Much of the hospital's success in identifying and treating children with hearing loss is the result of the rapid transfer of research findings from laboratories to clinic and bedside.
Areas of Research
Brenda M. Hoover
Curriculum Vita
Personal Information:
Maiden Name:
Brenda M. Bergman
Present Position:
Clinical/Research Audiologist
Boys Town National Research Hospital
555 North 30th Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68131
(402) 498-6326 (work)
(402) 498-6768 (FAX)
email: hooverb@boystown.org
Education:
1990 |
University of Iowa , M.A., Audiology |
1988 |
University of Iowa , B.S., Speech and Hearing Science |
Professional Experience:
1991 - present |
Clinical/Research Audiologist, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska Responsibilities: Auditory brainstem response testing, otoacoustic emissions, electrocochleography, electroneuronography, hearing aids, and typical diagnostic work with all age groups. Manuscript Peer Reviewer for Ear and Hearing . |
1995 - present |
Audiology Medicare Claims Reviewer |
1990-91 |
Clinical Audiologist (Clinical Fellowship Year) |
Honors/Awards/Publications:
Member, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (CCC-A)
Member, Nebraska Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Editor of Newsletter, Nebraska Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 1998-2000
Nebraska State License #126
Certificate of Clinical Competence
Publications:
Choi, S., Lotto, A.J., Lewis, D.E., Hoover, B. & Stelmachowicz, P.G. (2007). Attentional modulation of word recognition by children in a dual-task paradigm. J. Sp. Lang. Hear. Res. (in review).
Moeller, M.P., Hoover, B., Putman, C., Arbataitis, K., Bohnenkamp, G., Peterson, B., Wood, S.L., Lewis, D.E., Pittman, A.L. & Stelmachowicz, P.G. (2007). Vocalizations of infants with hearing loss compared to infants with normal hearing--Part I: Phonetic development. Ear Hear. 28, 605-627. ]
Moeller, M.P., Hoover, B., Putman, C., Arbataitis, K., Bohnenkamp, G., Peterson, B., Estee, S., Lewis, D.E., Pittman, A.L. & Stelmachowicz, P.G. (2007). Vocalizations of infants with hearing loss compared with infants with normal hearing--Part II: Transition to words. Ear Hear. 28, 628-642.
Stelmachowicz, P.G., Lewis, D.E., Choi, S. & Hoover, B.M. (2007). Effect of stimulus bandwidth on auditory skills in normal-hearing and hearing-impaired children. Ear Hear. 28, 483-494.
Stelmachowicz, P.G. & Hoover, B.M. (2007). Hearing instrument fitting and verification. In J. Katz & L Medwetsky (Eds.), Handbook of Clinical Audiology. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, p. (in press).
Pittman, A.L., Lewis, D.E., Hoover, B.M. & Stelmachowicz, P.G. (2005). Rapid word-learning in normal-hearing and hearing-impaired children: Effects of age, receptive vocabulary and high-frequency amplification. Ear Hear. 26, 619-629.
Gorga, M.P., Neely, S.T., Hoover, B.M., Dierking, D., Beauchaine, K.L. & Manning, C. (2004). Determining the upper limits of stimulation for auditory steady-state response measurements. Ear Hear. 25, 302-307.
Johnson, T.A., Neely, S.T., Dierking, D.M., Hoover, B.M. & Gorga, M.P. (2004). An alternate approach to constructing distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) suppression tuning curves. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 116, 3263-3266.
Stelmachowicz, P.G., Pittman, A.L., Hoover, B.M. & Lewis, D.E. (2004). Novel-word learning in children with normal hearing and hearing loss. Ear Hear. 25, 47-56.
Stelmachowicz, P.G., Pittman, A.L., Hoover, B.M., Lewis, D.C. & Moeller, M.P. (2004). The importance of high-frequency audibility in the speech and language development of children with hearing loss. Arch. Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg. 130, 556-562.
Gorga, M.P., Neely, S.T., Dierking, D.M., Dorn, P.A., Hoover, B.M. & Fitzpatrick, D.F. (2003). Distortion product otoacoustic emission tuning curves in normal-hearing and hearing-impaired human ears. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 114, 263-278.
Gorga, M.P., Neely, S.T., Dorn, P.A. & Hoover, B.M. (2003). Further efforts to predict pure-tone thresholds from distortion product otoacoustic emission input/output functions. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 113, 3275-3284.
Pittman, A.L., Stelmachowicz, P.G., Lewis, D.E. & Hoover, B.M. (2003). Spectral characteristics of speech at the ear: Implications for amplification in children. J. Sp. Lang. Hear. Res. 46, 649-657.
Bagatto, M.P., Scollie, S.D., Seewald, R.C., Moodie, K.S. & Hoover, B.M. (2002). Real-ear-to-coupler difference predictions as a function of age for two coupling procedures. J. Am. Acad. Audiol. 13, 407-415.
Pittman, A.L., Stelmachowicz, P.G., Lewis, D.E. & Hoover, B. (2002). Influence of hearing loss on the perceptual strategies of children and adults. J. Sp. Lang. Hear. Res. 45, 1276-1284.
Stelmachowicz, P.G., Pittman, A.L., Hoover, B.M. & Lewis, D.E. (2002). Aided perception of /s/ and /z/ by hearing-impaired children. Ear Hear. 23, 316-324.
Stelmachowicz, P.G., Hoover, B.M., Lewis, D.C. & Brennan, M. (2002). Is functional gain really functional? Hear. J. 55, 38-42.
Gorga, M.P., Preissler, K., Simmons, J.L., Walker, L. & Hoover, B.M. (2001). Some issues relevant to establishing a universal newborn hearing screening program. J. Am. Acad. Audiol. 12, 101-112.
Hoover, B.M. (2001). Hearing aid fitting in infants. Volta Rev. 102, 57-73.
Stelmachowicz, P.G., Hoover, B.M., Lewis, D.E., Kortekaas, R. & Pittman, A.L. (2000). The relation between stimulus context, speech audibility, and perception for normal-hearing and hearing-impaired children. J. Sp. Lang. Hear. Res. 43, 902-914.
Stelmachowicz, P.G., Pittman, A.L., Hoover, B. & Lewis, D.E. (2001). Effect of stimulus bandwidth on the perception of /s/ in normal- and hearing-impaired children and adults. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 110, 2183-2190.
Hoover, B.M., Stelmachowicz, P.G. & Lewis, D.E. (2000). Effect of earmold fit on predicted real ear SPL using a real ear to coupler difference procedure. Ear Hear. 21, 310-317.
Hoover, B.M., Stelmachowicz, P.G. & Lewis, D.E. (2000). Effect of earmold fit on predicted real ear SPL using a real ear to coupler difference procedure. Ear Hear. 21, 310-317.
Pittman, A.L., Lewis, D.E., Hoover, B.M. & Stelmachowicz, P.G. (1999). Recognition performance for four combinations of FM system and hearing aid microphone signals in adverse listening conditions. Ear Hear. 20, 279-289.
Stelmachowicz, P.G., Lewis, D., Hoover, B., Keefe, D. (1999). Subjective effects of peak clipping vs. compression limiting in normal and hearing-impaired children and adults. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.
Lewis, D. C., Eiten, L. E., Hoover, B. M., Stelmachowicz, P. G. & Seewald, R. (1998). FM systems for children: Rationale, selection, and verification strategies.
Stelmachowicz, P.G., Dalzell, S., Peterson, D., Kopun, J., Lewis, D., Hoover, B. (1998). A comparison of threshold-based fitting strategies for nonlinear hearing aids. Ear and Hearing, 19, 131-138.
Gorga, M.P., Neely, S.T., Starnes-Ohlrich, B., Hoover, B., Redner, J., and Peters, J. (1997). From laboratory to clinic: A large scale study of distortion product otoacoustic emissions in ears with normal hearing and ears with hearing loss, Ear and Hearing, 18, 440-455.
Bergman, B.M., Gorga, M.P., Neely, S.T., Kaminski, J.R., Beauchaine, K.L., and Peters, J. (1995). Preliminary descriptions of transient-evoked and distortion product otoacoustic emissions from graduates of an intensive care nursery, Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 6, 150-162.
Gorga, M.P., Stover, L., Bergman, B.M., Beauchaine, K.L., Kaminski, J.R. (1995). The application of otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) in the assessment of developmentally delayed patients, Scandinavian Audiology, 24, Suppl. 41, 8-17.
Gorga, M.P., Neely, S.T., Bergman, B.M., Beauchaine, K.L., Kaminski, J.R., and Liu, Z. (1994). Towards understanding the limits of distortion product otoacoustic emission measurements, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 96, 1494-1500.
Gorga, M.P., Kaminski, J.R., Beauchaine, K.L., and Bergman, B.M. (1993). A comparison of ABR thresholds and latencies elicited by air and bone conducted stimuli, Ear and Hearing, 14, 85-94.
Gorga, M.P., Neely, S.T., Bergman, B.M., Beauchaine, K.L., Kaminski, J.R., Peters, J., and Jesteadt, W. (1993). Otoacoustic emissions in normal-hearing and hearing-impaired subjects: Distortion product responses, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 93, 2050-2060.
Gorga, M.P., Neely, S.T., Bergman, B.M., Beauchaine, K.L., Kaminski, J.R., Peters, J., Schulte, L., and Jesteadt, W. (1993). A comparison of transient-evoked and distortion product otoacoustic emissions in normal-hearing and hearing-impaired subjects, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 94, 2639-2648.
Bergman, B.M., Beauchaine, K.L., and Gorga, M.P. (1992). Applications of the auditory brainstem response in pediatric audiology. The Hearing Journal, 45, 9-25.
Gorga, M.P., Beauchaine, K.L., Kaminski, J.R., and Bergman, B.M. (1992). The use of tone bursts in ABR evaluations. American Journal of Audiology , 1, 11-12.
Presentations:
Moeller, M.P., Hoover, B.M., Putman, C. & Stelmachowicz, P.G. (2007). Phonetic development in early-identified infants with hearling loss. Presented at the International Child Phonology Conference, U. of Washington, Seattle, WA, June.
Choi, S., Lewis, D.E., Hoover, B.M. & Stelmachowicz, P.G. (2006). The effect of concurrent serial digit recall on speech processing in children. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 119, 3420-3421. Presented at the 151st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Providence, RI, June.
Moeller, M.P., Stelmachowicz, P.G., Hoover, B.M., Wood, S. & Buglewicz, E. (2006). Vocal and early verbal development in infants with normal and impaired hearing: 9 to 24 months. Presented at the Society for Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI, June.
Pittman, A., Hoover, B.M., Lewis, D.E. & Stelmachowicz, P.G. (2005). How extended high-frequency amplification affects word learning in children. Presented at the American Auditory Society Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ, March.
Johnson, T.A., Neely, S.T., Dierking, D.M., Hoover, B.M. & Gorga, M.P. (2004). DPOAE suppression tuning curves: Effect of suppression criterion. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngol. Abst. 27, 33-34. (Abstract #876). Presented at the 27th Annual Midwinter Research Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Daytona Beach, FL, February.
Neely, S.T., Dierking, D.M., Hoover, B.M. & Gorga, M.P. (2004). Fast DPOAE I/O measurements covering L1-L2 stimulus level space. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngol. Abst. 27, 34. (Abstract #100). Presented at the 27th Annual Midwinter Research Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Daytona Beach, FL, February.
Gorga, M.P., Neely, S.T., Dorn, P.A. & Hoover, B.M. (2003). Predicting pure-tone thresholds form DPOAE input/output (I/O) functions. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngol. Abst. 26, 171. (Abstract #675). Presented at the 26th Annual Midwinter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Daytona Beach, FL, February.
Stelmachowicz, P.G., Pittman, A.L., Hoover, B.M. & Lewis, D.E. (2003). Learning rate for novel words in normal-hearing and hearing-impaired children. Presented at the 2003 American Auditory Society Meeting, Tucson, AZ, March.
Lewis, D.E., Pittman, A.L., Hoover, B.M. & Stelmachowicz, P.G. (2002). Interaction between amplification and the spectral characteristics of self-generated speech in children and adults. Presented at the 2002 International Hearing Aid Research Conference, Lake Tahoe, CA, August.
Stelmachowicz, P.G., Pittman, A., Lewis, D.E. & Hoover, B.M. (2002). Spectral characteristics of children's speech: Implications for self-monitoring through amplification. Presentation at the American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ, March.
Hoover, B.M. & Eiten, L.R. (2001). Early amplification: From laboratory to clinic. Presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, New Orleans, LA.
Pittman, A.L., Stelmachowicz, P.G., Lewis, D.E. & Hoover, B.M. (2001). Perceptual weighting strategies of normal-hearing and hearing-impaired children and adults. Presented at the 2001 American Auditory Society Meeting, Tucson, AZ, March.
Pittman, A.L., Stelmachowicz, P.G., Lewis, D.E. & Hoover, B.M. (2001). Some perceptual weighting strategies in normal-hearing and hearing-impaired children and adults. Presented at the Second International Conference of A Sound Foundation Through Early Amplification, Chicago, IL, November.
Stelmachowicz, P.G., Pittman, A.L., Lewis, D.E. & Hoover, B.M. (2001). Morpheme perception in normal-hearing and hearing-impaired children. Presented at the 2001 American Auditory Society Meeting, Tucson, AZ, March.
Hoover, B.M. & Beauchaine, K.L. (2000). Newborn hearing screening and implications of early detection. Invited presentation, Practical Pediatrics: 2000 Update, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, February.
Hoover, B.M. & Beauchaine, K.L. (2000). Practical pediatrics: 2000 update. Presented at Creighton University, Omaha, NE, February.
Stelmachowicz, P.G., Pittman, A.L., Lewis, D.E. & Hoover, B.M. (2000). The effect of stimulus bandwidth on fricative perception in normal and hearing-impaired children and adults. Presented at the International Hearing Aid Research Conference, Lake Tahoe, CA, August.
Gorga, M., Preissler, K., Simmons, J., Walker, L., and Hoover, B. (2000) NHS2000 International Conference on Newborn Hearing Screening, Diagnosis, and Intervention, Milan, Italy, October, 2000.
Beauchaine, K. and Hoover, B. (2000). Newborn Hearing Screening and Implications of Early Detection, Practical Pediatrics: 2000 Update, Omaha, Nebraska, February, 2000.
Hoover, B. and Penny, G. (1999). Ear Infections in Young Children, Alegent Health Seminars for Healthy Living, Omaha, Nebraska, April, 1999.
Hoover, B. (1999). Pediatric Amplification: Fitting with Limited Audiological Information, Mid-South Conference on Communicative Disorders, Memphis, Tennessee, March, 1999.
Pittman, A., Lewis, D., Hoover, B., & Stelmachowicz, P. (1999). Assessment of four configurations of FM and environmental microphone signals, American Auditory Society Meeting, Scottsdale, Arizona, March, 1999.
Stelmachowicz, P.G., Hoover, B., Lewis, D., and Kortekaas, R. (1998). The relationship between stimulus context, speech audibility, and perception for children and adults, Issues with Advanced Hearing Aid Research, Lake Arrowhead, California, May, 1998.
Stelmachowicz, P.G., Lewis, D., Hoover, B., Keefe, D. (1998). Objective and subjective effects of peak clipping vs. compression limiting in normal and hearing-impaired children and adults, Association for Research in Otolaryngology, St. Petersburg Beach, Florida, February, 1998
Stelmachowicz, P.G., Dalzell, S., Peterson, D.C., Kopun, J., Lewis, D., and Hoover, B.M. (1997) A comparison of threshold-based fitting strategies for nonlinear hearing aids. Poster presented at American Academy of Audiology convention, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Hoover, B.M. and Feigin, J.A. (1997) Real Ear to Coupler Differences, Pediatric Amplification Workshop, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE, May, 1997.
Bergman, B.M. and Feigin J.A. (1996) Real Ear to Coupler Differences, Pediatric Amplification Workshop, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE, October, 1996.
Bergman, B.M. (1994). Early identification and intervention: A case study. Presented as part of mini-seminar "Special topics in pediatric amplification and management", American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Gorga, M.P., Neely, S.T., Bergman, B.M., Beauchaine, K.L., Kaminski, J.R., and Liu, Z. (1994). Preliminary data obtained with a customized emission averaging system, Midwinter Meeting, Association for Research in Otolaryngology, St. Petersburg Beach, Florida.
Bergman, B.M., Gorga, M.P., Kaminski, J.R., and Beauchaine, K.L. (1993). Otoacoustic emissions: Preliminary data from ICN graduates, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Anaheim, CA.
Bergman, B.M., Gorga, M.P., Neely, S.T., Kaminski, J.R., Beauchaine, K.L., and Peters, J. (1993). Preliminary descriptions of transient-evoked and distortion product otoacoustic emissions from graduates of an intensive care nursery, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Anaheim, California.
Gorga, M.P., Neely, S.T., Bergman, B.M., Beauchaine, K.L., Kaminski, J.R., Peters, J., and Jesteadt, W. (1993). Acoustic distortion products in normal-hearing and hearing-impaired ears. Midwinter meeting, Association for Research in Otolaryngology, St. Petersburg Beach, Florida.
Neely, S.T., Gorga, M.P., Bergman, B.M., Beauchaine, K.L., Kaminski, J.R., Peters, J., and Jesteadt, W. (1993). A comparison of transient evoked and distortion product otoacoustic emissions. Midwinter meeting, Association for Research in Otolaryngology, St. Petersburg Beach, Florida.
Gorga, M.P., Kaminski, J.R., Beauchaine, K.L., and Bergman, B.M. (1992). ABRs to air- and bone-conducted stimuli, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Antonio, Texas.
Harker, L.A., Bergman, B.M., and Gorga, M.P. (1991). Surgical management of external auditory canal atresia, 1991 National Conference on Pediatric Amplification, Omaha, Nebraska.
Bergman, B. and Bentler, R. (1990). Relating hearing aid output to measurements of volume and immittance, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Seattle, Washington.
Bentler, R. and Bergman, B. (1989). Noise reduction hearing aids: A tutorial, 118th meeting of the Acoustic Society of America, St. Louis, Missouri.