Faculty

Judith E. Widen

Associate Professor
Department of Hearing and Speech
University of Kansas Medical Center

Phone: (913) 588-5937
FAX: (913) 588-5923
jwiden@kumc.edu

B.A., 1969, Washington State University
M.S., 1974, Portland State University
Ph.D., 1982, University of Washington-Seattle

Research Interests

Pediatric audiology, especially behavioral assessment of infants and toddlers using Visual Reinforcement Audiometry. Clinical application of otoacoustic emissions (OAES) for screening for hearing loss in newborns, infants and toddlers, estimating the audiogram when behavioral responses are limited, and changes in emissions with age. Auditory perception of children with normal hearing and with specific language impairment.

Selected Publications

Nicholson, N., and Widen, J.E. (In press). Evoked otoacoustic emissions in the evaluation of children. In M.S. Robinette & T.J. Glattke (Eds.), Otoacoustic Emissions: Clinical Applications (3rd ed.) New York: Thieme Medical Publishers Inc.

Johnson, J.L., White, K.R., Widen, J.E., Gravel, J.S., Vohr, B.R., et al. (2005). A multisite study to examine the efficacy of the otoacoustic emission/automated auditory brainstem response newborn hearing screening protocol: Introduction and overview of the study. American Journal of Audiology 14(2): S178-S185.

White, K.R., Vohr, B.R., Meyer, S., Widen, J.E., Johnson, J.L., Gravel, J.S., et al. (2005). A multisite study to examine the efficacy of the otoacoustic emission/automated auditory brainstem response newborn hearing screening protocol: Research design and results of the study. American Journal of Audiology 14(2): S186-S199.

Widen, J.E., Johnson, J.L., White, K.R., Gravel, J.S., Vohr, B., James, M., Kennalley, T., Maxon, A.B, Spivak, L., Sullivan-Mahoney, M., Weirather, Y., Meyer, S. (2005). A multisite study to examine the efficacy of the otoacoustic emission/automated auditory brainstem response newborn hearing screening protocol: Results of visual reinforcement audiometry. American Journal of Audiology 14(2): S200-S216.

Gravel, J.S., White, K.R., Johnson, J.L., Widen, J.E., Vohr, B., et al. (2005). A multisite study to examine the efficacy of the otoacoustic emission/automated auditory brainstem response newborn hearing screening protocol: Recommendations for policy, practice and research. American Journal of Audiology 14(2): S217-S228.