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Abdala C, Benjamin T, Stiepan S, Luo P, Shera CA. (2024) Detection of mild sensory hearing loss using a joint reflection-distortion otoacoustic emission profile. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 156(4):2220–2236. PDF

Stiepan S, Shera CA, Abdala C. (2024) Does Endolymphatic Hydrops Shift the Cochlear Tonotopic Map? In: Proceedings of the 14th International Workshop on the Mechanics of Hearing. Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics. 3062(1): 060003. PDF

Teal P, Shera CA, Abdala C. (2024) Whole Stimulus DPOAE Analysis. In: Proceedings of the 14th International Workshop on the Mechanics of Hearing. Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics. 3062(1): 030007. PDF

Stiepan S, Shera CA, Abdala C. (2023) Characterizing a Joint Reflection-Distortion OAE Profile in Humans With Endolymphatic Hydrops. Ear Hear. 44(6):1437-1450. PDF

Abdala C. (2022) Diagnosing Hearing loss with Reflection and Distortion OAEs. In: Raphael RM, Eatock RA, eds. The Remarkable Outer Hair Cell: Proceedings of a Symposium in Honor of WE Brownell. J. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngol. 24(2):117-127. PDF

Abdala C, Luo P, Shera CA. (2022) Characterizing the relationship between reflection and distortion OAEs in normal-hearing adults. J. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngol. 23: 647-664. PDF

Abdala C, Ortmann A, Guardia YC. (2021) Weakened cochlear nonlinearity during human aging and perceptual correlates. Ear Hear. 42(4):832-845. PDF

Christensen AT, Shera CA, Abdala C. (2021) Extended low-frequency phase of the distortion-product otoacoustic emission in human newborns. JASA Expr. Lett.  1:014404. PDF

Christensen AT, Abdala C, Shera CA. (2020) A cochlea with three parts? Evidence from otoacoustic emission phase in humans. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 148:1585–1601. PDF

Abdala C, Luo P, Guardia YC. (2019) Swept-tone stimulus-frequency otoacoustic emissions in human newborns. TRENDS HEAR. Dec 2, 2019. PDF

Christensen AT, Abdala C, Shera CA. (2019) Variable-rate frequency sweeps and their application to the measurement of otoacoustic emissions. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 146:3457–3465. PDF

Meenderink SWF, Shera CA, Valero MD, Liberman MC, Abdala C. (2019) Morphological immaturity of the neonatal organ of Corti and associated structures in humans. J. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngol. Aug 18, 2019. PDF

Maxim T, Shera CA, Charaziak KK, Abdala C. (2019) Effects of forward- and emitted-pressure calibrations on the variability of otoacoustic emission measurements across repeated probe fits. Ear Hear. Mar 14, 2019. PDF

Christensen AT, Abdala C, Shera CA. (2018) Probing apical-basal differences in the human cochlea using DPOAE phase. In: Bergevin C, Puria S, eds. To the Ear and Back Again—Advances in Auditory Biophysics. Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics; 1965:090006. PDF

Abdala C, Ortmann AJ, Shera CA. (2018) Reflection- and Distortion-Source Otoacoustic Emissions: Evidence for Increased Irregularity in the Human Cochlea During Aging. J. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngol. 19: 493–510. PDF

Abdala C, Guardia YC, Shera CA. (2018) Swept-tone stimulus-frequency otoacoustic emissions: Normative data and methodological considerations. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 143(1):181–192. PDF

Abdala C, Kalluri R. (2017) Towards a joint reflection-distortion otoacoustic emission profile: Results in normal and impaired ears. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 142(2):812–824. PDF

Salehi P, Ge MX, Gundimeda U, Michelle Baum L, Lael Cantu H, Lavinsky J, Tao L, Myint A, Cruz C, Wang J, Nikolakopoulou AM, Abdala C et al. (2017) Role of Neuropilin-1/Semaphorin-3A signaling in the functional and morphological integrity of the cochlea. PLoS Genet 13(10): e1007048. PDF

Abdala C, Luo P, Shera CA. (2017) Characterizing spontaneous otoacoustic emissions across the human lifespan. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 141(3):1874–1886. PDF

Shera CA, Abdala C. (2016) Frequency shifts in distortion-product otoacoustic emissions evoked by swept tones. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 140(2):936-944. PDF

Ortmann A, Abdala C. (2016) Changes in the compressive nonlinearity of the cochlea during early aging: Estimates from distortion OAE input/output functions. Ear Hear. 37(5):603-614. PDF

Abdala C, Luo P, Shera CA. (2015) Optimizing swept-tone protocols for recording distortion-product otoacoustic emissions in adults and newborns. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 138(6):3785-3799. PDF

Abdala C, Kalluri R. (2015) Exploiting dual otoacoustic emission sources. In: Proceedings from the Mechanics of Hearing Conference, D. Karavitaki and D. Corey (Eds). Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics; 090015. PDF

Kalluri R, Abdala C. (2015) Stimulus frequency OAEs in human newborns. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 137(1):EL78-84. PDF

Mishra S, Abdala C. (2015) Stability of the medial olivocochlear reflex as measured by distortion product otoacoustic emissions. J. Speech, Hear. Lang Res. 58, 122-134. PDF

Abdala C, Guérit F, Luo P, Shera CA. (2014) Distortion-product otoacoustic emission reflection-component delays and cochlear tuning: Estimates from across the human lifespan. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 135(4):1950-1958. PDF

Abdala C, Dhar S, Ahmadi M, Luo P. (2014) Aging of the medial olivocochlear reflex and associations with speech perception. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 135(2):754-765. PDF

Abdala C, Mishra S, Garinis A. (2013) Maturation of the human medial efferent reflex revisited. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 133(2): 938-950. PDF

Abdala C, Dhar S. (2012) Maturation and aging of the human cochlea: a view through the DPOAE looking glass. J. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngol. 13(3):403-421. PDF

Garinis A, Werner L, Abdala C. (2011) The relationship between MOC reflex and masked threshold. Hear. Res. 282(1-2):128-137. PDF

Abdala C, Dhar S, Kalluri R. (2011) Deviations from scaling symmetry in the apical half of the human cochlea. In: Shera CA, Olson ES, eds. What Fire is in Mine Ears: Progress in Auditory Biomechanics. Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics; 483-488. PDF

Abdala C, Dhar S, Kalluri R. (2011) Level dependence of distortion product otoacoustic emission phase is attributed to component mixing. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 129(5):3123-3133. PDF

Abdala C, Dhar S, Mishra S. (2011) The breaking of cochlear scaling symmetry in human newborns and adults. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 129(5):3104-3114. PDF

Dhar S, Rogers A, Abdala C. (2011) Breaking away: violation of distortion emission phase-frequency invariance at low frequencies. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 129(5):3115-3122. PDF

Keefe DH, Abdala C. (2011) Distortion-product otoacoustic-emission suppression tuning in human infants and adults using absorbed sound power. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 129(4):EL108-113. PDF

Abdala C, Dhar S. (2010) Differences in distortion product otoacoustic emission phase recorded from human neonates using two popular probes. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 128(1): EL49-55. PDF

Abdala C, Dhar S. (2010) Distortion product otoacoustic emission phase and component analysis in human newborns. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 127(1):316-325. PDF

Abdala C, Mishra S, Williams T. (2009) Considering distortion product otoacoustic emission fine structure in measurements of the medial olivocochlear reflex. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 125(3):1584-1594. PDF

Abdala C, Oba S, Ramanathan R. (2008) Changes in the DP-gram during the preterm and early postnatal period. Ear Hear.29(4):512-523. PDF

Dhar S, Abdala A. (2007) A comparative study of distortion-product-otoacoustic-emission fine structure in human newborns and adults with normal hearing. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 122(4):2191-2202. PDF

Abdala C, Keefe DH, Oba S. (2007) Distortion product otoacoustic emission suppression tuning and acoustic admittance in human infants: birth through 6 months. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 121(6):3617-3627. PDF

Keefe DH, Abdala C. (2007) Theory of forward and reverse middle-ear transmission applied to otoacoustic emissions in infant and adult ears. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 121(2):978-993. PDF

Abdala C, Keefe DH. (2006) Effects of middle-ear immaturity on distortion product otoacoustic emission suppression tuning in infant ears. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 120(6):3832-3842. PDF

Abdala C. (2005) Effects of aspirin on distortion product otoacoustic emission suppression in human adults: A comparison with neonatal data. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 118(3):1566-1575. PDF

Abdala C. (2004) Distortion product otoacoustic emission (2f1-f2) suppression in 3-moth-old infants: Evidence for postnatal maturation of human cochlear function? J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 116(6):3572-3580. PDF

Abdala C, Chatterjee M. (2003) Maturation of cochear nonlinearity as measured by distortion product otoacoustic emission suppression growth in humans. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 114(2):932-943. PDF

Abdala C. (2003) A longitudinal study of distortion product otoacoustic emission ipsilateral suppression and input/output characteristics in human neonates. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 114(6):3239-3250. PDF

Abdala C. Visser-Dumont L. (2003) Cochlear function in older infants. Hearing Review. 10, 16-22.

Abdala C, Visser-Dumont L. (2003) Distortion product otoacoustic emissions: A tool for hearing assessment and scientific study. Volta Review. 103(4):281-302. PDF

Abdala C, Fitzgerald T. (2003) Ipsilateral distortion product otoacoustic emission (2f1-f2) suppression in children with sensorineural hearing loss. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 114(2):919-931. PDF

Chen P, Zindy F, Abdala C, Liu F, Li X, Roussel MF, Segil N. (2003) Progressive hearing loss in mice lacking the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor Ink4d. Nature Cell Biology. 5(5):422-426. PDF

Abdala C. (2001) DPOAE suppression tuning: Cochlear immaturity in premature neonates or auditory aging in normal-hearing adults? J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 110(6):3155-3162. PDF

Abdala C. (2001) Maturation of the human cochlear amplifier: Distortion product otoacoustic emission suppression tuning curves recorded at low and high primary tone levels. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 110(3):1465-1476. PDF

Starr A, Sininger Y, Nguyen T, Michalewski H, Oba S, Abdala C. (2001) Cochlear receptor and auditory pathway activity in auditory neuropathy. Ear Hear. 22(2):91-99. PDF

Abdala C, Sininger Y, Starr A. (2000) DPOAE suppression tuning in subjects with auditory neuropathy. Ear Hear. 21(6):542-553. PDF

Abdala C. (2000) Distortion product otoacoustic emission (2f1-f2) amplitude growth in human adults and neonates. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 107(1):446-456. PDF

Abdala C, Ma E, Sininger Y. (1999) Maturation of medial efferent system function in humans. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 105(4):2392-2402. PDF

Sininger Y, Cone-Wesson B, Abdala C. (1998) Gender distinctions and lateral asymmetry in auditory brainstem response threshold of the human neonate. Hear. Res. 126:58-66. PDF

Abdala C. (1998) A developmental study of DPOAE (2f1-f2) suppression in humans. Hear. Res. 121:125-138. PDF

Sininger Y, Abdala C, Cone-Wesson B. (1997) Auditory threshold sensitivity of the human neonate as measured by auditory brainstem response. Hear. Res. 104:27-38. PDF

Abdala C. (1996) Distortion product otoacoustic emission (2f1-f2) amplitude as a function of f2/f1 frequency ratio and primary tone level separation in human adults and neonates. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 100(6):3726-3740. PDF

Abdala C, Sininger Y, Ekelid M, Zeng F-G. (1996). Distortion product otoacoustic emission suppression tuning curves in human adults and neonates. Hear. Res. 98:38-53. PDF

Abdala C, Sininger Y. (1996) The development of cochlear frequency resolution in the human auditory system. (Invited) Ear Hear. 17(5):374-385. PDF

Sininger Y, Abdala C. (1996) Hearing threshold as measured by auditory brain stem response in human neonates. (Invited) Ear Hear. 17(5):395-401. PDF

Abdala C, Folsom RC. (1995) Frequency contribution to the click-evoked auditory brain-stem response in human adults and infants. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 97(4):2394-2404. PDF

Abdala C, Folsom RC. (1995) The development of frequency resolution in humans as revealed by the auditory brain-stem response recorded with notched-noise masking. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 98(2):921-930. PDF

Danhauer J, Abdala C. (1986) Perceptual features from normal-hearing and hearing- impaired children’s errors on the NST. Ear Hear. 7(5):318-322. PDF

Danhauer J, Lucks L, Abdala C. (1986) A survey of speech and other auditory perception assessment materials used by cochlear implant centers. J. Aud. Res. 26:75-87. PDF

Danhauer J, Sahley T, Abdala C. (1986) Statistical models for predicting Edgerton-Danhauer NST scores from pure tone thresholds. J. Aud. Res. 26:135-167.