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Paul J. Abbas is affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on hearing loss and rehabilitation, integrating fields such as neuroscience, health professions, and cognitive neuroscience. The work engages with both fundamental and applied aspects of auditory science, including sensory systems and speech and hearing.

The scientist's research contributions span a range of topics, including:

  • Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
  • Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research
  • Ear Surgery and Otitis Media
  • Speech and Audio Processing

Frequent publication venues reflect active engagement with auditory and otolaryngology research communities:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology
  • Ear and Hearing
  • Otology & Neurotology
  • Audiology and Neurotology

Collaborative work with several coauthors is notable, including multiple joint publications with:

  • Carolyn Brown
  • Viral D. Tejani
  • Marlan R. Hansen
  • Bruce J. Gantz
  • Shuman He

Among their recent papers are:

  • Residual Hair Cell Responses in Electric-Acoustic Stimulation Cochlear Implant Users with Complete Loss of Acoustic Hearing After Implantation, 2021, Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology
  • Access and Polarization Electrode Impedance Changes in Electric-Acoustic Stimulation Cochlear Implant Users with Delayed Loss of Acoustic Hearing, 2021, Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology
  • Pilot Evaluation of Sheep as In Vivo Model for Cochlear Implantation, 2020, Otology & Neurotology
  • Longitudinal Electrocochleography as an Objective Measure of Serial Behavioral Audiometry in Electro-Acoustic Stimulation Patients, 2023, Ear and Hearing
  • Acoustic Change Complex Recorded in Hybrid Cochlear Implant Users, 2022, Audiology and Neurotology

Their studies often involve detailed physiological and electrophysiological investigations of cochlear implant users and animal models, reflecting a multi-disciplinary approach combining auditory neuroscience and clinical perspectives. This work contributes to understanding cochlear implant function and hearing preservation in patients with acoustic and electric hearing loss.

Paul J. Abbas's expertise lies at the intersection of cognitive neuroscience, sensory systems, and otolaryngology, with a focus on advancing knowledge around auditory system function and disorders through empirical research and collaboration across related fields.

Best Publications

  • Rate versus level functions for auditory‐nerve fibers in cats: tone‐burst stimuli

    Murray B. Sachs;Paul J. Abbas

  • Summary of results using the nucleus CI24M implant to record the electrically evoked compound action potential.

    Paul J. Abbas;Carolyn J. Brown;Jon K. Shallop;Jill B. Firszt

  • Pseudospontaneous activity: stochastic independence of auditory nerve fibers with electrical stimulation

    J.T Rubinstein;B.S Wilson;C.C Finley;P.J Abbas

  • The relationship between EAP and EABR thresholds and levels used to program the nucleus 24 speech processor: data from adults.

    Carolyn J. Brown;Michelle L. Hughes;Betty Luk;Paul J. Abbas

  • Electrically evoked whole-nerve action potentials: data from human cochlear implant users

    Carolyn J. Brown;Paul J. Abbas;Bruce Gantz

  • Multivariate Predictors of Audiological Success with Multichannel Cochlear Implants

    Bruce J. Gantz;George G. Woodworth;John F. Knutson;Paul J. Abbas

  • A longitudinal study of electrode impedance, the electrically evoked compound action potential, and behavioral measures in nucleus 24 cochlear implant users.

    M. L. Hughes;K. R. Vander Werff;C. J. Brown;P. J. Abbas

  • Comparison of EAP thresholds with MAP levels in the nucleus 24 cochlear implant: data from children.

    Michelle L. Hughes;Carolyn J. Brown;Paul J. Abbas;Abigail A. Wolaver

  • Binaural cochlear implants placed during the same operation.

    Bruce J. Gantz;Richard S. Tyler;Jay T. Rubinstein;Abigail Wolaver

  • Electrically evoked single-fiber action potentials from cat: Responses to monopolar, monophasic stimulation

    Charles A. Miller;Paul J. Abbas;Barbara K. Robinson;Jay T. Rubinstein

  • A chronic microelectrode investigation of the tonotopic organization of human auditory cortex.

    Matthew A. Howard;Igor O. Volkov;Paul J. Abbas;Hanna Damasio

  • Two-tone suppression in auditory-nerve fibers: extension of a stimulus-response relationship.

    Paul J. Abbas;Murray B. Sachs

  • Intraoperative and postoperative electrically evoked auditory brain stem responses in nucleus cochlear implant users: implications for the fitting process.

    Carolyn J. Brown;Paul J. Abbas;Holly Fryauf-bertschy;Danielle Kelsay

  • Response Properties of the Refractory Auditory Nerve Fiber

    Charles A. Miller;Paul J. Abbas;Barbara K. Robinson

  • An improved method of reducing stimulus artifact in the electrically evoked whole-nerve potential.

    Charles A. Miller;Paul J. Abbas;Carolyn J. Brown

  • Channel Interaction in Cochlear Implant Users Evaluated Using the Electrically Evoked Compound Action Potential

    Paul J. Abbas;Michelle L. Hughes;Carolyn J. Brown;Charles A. Miller

  • Electrically Evoked Whole Nerve Action Potentials in Ineraid Cochlear Implant Users: Responses to Different Stimulating Electrode Configurations and Comparison to Psychophysical Responses

    Carolyn J. Brown;Paul J. Abbas;James Borland;Michael R. Bertschy

  • Electrically evoked auditory brainstem response: growth of response with current level.

    Paul J. Abbas;Carolyn J. Brown

  • The clinical application of potentials evoked from the peripheral auditory system.

    Charles A. Miller;Carolyn J. Brown;Paul J. Abbas;Siu-Ling Chi

  • RNA Interference Prevents Autosomal-Dominant Hearing Loss

    Seiji B. Shibata;Paul T. Ranum;Paul T. Ranum;Hideaki Moteki;Hideaki Moteki;Bifeng Pan

  • Low‐frequency hearing loss: perception of filtered speech, psychophysical tuning curves, and masking

    Aaron R. Thornton;Paul J. Abbas

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald A. Robin
Donald A. Robin University of New Hampshire
John F. Knutson
John F. Knutson University of Iowa
John F. Brugge
John F. Brugge University of Iowa
M. Maral Mouradian
M. Maral Mouradian Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Chris R. S. Kaneko
Chris R. S. Kaneko University of Washington
Hiroyuki Oya
Hiroyuki Oya University of Iowa
Matthew A. Howard
Matthew A. Howard University of Iowa
Hiroto Kawasaki
Hiroto Kawasaki University of Iowa
Jeffrey R. Holt
Jeffrey R. Holt Boston Children's Hospital

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