Hari Bharadwaj

  • Jedlicka, D.P., Bharadwaj, H., Mormer, E., Parthasarathy, A., & Palmer, C.V. (2026). Hearing Aid Use Among Veterans With Hearing Loss and Veterans With Normal Audiometric Thresholds Due to Self-Perceived Listening Difficulties. J Speech Lang Hear Res, 69(3), 1301-1311.American Speech Language Hearing Association. doi: 10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00629.
  • Borjigin, A., & Bharadwaj, H.M. (2025). Individual differences elucidate the perceptual benefits associated with robust temporal fine-structure processing. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 122(1), e2317152121.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2317152121.
  • Hauser, S.N., Hustedt-Mai, A.R., Wichlinski, A., & Bharadwaj, H.M. (2025). The relationship between distortion product otoacoustic emissions and audiometric thresholds in the extended high-frequency range. J Acoust Soc Am, 157(3), 1889-1898.Acoustical Society of America (ASA). doi: 10.1121/10.0036143.
  • Jedlicka, D.P., Bharadwaj, H., Mormer, E., Parthasarathy, A., & Palmer, C.V. (2025). Evaluation of Diagnostic Measures in Veterans With Self-Perceived Hearing Handicap Despite Normal Audiometric Thresholds: A Rapid Scoping Review. J Speech Lang Hear Res, 68(9), 4474-4489.American Speech Language Hearing Association. doi: 10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00096.
  • Katz, J., Mormer, E., Parthasarathy, A., Bharadwaj, H., Wang, Y., & Palmer, C. (2025). Sound Advice: A Consumer's Perspective on Navigating the World of Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids. Semin Hear, 46(1), 40-52.Thieme. doi: 10.1055/s-0045-1806805.
  • Kim, S., Schroeder, M., & Bharadwaj, H.M. (2025). Effect of digital noise reduction processing on subcortical speech encoding and relationship to behavioral outcomes. Sci Rep, 15(1), 22198.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-07652-9.
  • Osorio, S., Tan, J., Levine, G., Ahlfors, S.P., Graham, S., Mamashli, F., Khan, S., Joseph, R.M., Nayal, Z., Losh, A., Pawlyszyn, S., McGuiggan, N.M., Hämäläinen, M.S., Bharadwaj, H., & Kenet, T. (2025). Lower cortical activation and altered functional connectivity characterize passive auditory spatial attention in ASD. bioRxiv, 2025.01.02.631088.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. doi: 10.1101/2025.01.02.631088.
  • Osorio, S., Tan, J., Levine, G., Ahlfors, S.P., Graham, S., Mamashli, F., Khan, S., Joseph, R.M., Nayal, Z., Losh, A., Pawlyszyn, S., McGuiggan, N.M., Hämäläinen, M.S., Bharadwaj, H., & Kenet, T. (2025). Lower Cortical Activation and Altered Functional Connectivity Characterize Passive Auditory Spatial Attention in ASD. Autism Res, 18(11), 2240-2253.Wiley. doi: 10.1002/aur.70120.
  • Salloom, W.B., Bharadwaj, H., & Strickland, E.A. (2025). The effects of broadband elicitor duration on transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions and a psychoacoustic measure of gain reduction. In Research Square. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-6753082/v2.
  • Salloom, W.B., Bharadwaj, H., & Strickland, E.A. (2025). The effects of broadband elicitor duration on transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions and a psychoacoustic measure of gain reduction. In Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-6753082/v2.
  • Salloom, W.B., Bharadwaj, H., & Strickland, E.A. (2025). The Effects of Broadband Elicitor Duration on Transient-Evoked Otoacoustic Emissions and a Psychoacoustic Measure of Gain Reduction. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol, 26(6), 671-697.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/s10162-025-01011-1.
  • Stolyar, A., Katz, J., Dymowski, C., Lyons, T., Parthasarathy, A., Bharadwaj, H., Mormer, E., Palmer, C., & Wang, Y. (2025). Content Analysis of Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Reviews. AMIA Jt Summits Transl Sci Proc, 2025, 546-555.
  • Whiteford, K.L., Baltzell, L.S., Chiu, M., Cooper, J.K., Faucher, S., Goh, P.Y., Hagedorn, A., Irsik, V.C., Irvine, A., Lim, S.J., Mesik, J., Mesquita, B., Oakes, B., Rajappa, N., Roverud, E., Schrlau, A.E., Van Hedger, S.C., Bharadwaj, H.M., Johnsrude, I.S., Kidd, G., Luebke, A.E., Maddox, R.K., Marvin, E.W., Perrachione, T.K., Shinn-Cunningham, B.G., & Oxenham, A.J. (2025). Large-scale multi-site study shows no association between musical training and early auditory neural sound encoding. Nat Commun, 16(1), 7152.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-62155-5.
  • Borjigin, A., & Bharadwaj, H.M. (2024). Individual Differences Elucidate the Perceptual Benefits Associated with Robust Temporal Fine-Structure Processing. bioRxiv, 2023.09.20.558670.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. doi: 10.1101/2023.09.20.558670.
  • Borjigin, A., Kokkinakis, K., Bharadwaj, H.M., & Stohl, J.S. (2024). Deep learning restores speech intelligibility in multi-talker interference for cochlear implant users. Sci Rep, 14(1), 13241.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-63675-8.
  • Hauser, S.N., Hustedt-Mai, A.R., Wichlinski, A., & Bharadwaj, H.M. (2024). The relationship between distortion product otoacoustic emissions and audiometric thresholds in the extended high-frequency range. bioRxiv, 2024.07.05.601801.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. doi: 10.1101/2024.07.05.601801.
  • Kim, S., Schroeder, M., & Bharadwaj, H.M. (2024). Effect of digital noise-reduction processing on subcortical speech encoding and relationship to behavioral outcomes. In bioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2024.10.28.620630.
  • Mok, B.A., Viswanathan, V., Borjigin, A., Singh, R., Kafi, H., & Bharadwaj, H.M. (2024). Web-based psychoacoustics: Hearing screening, infrastructure, and validation. Behav Res Methods, 56(3), 1433-1448.Springer Nature. doi: 10.3758/s13428-023-02101-9.
  • Singh, R., & Bharadwaj, H. (2024). Efficient modular system identification provides a high-resolution assay of temporal processing and reveals the multilevel effects of attention along the human auditory pathway. 2024.08.11.607503.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. doi: 10.1101/2024.08.11.607503.
  • Bharadwaj, H.M., Wilbur, R.B., & Siskind, J.M. (2023). Still an Ineffective Method With Supertrials/ERPs-Comments on "Decoding Brain Representations by Multimodal Learning of Neural Activity and Visual Features". IEEE Trans Pattern Anal Mach Intell, 45(11), 14052-14054.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/TPAMI.2023.3292062.
  • Ginsberg, H., Singh, R., Bharadwaj, H.M., & Heinz, M.G. (2023). A multi-channel EEG mini-cap can improve reliability for recording auditory brainstem responses in chinchillas. J Neurosci Methods, 398, 109954.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2023.109954.
  • Salloom, W.B., Bharadwaj, H., & Strickland, E.A. (2023). The effects of broadband elicitor duration on a psychoacoustic measure of cochlear gain reduction. J Acoust Soc Am, 153(4), 2482.Acoustical Society of America (ASA). doi: 10.1121/10.0017925.
  • Singh, R., & Bharadwaj, H.M. (2023). Cortical temporal integration can account for limits of temporal perception: investigations in the binaural system. Commun Biol, 6(1), 981.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-05361-5.
  • Viswanathan, V., Bharadwaj, H.M., Heinz, M.G., & Shinn-Cunningham, B.G. (2023). Induced Alpha And Beta Electroencephalographic Rhythms Covary With Single-Trial Speech Intelligibility In Competition. bioRxiv, 2022.12.31.522365.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. doi: 10.1101/2022.12.31.522365.
  • Viswanathan, V., Bharadwaj, H.M., Heinz, M.G., & Shinn-Cunningham, B.G. (2023). Induced alpha and beta electroencephalographic rhythms covary with single-trial speech intelligibility in competition. Sci Rep, 13(1), 10216.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-37173-2.
  • Ahmed, H., Wilbur, R.B., Bharadwaj, H.M., & Siskind, J.M. (2022). Confounds in the Data-Comments on "Decoding Brain Representations by Multimodal Learning of Neural Activity and Visual Features". IEEE Trans Pattern Anal Mach Intell, 44(12), 9217-9220.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/TPAMI.2021.3121268.
  • Bharadwaj, H., Mamashli, F., Khan, S., Singh, R., Joseph, R.M., Losh, A., Pawlyszyn, S., McGuiggan, N.M., Graham, S., Hämäläinen, M.S., & Kenet, T. (2022). Cortical signatures of auditory object binding in children with autism spectrum disorder are anomalous in concordance with behavior and diagnosis. In Griffiths, T.D. (Ed.). PLoS Biol, 20(2), e3001541.Public Library of Science (PLoS). doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001541.
  • Bharadwaj, H.M., Hustedt-Mai, A.R., Ginsberg, H.M., Dougherty, K.M., Muthaiah, V.P.K., Hagedorn, A., Simpson, J.M., & Heinz, M.G. (2022). Cross-species experiments reveal widespread cochlear neural damage in normal hearing. Commun Biol, 5(1), 733.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-03691-4.
  • Borjigin, A., Hustedt-Mai, A.R., & Bharadwaj, H.M. (2022). Individualized Assays of Temporal Coding in the Ascending Human Auditory System. eNeuro, 9(2).Society for Neuroscience. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0378-21.2022.
  • Borjigin, A., Kokkinakis, K., Bharadwaj, H.M., & Stohl, J.S. (2022). Deep Learning Restores Speech Intelligibility in Multi-Talker Interference for Cochlear Implant Users. 2022.08.25.504678.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. doi: 10.1101/2022.08.25.504678.
  • Peng, Z.E., Waz, S., Buss, E., Shen, Y., Richards, V., Bharadwaj, H., Stecker, G.C., Beim, J.A., Bosen, A.K., Braza, M.D., Diedesch, A.C., Dorey, C.M., Dykstra, A.R., Gallun, F.J., Goldsworthy, R.L., Gray, L., Hoover, E.C., Ihlefeld, A., Koelewijn, T., Kopun, J.G., Mesik, J., Shub, D.E., & Venezia, J.H. (2022). FORUM: Remote testing for psychological and physiological acoustics. J Acoust Soc Am, 151(5), 3116.Acoustical Society of America (ASA). doi: 10.1121/10.0010422.
  • Bharadwaj, H., & Shinn-Cunningham, B. (2021). What's been hidden in hidden hearing loss. Neuron, 109(6), 909-911.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.02.025.
  • Bharadwaj, H.M., Hustedt-Mai, A.R., Ginsberg, H.M., Dougherty, K.M., Muthaiah, V.P.K., Hagedorn, A., Simpson, J.M., & Heinz, M.G. (2021). Cross-Species Experiments Reveal Widespread Cochlear Neural Damage in Normal Hearing. 2021.03.17.435900.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. doi: 10.1101/2021.03.17.435900.
  • Borjigin, A., Hustedt-Mai, A.R., & Bharadwaj, H.M. (2021). Individualized Assays of Temporal Coding in the Ascending Human Auditory System. 2021.09.13.460174.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. doi: 10.1101/2021.09.13.460174.
  • Mok, B.A., Viswanathan, V., Borjigin, A., Singh, R., Kafi, H., & Bharadwaj, H.M. (2021). Web-based Psychoacoustics: Hearing Screening, Infrastructure, and Validation. 2021.05.10.443520.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. doi: 10.1101/2021.05.10.443520.
  • Parida, S., Bharadwaj, H., & Heinz, M.G. (2021). Spectrally specific temporal analyses of spike-train responses to complex sounds: A unifying framework. In Bush, D. (Ed.). PLoS Comput Biol, 17(2), e1008155.Public Library of Science (PLoS). doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008155.
  • Singh, R., & Bharadwaj, H.M. (2021). Cortical Temporal Integration Window for Binaural Cues accounts for Sluggish Auditory Spatial Perception. 2021.12.14.472656.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. doi: 10.1101/2021.12.14.472656.
  • Viswanathan, V., Bharadwaj, H.M., Shinn-Cunningham, B.G., & Heinz, M.G. (2021). Modulation masking and fine structure shape neural envelope coding to predict speech intelligibility across diverse listening conditions. J Acoust Soc Am, 150(3), 2230.Acoustical Society of America (ASA). doi: 10.1121/10.0006385.
  • Viswanathan, V., Bharadwaj, H.M., Shinn-Cunningham, B.G., & Heinz, M.G. (2021). Modulation masking and fine structure shape neural envelope coding to predict speech intelligibility across diverse listening conditions. 2021.03.26.437273.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. doi: 10.1101/2021.03.26.437273.
  • Li, R., Johansen, J.S., Ahmed, H., Ilyevsky, T.V., Wilbur, R.B., Bharadwaj, H.M., & Siskind, J.M. (2020). The Perils and Pitfalls of Block Design for EEG Classification Experiments. IEEE Trans Pattern Anal Mach Intell, PP(1), 316-333.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/TPAMI.2020.2973153.
  • Lu, H., Mehta, A.H., Bharadwaj, H.M., Shinn-Cunningham, B.G., & Oxenham, A.J. (2020). Comment on 'Rapid acquisition of auditory subcortical steady state responses using multichannel recordings'. Clin Neurophysiol, 131(8), 1833-1834.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2020.05.018.
  • Parida, S., Bharadwaj, H., & Heinz, M.G. (2020). Spectrally specific temporal analyses of spike-train responses to complex sounds: A unifying framework. 2020.07.17.208330.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. doi: 10.1101/2020.07.17.208330.
  • Bharadwaj, H.M., Mai, A.R., Simpson, J.M., Choi, I., Heinz, M.G., & Shinn-Cunningham, B.G. (2019). Non-Invasive Assays of Cochlear Synaptopathy - Candidates and Considerations. Neuroscience, 407, 53-66.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.02.031.
  • Bharadwaj, H.M., R., A., Simpson, J.M., Choi, I., Heinz, M.G., & Shinn-Cunningham, B.G. (2019). Non-Invasive Assays of Cochlear Synaptopathy -- Candidates and Considerations. 565655.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. doi: 10.1101/565655.
  • Viswanathan, V., Bharadwaj, H.M., & Shinn-Cunningham, B.G. (2019). Electroencephalographic Signatures of the Neural Representation of Speech during Selective Attention. eNeuro, 6(5).Society for Neuroscience. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0057-19.2019.
  • Wang, L., Bharadwaj, H., & Shinn-Cunningham, B. (2019). Assessing Cochlear-Place Specific Temporal Coding Using Multi-Band Complex Tones to Measure Envelope-Following Responses. Neuroscience, 407, 67-74.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.02.003.
  • Mehraei, G., Hickox, A.E., Bharadwaj, H.M., Goldberg, H., Verhulst, S., Liberman, M.C., & Shinn-Cunningham, B.G. (2016). Auditory Brainstem Response Latency in Noise as a Marker of Cochlear Synaptopathy. J Neurosci, 36(13), 3755-3764.Society for Neuroscience. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4460-15.2016.
  • Bharadwaj, H.M., Masud, S., Mehraei, G., Verhulst, S., & Shinn-Cunningham, B.G. (2015). Individual differences reveal correlates of hidden hearing deficits. J Neurosci, 35(5), 2161-2172.Society for Neuroscience. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3915-14.2015.
  • Bharadwaj, H.M., & Shinn-Cunningham, B.G. (2014). Rapid acquisition of auditory subcortical steady state responses using multichannel recordings. Clin Neurophysiol, 125(9), 1878-1888.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2014.01.011.
  • Bharadwaj, H.M., Lee, A.K.C., & Shinn-Cunningham, B.G. (2014). Measuring auditory selective attention using frequency tagging. Front Integr Neurosci, 8, 6.Frontiers. doi: 10.3389/fnint.2014.00006.
  • Bharadwaj, H.M., Verhulst, S., Shaheen, L., Liberman, M.C., & Shinn-Cunningham, B.G. (2014). Cochlear neuropathy and the coding of supra-threshold sound. Front Syst Neurosci, 8, 26.Frontiers. doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2014.00026.
  • Bressler, S., Masud, S., Bharadwaj, H., & Shinn-Cunningham, B. (2014). Bottom-up influences of voice continuity in focusing selective auditory attention. Psychol Res, 78(3), 349-360.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/s00426-014-0555-7.
  • Choi, I., Bharadwaj, H.M., Bressler, S., Loui, P., Lee, K., & Shinn-Cunningham, B.G. (2014). Automatic processing of abstract musical tonality. Front Hum Neurosci, 8, 988.Frontiers. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00988.
  • Choi, I., Wang, L., Bharadwaj, H., & Shinn-Cunningham, B. (2014). Individual differences in attentional modulation of cortical responses correlate with selective attention performance. Hear Res, 314, 10-19.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2014.04.008.
  • Zhu, L., Bharadwaj, H., Xia, J., & Shinn-Cunningham, B. (2013). A comparison of spectral magnitude and phase-locking value analyses of the frequency-following response to complex tones. J Acoust Soc Am, 134(1), 384-395.Acoustical Society of America (ASA). doi: 10.1121/1.4807498.
  • Kenet, T., Orekhova, E.V., Bharadwaj, H., Shetty, N.R., Israeli, E., Lee, A.K.C., Agam, Y., Elam, M., Joseph, R.M., Hämäläinen, M.S., & Manoach, D.S. (2012). Disconnectivity of the cortical ocular motor control network in autism spectrum disorders. Neuroimage, 61(4), 1226-1234.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.03.010.
  • Lee, A.K.C., Rajaram, S., Xia, J., Bharadwaj, H., Larson, E., Hämäläinen, M.S., & Shinn-Cunningham, B.G. (2012). Auditory selective attention reveals preparatory activity in different cortical regions for selection based on source location and source pitch. Front Neurosci, 6, 190.Frontiers. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2012.00190.
  • Ruggles, D., Bharadwaj, H., & Shinn-Cunningham, B.G. (2012). Why Middle-Aged Listeners Have Trouble Hearing in Everyday Settings (vol 22, pg 1417, 2012). CURRENT BIOLOGY, 22(19), 1858.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.035.
  • Ruggles, D., Bharadwaj, H., & Shinn-Cunningham, B.G. (2012). Why middle-aged listeners have trouble hearing in everyday settings. Curr Biol, 22(15), 1417-1422.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.05.025.
  • Ruggles, D., Bharadwaj, H., & Shinn-Cunningham, B.G. (2011). Normal hearing is not enough to guarantee robust encoding of suprathreshold features important in everyday communication. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 108(37), 15516-15521.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1108912108.

  • Hauser, S., Heinz, M.G., & Bharadwaj, H. (2023). Cross-species characterization of joint otoacoustic emission profiles in sensorineural hearing loss. In JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 153(3).Acoustical Society of America (ASA). doi: 10.1121/10.0018513.
  • Bharadwaj, H., Masud, S., & Shinn-Cunningham, B. (2013). The role of high-frequency cues for spatial hearing in rooms. In Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 19(1), (p. 015049).Acoustical Society of America (ASA). doi: 10.1121/1.4800245.
  • Choi, I., Bressler, S., Bharadwaj, H., & Shinn-Cunningham, B. (2013). Subcortical and cortical neural correlates of individual differences in temporal auditory acuity. In Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 19(1), (p. 050125).Acoustical Society of America (ASA). doi: 10.1121/1.4800675.
  • Shinn-Cunningham, B., Ruggles, D.R., & Bharadwaj, H. (2013). How early aging and environment interact in everyday listening: from brainstem to behavior through modeling. In Adv Exp Med Biol, 787, (pp. 501-510).Springer Nature.United States. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-1590-9_55.
  • Verhulst, S., Bharadwaj, H., Mehraei, G., & Shinn-Cunningham, B. (2013). Understanding hearing impairment through model predictions of brainstem responses. In Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 19(1), (p. 050182).Acoustical Society of America (ASA). doi: 10.1121/1.4800566.
  • Rajaram, S., Bharadwaj, H., Shinn-Cunningham, B.G., & Lee, A.K. (2011). Cortical functional connectivity inference using MEG. In 2011 8th International Symposium on Noninvasive Functional Source Imaging of the Brain and Heart and the 2011 8th International Conference on Bioelectromagnetism, (pp. 77-80).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/nfsi.2011.5936824.
Research Interests
Clinical sciences Neurosciences Allied health and rehabilitation science Biological psychology Cognitive and computational psychology Machine learning
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