Alan Kan PhD
Assistant Scientist

Journal Papers

  1. Kan, A., (2018) “Improving speech recognition in bilateral cochlear implant users by listening to the better ear”, Trends Hear., 22:2331216518772963, https://doi.org/10.1177/2331216518772963
  2. Litovsky, R.Y., Moua, K., Godar, S., Kan, A., Misurelli, S.M., Lee, D.J., (2018) “Restoration of spatial hearing in adult cochlear implant users with single-sided deafness”, Hear. Res., epub available, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2018.04.004
  3. Thakkar, T., Kan, A., Jones, H.G., Litovsky, R.Y., (2018) “Mixed stimulation rates to improve sensitivity of interaural timing differences in bilateral cochlear implant listeners”, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 143(3):1428-1440, https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5026618
  4. Goupell, M.J., Stoelb, C.A., Kan, A., Litovsky, R.Y., (2018) “The effect of simulated interaural frequency mismatch on speech understanding and spatial release from masking”, Ear. Hear., http://doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000000541
  5. Litovsky, R.Y., Goupell, M.J., Kan, A., Landsberger, D.M., (2017) “Use of Research Interfaces for Psychophysical Studies With Cochlear-Implant Users”, Trends Hear., 21 http://doi.org/10.1177/2331216517736464
  6. Kan, A., Jones, H.G., Litovsky, R.Y., (2016) “Lateralization of interaural timing differences with multi-electrode stimulation”, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 140(5):EL392-398 http://doi.org/10.1121/1.4967014
  7. Goupell, M.J., Kan, A., Litovsky, R.Y., (2016) “Spatial attention in bilateral cochlear-implant users”, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 140(3):1652-1662 http://doi.org/10.1121/1.4962378
  8. Ehlers, E., Kan, A., Winn, M. B., Stoelb, C., Litovsky, R.Y., (2016) “Binaural hearing in children using Gaussian enveloped and transposed tones”, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 139(4):1724-1733 http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4945588
  9. Jones, H.G., Kan, A., Litovsky, R.Y., (2016) “The effect of microphone placement on interaural level differences and sound localization across the horizontal plane in bilateral cochlear implant users”, Ear. Hear., http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000000297
  10. Kan, A., Jones, H.G., Litovsky, R.Y., (2015) “Effect of multi-electrode configuration on sensitivity to interaural timing differences in bilateral cochlear-implant users”, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 138(6):3826-3833 http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4937754
  11. Brown, A., Jones, H., Kan, A., Thakkar, T., Stecker, G.C., Goupell, M., Litovsky, R., (2015) “Evidence for a neural source of the precedence effect in sound localization”, J. Neurophysiol., 114(5):2991-3001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00243.2015
  12. Ihlefeld, A., Carlyon, R.P., Kan, A., Churchill, T.H., Litovsky, R.Y., (2015) “Limitations on monaural and binaural temporal processing in bilateral cochlear implant listeners”, J. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngol., 16(5):641-652 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10162-015-0527-7
  13. Fitzgerald, M.B., Kan, A., Goupell, M.J., (2015) “Bilateral loudness balancing and distorted spatial perception in recipients of bilateral cochlear implants”, Ear. Hear., 36(5):225-236 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000000174
  14. Kan, A., Litovsky, R.Y., Goupell, M. J., (2015) “Effects of interaural pitch-matching and auditory image centering on binaural sensitivity in cochlear-implant users”, Ear. Hear., 36(3):62-68 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000000135
  15. Kan, A., Litovsky, R.Y., (2015) “Binaural hearing with electrical stimulation”, Hear. Res., 322:127-137 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2014.08.005
  16. Jones, H.G., Kan, A., Litovsky, R.Y., (2014) “Comparing sound localization deficits in bilateral cochlear implant users and vocoder simulations with normal hearing listeners”, Trends Hear., 18:2331216514554574 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2331216514554574
  17. Gartrell, B. C., Jones, H. G., Kan, A., Buhr-Lawler, M., Gubbels, S. P., Litovsky, R. Y., (2014) “Investigating Long-Term Effects of Cochlear Implantation in Single-Sided Deafness: A Best Practice Model for Longitudinal Assessment of Spatial Hearing Abilities and Tinnitus Handicap”, Otol. Neurotol., 35(9):1525-1532 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MAO.0000000000000437
  18. Churchill, T., Kan, A., Goupell, M. J., Litovsky, R.Y., (2014) “Spatial hearing benefits demonstrated with presentation of acoustic temporal fine structure cues in bilateral cochlear implant listeners”, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 136(3):1246-1256 http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4892764
  19. Ihlefeld, A., Kan, A., Litovsky, R.Y., (2014) “Across-frequency combination of interaural time difference in bilateral cochlear implant listeners”, Front. Syst. Neurosci., 8:22 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnsys.2014.00022
  20. Churchill, T., Kan, A., Goupell, M. J., Ihlefeld, A., Litovsky, R.Y., (2014) “”peech Perception in Noise with a Harmonic Complex Excited Vocoder”, J. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngol., 15(2):265-278 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10162-013-0435-7
  21. Kan, A., Stoelb, C., Litovsky, R.Y., Goupell, M. J. (2013), “Effect of mismatched place-of-stimulation on binaural fusion and lateralization in bilateral cochlear-implant users”, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 134(4):2923-2936 http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4820889
  22. Goupell, M. J., Stoelb, C., Kan, A., Litovsky, R.Y. (2013), “Effect of mismatched place-of-stimulation on the salience of binaural cues in conditions that simulate bilateral cochlear-implant listening”, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 133(4):2272-2287 http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4792936
  23. Goupell, M. J., Kan, A., Litovsky, R.Y. (2013), “Typical mapping procedures can produce non-centered auditory images in bilateral cochlear-implant users”, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 133(2):EL101-107 http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4776772
  24. Litovsky, R. Y., Goupell, M. J., Godar, S., Grieco-Calub, T., Jones, G.L., Garadat, S.N., Agrawal, S., Kan, A., Todd, A., Hess, C., Misurelli, S. (2012), “Studies on Bilateral Cochlear Implants at the University of Wisconsin’s Binaural Hearing and Speech Laboratory”, J Am Acad Audiol, 23(6):476-494 http://dx.doi.org/10.3766/jaaa.23.6.9
  25. Kan, A., Jin, C., van Schaik, A. (2009), “A psychophysical evaluation of near-field head-related transfer functions synthesized using a distance variation function”, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 125(4):2233-2242 http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.3081395