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Karen J. Cruickshanks is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and medicine, with significant contributions to subfields including speech and hearing, sensory systems, ophthalmology, cognitive neuroscience, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

The scientist's work covers several specialized topics, such as noise effects and management, hearing loss and rehabilitation, hearing, cochlea, tinnitus, and genetics, retinal diseases and treatments, olfactory and sensory function studies, glaucoma and retinal disorders, and retinal imaging and analysis.

Recent research papers authored or co-authored by Karen J. Cruickshanks include:

  • Associations of Hearing Loss and Hearing Aid Use With Cognition, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Depressive Symptoms, 2022, Journal of Aging and Health
  • Benefit of Musical Training for Speech Perception and Cognition Later in Life, 2021, Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research
  • The Association of Psychological Well-Being With Sensory and Cognitive Function and Neuronal Health in Aging Adults, 2021, Journal of Aging and Health
  • A Novel Method for Classifying Hearing Impairment in Epidemiological Studies of Aging: The Wisconsin Age-Related Hearing Impairment Classification Scale, 2020, American Journal of Audiology
  • Factors Affecting Hearing Aid Adoption by Adults With High-Frequency Hearing Loss: The Beaver Dam Offspring Study, 2021, American Journal of Audiology

Frequently collaborating co-authors include:

  • Carla R. Schubert
  • Adam J. Paulsen
  • Natascha Merten
  • Yanjun Chen
  • Mary Fischer

The main publication venues where Karen J. Cruickshanks's work appears are:

  • Innovation in Aging
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Aging and Health
  • American Journal of Audiology
  • JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

Best Publications

  • Prevalence of Hearing Loss in Older Adults in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin The Epidemiology of Hearing Loss Study

    Karen J. Cruickshanks;Terry L. Wiley;Theodore S. Tweed;Barbara E.K. Klein

  • The Impact of Hearing Loss on Quality of Life in Older Adults

    Dayna S. Dalton;Karen J. Cruickshanks;Barbara E. K. Klein;Ronald Klein

  • Prevalence of olfactory impairment in older adults.

    Claire Murphy;Carla R. Schubert;Karen J. Cruickshanks;Barbara E. K. Klein

  • The Wisconsin Epidemiologic Study of Diabetic Retinopathy: XVII. The 14-year incidence and progression of diabetic retinopathy and associated risk factors in type 1 diabetes

    Ronald Klein;Barbara E.K Klein;Scot E Moss;Karen J Cruickshanks

  • The Wisconsin Epidemiologic Study of Diabetic Retinopathy XV: The Long-term Incidence of Macular Edema

    Ronald Klein;Barbara E.K. Klein;Scot E. Moss;Karen J. Cruickshanks

  • The Wisconsin Epidemiologic Study of diabetic retinopathy. XIV. Ten-year incidence and progression of diabetic retinopathy.

    Ronald Klein;Barbara E. K. Klein;Scot E. Moss;Karen J. Cruickshanks

  • At the interface of sensory and motor dysfunctions and Alzheimer's disease

    Mark W. Albers;Grover C. Gilmore;Jeffrey Kaye;Claire Murphy

  • Hearing loss and cognition: the role of hearing AIDS, social isolation and depression.

    Piers Dawes;Richard Emsley;Karen J. Cruickshanks;David R. Moore

  • Cigarette Smoking and Hearing Loss The Epidemiology of Hearing Loss Study

    Karen J. Cruickshanks;Ronald Klein;Barbara E. K. Klein;Terry L. Wiley

  • Sunlight and Age-Related Macular Degeneration. The Beaver Dam Eye Study

    Karen J. Cruickshanks;Ronald Klein;Barbara E. K. Klein

  • The Pittsburgh Insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM) Morbidity and Mortality Study: Mortality Results

    JS Dorman;RE Laporte;LH Kuller;KJ Cruickshanks

  • The association of cardiovascular disease with the long-term incidence of age-related maculopathy: the Beaver Dam eye study.

    Ronald Klein;Barbara E.K Klein;Sandra C Tomany;Karen J Cruickshanks

  • Central presbycusis: a review and evaluation of the evidence.

    Larry E. Humes;Judy R. Dubno;Sandra Gordon-Salant;Jennifer J. Lister

  • Low Prevalence of Hearing Aid Use Among Older Adults with Hearing Loss: The Epidemiology of Hearing Loss Study

    Michael M. Popelka;Karen J. Cruickshanks;Terry L. Wiley;Theodore S. Tweed

  • Sunlight and the 10-year incidence of age-related maculopathy: the Beaver Dam Eye Study.

    Sandra C. Tomany;Karen J. Cruickshanks;Ronald Klein;Barbara E. K. Klein

  • The 5-year incidence and progression of hearing loss: the epidemiology of hearing loss study.

    Karen J Cruickshanks;Ted S Tweed;Terry L Wiley;Barbara E K Klein

  • Dry Eye in the Beaver Dam Offspring Study: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Health-Related Quality of Life

    Adam J. Paulsen;Karen J. Cruickshanks;Mary E. Fischer;Guan-Hua Huang

  • Relationship of Hyperglycemia to the Long-term Incidence and Progression of Diabetic Retinopathy

    Ronald Klein;Barbara E. K. Klein;Scot E. Moss;Karen J. Cruickshanks

  • Performance-based and self-assessed measures of visual function as related to history of falls, hip fractures, and measured gait time: The beaver dam eye study

    Barbara E.K. Klein;Ronald Klein;Kristine E. Lee;Karen J. Cruickshanks

  • The Prevalence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Associated Risk Factors

    Ronald Klein;Karen J. Cruickshanks;Scott D. Nash;Elizabeth M. Krantz

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald Klein
Ronald Klein University of Wisconsin–Madison
Barbara E. K. Klein
Barbara E. K. Klein University of Wisconsin–Madison
James S. Pankow
James S. Pankow University of Minnesota
Scot E. Moss
Scot E. Moss University of Wisconsin–Madison
F. Javier Nieto
F. Javier Nieto Oregon State University
Michael Y. Tsai
Michael Y. Tsai University of Minnesota
Rick Chappell
Rick Chappell University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ronald E. Gangnon
Ronald E. Gangnon University of Wisconsin–Madison
Richard F. Hamman
Richard F. Hamman University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Nathan Pankratz
Nathan Pankratz University of Minnesota

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