Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Mertes, I. B., & Marquess, A. (2023). A survey of U.S. audiologists’ usage of and attitudes towards otoacoustic emissions. American Journal of Audiology, 32(2), 417–431.

Tai, Y., Mertes, I. B., Chappell, J., Jeon, C. B., & Husain, F. T. (2023). Comparison of otoacoustic emissions in tinnitus and hyperacusis in adults with normal hearing sensitivity. International Journal of Audiology, 62(5), 442–452.

Mertes, I. B., & Stutz, A. L. (2023). Lack of correlation between medial olivocochlear reflex strength and sentence recognition in noise. International Journal of Audiology, 62(2), 110–117.

Mertes, I. B. (2022). Detection of middle-ear muscle reflex activation using changes in otoacoustic emission stimulus amplitude versus absorbance: An initial investigation. Hearing, Balance and Communication, 20(4), 272–278.

Mertes, I. B., & Potocki, M. E. (2022). Contralateral noise effects on otoacoustic emissions and electrophysiologic responses in normal-hearing adults. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 151(3), 2255-2267

Mertes, I. B. (2021). Reliability and critical differences for an implementation of the coordinate response measure in speech-shaped noise. JASA Express Letters, 1(1), 015202.

Mertes, I. B., & Johnson, K. M. (2020). Lack of association between contralateral inhibition of otoacoustic emissions and vowel formant discrimination in noise. Hearing, Balance and Communication, 18(4), 250–255.

Mertes, I. B. (2020). Medial olivocochlear reflex effects on synchronized spontaneous otoacoustic emissions. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 147(3), EL235–EL240.

Mertes, I. B. (2020). Establishing critical differences in ear-canal stimulus amplitude for detecting middle ear muscle reflex activation during olivocochlear efferent measurements. International Journal of Audiology, 59(2), 140–147.

Mertes, I. B., Johnson, K. M., & Dinger, Z. A. (2019). Olivocochlear efferent contributions to speech-in-noise recognition across signal-to-noise ratios. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 145(3), 1529-1540.

Mertes, I. B. (2018). Human medial efferent activity elicited by dynamic versus static contralateral noises. Hearing Research, 365,100–109.

Mertes, I. B., Wilbanks, E. C., & Leek, M. R. (2018). Olivocochlear efferent activity is associated with the slope of the psychometric function of speech recognition in noise. Ear and Hearing, 39(3), 583-593. PMID: 29135685. PMCID: PMC5920700

Mertes, I. B., & Leek, M. R. (2016). Concurrent measures of contralateral suppression of transient evoked otoacoustic emissions and of auditory steady-state responses. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 140(3), 2027-2038. PMID: 27914370. PMCID: PMC5392076

Mertes, I. B., & Goodman, S. S. (2016). Within- and across-subject variability of repeated measurements of medial olivocochlear-induced changes in transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions. Ear and Hearing, 37(2), e72-e84. PMID: 26583481

Mertes, I. B., & Goodman, S. S. (2013). Short-latency transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions as predictors of hearing status and thresholds. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 134(3), 2127-2135. PMID: 23967943

Goodman, S. S., Mertes, I. B., Lewis, J. D., & Weissbeck, D. K. (2013). Medial olivocochlear-induced transient-evoked otoacoustic emission amplitude shifts in individual subjects. Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 14(6), 829-842. PMID: 23982894. PMCID: PMC3825019

Goodman, S. S., Bentler, R. A., Dittberner, A., & Mertes, I. B. (2013). The effect of low-level laser therapy on hearing. ISRN Otolaryngology, 2013, 916370. PMID: 24024040. PMCID: PMC3658388

Conference Proceedings

Goodman, S. S., Mertes, I. B., & Scheperle, R. S. (2011). Delays and growth rates of multiple TEOAE components. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1403, 279-285.

Erratum

Mertes, I. B., & Leek, M. R. (2017). Erratum: Concurrent measures of contralateral suppression of transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions and of auditory steady-state responses [J. Acoust. Soc. Am.140(3), 2027–2038 (2016)]. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 141(2), 781-782. PMID: 28253644

Presentations

Mertes, I. B., & Crawford, T. (2023). Toward individual and combined elicitation of olivocochlear and acoustic reflexes. Poster at the 50th Annual Scientific and Technology Conference of the American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ.

Mertes, I. B. (2023). Elicitation of olivocochlear reflexes and wideband acoustic reflexes using pulsed versus steady-state noises. Podium presentation at Ear Day 2023, Rush University, Chicago, IL.

Mertes, I. B., & Marquess, A. (2022). Survey of U.S. audiologists’ usage of and attitudes towards otoacoustic emissions. Virtual poster at the 2022 ASHA Convention, hybrid conference.

Potocki, M. E., & Mertes, I. B. (2021). Olivocochlear effects on otoacoustic emissions versus auditory steady-state responses. Virtual poster at AAA 2021 Virtual, online conference.

Dinger, Z., & Mertes, I. (2019). Wideband tympanometry: Contralateral acoustic reflexes and normative data. Poster presented at the American Auditory Society Scientific and Technology Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.

Johnson, K., & Mertes, I. (2019). Examining involvement of olivocochlear efferents for frequency discrimination. Poster presented at the American Auditory Society Scientific and Technology Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.

Johnson, K., Dinger, Z., & Mertes, I. (2018). Assessing olivocochlear efferent contributions to speech understanding in noise.American Auditory Society Scientific and Technology Meeting Poster Abstracts, 36.

Mertes, I. B., Johnson, K. M., & Dinger, Z. A. (2018). Human olivocochlear efferent activity elicited by dynamic versus static noise. Association for Research in Otolaryngology Abstracts, 41, 116.

Mertes, I., Wilbanks, E., & Leek, M. (2017). Are auditory training outcomes related to olivocochlear efferent function? Bulletin of the American Auditory Society, 41(1), 28.

Mertes, I., Stagner, B., Wilbanks, E., & Leek, M. (2016). Contralateral suppression of TEOAEs and ASSRs measured concurrently. Bulletin of the American Auditory Society, 40(1), 31.

Mertes, I. B., & Leek, M. R. (2016). Comparison of ASSRs and TEOAEs for measuring MOC function in humans. Association for Research in Otolaryngology Abstracts, 39, 203-204.

Mertes, I. B., Wilbanks, E. C., & Leek, M. R. (2015). Pitch dominance within harmonic complexes in hearing-impaired listeners. Association for Research in Otolaryngology Abstracts, 38, 57.

Stanziola, R. W., Mertes, I. B., Goodman, S. S., & Lewis, J. D. (2014). Relationship between the medial olivocochlear reflex, attention, and hearing in noise. Bulletin of the American Auditory Society, 39(1), 25.

Mertes, I. B., & Goodman, S. S. (2014). Repeatability and stability of medial olivocochlear reflex effects on short- and long-latency transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions. Association for Research in Otolaryngology Abstracts, 37, 71.

Weissbeck, D. K., Mertes, I. B., Lewis, J. D., Goodman, S. S., & Marler, J. (2012). A bootstrapping approach to detect TEOAE suppression in individual subjects. Bulletin of the American Auditory Society, 37(1), 64.

Mertes, I. B., & Goodman, S. S. (2012). Behavior of multiple TEOAE components in normal-hearing and hearing-impaired ears. Bulletin of the American Auditory Society, 37(1), 56.

Mertes, I. B., & Goodman, S. S. (2011). Influence of multiple TEOAE components on measurement of growth and delay. Bulletin of the American Auditory Society, 36(1), 37.

Goodman, S. S., Mertes, I. B., Sheffield, S. W., Scheperle, R. A., & Koehlinger, K. M. (2010). MOC suppression of extended high-frequency TEOAEs. Bulletin of the American Auditory Society, 35(1), 56.

Mertes, I. B., & Goodman, S. S. (2009). Delays and growth rates of early and late click-evoked otoacoustic emission components. Bulletin of the American Auditory Society, 34(1), 50.

Doctoral Dissertation

Mertes, I. B. (2014). Repeatability of medial olivocochlear efferent effects on transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions in normal-hearing adults. PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) thesis, University of Iowa