Barker, B. A. (2026, April). Centering patient voices in hearing health care: Insights from narrative research. Invited talk presented at the Mountain West Regional Audiology Research Symposium, Utah State University, Logan, UT.
*Allgrunn, C. M., *Walker, M., & Barker, B. A. (2026, February). Experiences shaping early intervention providers' capacity to serve deaf/hard-of-hearing children and their families. Poster presented at the American Auditory Society Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
*Peterson, M. L., Barker, B. A. & Kamerer, A. M. (2026, February). Evolving higher education: Rethinking audiology faculty author impact metrics. Poster presented at the American Auditory Society Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
*Jennings, A. C., *Fullington, E., Barker, B. A. & Kamerer, A. M. (2026, February). Student knowledge and decisions regarding patients with unexplained hearing difficulties. Poster presented at the American Auditory Society Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
*Fullington, E., *Jennings, A. C., Payne, K., Walker, M., Allen, W. Barker, B. A., & Kamerer, A. M. (2026, February). Exploration in evaluation practices for patients with unexplained hearing difficulties. Poster presented at the American Auditory Society Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
Barker, B. A. (2025, November). Motivational interviewing in action: Applying psychological principles to enhance person-centered care in audiological practice. Seminar presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Washington, D.C.
*Montoya, O. A. & Barker, B. A. (2025, November). Examining cultural competency and audiologists across the United States: A pilot survey. Paper presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Washington, D.C.
†Funk, J. & Barker, B. A. (2025, November). Learning about the direct experiences of very young children with hearing loss: A feasibility study. Paper presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Washington, D.C.
*Hurd, T. C. [AKA Crawford, T.] & Barker, B. A., (2025, April). Exploring Person-Centered Care (PCC) Practices Among Audiologists Nationwide: Pilot Survey Insights. Poster presented at the Mountain West Regional Audiology Research Symposium, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID.
*Montoya, O. A. & Barker, B. A., (2025, April). Examining cultural competency and audiologists across the United States: A pilot survey. Poster presented at the Mountain West Regional Audiology Research Symposium, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID.
*Zhen, A. & Barker, B. A., (2025, April). Hearing health research with minority racial/ethnic groups in the United States: A scoping review of the literature and a call for research. Poster presented at the Mountain West Regional Audiology Research Symposium, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID.
*Hurd, T. C. [AKA Crawford, T.] & Barker, B. A. (2025, February). Exploring Person-Centered Care (PCC) Practices Among Audiologists Nationwide: Pilot Survey Insights. Poster presented at the American Auditory Society Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
Barker, B. A. (2024, August). Family-centered care (FCC): An evidence-based approach to hearing healthcare and intervention placing children and their families at the helm. Invited paper presented at the Idaho Hearing Education and Aural Rehabilitation (IHEAR) program, Idaho State University, Meridian, ID
Barker, B. A. (2024, August). An introduction to counseling and its importance when working with families of children with hearing loss. Invited paper presented at the Idaho Hearing Education and Aural Rehabilitation (IHEAR) program, Idaho State University, Meridian, ID
Kamerer, A. M., Barker, B. A., *Meadows, M. & *Macfarlane, C. E. (2024, June). Patient experiences with hidden hearing loss and hearing healthcare. Paper presented at The HEAL (HEaring Across the Lifespan) Conference, Cernobbio, Lake Como, Italy.
*Jolly, A. J., *Macfarlane, C. E. & Barker, B. A. (2024, February). Exploring the stories of deaf and hard-of-hearing students’ experiences with real-time captioning services in higher education. Poster presented at the American Auditory Society Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
*Macfarlane, C. E. & Barker, B. A. (2024, February). Narrative coherence and wellbeing in hearing parents of cochlear-implanted children. Poster presented at the American Auditory Society Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
Barker, B. A. (2023, April). The value of storylistening in aural rehabilitation: Tools for placing patients at the center of care. Invited paper presented at Arizona State University’s Speech and Hearing Sciences Spring Colloquium, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
*Zicka, J. & Barker, B. A. (2023, March). Working memory capacity and talker variability’s effect on adults’ story comprehension. Poster presented at the American Auditory Society Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
†Crawford, T. & Barker, B. A. (2023, March). Does an audiologist’s person-centered discourse during a hearing aid orientation effect the patient’s comprehension and self-efficacy? Poster presented at the American Auditory Society Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
*Robinson, T. L., †Bowman, E., & Barker, B. A. (2022, November). Exploring stories of parents' experiences with infant hearing-loss screening and diagnosis in the United States. Paper presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, New Orleans, LA.
Barker, B. A. (2022, November). The value of storylistening in audiology: Tools for placing patients at the center of care. Paper presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, New Orleans, LA.
Scharp, K. M., *Alvarez, C. F., & Barker, B. A. (2022, November). Communicative resilience by proxy: Exploring how hearing parents enact resilience for themselves and their children who use cochlear implants. Paper presented at the National Communication Association 108th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Barker, B. A. (2022, October). The value of storytelling and storylistening in audiology: Tools for placing patients and their families at the center of care. Invited paper presented at Montana Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Fall Convention, Missoula, MT.
Barker, B. A. (2022, September). The value of storytelling and storylistening in hearing healthcare: Tools for placing patients and their families at the center of care. Featured speaker for the Tom Davidson Conference at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Knoxville, TN.
*Robinson, T. L., & Barker, B. A. (2022, February). Exploring the stories of parents’ experiences with infant hearing-loss screening and diagnosis in the United States. Poster presented at the American Auditory Society Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
Barker, B. A., Scharp, K. M., *Chandler, K. L., & †Bowman, E. (2020, November). Exploring the types of stories hearing parents tell about choosing cochlear implantation for their children. Paper accepted to be presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, San Diego, CA. (Conference canceled due to COVID-19.)
Scharp, K. M., & Barker, B. A. (2020, February). “I have to social norm this”: Making meaning of hearing loss from the perspective of adults who use hearing aids. Paper to be presented at the 2020 Western States Communication Association conference, Denver, CO.
Barker, B. A., Scharp, K. M., & *Chandler, K. L. (2019, July). Exploring the identities of hearing parents who chose cochlear implantation for their children with hearing loss. Paper presented at the 16th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children, Hollywood, FL.
Barker, B. A., & Elliott, E. M. (2018, November). The role of talker familiarity in auditory distraction. Paper presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, New Orleans, LA.
Scharp, K. M., Barker, B. A., *Williams, S. N., & *Jones, H. D. (2018, May). Narratives of identity (re)construction: Understanding the experiences of parents who have children with cochlear implants. Paper presented at the 68th Annual International Communication Association Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.
*Chafin, T. B., Barker, B. A., & Yoho, S. E. (2018, March). The effects of multiple talkers and noise on hearing-aid users. Poster presented at the American Auditory Society Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
*Long, S. A., Barker, B. A., Scharp, K. M., & *Ritter, C. R. (2018, March). Exploring the identities of people who use hearing aids. Poster presented at the American Auditory Society Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
*Ritter, C.R., Barker, B. A., Scharp, K. M., & *Long, S. A. (2018, March). Understanding the identities of adults not using their hearing aids. Poster presented at the American Auditory Society Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
Scharp, K. M., Barker, B. A., *Williams, S. N., & *Jones, H. D. (2017, July). Narratives of identity (re)construction: Understanding the experiences of parents who have children with cochlear implants. Poster presented at the American Cochlear Implant Alliance’s 2017 Symposium, San Francisco, CA.
*Buntrock, M. & Barker, B. A. (2017, March). The effect of talker familiarity on intelligibility in complex noise. Poster presented at the American Auditory Society Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
*Jones, H., Barker, B. A., & *Daquanno, C. G. (2017, March). Videos to supplement the Infant-Toddler Meaningful Auditory Integration Scale. Poster presented at the American Auditory Society Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
*Long, S. A., Barker, B. A., *Murphy, M. M., & Schwartz, S. E. (2017, March). Relationship between speech acoustics and speech intelligibility in complex noise. Poster presented at the American Auditory Society Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
*Murphy, M. M., & Barker, B. A. (2017, March). Intelligibility of multiple talkers’ speech in complex noise. Poster presented at the American Auditory Society Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
*Caballero, A. B., Lucero, R., Muñoz, K., Barker, B. A., & Nelson, L. (2017, February). Hispanic family attitudes, perceptions, and experiences related to pediatric hearing loss. Paper presented at the 16th Annual Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Barker, B. A., Donovan, N. J., & *Gibbons, C. (2015, October). Improving caregivers’ intra-rater reliability on the Infant-Toddler Meaningful Auditory Integration Scales (IT-MAIS) via video. Poster presented at the American Cochlear Implant Alliance’s 2015 Symposium, Washington D.C.
Barker, B. A., Donovan, N. J., & *Gibbons, C. (2014, December). Working to improve caregivers’ intra-rater reliability on the Infant-Toddler Meaningful Auditory Integration Scales (IT-MAIS) via video. Paper presented at The 14th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children, Nashville, TN.
Barker, B. A., Donovan, N. J., *Schubert, A., & Walker, E. A. (2014, June). An examination of the validity and reliability of the Infant-Toddler Meaningful Auditory Integration Scales. Paper presented at The HEAL (HEaring Across the Lifespan) Conference, Cernobbio, Lake Como, Italy.
*Ferguson, K., Donovan, N. J., Barker, B. A., & Hoffman, P. (2013, November). Treatment effects of attention process training for an individual with Parkinson’s disease. Poster presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Chicago, IL.
Barker, B. A., Donovan, N. J., *Schubert, A., & Walker, E. A. (2013, October). An examination of the validity and reliability of the Infant-Toddler Meaningful Auditory Integration Scales. Poster presented at the American Cochlear Implant Alliance’s 2013 Symposium, Washington D.C.
Donovan, N. J., *Ferguson, K., & Barker, B. A. (2013, October). Treatment effects of attention process training for an individual with Parkinson’s disease. Poster presented at the World Parkinson Congress, Montreal, Quebec, CA.
Barker, B. A., & *Mosley, C. (2013, June). The influence of multiple narrators on adults’ listening comprehension. Poster accepted for presentation at the 21st International Congress on Acoustics, Montreal, Quebec, CA.
Barker, B. A., Donovan, N. J., *Schubert, A., & Walker, E. A. (2013, March). An examination of the validity and reliability of the Infant-Toddler Meaningful Auditory Integration Scales. Poster presented at the American Auditory Society Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
Barker, B. A., & *Meyer Turner, L. E. (2012, March). Foreign accent’s affect on toddlers’ word recognition and story comprehension. Poster presented at the American Auditory Society Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
*Dilday, M.-E. D. & Barker, B. A. (2012, March). The effect of talker familiarity on word recognition in toddlers. Poster presented at the American Auditory Society Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
Barker, B. A., *Mosley, C. & *Baiamonte, L. (2011, November). Is story comprehension in adult listeners affected by multiple narrators? Paper presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, San Diego, CA.
Barker, B. A., & *Meyer, L. E. (2011, July). The effect of talker familiarity on spoken word recognition in toddlers with and without CIs. Paper accepted for presentation at the 13th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children, Chicago, IL.
Barker, B. A., & *Meyer, L. E. (2009, November). Foreign accent’s affect on toddlers’ story comprehension and word recognition. Paper presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, New Orleans, LA.
*Gary, C. & Barker, B. A. (2009, November). Mothers’ speech to infants with and without Down’s Syndrome. Paper presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, New Orleans, LA.
Barker, B. A., & *Meyer, L. E. (2009, May). The effect of accent on toddlers’ story comprehension and word recognition. Poster presented at the 2nd Acoustical Society of America Workshop on Speech: Cross-Language Speech Perception and Variations in Linguistic Experience, Portland, OR.
*Lalonde, K. L., Barker, B. A., & Jumonville, W. J. (2008, November). Effect of Dichotic Interaural Intensity Difference Training on children’s (C)APD. Paper presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Chicago, IL.
*Marino, A. & Barker, B. A. (2008, November). Episodic encoding of spoken words in older adults. Poster accepted for presentation at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Chicago, IL.
*Meyer, L. E. & Barker, B. A. (2008, November). The effect of accent variation on story comprehension in toddlers. Paper presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Chicago, IL.
Barker, B. A., Walker, E. A., & Kenworthy, M. H. (2008, April). Do you hear me now? Listening-development criteria for infant cochlear implant users. Poster presented at the 10th International Cochlear Implant Conference, San Diego, CA.
Walker, E. A., Barker, B. A., *Galle, M., McMurray, B., Tomblin, J. B. (2008, April). Do pediatric CI users show preferences for the rhythm patterns on English? Poster presented at the 10th International Cochlear Implant Conference, San Diego, CA.
*Galle, M., Walker, E. A., McMurray, B., Barker, B. A., Tomblin, J. B. (2008, April). Discrimination of native and non-native phonemes contrasts in pediatric cochlear implant users. Poster presented at the 10th International Cochlear Implant Conference, San Diego, CA.
Walker, E. A., *Galle, M., McMurray, B., Barker, B. A., Tomblin, J. B. (2008, April). Preferences for infant-directed speech versus adult-directed speech in pediatric cochlear implant users. Poster presented at the 10th International Cochlear Implant Conference, San Diego, CA.
Barker, B. A., & Walker, E. A. (2007, April). Exploring expressive and receptive language patterns in children with cochlear implants. Paper presented at the 11h Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children, Charlotte, NC.
Barker, B. A. (2006, June). Talker familiarity’s affect on cochlear-implant users’ sentence recognition. Poster presented at the 9th International Cochlear Implant Conference, Vienna, Austria.
Barker, B. A., Tomblin, J. B., & *Klein, V. C. (2005, March). Further examination of audio-visual perception skills in infant, cochlear-implant users. Paper presented at the 10th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children, Dallas, TX.
Barker, B. A., & Bass-Ringdahl, S. M. (2004, May). The effect of audibility on audio-visual speech perception in very young cochlear implant recipients. Poster presented at the 8th International Cochlear Implant Conference, Indianapolis, IN.
Barker, B. A., & Tomblin, J. B. (2003, November). Comparing bimodal perception skills in infant hearing-aid and cochlear-implant users. Paper presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Chicago, IL.
Barker, B. A., & Tomblin, J. B. (2003, April). Comparing bimodal perception skills in infant hearing-aid and cochlear-implant users. Paper presented at the 9th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children, Washington, D.C.
Barker, B. A., & Tomblin, J. B. (2002, September). Assessing speech perception skills in pediatric cochlear implant users via the Split-Screen Preferential Looking Procedure. Poster presented at the 7th International Cochlear Implant Conference, Manchester, England.
Tomblin, J. B., Spencer, L. J., & Barker, B. A. (2002, September). The effect of age of cochlear implantation on language growth in infants and toddlers. Paper presented at the 7th International Cochlear Implant Conference, Manchester, England.
Tomblin, J. B., Spencer, L. J., & Barker, B. A. (2002, July). The effect of age of cochlear implantation on language growth in infants and toddlers. Poster presented at the 23rd Annual Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.
Barker, B. A., & Newman, R. S (2001, April). Listen to your mother! The roles of talker familiarity and infant-directed speech in infant streaming. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.
Barker, B. A., & Newman, R. S. (1999, November). The cocktail party effect in infants: Following one’s mother’s voice. Paper presented at 24th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA.