Explore our collection of research publications, including peer-reviewed articles, reports, and academic outputs. These materials reflect our ongoing work and contributions to advancing knowledge and practice.
- “Deaf and Hard of Hearing Access to Intelligent Personal Assistants: Comparison of Voice-Based Options with an LLM-Powered Touch Interface” DeVries, Paige S., Michaela Okosi, Ming Li, Nora Dunphy, Gidey Gezae, Dante Conway, Abraham Glasser, Raja Kushalnagar, and Christian Vogler. Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, ACM. 2026
- “A Clinical Tool for Evaluating the Competence of Caregivers, Educators, and Speech-Language Service Providers” Thornton, K., Bosworth, C., Smith, A., Lopez, M., Buxton, C., Oliver, M., and Bernstein, C. American Journal of Audiology, 2025. (Link will be provided soon.)
- “Barriers to Employment: The Deaf Multimedia Authoring Tax“. Vogler, Christian, Abraham Glasser, Raja Kushalnagar, Matthew Seita, Mariana Arroyo Chavez, Keith Delk, Paige DeVries, Molly Feanny, Bernard Thompson, and James Waller.Vogler, Christian, Abraham Glasser, Raja Kushalnagar, Matthew Seita, Mariana Arroyo Chavez, Keith Delk, Paige DeVries, Molly Feanny, Bernard Thompson, and James Waller. 2025
- “Bridging the Speech AI Accessibility Gap for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People” Glasser, Abraham, Christian Vogler, and Raja Kushalnagar. CHI 2025 Speech for All Workshop, ACM. 2025
- “Assessment of Sign Language-Based versus Touch-Based Input for Deaf Users Interacting with Intelligent Personal Assistants.” Tran, Nina, Paige S. DeVries, Matthew Seita, Raja Kushalnagar, Abraham Glasser, and Christian Vogler. Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, ACM. 2024.
- “Sign Language-Based versus Touch-Based Input for Deaf Users with Interactive Personal Assistants in Simulated Kitchen Environments.” DeVries, Paige S., et al. Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, ACM, 2024
- “Teledelivery of Aural Rehabilitation to Improve Cochlear Implant Outcomes.” Brewer, Diane, Majerus, C., Marcus Bernstein, D., Calandrillo, N., Muscato, K., Introcaso, K., and Bosworth, C. The Laryngoscope. 2023
- “Facial Expressions as an Index of Listening Difficulty and Emotional Response.” Venkitakrishnan, S., and Wu, Y. Seminars in Hearing. 2023“Auditory Environment Diversity Quantified Using Entropy from Real-World Hearing Aid Data.”
- Jorgensen, E., Xu, J., Chipara, O., and Wu, Y-H. Frontiers in Digital Health. 2023
- “Auditory Environment Diversity Quantified Using Entropy from Real-World Hearing Aid Data.” Jorgensen, E., Xu, J., Chipara, O., and Wu, Y-H. Frontiers in Digital Health. 2023
- “EEG Alpha Band Responses Reveal Amplification Benefits in Infants with Hearing Loss.” Uhler, K., Tollin, D.J., and Gilley, P.M. Children (Basel). 2023
- “Auditory Environment Diversity Quantified Using Entropy from Real-World Hearing Aid Data.” Jorgensen, E., Xu, J., Chipara, O., and Wu, Y-H. Frontiers in Digital Health. 2023
- “EEG Alpha Band Responses Reveal Amplification Benefits in Infants with Hearing Loss.” Uhler, K., Tollin, D.J., and Gilley, P.M. Children (Basel). 2023
- “Auditory Environments and Hearing Aid Feature Activation Among Younger and Older Listeners in an Urban and Rural Area.” Jorgensen, E., Xu, J., Chipara, O., Oleson, J., Galster, J., and Wu, Y-H. Ear and Hearing. 2023
- “Exploring the Impact Hearing Differences Have on the Development of Speech Perception During Infancy.” Uhler, K., Walker, K., Tollin, D., and Gilley, P. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2023
- “Evaluating and Optimizing Hearing-Aid Self-Fitting Methods Using Population Coverage.” Vyas, D., Jorgensen, E., Wu, Y-H., and Chipara, O. Frontiers in Audiology and Otology. 2023
- Communications Equality Advocates. “Comments of Communications Equality Advocates on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Erratum).” FCC ECFS, 2023, https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/search-filings/filing/109290196218059.
- “Personalizing Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids Using Pairwise Comparisons.” Vyas, D., Brummet, R., Anwar, Y., Jensen, J., Jorgensen, E., Wu, Y-H., and Chipara, O. Smart Health (Amst). 2022
- “Input-Related Demands: Vocoded Sentences Evoke Different Pupillometrics and Subjective Listening Effort Than Sentences in Speech-Shaped Noise.” Giuliani, N.P., Venkitakrishnan, S., and Yu-Hsiang Wu. International Journal of Audiology. 2022
- “Comments on the FDA-2021-N-0555 for ‘Establishing Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids.'” Kozma-Spytek, L., Hamlin, L., and Kelley, B. FDA. 2022
- “Maximizing Cochlear Implant Outcomes with Short-Term Aural Rehabilitation.” Bernstein, C., Brewer, D., Bakke, M., Olson, A., Machmer, E., Spitzer, J., Schauer, P., Sydlowski, S., and Levitt, H. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology. 2021
- “Assessment of Reliability and Validity of the Cochlear Implant Skills Review: A New Measure to Evaluate Cochlear Implant Users’ Device Skills and Knowledge.” Vasil, K., Lewis, J., Ray, C., Baxter, J., Bernstein, C., Brewer, D., Presley, R., Sydlowski, S., Bosworth, C., Bakke, M., Hume-Johnson, K., Hehl, E., and Moberly, A. American Journal of Audiology. 2021
- “The FATE Landscape of Sign Language AI Datasets: An Interdisciplinary Perspective.” Bragg, D., Caselli, N., Hochgesang, J., Huenerfauth, M., Katz-Hernandez, L., Koller, O., Kushalnagar, R., Vogler, C., and Ladner, R. ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS). 2021
- “Comparing Population Coverage Between Hearing Aids Using Presets vs Bose CustomTune.” Sabin, A., Jensen, J., Chipara, O., and Wu, Y-H. Hearing Review. 2021
- “Mismatched Response Predicts Behavioral Speech Discrimination Outcomes in Infants with Hearing Loss and Normal Hearing.” Uhler, K., Hunter, S., and Gilley, P. Infancy. 2021
- “Factors Affecting the Accessibility of Voice Telephony for People with Hearing Loss: Audio Encoding, Network Impairments, Video and Environmental Noise.” Kozma-Spytek, L., and Vogler, C. ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing. 2021
- “Why Ecological Momentary Assessment Surveys Go Incomplete: When It Happens and How It Impacts Data.” Wu, Y-H., Xu, J., Stangl, E., Pentony, S., Vyas, D., Chipara, O., Gudjonsdottir, A., Oleson, J., and Galster, J. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology. 2021
- “Virtual Scenarios for Evaluation Communication, Sensory Aids, and Social Engagement.” Nelson, P., Anderson, A., Beechey, T., Waggenspack, M., and Westman, M. American Auditory Society Scientific and Technology Meeting, 2020
- “Evaluation of Hearing Aid Personalization Algorithms.” Jensen, J., Vyas, D., Garudadri, H., Chipara, O., and Wu, Y. H. Annual Conference of the American Auditory Society. 2020
- “Teleconference Accessibility and Guidelines for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Users.” Kushalnagar, R., and Vogler, C.. ASSETS ’20: Proceedings of the 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. 2020
- “Telehealth and Telework Accessibility in a Pandemic-Induced Virtual World.” Reid, B., Vogler, C., and Alkebsi, Z. University of Colorado Law Review Forum. 2020
- “Laboratory Simulations of Conversation Scenarios: Questionnaire Results from Patient and Partner.” Nelson, P., Anderson, E., and Beechey, T. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics. 2019
- Accessible Remote Work Meetings for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Employees American Association of the DeafBlind, Association of Late-Deafened Adults (ALDA), Cerebral Palsy and Deaf Organization (CPADO), Deaf in Government (DIG), Gallaudet University, Gallaudet University Technology Access Program/Deaf Hard of Hearing Technology RERC, Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), National Association of the Deaf (NAD), National Association of State Agencies of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (NASADHH), National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) Center on Employment, Samuelson-Glushko Technology Law & Policy Clinic at Colorado Law, Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc. (TDI), and Childress, Tina. 2020
- Remote Workplace Communications Access: Recommendations for Employers During Times of Expanded Telework American Association of the DeafBlind, Association of Late-Deafened Adults (ALDA), Cerebral Palsy and Deaf Organization (CPADO), Deaf in Government (DIG), Gallaudet University, Gallaudet University Technology Access Program/Deaf Hard of Hearing Technology RERC, Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), National Association of the Deaf (NAD), National Association of State Agencies of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (NASADHH), National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) Center on Employment, Samuelson-Glushko Technology Law & Policy Clinic at Colorado Law, Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc. (TDI), and Childress, Tina. Deaf HH Tech RERC. 2020
- Webinar Accessibility for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People Vogler, C., Childress, T., McKee, M., Moreland, C., Roth, R., and Ruffin, C. Deaf HH Tech RERC. 2020
- “Accessibility Tips for a Better Zoom/Virtual Meeting Experience” Vogler, Christian. 2020.
- “Efficacy and Effectiveness of Advanced Hearing Aid Directional and Noise Reduction Technologies for Older Adults with Mild to Moderate Hearing Loss.” Wu, Y-H., Stangl, E., Chipara, O., Hasan, S., DeVries, S., and Oleson, J. Ear and Hearing. 2019
- “SCH: INT: Collaborative Research: A Framework for Optimizing Hearing Aids in Situ Based on Patient Feedback, Auditory Context, and Audiologist Input.” Chipara, O., Yang, T., and Wu, Y-H. NSF Award Number 1838830, Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Division of Information & Intelligent Systems. 2019
- “Laboratory Simulations of Conversation Scenarios: Questionnaire Results from Patient and Partner.” Nelson, P., Anderson, E., and Beechey, T. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics. 2019
- “The Relationship Between Mismatch Response and the Acoustic Change Complex in Normal Hearing Infants.” Uhler, K., Hunter, S., Tierney, E., and Gilley, P. Clinical Neurophysiology. 2018
- “Characteristics of Real-World Signal to Noise Ratios and Speech Listening Situations of Older Adults with Mild to Moderate Hearing Loss.” Uhler, K., Hunter, S., Tierney, E., and Gilley, P. Ear and Hearing. 2018
- “Assessing the Performance of Hearing Aids Using Surveys and Audio Data Collected in Situ.” Hasan, S., Brummet, R., Chipara, O., and Wu, Y-H. 2017 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS), IEEE. 2017
- “20Q: EMA Methodology—Research Findings and Clinical Potential.” Wu, Y-H. Audiology Online. 2017
- “Optimizing Performance in Adult Cochlear Implant Users Through Clinician Directed Auditory Training.” Plant, G., Bernstein, C., and Levitt, H. Seminars in Hearing. 2015
- “Construct Validity of the Ecological Momentary Assessment in Audiology Research.” Wu, Y-H., Stangl, E., Zhang, X., and Bentler, R. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology. 2015
- “In-Situ Measurement and Prediction of Hearing Aid Outcomes Using Mobile Phones.” Hasan, S., Brummet, R., Chipara, O., Wu, Y-H., and Yang, T. 2015 International Conference on Healthcare Informatics, IEEE. 2015