January, 2015
CURRICULUM VITAE
Robert A. Dobie, M.D.
I.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Dobie Associates
214 Morton Street
San Antonio TX 78209
E-Mail: dobie@uthscsa.edu; rdobie@earthlink.net
II.
III.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
Stanford University
Stanford, California
A.B. (with Great Distinction)
Biology
1967
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California
M.D.
1971
Internship,
Surgery
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California
1971
Residency,
Otolaryngology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California
1971-1975
Research Fellowship,
Auditory Physiology
Kresge Hearing Research Laboratory of the South
Louisiana State University Medical Center
New Orleans, Louisiana
1977-1978
Clinical Fellowship,
Otoneurosurgery
Professor Ugo Fisch
University Hospital
Zürich, Switzerland
1983-1984
CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE:
Board Certified, American Board of Otolaryngology
Licensed in TX (active); CA, MD, LA, WA (inactive)
IV.
SELECTED HONORS:
1975
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National Merit Scholarship, Stanford University
1963-1967
Student Body President, Stanford-in-France, Tours, France, spring-summer
session
1965
Phi Beta Kappa, Stanford University
1967
Class President, Stanford University School of Medicine
1968-1969
Borden Undergraduate Research Award, Stanford University School of
Medicine
1969
Teacher-Investigator Development Award
National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Diseases and Stroke
(NIDCDS)
1980-1985
Certificate of Honor (For contributions to educational programs)
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
1984
Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum
(Elected to membership)
1987
Welcome Research Travel Grant, London, England
1987
Listed in “Directory of Outstanding Medical Specialists”
Town and Country, November.
1989
Driftwood Award
(Given by residents at the University of Washington,
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery,
to the faculty member who contributed most to resident training)
1989-1990;
1986-1987;
1980-1981;
1976-1977;
1975-1976
Elected to Presidency
Association of Research in Otolaryngology
1991
Listed in The Best Doctors in America
Woodward/White, Aiken, South Carolina
(all four paper editions)
(BestDoctors.com online database)
Listed in Who’s Who in America
Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare
Marquis Publishers
1992 - 1998
1999 - present
1996 – 2005
2006 - present
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Appointed to the Thomas Walthall Folbre, M.D.
Professorship in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
The University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas
1994
Elected to Nominating Committee
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
1994
Presidential Citation
The Triological Society
1999
Distinguished Service Award
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
2001
Outstanding Hearing Conservationist Award
National Hearing Conservation Association
2005
Editor’s Award for Best Scientific Paper of 2005
Ear and Hearing
2006
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
UT Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
2008-present
Adjunct Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
The University of Texas School of Public Health
Houston, Texas
2008-present
Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
UC-Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California
2003-present
Visiting Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
1999-2004
Professor and Chairman
Dept of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
The University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas
1990-1999
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Adjunct Professor
Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
1987-1990
Asst. Professor, Assoc. Prof., Prof.
Dept of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, Washington
1975-1990
VI. SELECTED HOSPITAL AND OTHER POSITIONS HELD:
Attending Otolaryngologist
UT Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
2008-present
Attending Otolaryngologist
UC Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California
2003-2014
Attending Otolaryngologist
NIH Clinical Center
Bethesda, Maryland and
2000-2003
Veterans Administration Medical Center
Washington, DC
Director of Division of Extramural Research
National Institute on Deafness and other Communications Disorders
Bethesda, Maryland
1999-2002
Chief, Otolaryngology
University Hospital, and
South Texas Veterans Health Care System
San Antonio, Texas
1990-1999
Director
Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, Washington
1988-1990
Consultant in Otology
Madigan Army Medical Center
Tacoma, Washington
1987-1990
Medical Director
1984-1990
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Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Clinic
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, Washington
Director
Resident Teaching Program
Dept of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, Washington
1979-1990;
1975-1977
Chief
1978-1983;
1975-1977
Otolaryngology Service
Veterans Administration Medical Center
Seattle, Washington
VII.
Director
Vestibular Function Laboratory
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Clinic
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, Washington
1978-1990
Corporate Consultant in Otology
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation
Oakland, California
1976-1986
Attending Otolaryngologist
University of Washington Medical Center
Veterans Administration Medical Center
Harborview Medical Center
Children’s Hospital and Medical Center
Pacific Medical Center
Seattle, Washington
1975-1990
SELECTED CURRENT PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS:
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society (The Triological Society)
American Otological Society
American Neurotology Society
American Auditory Society
Acoustical Society of America
Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum
National Hearing Conservation Association
VIII.
SELECTED NATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Member, Task Force on Occupational Hearing Loss, American College
of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Hearing Committee, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head
and Neck Surgery
Member, Sensory Disorders Committee, American College of Occupational
& Environmental Medicine
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2008 - 2011
2004 - present
2003-2008
Chairman, Committee on Disability Determination for Individuals with
Hearing Impairments
National Research Council
2002-2004
Member, Council
National Hearing Conservation Association
2001-2004
Member, Tinnitus Research Consortium
1999-present
Member, Program Advisory Committee
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
1996-1998
Member at Large – Executive Council
The American Neurotology Society
1996-1999
Chairman, Nominating Committee
American Otological Society
1996-1997
Member, Award of Merit Committee
American Otological Society
1995-1998
Member, Tinnitus Subcommittee
American Neurotology Society
1995-1999
Executive Policy Board and co-P.I., Otolaryngology Clinical Trials
Cooperative Group
American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
1995-1999
Voting member (delegate of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and
Neck Surgery), Committees S3 and S12
American National Standards Institute
1995-present
Member, Committee S-12, Working Group 34 (Methodology for a Hearing
Conservation Program)
American National Standards Institute
1993-2000
Member, Executive Committee
NIDCD/VA Hearing Aid Clinical Trial (CSP #418)
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders and The
Department of Veterans Affairs
1994-2002
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Member, Scientific Review Committee
National Organization for Hearing Research
1994-present
Member, Scientific Advisory Committee
American Tinnitus Association
1994-2006
Member, Advisory Committee for the Research and Training
Center on Hearing Loss in Children
Boys Town National Research Hospital
1994-1999
Member, Nominating Committee
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
1994-1995
Instructor, Short Course (Medical-Legal Assessment of Hearing Loss)
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
1993-2000;
2002-2013
Member, Task Force on Hearing Protector Effectiveness
National Hearing Conservation Association
1993-1996
Member, Veterans Health Administration (VHA)/National Institute on
Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) Hearing Aid Clinical
Trials Protocol Writing Committee
1993-1994
President
Association for Research in Otolaryngology
1993-1994
Member, Board of Directors
Member, Council of Scientific Trustees
Hearing Health Foundation (formerly Deafness Research Foundation)
1991-2001
2001-2014
Member, Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation
1990-2000
Member, Expert Committee on Otorhinolaryngology
United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc.
1990-1996;
2000-2006
Member, Executive Council
Association for Research in Otolaryngology
1990-1995
Member, Annual Otolaryngology Examination Committee
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
1989-1996
Chairman, Science Advisory Council
Member, Science Advisory Council
House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, California
1996-1997
1989-1993
Charter Member, Advisory Board
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
1989-1991
Program Chairman
American Auditory Society
1989-1990
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Member, Task Force on the National Strategic Research Plan
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
1989
Board of Trustees (chairman, 1994-95)
American Otological Society Research Fund
1988-1995
Member, Working Group on Hazardous Exposure to Intermittent and Steady
State Noise
Committee on Hearing, Bioacoustics, and Biomechanics (CHABA)
National Research Council
1988-1993
Chairman, Hearing and Equilibrium Committee
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
1988-1990
Guest Examiner
Senior Examiner
American Board of Otolaryngology
1988, 1989, 1993
1994-2000
Representative, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technology Assessment Program
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
American Medical Association
1987-1991
Member, Executive Committee
Committee on Hearing, Bioacoustics, and Biomechanics (CHABA)
National Research Council
1987-1990
Chairman, Interprofessional Relations Committee
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
1986-1988
Executive Committee
Veterans Administration Cooperative Studies Program #304:
A Prospective Randomized Cooperative Study of Advanced Cochlear Implants
1986-1992
Member, Communicative Disorders Review Committee
National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke
(NINCDS)
1985-1989
Member, Scientific Review Committee
Chairman, Scientific Review Committee
Deafness Research Foundation
1984-1988
1988-1990
Member, Working Group on Communication Aids for the Hearing
Handicapped
Committee on Hearing, Bioacoustics, and Biomechanics (CHABA)
National Research Council
1984-1986
Faculty, Home Study Course
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
1983-1988
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Chairman, Research Forum
Co-sponsored by: Association for Research in Otolaryngology and American
Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
1983
Consultant, Medical Aspects of Noise Subcommittee
Member, Medical Aspects of Noise Subcommittee
Chairman, Medical Aspects of Noise Subcommittee
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
1998-2004
1981-1984; 1992-1995
1984-1987; 1995-1998
Member, Committee on Research in Otolaryngology
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
1981-1984
Chairman, Award of Merit Committee
Association for Research in Otolaryngology
1981-1982;
1996-2000
Member, Site Visit and Technical Merit Review Teams
National Institutes of Health
1978-1998
EDITORIAL BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES (past and present):
Audiology and Neurotology
2006-present
Otology and Neurotology (new name since 2001)
The American Journal of Otology (old name through 2000)
1993-present
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Case reports editor)
(Editorial Board)
1982-1986;
1990-2012
Laryngoscope
1986-2010
Journal of Occupational Hearing Loss
1998-2000
Noise and Health
1998-present
SELECTED LOCAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
Member, Executive and Budget/Finance Committees,
MSRDP, UTHSCSA
1998-1999
Chairman, Anesthesiology Chair Search Committee, UTHSCSA
1998-1999
Member, Steering Committee, Medical School Strategic Planning
The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas
1995-1999
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Chairman, Hearing and Balance Center Clinical Management Team
University Health System, Bexar County, Texas
1994-1997
Chair, MSRDP (practice plan) Advisory Board
The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas
1993-1998
Chair, Search Committee for Chair of Radiation Oncology
The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas
1992-1993
Chair, Faculty Fringe Benefit Committee
The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas
1992-1993
Member, Coordinating Council for Graduate Medical Education
The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas
1992-1999
Member, Research and Development Committee
South Texas Veterans Health Care System San Antonio, Texas
1991-1994
Member, Executive Committee
University Hospital, San Antonio, Texas
1990-1999
Member, Medical Quality Assurance Committee
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
1986-1990
Member, Curriculum Committee
University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
1985-1989
Member, Medical Staff Administrative Committee
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
1984-1990
Member, Ambulatory Care Advisory Committee
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
1984-1990
RESEARCH FUNDING:
National
Source:
Title:
Period:
Direct Costs:
Role:
National Institutes of Health (NIDCD)
Analysis of Auditory Evoked Potentials and Emissions
1995-2000
$704,183
Principal Investigator
Source:
Title:
Period:
Direct Costs:
Role:
American Tinnitus Association
Lasix Open Trial for the Treatment of Tinnitus
November 1, 1991 - October 31, 1992
$9,975
Principal Investigator
Source:
National Institutes of Health (NIDCD)
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Title:
Period:
Direct Costs:
Role:
Analysis of Auditory Evoked Potentials
1990-1995
$573,325
Principal Investigator
Source:
Title:
Period:
Direct Costs:
Role:
National Institutes of Health (NIDCD)
Hearing Development
1988-1993
$4,488,206
Co-Investigator
Source:
Title:
Period:
Direct Costs:
Role:
National Institutes of Health (NIMH)
Disabling Tinnitus and Depression in the Elderly
1989-1992
$427,716
Co-Investigator
Source:
Title:
Period:
Direct Costs:
Role:
National Institutes of Health (NINCDS)
Auditory Responses Obtained by Cross Correlation
1986-1990
$333,577
Principal Investigator
Source:
Title:
Period:
Direct Costs:
Role:
Deafness Research Foundation
Tinnitus Research Clinic
1986-1989
$60,000
Principal Investigator
Source:
National Institutes of Health (NINCDS) Teacher
Investigator Award
Binaural Interaction in Auditory Evoked Responses
1980-1985
$209,135
Principal Investigator
Title:
Period:
Direct Costs:
Role:
Source:
Title:
Period:
Direct Costs:
Role:
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Veterans Administration: Merit Review Grant and Research
Advisory Group Grant
Analysis of Auditory Evoked Responses
1979-1984
$175,255
Principal Investigator
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Books and Monographs (only most recent editions listed):
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1.
Cantrell RW, Catlin FI, Dobie RA, Doerfler LG, Eldredge DH, Melnick W, Torndorf J,
Ward WD: Guide for the Evaluation of Hearing Handicap. Rochester, Minnesota:
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 1981.
2.
Cantrell RW, Catlin FI, Dobie RA, Doerfler LG, Eldredge DH, Torndorf J, Ward WD:
Guide for Conservation of Hearing in Noise. Rochester, Minnesota: American
Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 1982.
3.
Dobie RA, HC Pillsbury (ed.): Approach to Swallowing Disorders. Washington, D.C.:
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 1984.
4.
Kirkland PC, Pence EA, Dobie RA, Yantis PA: Underwater noise exposure and the
conservation of divers' hearing: A review.
Report to U.S. Naval Sea Systems
Command; Washington, D.C., 1990.
5.
Dobie RA: Medical-Legal Evaluation of Hearing Loss, 2nd ed. San Diego: Singular
Publishing Group, 2001.
6.
Mills JH, Clark WW, Dobie RA, Humes LE, Johnson DL, Liberman MC, Melnick W,
Saunders JC, Von Gierke HE, Ward WD: Hazardous exposure to steady-state and
intermittent noise. Report of the Working Group on Hazardous Exposure to Steady-State
and Intermittent Noise, Committee on Hearing, Bioacoustics, and Biomechanics,
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research
Council, Washington, DC. National Academy Press, 1993.
7.
Subcommittee on the Medical Aspects of Noise (RA Dobie, Chair, 1995-98): Evaluation
of People Reporting Occupational Hearing Loss. Alexandria, VA: American Academy
of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 1998.
8.
Dobie RA, VanHemel S (eds.): Hearing loss: Determining eligibility for social security
benefits. Washington DC, The National Academies Press, 2004.
9.
Colby WSD, Dobie RA, Leventhall G, Lipscomb DM, McCunney RJ, Seilo, MT,
Sondergaard B. Wind Turbine Sound and Health Effects: An Expert Panel Review.
American Wind Energy Association, Washington DC, 2009.
Chapters (only most recent editions listed):
1.
Berlin CI, Dobie RA:
Electrophysiologic measures of auditory function via
electrocochleography and brainstem evoked responses. In WF Rintelman (ed.): Hearing
Assessment. Baltimore: University Park Press, 1979, pp 425-458.
2.
Dobie RA: Physiological techniques used in the assessment of the auditory system. In
RW Keith (ed.): Audiology for the Physician. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1980,
pp 110-142.
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3.
Dobie RA: Central auditory tests. In GA Gates (ed.): Guidelines for Clinical Auditory
Evaluation. Rochester, Minnesota: American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and
Neck Surgery, 1981, pp 170-183.
4.
Dobie RA: Physiology of swallowing. In RA Dobie, HC Pillsbury (ed.): Approach to
Swallowing Disorders. Washington, D.C.: American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head
and Neck Surgery, 1984.
5.
Lanier B, Dobie RA: Pharyngeal disorders. In RA Dobie, HC Pillsbury (ed.):
Otolaryngologic Approach to Swallowing Disorders. Washington, D.C.: American
Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 1984.
6.
Dobie RA: Facial nerve: Electrical and topognostic tests. In CW Cummings, LA
Harker (ed.): Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Co.,
1986, pp 2821-2827.
7.
Dobie RA: Facial nerve: Idiopathic disorders. In CW Cummings, LA Harker (ed.):
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Co., 1986, pp 31193135.
8.
Dobie RA: Mechanisms of sensorineural hearing loss: An overview. In TA Glattke
(ed.): Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Mechanisms, Diagnosis and Treatment. Iowa:
University of Iowa Press, 1986, pp 17-27.
9.
Dobie RA, Katon WJ, Sullivan M, Sakai CS: Tinnitus, depression, and aging. In JG
Goldstein, HK Kashima, CF Koopmann Jr (eds.): Geriatric Otorhinolaryngology.
Toronto: B. C. Decker, Inc., 1989, pp 45-48.
10.
Dobie RA, Rubel EW: The auditory system: Acoustics, psychoacoustics, and the
periphery. In HD Patton, AF Fuchs, B Hille, AM Scher, R Steiner (eds.): Textbook of
Physiology. Vol 1. 21st ed. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company, 1989, pp 365-385.
11.
Rubel EW, Dobie RA: The auditory system: Central auditory pathways. In HD Patton,
AF Fuchs, B Hille, AM Scher, R Steiner (ed.): Textbook of Physiology. Vol 1. 21st ed.
Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company, 1989, pp 386-411.
12.
Dobie RA: Effects of noise-induced hearing loss on quality of life. In RF Naunton (ed.):
NIH Consensus Development Conference on Noise and Hearing Loss, January 22-24,
1990. Bethesda: National Institutes of Health, 1990, pp 29-33.
13.
Dobie RA. Tinnitus. In: Gates GA (ed.): Current Therapy in Otolaryngology-Head and
Neck Surgery, 4th ed. Toronto: B.C. Decker, 1990, pp 78-82.
14.
Dobie RA: Noise. In Wald PH, Stave GM (ed.): Physical and Biological Hazards of the
Workplace. New York: Wiley-Interscience, 2002, pp 279-290.
15.
Dobie RA: Estimation of occupational contribution to hearing handicap. In Axelsson A,
Hamernik R, Hellstrom P, Henderson D, and Salvi R (eds.): Scientific Basis of NoiseInduced Hearing Loss. New York: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 1996.
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16.
Dobie RA: Drug treatments for sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus. In Berlin, C.I.
(ed.): Neurotransmission and Hearing Loss. San Diego, California: Singular Publishing
Group, 1997.
17.
Dobie RA, Sullivan MD: Anti-depressant drugs and tinnitus. In J Vernon (ed.):
Tinnitus: Treatment and Relief. Des Moines, Iowa: Allyn & Bacon, 1997.
18.
Dobie RA. Your hearing. In Mandell J: What to expect in your fifties.
19.
Dobie RA: Noise-induced hearing loss. In Johnson J (ed.): Bailey’s Head and Neck
Surgery-Otolaryngology. 4th ed. Vol 2. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
2014, pp 2530-2541.
20.
Dobie RA, Megerson SC: Workers’ Compensation. In Berger EH, Royster LH, Royster
JD, Driscoll DP, Layne M (eds.): The Noise Manual, AIHA Press, Fairfax VA, 2000.
21.
Royster LH, Royster JD, Dobie RA: Prediction and analysis of the hearing
characteristics of noise- exposed population or individuals. In Berger EH, et al. (eds.):
The Noise Manual, AIHA Press, Fairfax VA, 2000.
22.
Dobie RA, Sakai CS: Estimation of hearing loss severity from the audiogram. In
Henderson D, Prasher D, Salvi RJ, Kopke R, Hamernik R (eds.): Noise-Induced Hearing
Loss: Basic Mechanisms, Prevention, and Control, NRN Publishers, London, England,
2001.
23.
Rondinelli RD (ed.). Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, American
Medical Association, Sixth edition. Chicago, 2008 (Chapter 11, Ear, nose, throat, and
related structures, revised by Wetmore S, Sataloff RT, Dobie RA).
24.
Dobie RA: Randomized clinical trials for tinnitus: not the last word? In Patuzzi R (ed.):
Proceedings of the Seventh International Tinnitus Seminar. University of Western
Australia, Perth, 2002.
25.
Dobie RA. Medico-legal aspects of tinnitus. In Patuzzi R (ed.): Proceedings of the
Seventh International Tinnitus Seminar. University of Western Australia, Perth, 2002.
26.
Dobie RA: Depression and tinnitus. In Sismanis, A (ed.) Tinnitus: Advances in
Evaluation and Managements; Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America, vol. 36, WB
Saunders, Philadelphia, 2003.
27.
Dobie RA. Suffering from tinnitus. In Snow JB (ed.), Tinnitus: Theory and Practice.
Decker, Toronto, 2004.
28.
Dobie RA. Clinical trials and drug therapy. In Snow JB (ed.), Tinnitus: Theory and
Practice. Decker, Toronto, 2004.
29.
Dobie RA and Doyle KJ: Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss. In Snow JB Jr
(ed.): Ballinger’s Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. BC Decker, Hamilton,
Ontario, 2009.
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30.
Dobie RA: Tests of facial nerve function. In Flint PW et al. (eds.): Cummings’
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. 5th edition. St Louis: C. V. Mosby Co., 2010.
31.
Johnson J, Robinson ST (edited by Dobie RA). Hearing Loss. In Ladou J and Harrison R
(eds.) Current Occupational and
Environmental Medicine. 5th edition. New York:
McGraw Hill/Lange, 2014.
Papers:
1.
Arce A, Dobie RA: Small chimpanzee colony management.
18:139-143.
J Inst An Tech 1967;
2.
Dobie RA, Simmons FB: A dichotic threshold test:
subjects. J Speech Hear Res 1971; 14:71-81.
3.
Smith MF, Dobie RA: The use of homograft stapes.
1202.
4.
Okamoto E, Fee WE Jr, Boles R, Calcaterra TC, Dobie RA, Steadman MG: Safety of
hospital vs. home care of infant tracheotomies.
Trans Am Acad Ophthalmol
Otolaryngol 1977; 84:92-99.
5.
Dobie RA: Rehabilitation of swallowing disorders. Am Fam Phys 1978; 17:84-95.
6.
Dobie RA, Berlin CI: Binaural interaction in brainstem-evoked responses.
Otolaryngol 1979; 105:391-398.
7.
Dobie RA, Berlin CI: Influence of otitis media on hearing and development. Ann Otol
Rhinol Laryngol Suppl 60 1979; 88(5, Pt 2): 48-53.
8.
Dobie RA, Cox K, Larsen GL: Skin flap esophagostomy: A new procedure.
Otolaryngol 1979; 105:200-202.
9.
Dobie RA, Tobey DN: Clinical features of diphtheria in the respiratory tract.
1979; 242:2197-2201.
10.
Beukelman DR, Cummings CW, Dobie RA, Weymuller EA Jr: Objective assessment of
laryngectomized patients with surgical reconstruction.
Arch Otolaryngol 1980;
106:715-718.
11.
Dobie RA: Vertigo: A physiological approach. J Fam Pract 1980; 11:623-631.
12.
Dobie RA, Clopton BM: Auditory evoked responses obtained by cross-correlation: A
preliminary report. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1980; 88:797-802.
Normal and brain-damaged
Laryngoscope 1976; 86:1196-
Arch
Arch
JAMA
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13.
Dobie RA, Kimm J: Brainstem responses to electrical stimulation of the cochlea. Arch
Otolaryngol 1980; 106:573-577.
14.
Dobie RA, Norton SJ: Binaural interaction in human auditory evoked potentials.
Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1980; 49:303-313.
15.
Miller JM, Dobie RA, Pfingst BE, Heinz RD: Electrophysiologic studies of the auditory
cortex in the awake monkey. Am J Otolaryngol 1980; 1:119-130.
16.
Cummings CW, Larson SM, Dobie RA, Weymuller EA Jr, Rudd TG, Merello A:
Assessment of cobalt 57 tagged bleomycin as a clinical aid in staging of head and neck
carcinoma. Laryngoscope 1981; 91:529-537.
17.
Dobie RA, Archer RJ: Otologic referral in industrial hearing conservation programs. J
Occup Med 1981; 23:755-761.
18.
Dobie RA, Archer RJ: Results of otologic referrals in an industrial hearing conservation
program. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1981; 89:294-301.
19.
Kaplan JN, Dobie RA, Cummings CW: The incidence of hypopharyngeal stenosis after
surgery for laryngeal cancer. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1981; 89:956-959.
20.
Dobie RA: Hearing conservation in industry. West J Med 1982; 137:499-505.
21.
Dobie RA: Otologic referral criteria. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1982; 90:598-601.
22.
Dobie RA, Snyder JM, Donaldson JA: Electronystagmographic and audiologic findings
in patients with Meniere's disease. Acta Otolaryngol (Stockh) 1982; 94:19-27.
23.
Bassett MR, Dobie RA: Patterns of nutritional deficiency in head and neck cancer.
Otolaryngol Head and Neck Surg 1983; 91:119-125.
24.
Dobie RA: Reliability and validity of industrial audiometry: Implications for hearing
conservation program design (1983 Triological Society Thesis). Laryngoscope 1983;
93:906-927.
25.
Gacek RR, Malmgren LT, Abbs JH, Berlin CI, Dobie RA, Fredrickson JM, Wolf G,
Moore EJ: Postdoctoral research training. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1983; 91(100):
15-17.
26.
Martin GK, Shaw DW, Dobie RA, Lonsbury-Martin BL: Endolymphatic hydrops in the
rabbit: Auditory brainstem responses and cochlear morphology. Hear Res 1983; 12:6587.
27.
Dobie RA, Wilson MJ: Short-latency auditory responses obtained by cross correlation.
J Acoust Soc Am 1984; 76:1411-1421.
28.
Kelly-Ballweber D, Dobie RA: Binaural interaction measured behaviorally and
electrophysiologically in young and old adults. Audiology 1984; 23:181-194.
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29.
Patterson HC, Dobie RA, Cummings CW: Treatment of the clinically negative neck in
floor of the mouth carcinoma. Laryngoscope 1984; 94:820-824.
30.
Anonsen C, Dobie RA, Hoekema D, Huang TW, Gown AM: Carcinosarcoma of the
floor of mouth. J Otolaryngol 1985; 14(4): 215-220.
31.
Dobie RA: Industrial audiometry and the otologist. Laryngoscope 1985; 95:382-385.
32.
Dobie RA, Dillier N: Some aspects of temporal coding for single-channel electrical
stimulation of the cochlea. Hear Res 1985; 18:41-55.
33.
Dobie RA, Wilson MJ: Binaural interaction in auditory brain-stem responses: Effects of
masking. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1985; 62:56-64.
34.
Lane CL, Dobie RA, Crawford DR, Morgan MS: Standard threshold shift criteria: An
investigation of the most reliable indicator of noise-induced hearing loss. J Occup Med
1985; 27:34-42.
35.
Wilson MJ, Kelly-Ballweber D, Dobie RA: Binaural interaction in auditory brain stem
responses: Parametric studies. Ear Hear 1985; 6:80-88.
36.
Dobie RA, Fisch U: Primary and revision surgery (selective neurectomy) for facial
hyperkinesia. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1986; 112:154-163.
37.
Dobie RA, Hoberg KE, Rees TS: Electrical tinnitus suppression:
crossover study. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1986; 95:319-323.
38.
Goding GS, Dobie RA: Gaze nystagmus and blood alcohol.
96:713-717.
39.
Dobie RA: Noise-induced hearing loss: The family physician's role.
1987; 36:141-148.
40.
Fisch U, Dobie RA, Gmur A, Felix H: Intracranial facial nerve anastomosis. Am J Otol
1987; 8:23-29.
41.
Harrop-Griffiths J, Katon W, Dobie R, Sakai C, Russo J: Chronic tinnitus: Association
with psychiatric diagnoses. J Psychosom Res 1987; 31:613-621.
42.
Wilson MJ, Dobie RA: Human short-latency auditory responses obtained by crosscorrelation. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1987; 66:529-538.
43.
Chatrian GE, Vossler D, Dobie RA, Snyder J, Kelly W, Wirch A: Electrocochleogram
and brainstem auditory evoked potentials in patients with cerebellopontine angle tumors.
Neurology Suppl 1 1988; 38(3): 389.
44.
Dobie RA, Wilson MJ: Auditory responses to the envelopes of pseudorandom noise
stimuli in humans. Hear Res 1988; 36:9-20.
A double-blind
Laryngoscope 1986;
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Flint P, Duckert LG, Dobie RA, Rubel EW: Chronic perilymphatic fistula: Experimental
model in the guinea pig. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1988; 99(4): 380-388.
46.
Hillel AD, Dobie R, Little J: Evoked electromyography of the eleventh nerve and
trapezius muscle. Head Neck Surg 1988; 10(6): 387-395.
47.
Palaskas CW, Dobie RA, Snyder JM: Progression of hearing loss in bilateral Meniere's
disease. Laryngoscope 1988; 98:287-290.
48.
Sullivan MD, Katon W, Dobie R, Sakai C, Russo J, Harrop-Griffiths J: Disabling
tinnitus: Association with affective disorder. Gen Hosp Psychiatr 1988; 10:285-291.
49.
Crabtree G, Dobie RA: The effect of unilateral corneal anesthesia on the Schirmer test.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1989; 100:631-632.
50.
Dobie RA, Wilson MJ: Analysis of auditory evoked potentials by magnitude-squared
coherence. Ear Hear 1989; 10:2-13.
51.
Gates GE, Caspary DM, Clark W, Pillsbury HC III, Brown SC, Dobie RA: Presbycusis.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1989; 100:266-271.
52.
Palaskas CW, Dobie RA, Wilson MJ: Cross-correlation of the frequency-following
response. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1989; 74:399-400.
53.
Palaskas CW, Wilson MJ, Dobie RA: Electrophysiologic assessment of low-frequency
hearing: Sedation effects. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1989; 101:434-441.
54.
Sullivan MD, Dobie RA, Sakai CS, Katon WJ: Treatment of depressed tinnitus patients
with nortriptyline. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1989; 98:867-872.
55.
Dobie RA: A method for allocation of hearing handicap. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
1990; 103:733-739.
56.
Dobie RA, Wilson MJ: Optimal ('Wiener') digital filtering of auditory evoked potentials:
Use of coherence estimates. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1990; 77:205-213.
57.
Tucci DL, Wilson MJ, Dobie RA: Coherence analysis of scalp responses to amplitudemodulated tones. Acta Otolaryngol (Stockh) 1990; 109:195-201.
58.
Dobie RA: What's new in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery. Bull Am Coll Surg
1991; 76:37-39.
59.
Dobie RA, Wilson MJ: Optimal smoothing of coherence estimates. Electroencephalogr
Clin Neurophysiol 1991; 80:194-200.
60.
Pasic TR, Dobie RA:
101:985-991.
61.
Watson CS, Dobie RA, Durlach N, Humes LE, Levitt H, Miller JD, Sherrick CE,
Simmons FB, Studebaker GA, Tyler RS, Widin GP: Speech-perception aids for hearing-
Cis-platinum ototoxicity in children.
Laryngoscope 1991;
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impaired people: Current status and needed research. J Acoust Soc Am 1991; 90:637685.
62.
Dobie RA: The relative contributions of occupational noise and aging in individual
cases of hearing loss. Ear Hear 1992; 13:19-27.
63.
Dobie RA, Sullivan MD, Katon WJ, Sakai CS and Russo J: Antidepressant treatment of
tinnitus patients: Interim report of a randomized clinical trial. Acta Otolaryngol (Stockh)
1992; 112(2): 242-247.
64.
Sullivan M, Katon W, Dobie R, Sakai C, Russo J: Somatization, co-morbidity, and the
quality of life: Measuring the effect of depression upon chronic medical illness.
Psychiatr Med 10:61-76, 1992.
65.
Dobie RA: Objective response detection. Ear Hear 1993; 14(1): 31-35.
66.
Dobie RA: Research study report: Furosemide (Lasix). Tinnitus Today 1993; 18(1): 69.
67.
Dobie RA, Sakai CS, Sullivan MD, Katon WJ, Russo J: Antidepressant treatment of
tinnitus patients: Report of a randomized clinical trial and clinical prediction of benefit.
Am J Otol 1993; 14(1): 18-23.
68.
Katon W, Sullivan M, Russo J, Dobie R, Sakai C: Depressive symptoms and measures
of disability: A prospective longitudinal study. J Affective Disord 1993; 27(4): 245254.
69.
Clark MR, Sullivan MD, Katon WJ, Russo JE, Fischl M, Dobie RA, Voorhees R:
Psychiatric and medical factors associated with disability in patients with dizziness.
Psychosomatics 1993; 34(5): 409-415.
70.
Dobie RA: Confidence intervals for hearing loss allocation estimates. Ear Hear 1993;
14(5): 315-321.
71.
Santos PM, Hall RA, Hughes LF, Snyder JM, Dobie RA: Diuretic and diet effect on
Meniere's disease, evaluated by the 1985 Committee on Hearing and Equilibrium and
Guidelines. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1993; 109(4): 680-689.
72.
Dobie RA, Wilson MJ: Objective response detection in the frequency domain.
Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1993; 88(6): 516-524.
73.
Sullivan M, Katon W, Russo J, Dobie R, Sakai C: A randomized trial of nortriptyline in
severe chronic tinnitus: Effects on depression, disability and symptoms. Arch Int Med
1993; 153(19): 2251-2259.
74.
Sullivan M, Clark MR, Katon WJ, Fischl M, Russo J, Dobie RA, Voorhees R:
Psychiatric and otologic diagnoses in patients complaining of dizziness. Arch Int Med
1993; 153(12): 1479-1484.
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75.
Dobie, RA, Sakai, CS: Furosemide open trial for treatment of tinnitus.
Audiological Medicine 1993; 2:167-174.
Journal of
76.
Levi EC, Folsom RC, Dobie RA: Amplitude modulation following response (AMFR):
Effects of modulation rate, carrier frequency, age, and state. Hear Res 1993; 68(1): 4252.
77.
Clark MR, Sullivan MD, Fischl M, Katon WJ, Russo JE, Dobie, RA, Voorhees RD:
Symptoms as a clue to otologic and psychiatric diagnoses. J Psychosom Res 1994;
38(5): 461-470.
78.
Sullivan MD, Katon WJ, Russo JR, Dobie RA, Sakai CS: Coping and marital support as
correlates of tinnitus disability. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 1994; 16(4): 259-266.
79.
Dobie RA: Separating noise-induced from age-related hearing loss. West J Med 1994;
160(6): 564-565.
80.
Dobie RA, Wilson MJ: Phase weighting: A method to improve objective detection of
steady-state evoked potentials. Hear Res 1994; 79(1-2): 94-98.
81.
Dobie RA, Wilson MJ: Objective detection of 40-Hz auditory evoked potentials: Phase
coherence vs. magnitude-squared coherence. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol
1994; 92(5): 405-413.
82.
Dobie RA: Prevention of noise-induced hearing loss. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
1995; 121(4): 385-391.
83.
Dobie RA, Wilson MJ: Objective vs. human observer detection of 40-Hz auditory
evoked potentials. J Acoust Soc Am 1995; 97(5 Pt 1): 3042-3050.
84.
Dobie RA, Wilson MJ: Comparison of objective threshold estimation procedures for 40Hz auditory evoked potentials. Ear Hear 1995; 16(3): 299-310.
85.
Dobie RA, Jenkins H, Cohen NL: Multicenter comparative study of cochlear implants:
Surgical results. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol Suppl 1995; 104 (Suppl. 165): 6-8.
86.
Levi EC, Folsom RC, Dobie RA: Coherence analysis of envelope-following responses
(EFRs) and frequency-following responses (FFRs) in infants and adults. Hear Res 1995;
89(1-2): 21-27.
87.
Dobie RA: Compensation for hearing loss. Audiology 1996; 35(1): 1-7.
88.
Dobie RA, Wilson MJ: A comparison of t-test, F-test, and coherence methods of
detecting steady-state auditory-evoked potentials, distortion-product otoacoustic
emissions, or other sinusoids. J Acoust Soc Am 1996; 100(4 Pt 1): 2236-2246.
89.
Dobie RA: Does computerized dynamic posturography help us care for our patients?
Am J Otol 1997;18:108-112.
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90.
Otto RA, Dobie RA, Lawrence V, Sakai C: The impact of a laryngectomy upon quality
of life: Perspective of the patient vs. health care provider. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol
1997; 106:693-699.
91.
Dobie RA: Tinnitus and depression. Intl. Tinnitus J. 1997; 3:33-34.
92.
Dobie RA, Sakai CS: Monetary compensation for hearing loss: Clinician’s survey.
J Occup Hear Loss 1998; 1(1): 73-80.
93.
Dobie RA, Sakai CS: Monetary compensation for hearing loss: Choice and weighting of
frequencies. J Occup Hear Loss 1998; 1(3): 163-171.
94.
Krempl G, Dobie RA: Evaluation of posturography in the detection of malingering
subjects. Am J Otol 1998; 19:619-627.
95.
Dobie RA, Wilson MJ: Low-level steady–state auditory evoked potentials: Effects of
rate and sedation on detectability. J Acoust Soc Am 1998; 104(6): 3482-3488.
96.
Dobie RA: A review of randomized clinical trials in tinnitus. Laryngoscope 1999;
109:1202-1211.
97.
Yaremchuk K, Dobie R. The otologic effects of airbag deployment. J Occup Hear Loss
1999; 2: 67 – 73.
98.
Larson VD, Williams DW, Henderson WG, et al.: Efficacy of 3 commonly used hearing
aid circuits: A crossover trial. JAMA 2000; 284: 1806-13.
99.
Yaremchuk K, Dobie RA: Otologic injuries from airbag deployment. Otolaryngol Head
Neck Surg 2001; 125: 130-134.
100.
Dobie RA: Age correction: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Spectrum 2001; 18: 6-9
(erratum published 2002; 19:5)
101.
Haskell GB, Noffsinger D, Larson VD, Williams DW, Dobie RA, Rogers JL: Subjective
measures of hearing aid benefit in the NIDCD/VA Clinical Trial. Ear and Hearing 2002;
23: 301-307.
102.
Morgan SS, Beck WG, Dobie RA. Can posturography identify informed malingerers?
Otol Neurotol 2002; 23: 214-217.
103.
Larson VD, Williams DW, Henderson WG, Luethke LE, Beck LB, Noffsinger D, Bratt
GW, Dobie RA, Fausti SA, Haskell GB, Rappaport BZ, Shanks JE, Wilson RH: A multicenter, double blind clinical trial comparing benefit from three commonly used hearing
aid circuits. Ear Hear 2002; 23(4): 269-76.
104.
Shotland L, Viner J, Ondrey F, Dobie RA, Oeffinger K, Schwartz C. Monitoring for
ototoxicity in cancer clinical trials. Audiology Today 2003; 15: 11 – 13.
105.
Dobie RA: Depression and tinnitus. Otolaryngol Clin N Am 2003; 36:383-388.
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106.
Rabinowitz PM and Dobie RA. Use of the audiometric configuration to determine
whether hearing loss is noise-induced: Can “notch” criteria help? Spectrum 2003; 20 (1):
8–11.
107.
Dobie RA. OSHA should not change its STS definition (yet). Spectrum 2005; 22: 1 – 9.
108.
Dobie RA. Audiometric threshold shift definitions: Simulations and suggestions. Ear
and Hearing 2005; 26:62-77.
109.
Dobie RA. Estimating noise-induced permanent threshold shift from audiometric shape:
The ISO-1999 model. Ear and Hearing 2005; 26:630-635
110.
Dobie RA, Black FO, Pesznecker S, Stallings V. Hearing loss in patients with
vestibulotoxic reactions to gentamicin therapy. Arch Otolaryngol 2006; 132:253-257.
111.
Dobie RA. Methodological issues when comparing hearing thresholds of a group with
population standards: The case of the ferry engineers. Ear Hear 2006 Oct; 27(5): 526-37.
112.
Rabinowitz PM, Galusha D, Slade MD, Dixon-Ernst C, Sircar KD, Dobie RA.
Audiogram notches in noise-exposed workers. Ear & Hearing 2006 Dec; 27(6): 742-50.
113.
Dobie RA. Noise-induced permanent threshold shifts in the Occupational Noise and
Hearing Survey: An explanation for elevated risk estimates. Ear & Hearing 2007; 28:
580-591.
114.
Dobie RA. The burdens of age-related and noise-induced hearing loss in the United
States. Ear & Hearing 2008; 29: 565- 577.
115.
Agrawal Y, Niparko J, Dobie RA. Estimating the effect of occupational noise exposure
on hearing thresholds: The importance of adjusting for confounding variables. Ear &
Hearing, 2010; 31: 234 – 237.
116.
Hoffman HJ, Dobie RA, Ko Chia-Wen, Themann CL, Murphy WJ. Americans hear as
well or better today compared to 40 years ago: Hearing threshold levels in the
unscreened adult population of the United States, 1959 – 62 and 1999 – 2004. Ear &
Hearing, 2010; 31: 725 – 734.
117.
Dobie RA, Agrawal Y. The Annex C Fallacy: Why unscreened databases are usually
preferable for comparison to industrially-exposed groups. Audiol Neurotol, 2011; 16:29
– 35.
118.
Dobie RA. The AMA method of estimation of hearing disability: a validation study. Ear
& Hearing 2011; 32: 732 - 740.
119.
Hoffman HJ, Dobie RA, Ko Chia-Wen, Themann CL, Murphy WJ.: Hearing threshold
levels at age 70 (65 – 74 years) in the unscreened older adult population of the United
States, 1959 – 62 and 1999 – 2006. Ear & Hearing, 2012; 33: 437 – 440.
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120.
Kirchner DB, Evenson E, Dobie RA, Rabinowitz P, Crawford J, Kopke R, Hudson TWJ
Occupational Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: ACOEM Task Force on Occupational
Hearing Loss. Occup Environ Med. 2012 Jan;54(1):106-8.
121.
Dobie RA. The burden of noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus. Audiology Today,
July/August 2012; 40.
122.
Gurgel RK, Jackler RK, Dobie RA, Popelka GR. A new standardized format for
reporting hearing outcomes in clinical trials. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2012; 147:
803 – 7.
123.
Dobie RA, Clark WW. Exchange rates for intermittent and fluctuating occupational
noise: A review of studies of human permanent threshold shift. Ear & Hearing 2014; 35:
86 - 96.
124.
Dobie RA. Does occupational noise cause asymmetric hearing loss? Ear & Hearing
2014; 35: 577 - 579.
125.
McCunney RJ, Mundt KA, Colby WD, Dobie R, Kaliski K, Blais M. Wind turbines and
health: A critical review of the scientific literature. J Occ Envir Med 2014; 56: e108 130.
Others (e.g., Letters to the editor, editorials, etc.):
1.
Dobie RA: Asymmetrical hearing loss. Letter to the Editor.
133:448449.
West J Med 1980;
2.
Dobie RA: Binaural interaction in auditory brainstem responses: Theoretical and
methodological considerations. Letter to the Editor. J Acoust Soc Am 1982; 71:10311036.
3.
Dobie RA: Time for action in hearing conservation. Editorial. Otolaryngol Head Neck
Surg 1983; 91:347-349.
4.
Dobie RA: Otologic Referral Criteria for Occupational Hearing Conservation Programs.
Rochester, Minnesota: American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery,
1983.
5.
Dobie RA: Sensorineural hearing loss and noise exposure. Questions and Answers
Section. JAMA 1984; 251:1093-1094.
6.
Dobie RA: Acoustic trauma and early-onset presbycusis.
Section. JAMA 1985; 254:2148.
7.
Dobie RA: The use of relative cost ratios in choosing a diagnostic test. Letter to the
Editor. Ear Hear 1985; 6:113-116.
8.
Pearson BW, Dobie RA: In defense of case reports. Editorial. Otolaryngol Head Neck
Surg 1985; 93:287.
Questions and Answers
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9.
Fisch U, Dobie RA. Treatment of essential blepharospasm: Reply. Arch Otolaryngol
Head Neck Surg 112: 1108.
10.
Dobie RA: Dichotic threshold tests. Letter to the Editor. Ear Hear 1987;8(6): 315.
11.
Dobie RA: Method for allocation of hearing handicap. Author's Reply. Otolaryngol
Head and Neck Surg 1991; 15:136-137.
12.
Dobie RA: Amplified stethoscope for the hearing-impaired physician. Questions and
Answers Section. JAMA 1992; 267(16): 2245.
13.
Dobie RA, Wiederhold ML: Ultrasonic hearing. Comments to the Editor. Science
1992; 255:1584-1585.
14.
Dobie RA: Hearing threshold differences and risk of acoustic tumor. Letter to the
Editor. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1992; 107(3): 493-495.
15.
Dobie RA. Otologic referral criteria for occupational hearing conservation program
outlined. CAOHC Update February 1992; 8: 1- 5.
16.
Dobie RA. Otoscopy in hearing conservation programs. CAOHC Update November
1993: 5 – 7.
17.
Dobie RA: Medical-legal evaluation of hearing loss:
testable? Letter to the Editor. Ear Hear 1995; 16(4): 436.
18.
Dobie RA: Meta-analysis of the sensitivity and specificity of platform posturography.
Letter to the Editor. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1996; 122:1273.
19.
Dobie RA: Platform Posturography. Letter to the Editor. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck
Surg 1996; 122(11): 1274-1276.
Are methods of allocation
20.
Dobie RA: Are we training too many otologists? Editorial. Am J Otol 1997; 18:131132.
21.
Dobie RA: Does computerized dynamic posturography help us to care for our patients?
Author’s Reply. Am J Otol 1997; 18:124.
22.
Dobie RA: Invited comments on [“A critical appraisal of the role of auditory brain stem
response and magnetic resonance imaging in acoustic neuroma diagnosis”]. Am J Otol
1997; 18:684-685.
23.
Dobie RA: Hearing loss among children. Letter to the Editor. JAMA, 1998; 280:602.
24.
Dobie RA: Comments on “A re-examination of risk estimates from the NIOSH
Occupational Noise and Hearing Survey” [J Acoustic Soc Am 101, 950-963 (1997)]. J
Acoust Soc Am 1998; 103:2734-2735.
25.
Dobie RA: Calculating hearing handicap. J Am Acad Audiol 1999; 10:63-65.
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26.
Dobie RA: Comments on “The relations of noise-induced hearing loss and prebycusis”
[J Occup Hear Loss 1998; 1:51-60]. Letter to the Editor. J Occup Hear Loss 1999; 2:5356.
27.
Dobie RA: Tinnitus Handbook (Book Review) Ear and Hearing 2001; 22: 169.
28.
Dobie RA: Don’t use pill alone. Letter to the editor, Hearing Journal 2004; 57: 64.
29.
Dobie RA: Foreword. In Tyler RS Tinnitus treatment: Clinical Protocols. 2006. Thieme.
30.
Dobie RA: Folate supplementation and age-related hearing loss. Ann Int Med 2007;
146:63-64.
31.
Dobie RA: Are we facing an epidemic of hearing loss? ENT News Sept. 2008; 2 -3.
32.
2010;
Dobie RA: Asymmetric hearing loss: Audiometric screening criteria. Otol Neurotol
31: 364.
33.
Dobie RA: Occupational noise exposure and age correction: the problem of selection
bias. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2009; 6: 3023-24.
34.
Jackler R, Gurgel R, Dobie R et al. Reply to Dr Carlson's letter: A new standardized
format for reporting hearing outcome in clinical trials. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg.
2013;149 (2): 350.
35.
Jackler R, Gurgel R, Dobie R et al. Reply to Entang Wang letter: A new standardized
format for reporting hearing outcome in clinical trials. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg.
2013;149 (2): 351.
36.
Dobie RA: Comments re: Determinants of bilateral audiometric notches in NIHL.
Laryngoscope 2013; 123: E129.
37.
Dobie RA: Comments re: Hannula et al. (Self-reported hearing problems among older
adults: Prevalence and comparison to measured hearing impairment). J Am Acad Audiol
2014; in press.
38.
Dobie RA. What is tinnitus? Hearing Health; Summer 2013: 18 – 20.
39.
Dobie RA. Drugs on trial. Hearing Health; Summer 2013: 34 – 35.
40.
Dobie RA: Comments re Macrae. Intl J Audiol 2014; early online.
41.
Dobie RA: Hearing loss in firefighters. J Occ Environ Med 2014; 56: e78.
42.
Dobie RA: Letter re Salt and Lichtenhan. Acoustics Today. Spring 2014: 14.
43.
Dobie RA. In reference to Impact of Dizziness and Obesity on the Prevalence of Falls
and Fall-related Injuries. Laryngoscope, in press.
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