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Indiana University School of Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
Otolaryngology
Research activities at the DeVault Lab are supported by grants from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders of the NIH.

DeVault Otologic Research Laboratory Grants and Papers

Research activities at the DeVault Lab are supported primarily by grants from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders of the National Institutes of Health, with substantial support coming from other public and private agencies as well as individual gifts and bequests.

Recent funding

  • "Improving Access to Hearing Healthcare in Residents of Senior Living Communities through Development of a Community-University Partnership". University Co-PI Irina Castellanos PhD & Jessica Beer PhD, Community Co-PI Mark Prifogle, BS & Molly Vissers, MHA. Trailblazer Planning Award Number UM1TR004402, Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI); 12/1/2024 - 12/1/2026.
  • “Executive functioning and speech-language skills in cochlear implant users.” (R01DC015257). Principal Investigators William Kronenberger, PhD, and David Pisoni, PhD. (Multiple PI). National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 12/1/2016 – 11/30/2022.
  • “Family processes in developmental outcomes of pediatric hearing loss.” (R01DC014956). Rachael Holt, PhD, Principal Investigator, David Pisoni, PhD, Co-Principal Investigator, and William G. Kronenberger, PhD, Co-investigator. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 8/1/2016 – 7/31/2022.

Highlighted Publications

  • Kronenberger WG, Castellanos I, Pisoni DB. Association of domain-general speed of information processing with spoken language outcomes in prelingually-deaf children with cochlear implants. Hear Res. 2024 Sep 1;450:109069. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2024.109069. Epub 2024 Jun 14. PMID: 38889562; PMCID: PMC11260235.
  • Moberly AC, Castellanos I, McRackan TR. Redefining Success in Adult Cochlear Implant Outcomes. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 Jul 1;150(7):535-536. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2024.1044. PMID: 38780958.
  • Kronenberger WG, Xu H, Pisoni DB. Longitudinal Development of Executive Functioning and Spoken Language Skills in Preschool-Aged Children With Cochlear Implants. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2020 Apr 27;63(4):1128-1147. doi: 10.1044/2019_JSLHR-19-00247. Epub 2020 Mar 23. PMID: 32204645; PMCID: PMC7242982.
  • Kronenberger WG, Bozell H, Henning SC, Montgomery CJ, Ditmars AM, Pisoni DB. Functional hearing quality in prelingually deaf school-age children and adolescents with cochlear implants. Int J Audiol. 2021 Apr;60(4):282-292. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2020.1826586. Epub 2020 Oct 1. PMID: 33000660; PMCID: PMC8012403.
  • Kronenberger WG, Pisoni DB. Assessing Higher Order Language Processing in Long-Term Cochlear Implant Users. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2019 Nov 19;28(4):1537-1553. doi: 10.1044/2019_AJSLP-18-0138. Epub 2019 Oct 16. PMID: 31618055; PMCID: PMC7251594.

Publications from the DeVault Otologic Research Lab

Marschark M, Kronenberger WG, Rosica M, Borgna G, Convertino C, Durkin A, Machmer E, Schmitz KL. (in press) Social maturity and executive function among deaf learners. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education.

Kronenberger WG, Castellanos I, Pisoni DB. (2016) Questionnaire-based assessment of executive functioning: Case Studies. Applied Neuropsychology: Child, published online in advance of print.

Castellanos I, Pisoni DB, Kronenberger WG, Beer J. (2016) Early expressive language skills predict long-term neurocognitive outcomes in cochlear implant users: Evidence from the MacArthur-Bates CDI. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25, 381-392.

Kral A, Kronenberger WG, Pisoni DB, O’Donoghue GM. (2016) Neurocognitive factors in sensory restoration of early deafness: A connectome model. Lancet Neurology, 15(6), 610-621.

Pisoni DB, Kronenberger WG, Chandramouli SH, Conway CM. (2016) Learning and memory processes following cochlear implantation: The missing piece of the puzzle. Frontiers in Psychology, 7 (493), 1-19.

AuBuchon AM, Pisoni DB, Kronenberger WG. (2015) Short-term and working memory impairments in early-implanted, long-term cochlear implant users are independent of audibility and speech production. Ear and Hearing, 36, 733-737.

Castellanos I, Kronenberger WG, Beer J, Colson BG, Henning SC, Ditmars A, Pisoni DB. (2015) Concept formation skills in long-term cochlear implant users. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 20, 27-40. PMID: 25583706; PMCID: PMC4293374.

AuBuchon AM, Pisoni DB, Kronenberger WG. (2015) Verbal processing speed and executive functioning in long-term cochlear implant users. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 58, 151-162. PMID: 25320961. PMCID: PMC4329274.

AuBuchon AM, Pisoni DB, Kronenberger WG. (in press) Elementary cognitive processes underlying verbal working memory in pre-lingually deaf children with cochlear implants. In N. Young & K. Kirk (Eds.), Cochlear implants in children: Learning and the brain. New York: Springer.

Kronenberger WG, Pisoni DB. (in press) Working memory training in deaf children with cochlear implants. In N. Young & K. Kirk (Eds.), Cochlear implants in children: Learning and the brain. New York: Springer.

Kronenberger WG, Pisoni DB. (2016) Neurocognitive assessment of children with cochlear implants. In Eisenberg, L. (ed). Clinical management of children with cochlear implants. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing.

Castellanos I, Pisoni DB, Kronenberger WG, Beer J. (2016) Neurocognitive function in deaf children with cochlear implants: Early development and long-term outcomes. In M. Marschark and P.E. Spencer (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies in Language (pp. 264-275). New York: Oxford.

Kronenberger WG. Executive Functioning and Hearing Loss (Hear Indiana, Indianapolis, IN, 10/16/15) *

Kronenberger WG. Executive Functioning in Prelingually Deaf Children with Cochlear Implants (Medical Hospital of Hannover, Hannover, Germany, 10/5/16) *

Kronenberger WG, Pisoni DB. (2015, July). Executive functioning in prelingually deaf children with cochlear implants. Invited presentation at the 2015 Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses, Lake Tahoe, CA. *

Kronenberger WG. Executive Functioning in Prelingually Deaf Children with Cochlear Implants (Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 3/13/2015) *

AuBuchon AM, Pisoni DB, Kronenberger WG. (2014, December) Covert, not overt linguistic processing leads to working memory disturbances in long-term cochlear implant users. Paper presented at the 14th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children, Nashville, TN.

Castellanos I, Beer J, Pisoni DB, Kronenberger WG. (2014, December) Early speech and language predictors of long-term neurocognitive outcomes. Paper presented at the 14th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children, Nashville, TN.

Faulkner KF, Kronenberger WG, Pisoni DB. (2014, December) Some new robust speech and language outcome measures in early-implanted long-term cochlear implant users. Paper presented at the 14th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children, Nashville, TN.

Faulkner KF, Roman AS, Kronenberger WG, Pisoni DB. (2014, December) Verbal learning and memory processes in early-implanted long-term cochlear implant users. Paper presented at the 14th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children, Nashville, TN.

Kronenberger WG, Pisoni DB. (2014, June) High-risk executive functioning outcomes after cochlear implantation. Poster presented at the 2014 AG Bell Conference, Orlando, FL.

Kronenberger WG, Pisoni DB, Colson BG, Henning SC. (2014, June) Early identification of executive functioning delays in 3-4 year old children with cochlear implants. Poster presented at the 2014 AG Bell Conference, Orlando, FL.
(*) Invited Talk