Laurie Sue Eisenberg, PhD

Laurie Eisenberg, PhD is an audiologist who engages in clinical research on topics related to pediatric hearing loss, auditory perception, and prosthetic devices for children who are deaf or hard of hearing (cochlear implants, auditory brainstem implants, and hearing aids). Her primary research interest involves defining the auditory factors and their inter-relationships that underlie the development of spoken communication competence in children with hearing loss. Dr. Eisenberg has had numerous collaborations; most recently with scientists from Johns Hopkins University, San Diego State University, Indiana University, and Washington University. Her research is supported by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

USC Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery

• Current status of pediatric auditory brainstem implantation in inner ear malformations; consensus statement of the Third International Pediatric ABI Meeting Cochlear Implants Int. 2024 Jul; 25(4):316-333. . View in PubMed
• Intravenous N-Acetylcysteine to Prevent Cisplatin-Induced Hearing Loss in Children: A Nonrandomized Controlled Phase I Trial Clin Cancer Res. 2023 07 05; 29(13):2410-2418. . View in PubMed
• Home Literacy Experiences and Shared Reading Practices: Preschoolers With Hearing Loss J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ. 2023 03 24; 28(2):189-200. . View in PubMed
• Parenting Stress, Self-Efficacy, and Involvement: Effects on Spoken Language Ability Three Years After Cochlear Implantation Otol Neurotol. 2021 12 01; 42(10S):S11-S18. . View in PubMed
• Developmental Outcomes in Early-Identified Children Who Are Hard of Hearing at 2 to 3 Years of Age Ear Hear. 2021 Sep/Oct; 42(5):1238-1252. . View in PubMed
• Children With Normal Hearing Are Efficient Users of Fundamental Frequency and Vocal Tract Length Cues for Voice Discrimination Ear Hear. 2020 Jan/Feb; 41(1):182-193. . View in PubMed
• Temporal Modulation Detection in Children and Adults With Cochlear Implants: Initial Results Otol Neurotol. 2019 03; 40(3):e311-e315. . View in PubMed
• Assessing the Benefit-Risk Profile for Pediatric Implantable Auditory Prostheses Ther Innov Regul Sci. 2018 09; 52(5):669-679. . View in PubMed
• Early Communication Development of Children with Auditory Brainstem Implants J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ. 2018 07 01; 23(3):249-260. . View in PubMed
• Voice Discrimination by Adults with Cochlear Implants: the Benefits of Early Implantation for Vocal-Tract Length Perception J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 2018 04; 19(2):193-209. . View in PubMed
• Spectral-Temporal Modulated Ripple Discrimination by Children With Cochlear Implants Ear Hear. 2018 Jan/Feb; 39(1):60-68. . View in PubMed
• Authors’ Response Pediatrics. 2017 11; 140(5). . View in PubMed
• Early Sign Language Exposure and Cochlear Implantation Benefits Pediatrics. 2017 Jul; 140(1). . View in PubMed
• A Longitudinal Investigation of the Home Literacy Environment and Shared Book Reading in Young Children With Hearing Loss Ear Hear. 2017 Jul/Aug; 38(4):441-454. . View in PubMed
• Initial Results of a Safety and Feasibility Study of Auditory Brainstem Implantation in Congenitally Deaf Children Otol Neurotol. 2017 02; 38(2):212-220. . View in PubMed
• Proceedings of the Annual Symposium of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance Cochlear Implants Int. 2016 09; 17(5):211-237. . View in PubMed
• Sentence Recognition in Quiet and Noise by Pediatric Cochlear Implant Users: Relationships to Spoken Language Otol Neurotol. 2016 Feb; 37(2):e75-81. . View in PubMed
• Regulatory and funding strategies to develop a safety study of an auditory brainstem implant in young children who are deaf Ther Innov Regul Sci. 2015 Sep; 49(5):659-665. . View in PubMed
• A Prospective Longitudinal Study of US. Children Unable to Achieve Open-Set Speech Recognition 5 Years After Cochlear Implantation. Otol Neurotol. 2015 Jul; 36(6):985-92. . View in PubMed
• The contributions of William FHouse to the field of implantable auditory devices. Hear Res. 2015 Apr; 322:52-6. . View in PubMed
• Developmental outcomes of early-identified children who are hard of hearing at 12 to 18 months of age Early Hum Dev. 2015 Jan; 91(1):47-55. . View in PubMed
• Parental Support for Language Development During Joint Book Reading for Young Children With Hearing Loss Commun Disord Q. 2014 May; 35(3):167-181. . View in PubMed
• Assessment of health-related quality of life 6 years after childhood cochlear implantation Qual Life Res. 2014 Mar; 23(2):719-31. . View in PubMed
• Age-dependent cost-utility of pediatric cochlear implantation Ear Hear. 2013 Jul-Aug; 34(4):402-12. . View in PubMed
• Influence of implantation age on school-age language performance in pediatric cochlear implant users Int J Audiol. 2013 Apr; 52(4):219-29. . View in PubMed
• Effects of maternal sensitivity and cognitive and linguistic stimulation on cochlear implant users’ language development over four yearsJ Pediatr. 2013 Feb; 162(2):343-8. e3. . View in PubMed
• The Acoustic Change Complex in Young Children with Hearing Loss: A Preliminary Study Semin Hear. 2013; 34(4):278-287. . View in PubMed
• Phonological awareness and print knowledge of preschool children with cochlear implants J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2012 Jun; 55(3):811-23. . View in PubMed
• Timing of cochlear implantation and parents’ global ratings of children’s health and development Otol Neurotol. 2012 Jun; 33(4):545-52. . View in PubMed
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• Assessing spoken word recognition in children who are deaf or hard of hearing: a translational approach J Am Acad Audiol. 2012 Jun; 23(6):464-75. . View in PubMed
• Language development after cochlear implantation: an epigenetic model J Neurodev Disord. 2011 Dec; 3(4):388-404. . View in PubMed
• An on-line imitative test of speech-pattern contrast perception (OlimSpac): developmental effects in normally hearing children J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2010 Jun; 53(3):531-42. . View in PubMed
• Spoken language development in children following cochlear implantation JAMA. 2010 Apr 21; 303(15):1498-506. . View in PubMed
• Relationships between speech perception abilities and spoken language skills in young children with hearing loss Int J Audiol. 2009 May; 48(5):248-59. . View in PubMed
• Literacy skills in children with cochlear implants: the importance of early oral language and joint storybook reading J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ. 2009; 14(1):22-43. . View in PubMed
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• Assessing the use of speech and language measures in relation to parental perceptions of development after early cochlear implantation Otol Neurotol. 2008 Feb; 29(2):208-13. . View in PubMed
• Assessing speech pattern contrast perception in infants: early results on VRASPAC Otol Neurotol. 2008 Feb; 29(2):183-8. . View in PubMed
• Comprehensive evaluation of a child with an auditory brainstem implant Otol Neurotol. 2008 Feb; 29(2):251-7. . View in PubMed
• Tracking development of speech recognition: longitudinal data from hierarchical assessments in the Childhood Development after Cochlear Implantation Study Otol Neurotol. 2008 Feb; 29(2):240-5. . View in PubMed
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• Validity of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories for measuring language abilities in children with cochlear implants Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2007 Feb; 16(1):54-64. . View in PubMed
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• Speech recognition at 1-year follow-up in the childhood development after cochlear implantation study: Methods and preliminary findings Audiol Neurootol. 2006; 11(4):259-68. . View in PubMed
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