Publications

This is a curated list of publications related to our project from our team divided into international journals, national journals and periodicals in professional communities

Published peer-reviewed scientific articles in international journals

Hokkinen K, Dietz A, Lampela P, Hartikainen S, Tolppanen A-M. Age-related hearing loss in people with and without Alzheimer’s disease. Under review

Rajamaki B, Hokkinen K, Dietz A, Kaarniranta K, Hartikainen S, Tolppanen A-M. Association of hearing, vision, and dual sensory impairment and risk of Alzheimer’s disease: a nested case-control study. BMC Geriatrics (2024) 24:929 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-024-05514-z

Dietz A, Heinrich A, Törmäkangas T, Iso-Mustajärvi M, Miettinen P, Willberg T, Linder PH. The effectiveness of cochlear implantation on performance-based and patient-reported outcome measures in Finnish recipients. Front. Neurosci. 2022. 16:786939. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2022.786939

Willberg T, Sivonen V, Linder P, Dietz A. Comparing the Speech Perception of Cochlear Implant Users with Three Different Finnish Speech Intelligibility Tests in Noise. J Clin Med. 2021 Aug 19;10(16):3666.

Sivonen V, Sinkkonen ST, Willberg T, Lamminmäki S, Jääskelä-Saari H, Aarnisalo AA, Dietz A. Improvements in Hearing and in Quality of Life after Sequential Bilateral Cochlear Implantation in a Consecutive Sample of Adult Patients with Severe-to-Profound Hearing Loss. J Clin Med. 2021 May 28;10(11):2394. doi: 10.3390/jcm10112394.

Välimaa T, Kunnari S, Aarnisalo AA, Dietz A et al. Spoken Language Skills in Children with Bilateral Hearing Aids or Bilateral Cochlear Implants at the Age of Three Years. Ear Hear. 2022 Jan/Feb;43(1):220-233. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000001092. PMID: 34260435; PMCID: PMC8694252.

Kuusinen A, Saariniemi E, Sivonen V, Dietz A; Aarnisalo AA, Lokki T. An exploratory investigation of speech recognition thresholds in noise with auralizations of two reverberant rooms. Int J Audiol (2020). https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2020.1817993

Willberg T, Sivonen V, Hurme S, Aarnisalo AA, Löppönen H, Dietz A. The long-term learning effect related to the repeated use of the Finnish matrix sentence test and the Finnish digit triplet test. Int J Audiol. 2020;1-10.

Willberg T, Kärtevä K, Zokoll M, Buschermöhle M, Sivonen V, Aarnisalo A, Löppönen H, Kollmeier B, Dietz A. The Finnish simplified matrix sentence test for the assessment of speech intelligibility in the elderly. Int J Audiol. 2020;1-9.

Sivonen V, Willberg T, Aarnisalo AA, Dietz A. The Efficacy of Microphone Directionality in Improving Speech Recognition in Noise for Three Commercial Cochlear-Implant Systems. Cochlear Implants Int. 2020 May;21(3):153-159. doi: 10.1080/14670100.2019.1701236. Epub 2020 Mar 11. PMID: 32160829.

Dietz A, Buschermöhle M, Sivonen V, Willberg T, Aarnisalo AA, Lenarz T, Kollmeier B. Characteristics and international comparability of the Finnish matrix sentence test in cochlear implant recipients. Int J Audiol. 2015 Sep 12:1-8.

Buschermöhle M, Dietz A, Kollmeier B. Application of speechaudiometric matrix tests in hearing impaired patients: experiences with CI patients. J Int Adv Otol. Jan 2015 11(suppl 1):57-58

Dietz A, Buschermöhle M, Aarnisalo AA, Vanhanen A, Hyyrynen T, Aaltonen O, Löppönen H, Zokoll MA, Kollmeier B. The development and evaluation of the Finnish Matrix Sentence Test for speech intelligibility assessment. Acta Otolaryngol. 2014 Jul;134(7):728-37.

Löppönen T*, Dietz A*, Väisäinen M-L, Valtonen H, Kosunen A, Hyvärinen A, Ignatius J, Löppönen H. Homozygous p.M34T mutation of the GJB2 gene associates with autosomal recessive sensineural hearing loss at 2-4 kHz. Acta Otolaryngol. 2012 Aug;132(8):862-73 (*equal contribution)

Dietz A, Löppönen T, Valtonen H, Hyvärinen A, Löppönen H. Prevalence and etiology of congenital or early acquired hearing impairment in Eastern Finland. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 2009, Volume 73, Issue 10, Pages 1353-1357

Published peer-reviewed scientific articles in national journals

Dietz A, Iso-Mustajärvi M, Hartikainen S. Hearing loss – an isolated dysfunction of the inner ear or a more comprehensive neurodegenerative disease? Suom Lääkäril 2023; 78:e34386

Dietz A, Willberg T, Sivonen V, Aarnisalo A. Cochlear implantation – nowadays a standard intervention for hearing rehabilitation. Suom Lääkäril. 2018; 73:570–5. Finnis

Sivonen V, Willberg T, Sinkkonen S, Aarnisalo A, Dietz A. Finnish speech audiometry and new speech-in-noise tests. Suom Lääkäril. 2017;72(41):2302-2307. Finnish

Hyvärinen A, Dietz A, Löppönen H. Auditory rehabilitation path for children. Duodecim.2011;127(8):819-25.Review. Finnish.

Publications intended for professional communities

Dietz A. What speech-in-noise tests tell about the hearing? Finnish Audiology Society, 2019, edit. Hyvärinen, Välisalo-Leinonen, pp 30-35; ISBN 978-952-68886-2-0

Dietz A. Cochlear Implantation in Single-Sided Deafness. Finnish Audiology Society, 2019, edit Hyvärinen, Välisalo-Leinonen, pp. 83-89; ISBN 978-952-68886-2-0

Dietz A. Clinical experience with the Finnish Matrix Sentence Test at the Kuopio University Hospital. Finnish Audiology Society, 2017; edit. Sivonen; pp 65-67; ISBN 978-952-68886-0-6

Dietz A. New applications of matrix-type speech audiometry. Finnish Audiology Society, 2015; edit. Jutila, pp 60-66; ISBN 978-952-67651-6-7

Dietz A. The Finnish matrix sentence test. Finnish Audiology Society, 2014, edit Hyvärinen, Heimonen, pp. 34-36, ISBN 978-952-667651-4-3

Dietz A. Speech-in-noise tests – international standards. Finnish Audiology Society, 2010, pp.71-73, ISBN 978-952-99058-8-1

Dietz A. Etiologic diagnosis of hearing loss. Finnish Audiology Society, 2009, pp 69-72.