Publications

Journal Articles

  1. Mertes, I. B., Braun, S. T., & Billings, C. J. (2026). A survey of U.S. audiologists’ speech-in-noise testing practice patterns for adults. American Journal of Audiology, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1044/2026_AJA-25-00332
  2. Mertes, I. B. (2024). Associations between the medial olivocochlear reflex, middle-ear muscle reflex, and sentence-in-noise recognition using steady and pulsed noise elicitors. Hearing Research, 453, 109108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2024.109108
  3. 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. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_AJA-22-00096
  4. 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. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2022.2052980
  5. 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. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2022.2033857
  6. 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. https://doi.org/10.1080/21695717.2022.2083872
  7. 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. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0009910
  8. 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. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0003050
  9. 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. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0000886
  10. 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. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2019.1673491
  11. 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. https://doi.org/10.1080/21695717.2020.1807257
  12. 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. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5094766
  13. Mertes, I. B. (2018). Human medial efferent activity elicited by dynamic versus static contralateral noises. Hearing Research, 365, 100–109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2018.05.007
  14. 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. https://doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000000514
  15. 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. https://doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000000244
  16. Mertes, I. B., & Leek, M. R. (2016). Concurrent measures of contralateral suppression of transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions and of auditory steady state responses. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 140(3), 2027–2038. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4962666
  17. 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. https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/916370
  18. 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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10162-013-0409-9
  19. Mertes, I. B., & Goodman, S. S. (2013). Short-latency transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions as predictors of hearing status and thresholds. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 134(3), 2127–2135. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4817831

Conference Proceedings

  1. Goodman, S. S., Mertes, I. B., & Scheperle, R. S. (2011). Delays and growth rates of multiple TEOAE components. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1403(1), 279-285. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3658098

Presentations

  1. Osborn, K., Yousefi, M., & Mertes, I. B. (2026, February). Olivocochlear function in normal-hearing adults with versus without speech-in-noise difficulties. Poster presentation at 53rd Annual Scientific and Technology Meeting of the American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ.
  2. Yousefi, M., Osborn, K., Hornsby, B., & Mertes, I. B. (2026, February). Relationships between listening effort and the medial olivocochlear reflex. Poster presentation at 53rd Annual Scientific and Technology Meeting of the American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ.
  3. Braun, S. T., Mertes, I. B., Mogorovic, M., Arlis, A., & Billings, C. (2025, March). Survey of US audiologists’ use of speech-in-noise testing for adults vs. pediatrics. Poster presentation at AAA 2025+HearTECH Expo, New Orleans, LA.
  4. Mertes, I. B, Braun, S., Mogorovic, M., Arlis, A., & Billings, C. (2025, February). Survey of speech-in-noise testing practices. Poster presentation at the 52nd Annual Scientific and Technology Conference of the American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ.
  5. Mertes, I. B, Braun, S., Mogorovic, M., & Billings, C. (2024, November). A survey of U.S. audiologists’ use of speech-in-noise testing. Virtual poster presentation at the 2024 ASHA Convention, hybrid conference.
  6. Mertes, I. B., Osborn, K., & Cheung, A. (2024, February). Examining associations between speech-in-noise recognition, stapedial reflexes, and olivocochlear reflexes. Poster presentation at the 51st Annual Scientific and Technology Conference of the American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ.
  7. Mertes, I. B., Crawford, T., Heideman, E., Osborn, K., & Rettig, E. (2023, November). Normative data and inter-rater reliability for a modified version of the QuickSIN. Virtual poster presentation at the 2023 ASHA Convention, hybrid conference.
  8. Mertes, I. B., & Crawford, T. (2023, March). Toward individual and combined elicitation of olivocochlear and acoustic reflexes. Poster presentation at the 50th Annual Scientific and Technology Conference of the American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ.
  9. Mertes, I. B., & Marquess, A. (2022, November). Survey of U.S. audiologists’ usage of and attitudes towards otoacoustic emissions. Virtual poster presentation at the 2022 ASHA Convention, hybrid conference.
  10. Potocki, M. E., & Mertes, I. B. (2021, April). Olivocochlear effects on otoacoustic emissions versus auditory steady-state responses. Virtual poster presentation at AAA 2021 Virtual, online conference.
  11. Johnson, K. M., & Mertes, I. B. (2019, March). Examining involvement of olivocochlear efferents for frequency discrimination. Poster presentation at the 46th Annual Scientific and Technology Conference of the American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ.
  12. Dinger, Z. A., & Mertes, I. B. (2019, March). Wideband tympanometry: Contralateral acoustic reflexes and normative data. Poster presentation at the 46th Annual Scientific and Technology Conference of the American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ.
  13. Johnson, K. M., Dinger, Z. A., & Mertes, I. B. (2018, March). Assessing olivocochlear efferent contributions to speech understanding in noise. Poster presentation at the 45th  Annual Scientific and Technology Conference of the American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ.
  14. Mertes, I. B., Johnson, K. M., & Dinger, Z. A. (2018, February). Human olivocochlear efferent activity elicited by dynamic versus static noise. Poster presentation at the Association for Research in Otolaryngology MidWinter Meeting, San Diego, CA.
  15. Mertes, I. B., Wilbanks, E. C., & Leek, M. R. (2017, March). Are auditory training outcomes related to olivocochlear efferent function? Poster presentation at the 44th Annual Scientific and Technology Conference of the American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ.
  16. Mertes, I. B., Stagner, B. B., Wilbanks, E. C., & Leek, M. R. (2016, March). Contralateral suppression of TEOAEs and ASSRs measured concurrently. Poster presentation at the 43rd Annual Scientific and Technology Conference of the American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ.
  17. Mertes, I. B., & Leek, M. R. (2016, February). Comparison of ASSRs and TEOAEs for measuring MOC function in humans. Poster presentation at the Association for Research in Otolaryngology MidWinter Meeting, San Diego, CA.
  18. Mertes, I. B., Wilbanks, E. C., & Leek, M. R. (2015, February). Pitch dominance within harmonic complexes in hearing-impaired listeners. Poster presentation at the Association for Research in Otolaryngology MidWinter Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
  19. Stanziola, R. W., Mertes, I. B., Goodman, S. S., & Lewis, J. D. (2014, March). Relationship between the medial olivocochlear reflex, attention, and hearing in noise. Poster presentation at the American Auditory Society Scientific and Technology Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
  20. Mertes, I. B., & Goodman, S. S. (2014, February). Repeatability and stability of medial olivocochlear reflex effects on short- and long-latency transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions. Poster presentation at the Association for Research in Otolaryngology MidWinter Meeting, San Diego, CA.
  21. Weissbeck, D. K., Mertes, I. B., Lewis, J. D., Goodman, S. S., & Marler, J. (2012, March). A bootstrapping approach to detect TEOAE suppression in individual subjects. Poster presentation at the American Auditory Society Scientific and Technology Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
  22. Mertes, I. B., & Goodman, S. S. (2012, March). Behavior of multiple TEOAE components in normal-hearing and hearing-impaired ears. Poster presentation at the American Auditory Society Scientific and Technology Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
  23. Mertes, I. B., & Goodman, S. S. (2011, March). Influence of multiple TEOAE components on measurement of growth and delay. Poster presentation at the American Auditory Society Scientific and Technology Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
  24. Goodman, S. S., Mertes, I. B., Sheffield, S. W., Scheperle, R. A., & Koehlinger, K. M. (2010, March). MOC suppression of extended high-frequency TEOAEs. Poster presentation at the American Auditory Society Scientific and Technology Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
  25. Mertes, I. B., & Goodman, S. S. (2009, March). Delays and growth rates of early and late click-evoked otoacoustic emission components. Poster presentation at the American Auditory Society Scientific and Technology Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.

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