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Barker, B. A., *Gollagher, B. & †*Allgrunn, C. (under review). Exploring Links Between Parental Narrative Cohesion and Well-being in the Context of Infant Cochlear Implantation: A Pilot Study
*Montoya, O. A. & Barker, B. A. (under review). Examining Cultural Competency in Audiologists Across the United States: A Pilot Survey.
*Redford, R. K. & Barker, B. A. (2025). Exploring parents' experiences with school-based special education services for their children with hearing loss during the U.S. COVID-19 outbreak: Three case studies. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 10, 1832-1847. https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_PERSP-24-00186
†Hurd, T. C., *Call, C. B., & Barker, B. A. (2025). The value of narrative medicine in hearing healthcare: A review of selected literature and call for research. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 10, 1799-1809. https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_PERSP-24-00185
Kamerer, A. M., Barker, B. A., *Meadows, M. & * Lewis, C. E. (2024). Experiences of people with unexplained hearing concerns seeking hearing healthcare in the United States. International Journal of Audiology, 64, 813-822. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2024.2404150
*Jolly, A. J., *Macfarlane, C. E. [AKA Lewis, C.E.] & Barker, B. A., (2024). Exploring the stories of deaf and hard-of-hearing students’ experiences with real-time captioning services in higher education. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 29, 424-432. https://doi.org/10.1093/jdsade/enae019
McClain, M. B., Leopold, S. E., Drill, R. B., *Haverkamp, C. R., Schwartz, S. E., Barker, B. A., *Longhurst, D., & Upton, S. E. (2024). Reading skills and background noise in autistic and non-autistic children: A pilot study. Contemporary School Psychology, 28, 283-295. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40688-023-00450-y
*Robinson, T. L., †Bowman, E. B., & Barker, B. A. (2023). Exploring the stories of parents’ experiences with infant hearing-loss screening and diagnosis in the United States. Ear & Hearing, 44, 518-529. https://doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000001294 [PMID 36534640]
Scharp, K. M., *Alvarez, C. F., & Barker, B. A. (2023). Conceptualizing other-resilience: Exploring how hearing parents enact resilience for themselves and their children who use cochlear implants. Human Communication Research, 49, 345–360. https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqad015
Barker, B. A., Scharp, K. M., *Chandler, K. L., & †Bowman, E. B. (2021). Exploring the types of stories hearing parents tell about rearing their children who use cochlear implants. Ear & Hearing, 42, 1284-1294. https://doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000001011 [PMID 33859119]
†Buntrock, M. S., Barker, B. A., *Gurries, M. M., & Barrett, T.S. (2021). The effect of talker familiarity on sentence recognition accuracy in complex noise. Experimental Psychology, 68, 49-55. https://doi.org/10.1027/1618-3169/a000509 [PMID 34109807]
Scharp, K. M., & Barker, B. A. (2021). “I have to social norm this”: Making meaning of hearing loss from the perspective of adults who use hearing aids. Health Communication, 6, 774-781. https://doi.org/ 10.1080/10410236.2020.1712523 [PMID 31914805]
*Ritter, C. R., Barker, B. A., & Scharp, K. M. (2020). Using attribution theory to explore the reasons adults with hearing loss do not use their hearing aids. PLOS One, 15, e0238468. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238468
Barker, B. A., Scharp, K. M., *Long, S. A., & *Ritter, C. R. (2020). Narratives of identity: Understanding the experiences of adults with hearing loss who use hearing aids. International Journal of Audiology 59, 186-194. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2019.1683626 [PMID 31663393]
Scharp, K. M., & Barker, B. A. (January 2020). “I have to social norm this”: Making meaning of hearing loss from the perspective of adults who use hearing aids. Health Communication. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2020.1712523
Barker, B. A., & Elliot, E. M. (2019). The role of talker familiarity in auditory distraction. Experimental Psychology, 66, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1027/1618-3169/a000425
Barker, B. A., *Jones, H. D., & *Daquanno, C. G. (2018). Supplemental videos for the Infant-Toddler Meaningful Auditory Integration Scale. The Volta Review, 118, 41-59. https://doi.org/10.17955/tvr.118.1.2.797
Scharp, K. M., Barker, B. A., *Rucker, S. N., & *Jones, H. D. (2018). Exploring the identities of hearing parents who chose cochlear implantation for their children with hearing loss. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 23, 131-139. https://doi.org/10.1093/deafed/enx060
Barker, B. A., Donovan, N. J., *Schubert, A. D., & Walker, E. A. (2017). Using Rasch analysis to examine the item-level psychometrics of the Infant-Toddler Meaningful Auditory Integration Scales. Speech, Language and Hearing, 20, 130-143. https://doi.org/10.1080/2050571X.2016.1243747
Muñoz, K., Nelson, L., & Barker, B. A. (2016). A review of Internet resources related to spoken language intervention for Spanish-speaking parents of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Journal of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention, 1, 72-77.
Barker, B. A., & *Meyer Turner, L. (2015). Influences of foreign accent on preschoolers’ word recognition and story comprehension. Applied Psycholinguistics, 36, 1111-1132. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0142716414000058
Barker, B. A., & *Mosley, C. (2013). The influence of multiple narrators on adults’ listening comprehension. The Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 19, 060193.
Barker, B. A., Kenworthy, M. H., & Walker, E. A., (2011). How we do it: Employment of listening-development criteria during assessment of infants who use cochlear implants. Cochlear Implants International, 12, 57-59. https://doi.org/10.1179/146701010X486543 [PMID 21756461]
Tomblin, J. B., Barker, B. A., & *Hubbs, S. (2007). Developmental constraints on language development in children with cochlear implants. International Journal of Audiology, 46, 512-523. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992020701383043 [PMID 17828667]
Tomblin, J. B., Barker, B. A., Spencer, L. J., Zhang, X., & Gantz, B. J. (2005). The effect of age at cochlear implant stimulation on expressive language growth in infants and toddlers. Journal of Speech, Language, & Hearing Research, 48, 853-867. https://doi.org/1092-4388/05/4804-0853 [PMID 16378478]
Barker, B. A., & Bass-Ringdahl, S. M. (2004). The effect of audibility on audio-visual speech perception in very young cochlear implant recipients. In R. T. Miyamoto (Ed.), Cochlear Implants: Proceedings of the VIII International Cochlear Implant Conference: International Congress Series, Vol. 1273 (pp. 316-319) San Diego: Elsevier Inc. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ics.2004.09.011
Barker, B. A., & Newman, R. S. (2004) Listen to your mother! The role of talker familiarity in infant streaming. Cognition, 94, B45-B53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2004.06.001 [PMID 15582622]
Barker, B. A., & Tomblin, J. B. (2004). Comparing bimodal perception skills in infant hearing-aid and cochlear-implant users. Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, 130, 582-586. https://doi.org/10.1001/archotol.130.5.582 [PMID 15148180]
Spencer, L. J., Barker, B. A., & Tomblin, J. B. (2003). Exploring literacy skills of pediatric cochlear implant users. Ear & Hearing, 24, 236-247. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.AUD.0000069231.72244.9 [PMID 12799546]
Barker, B. A., & Newman, R. S. (2000). The cocktail party effect in infants: Following one’s mother’s voice. In S. C. Howell, S. A. Fish, & T. Keith-Lucas (Eds.), Proceedings of the 24th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (pp. 92-103). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.