine Structure Processing among Older Adults with Cochlear Implants
Otology and Neurotology
Sladen, D.P. and Peterson, A. and Olund, A.
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000002533
2020Cochlear implant quality of life (CIQOL): Development of a profile instrument (CIQOL-35 profile) and a global measure (CIQOL-10 Global)
Journal 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-19-0142
2019Development of the cochlear implant quality of life item bank
Ear 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.0000000000000684
2019Application of Kaizen Principles to a Large Cochlear Implant Practice: A Continuous Quality Improvement Initiative at Mayo Clinic
Otology 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.0000000000002246
2019Consensus practice parameter: audiological assessment and management of unilateral hearing loss in children
International 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: 10.1080/14992027.2019.1654620
2019Cochlear implantation for single-sided deafness in children and adolescents
International 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.2018.12.037
2019Mechanisms of Localization and Speech Perception with Colocated and Spatially Separated Noise and Speech Maskers under Single-Sided Deafness with a Cochlear Implant
Ear and Hearing
Dirks, C. and Nelson, P.B. and Sladen, D.P. and Oxenham, A.J.
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000708
2019Cochlear implantation in adults with asymmetric hearing loss: Speech recognition in quiet and in noise, and health related quality of life
Otology 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.0000000000001763
2018Survey of the American Neurotology Society on Cochlear Implantation: Part 1, Candidacy Assessment and Expanding Indications
Otology 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.0000000000001632
2018Investigating Speech Recognition and listening effort with different device configurations in adult cochlear implant users
Cochlear Implants International
Sladen, D.P. and Nie, Y. and Berg, K.
DOI: 10.1080/14670100.2018.1424513
2018Intraoperative Cochlear Implant Device Testing Utilizing an Automated Remote System: A Prospective Pilot Study
Otology and Neurotology
Lohmann, A.R. and Carlson, M.L. and Sladen, D.P.
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000001719
2018Cochlear implantation for single-sided deafness: A multicenter study
Laryngoscope
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.26102
2017Health-related quality of life outcomes following adult cochlear implantation: A prospective cohort study
Cochlear 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: 10.1080/14670100.2017.1293203
2017Evaluation of a revised indication for determining adult cochlear implant candidacy
Laryngoscope
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.26513
2017Cochlear implant associated labyrinthitis: A previously unrecognized phenomenon with a distinct clinical and electrophysiological impedance pattern
Otology 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.0000000000001615
2017Early outcomes after cochlear implantation for adults and children with unilateral hearing loss
Laryngoscope
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.26337
2017Erratum: Accuracy of a tablet audiometer for measuring behavioral hearing thresholds in a clinical population (Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States) (2015) 153 (838-842) DOI: 10.1177/0194599815593737)
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)
Thompson, G.P. and Sladen, D.P. and Hughes Borst, B.J. and Still, O.L.
DOI: 10.1177/0194599815623266
2016Proceedings of the Annual Symposium of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance†
Cochlear 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: 10.1080/14670100.2016.1225348
2016Cochlear implantation in patients with intracochlear and intralabyrinthine schwannomas
Otology 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.0000000000001016
2016Evidence for the expansion of pediatric cochlear implant candidacy
Otology 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.
2015Frequency importance functions in quiet and noise for adults with cochlear implants
American Journal of Audiology
Sladen, D.P. and Ricketts, T.A.
DOI: 10.1044/2015_AJA-15-0023
2015Accuracy of a Tablet Audiometer for Measuring Behavioral Hearing Thresholds in a Clinical Population
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)
Thompson, G.P. and Sladen, D.P. and Borst, B.J.H. and Still, O.L.
DOI: 10.1177/0194599815593737
2015Older and younger adult cochlear implant users: Speech recognition in quiet and noise, quality of life, and music perception
American Journal of Audiology
Sladen, D.P. and Zappler, A.
DOI: 10.1044/2014_AJA-13-0066
2015Hearing preservation among patients undergoing cochlear implantation
Otology 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.0000000000000703
2015The effects of aging on speech perception in noise: Comparison between normal-hearing and cochlear-implant listeners
Journal of the American Academy of Audiology
Jin, S.-H. and Liu, C. and Sladen, D.P.
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.25.7.4
2014Cochlear implantation in children 12 months of age and younger
Otology 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.0b013e31827d0922
2013Developmental outcomes in early school-age children with minimal hearing loss
American 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)
2013Acoustic and semantic enhancements for children with cochlear implants
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
Smiljanic, R. and Sladen, D.
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2012/12-0097)
2013Minimal hearing loss in children: Minimal but not inconsequential
Seminars in Hearing
Tharpe, A.M. and Sladen, D.P. and Dodd-Murphy, J. and Boney, S.J.
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1215437
2009Causation of Permanent Unilateral and Mild Bilateral Hearing Loss in Children
Trends in Amplification
Tharpe, A.M. and Sladen, D.P.
DOI: 10.1177/1084713807313085
2008Visual attention and hearing loss: Past and current perspectives
Journal 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.19.10.2
2008Auditory characteristics of children with autism
Ear 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.d8
2006Visual attention in deaf and normal hearing adults: Effects of stimulus compatibility
Journal 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)
2005How we do it: Keeping paediatric patients motivated during the cochlear implant rehabilitative process
Cochlear Implants International
Tharpe, A.M. and Sladen, D.
DOI: 10.1002/cii.118
2004Programming, care, and troubleshooting of cochlear implants for children
Topics in Language Disorders
Hedley-Williams, A.J. and Sladen, D.P. and Tharpe, A.M.
DOI: 10.1097/00011363-200301000-00007
2003Practical considerations of real-ear-to-coupler difference measures in infants
American Journal of Audiology
Tharpe, A.M. and Sladen, D. and Huta, H.M. and Rothpletz, A.M.
DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889(2000/006)
2001 - Research
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Cochlear Implantation for Single-Sided Deafness
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.Gamified Auditory Training to Improve Speech Understanding in Noise and Localization Among Children with Cochlear Implants
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.Assessment of Auditory Function within Virtual Reality Test Environments
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.Honours & Awards2022 - 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
Congratulations CIHR Fall 2024 Project Grant recipients
Congratulations to the investigators and their teams who were awarded funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Fall 2024 Project Grant competition!
