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Published peer-reviewed scientific articles in international journals

1. Dietz A, Linnosmaa I, Linder PH, Cutler H. The cost-effectiveness of unilateral cochlear implantation in the Finnish Healthcare. Under review
2. 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
3. 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
4. Sipari S, Iso-Mustajärv M, Linder P, Dietz A. Insertion Results and Hearing Outcomes of a Slim Lateral Wall Electrode. J Int Adv Otol. 2024 Jan;20(1):1-7. doi: 10.5152/iao.2024.22962. PMID: 38454281; PMCID: PMC10895868.
5. Vrzáková H, Tapiala J, Iso-Mustajärvi M, Timonen T, Dietz A. Estimating Cognitive Workload Using Task-Related Pupillary Responses in Simulated Drilling in Cochlear Implantation. Laryngoscope. 2024 Jul 11. doi: 10.1002/lary.31612. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38989899.
6. Kunnari S, Välimaa T, Tuohimaa K, Hautala J, Tolonen AK, Rimmanen S, Tennilä T, Tsupari T, Vikman S, Virokannas N, Aarnisalo AA, Dietz A, Hyvärinen A, Laitakari J, Mykkänen S, Salonen J, Sivonen V, Löppönen H. Factors associated with nonword repetition skills in 4-to 6-year-old deaf and hard-of-hearing and typically hearing children. Clin Linguist Phon. 2024 Aug 21:1-18. doi: 10.1080/02699206.2024.2390502. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39169675.
7. Dietz A, Linder P, Iso-Mustajärvi M. A State-of-the-Art Method for Preserving Residual Hearing During Cochlear Implant Surgery. J Vis Exp. 2023 May 26;(195). doi: 10.3791/64021. PMID: 37306464.
8. Iso-Mustajärvi M, Silvast T, Heikka T, Tervaniemi J, Calixto R, Linder PH, Dietz A. Trauma After Cochlear Implantation: The Accuracy of Micro-Computed Tomography and Cone-Beam Fusion Computed Tomography Compared With Histology in Human Temporal Bones. Otol Neurotol. 2023 Apr 1;44(4):339-345. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000003835. PMID: 36843083; PMCID: PMC10022666.
9. 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
10. Linder P, Iso-Mustajärvi M, Dietz A. ECochG monitoring during CI surgery under local anesthesia – A comparison with subjective sound sensation. Otol Neurotol. 2022 Jun 1;43(5):e540-e547. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000003504. Epub 2022 Feb 17. PMID: 35184073.
11. Dietz A, Lenarz T. Cochlear implantation under local anesthesia in 117 cases: patients’ subjective experience and outcomes. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2021 Sep 6:1–7. doi: 10.1007/s00405-021-07061-4.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. Iso-Mustajärvi, Sipari S, Löppönen H, Dietz A. Preservation of Residual Hearing After Cochlear Implant Surgery With Slim Modiolar Electrode. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2019 Oct 31. doi: 10.1007/s00405-019-05708-x
19. 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.
20. Willberg T, Buschermöhle M, Sivonen V, Aarnisalo AA, Löppönen H, Kollmeier B, Dietz A. The development and evaluation of the Finnish digit triplet test. Acta Otolaryngol. 2016 Apr 28:1-6  21. Dietz A, Wüstefeld M, Niskanen M, Löppönen H. Cochlear Implant Surgery in the Elderly: The Feasibility of a Modified Suprameatal Approach Under Local Anesthesia. Otol Neurotol. 2016 Jun;37(5):487-91.  22. 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.
21. 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
22. 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.
23. Dietz, A, Varonen S, Hyvärinen A, Löppönen H. Paediatric cochlear implantation surgery: Surgical aspects and preliminary results on hearing preservation and electrode placement with the Cochlear® CI 422 implant. Audiol Neurotol 2013;18(suppl 1):17-19
24. 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)
25. 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

1.  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
2. Dietz A, Willberg T, Sivonen V, Aarnisalo A. Cochlear implantation – nowadays a standard intervention for hearing rehabilitation. Suom Lääkäril. 2018; 73:570–5. Finnish
3. 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
4. Hyvärinen A, Dietz A, Löppönen H. Auditory rehabilitation path for children. Duodecim.2011;127(8):819-25.Review. Finnish.

Publications intended for professional communities

1.  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
2. 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
3. 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
4. Dietz A. New applications of matrix-type speech audiometry. Finnish Audiology Society, 2015; edit. Jutila, pp 60-66; ISBN 978-952-67651-6-7
5. Dietz A. Hearing preserving cochlear implantation. Finnish Audiology Society, 2014, pp. 65-68. edit Hyvärinen, Heimonen, pp 15-16, ISBN 978-952-667651-4-3
6. Dietz A. The Finnish matrix sentence test. Finnish Audiology Society, 2014, edit Hyvärinen, Heimonen, pp. 34-36, ISBN 978-952-667651-4-3
7. Dietz A. Speech-in-noise tests – international standards. Finnish Audiology Society, 2010, pp.71-73, ISBN 978-952-99058-8-1
8. Dietz A. Etiologic diagnosis of hearing loss. Finnish Audiology Society, 2009, pp 69-72.

Theses

1. Dietz A (Herausg). The development of the Finnish matrix sentence test. BIS-Verlag der Carl von Ossietzky Universität, 2015, ISBN 978-3-8142-2327-8

Non-peer-reviewed scientific articles

1.  Dietz A. Precision medicine: Sensorineural hearing loss treatment. Open access government, 2023. https://doi.org/10.56367/OAG-038-10794
2. Dietz A. Personalized strategies for cochlear implant surgery and hearing rehabilitation. Research Outreach, 2022. https://doi.org/10.32907/RO-132-3389379741

Publications intended for the general public, linked to the applicant’s research

1. Kuulon heikkeneminen voi haitata aivoja – uudet kuulo­laitteet voivat ehkäistä muistisairautta Helsingin sanomat 25.08.2024
2. Kuulonalenema on merkittävä muistisairauksien riskitekijä. Helsingin Sanomat, 26.9.2021
3. KYSin korvaleikkauksia jälleen maailmanlaajuisessa verkkolähetyksessä. KYSin korvaleikkauksia jälleen maailmanlaajuisessa verkkolähetyksessä – ePressi
4. Kuuloimplanttileikkaukset: Vanhin potilas oli 90-vuotias omaishoitaja, nuorimmat alle vuoden ikäisiä vauvoja, Savon Sanomat 11.05.2019
5. Aarno Dietz on huolissaan suomalaisten kuulosta. Helsingin Sanomat, 12.2019
6. Erilainen livevideo Kuopiosta: Kuuloimplanttileikkaus lähetetään KYSistä suorana ympäri maailmaa. Savon Sanomat 10.05.2019
7. KYS pilotoi uutta kuulontutkimusta. Savon Sanomat 29.03.2014