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Biography

Dr. Bill Whitmer is a Senior Investigator Scientist at Hearing Sciences - Scottish Section, Division of Clinical Neuroscience at the University of Nottingham in the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland. Dr. Whitmer was born in the former screw-making capital of the world (Rockford, Illinois), and now lives in the former ship-building capital. He has a background in perceptual psychology, though he is oft mistaken for an audiologist or an engineer. He has devoted most of the last two decades of research, both in industry and academia, towards better understanding and alleviating hearing loss. His recent work has focused on evaluating new technologies in hearing aids and understanding the perceptual relevance of technological benefits for patients. Dr. Whitmer is a member of several societies, participates in the Scottish Tinnitus Advisory Group and gives occasional lectures at local universities.

Expertise Summary

Sound localisation (dynamic/static; simple/complex), Acoustics (perceptual relevance; simulation); Audiology (psychophysical evidence to practice; outcomes).

Selected Publications

• WHITMER, WILLIAM M., CASWELL-MIDWINTER, BENJAMIN and NAYLOR, GRAHAM, 2021. The effect of stimulus duration on preferences for gain adjustments when listening to speech INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AUDIOLOGY.
• CASWELL-MIDWINTER, BENJAMIN and WHITMER, WILLIAM M, 2020. The perceptual limitations of troubleshooting hearing-aids based on patients' descriptions. International journal of audiology. 1-11
• CASWELL-MIDWINTER B and WHITMER WM, 2019. Discrimination of Gain Increments in Speech. Trends in hearing. 23, 2331216519886684
• MCSHEFFERTY, D., WHITMER, W. M. and AKEROYD, M. A., 2016. The Just-Meaningful Difference in Speech-to-Noise Ratio. 20,

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• SANCHEZ-LOPEZ, RAUL, DAU, TORSTEN and WHITMER, WILLIAM M., 2021. Audiometric profiles and patterns of benefit: a data-driven analysis of subjective hearing difficulties and handicaps INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AUDIOLOGY.
• MUNRO, KEVIN J., WHITMER, WILLIAM M. and HEINRICH, ANTJE, 2021. Clinical Trials and Outcome Measures in Adults With Hearing Loss FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. 12,
• WHITMER, WILLIAM M., CASWELL-MIDWINTER, BENJAMIN and NAYLOR, GRAHAM, 2021. The effect of stimulus duration on preferences for gain adjustments when listening to speech INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AUDIOLOGY.
• WHITMER, WILLIAM M, MCSHEFFERTY, DAVID, LEVY, SUZANNE C, NAYLOR, GRAHAM and EDWARDS, BRENT, 2021. Changes in Orientation Behavior due to Extended High-Frequency (5 to 10 kHz) Spatial Cues. Ear and hearing.
• ADEEL, AHSAN, GOGATE, MANDAR, HUSSAIN, AMIR and WHITMER, WILLIAM M., 2021. Lip-Reading Driven Deep Learning Approach for Speech Enhancement IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON EMERGING TOPICS IN COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. 5(3), 481-490
• SEIFI ALA T, GRAVERSEN C, WENDT D, ALICKOVIC E, WHITMER WM and LUNNER T, 2020. An exploratory Study of EEG Alpha Oscillation and Pupil Dilation in Hearing-Aid Users During Effortful listening to Continuous Speech. PloS one. 15(7), e0235782
• CASWELL-MIDWINTER, BENJAMIN and WHITMER, WILLIAM M, 2020. The perceptual limitations of troubleshooting hearing-aids based on patients' descriptions. International journal of audiology. 1-11
• KUBBA, HAYTHAM and WHITMER, WILLIAM M, 2020. Exploring the Factor Structure of the Glasgow Children's Benefit Inventory: New Recommendations for Reporting Results. The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology. 3489420965634
• HADLEY, LAUREN, V, WHITMER, WILLIAM M., BRIMIJOIN, W. OWEN and NAYLOR, GRAHAM, 2020. Conversation in small groups: Speaking and listening strategies depend on the complexities of the environment and group PSYCHONOMIC BULLETIN & REVIEW.
• BROWNING, GEORGE G., KUBBA, HAYTHAM and WHITMER, WILLIAM M., 2020. Revised 15-item Glasgow Benefit Inventory with five factors based on analysis of a large population study of medical and surgical otorhinolaryngological interventions CLINICAL OTOLARYNGOLOGY.
• CASWELL-MIDWINTER B and WHITMER WM, 2019. Discrimination of Gain Increments in Speech-Shaped Noises. Trends in hearing. 23, 2331216518820220
• HADLEY, LAUREN V., BRIMIJOIN, W. OWEN and WHITMER, WILLIAM M., 2019. Speech, movement, and gaze behaviours during dyadic conversation in noise. Scientific reports. 9(1), 10451
• CASWELL-MIDWINTER B and WHITMER WM, 2019. Discrimination of Gain Increments in Speech. Trends in hearing. 23, 2331216519886684
• ZHANG, YANSHENG, BAUER, RALF, JACKSON, JOSEPH C., WHITMER, WILLIAM M., WINDMILL, AMEN F. C. and UTTAMCHANDANI, DEEPAK, 2018. A Low-Frequency Dual-Band Operational Microphone Mimicking the Hearing Property of Ormia Ochracea JOURNAL OF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS. 27(4), 667-676
• ZHANG, YANSHENG, BAUER, RALF, WHITMER, WILLIAM M., JACKSON, JOSEPH C., WINDMILL, JAMES F. C. and UTTAMCHANDANI, DEEPAK, 2018. A MEMS MICROPHONE INSPIRED BY ORMIA FOR SPATIAL SOUND DETECTION 2018 IEEE MICRO ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS). 253-256
• DOUGLAS, C.M., LANG, K, WHITMER, W.M., WILSON, J.A. and MACKENZIE, K., 2017. The effect of Tonsillectomy on the Morbidity from recurrent Tonsillitis Clinical Otolaryngology.
• ZHANG, Y., BAUER, R., WHITMER, W. M., BRIMIJOIN, W. O., UTTAMCHANDANI, D., WINDMILL, J. F. C. and JACKSON, J. C., 2017. Development of a Biologically Inspired MEMS Microphone 2017 IEEE SENSORS. 1521-1523
• MCSHEFFERTY, D., WHITMER, W. M. and AKEROYD, M. A., 2016. The Just-Meaningful Difference in Speech-to-Noise Ratio. 20,
• WHITMER, WILLIAM M, MCSHEFFERTY, DAVID and AKEROYD, MICHAEL A, 2016. On Detectable and Meaningful Speech-Intelligibility Benefits. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 894, 447-55
• WHITMER, WM, WRIGHT-WHYTE, KF, HOLMAN, JA and AKEROYD, MA, 2016. Hearing Aid Validation. In: MOORE, BCJ, ed., Hearing Aids 56. Springer International Publishing. 291-321
• MOORE DR, ZOBAY O, MACKINNON RC, WHITMER WM and AKEROYD MA, 2016. Lifetime leisure music exposure associated with increased frequency of tinnitus. Hearing research.
• ABEL, ANDREW, MARXER, RICARD, BARKER, JON, WATT, ROGER, WHITMER, WILLIAM M, DERLETH, PETER and HUSSAIN, AMIR, 2016. A Data Driven Approach to Audiovisual Speech Mapping. In: LIU, CHENG-LIN AND HUSSAIN, AMIR AND LUO, BIN AND TAN, KAY CHEN AND ZENG, YI AND ZHANG, ZHAOXIANG, ed., Advances in Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems: 8th International Conference, BICS 2016, Beijing, China, November 28-30, 2016, Proceedings Springer International Publishing. 331-342
• AKEROYD, MICHAEL A.AND WHITMER, WILLIAM M., 2016. Spatial Hearing and Hearing Aids. In: POPELKA, GERALD R.AND MOORE, BRIAN C. J.AND FAY, RICHARD R.AND POPPER, ARTHUR N., ed., Hearing Aids Springer International Publishing. 181-215
• HOLLOMEY, CLARA, MOORE, DAVID, KNOX, DON, BRIMIJOIN, W. OWEN and WHITMER, WILLIAM, 2016. Using Phase Information to Improve the Reconstruction Accuracy in Sinusoidal Modeling In: Audio Engineering Society Convention 140.
• BAUER R, ZHANG Y, JACKSON JC, WHITMER WM, BRIMIJOIN WO, AKEROYD MA, UTTAMCHANDANI D and WINDMILL JFC, 2016. Housing influence on multi-band directional MEMS microphones inspired by Ormia ochracea In: IEEE Sensors 2016.
• ARCHER-BOYD, A. W., WHITMER, W. M., BRIMIJOIN, W. O. and SORAGHAN, J. J., 2015. Biomimetic direction of arrival estimation for resolving front-back confusions in hearing aids 137(5), EL360-EL366
• AKEROYD, M. A., WRIGHT-WHYTE, K., HOLMAN, J. A. and WHITMER, W. M., 2015. A comprehensive survey of hearing questionnaires: how many are there, what do they measure, and how have they been validated? 16(S1), 26
• AKEROYD, M. A. and WHITMER, W. M., 2015. A meta-analysis of the effects of hearing impairment and hearing aids on directional hearing 137, 2229
• MCSHEFFERTY, DAVID, WHITMER, WILLIAM M. and AKEROYD, MICHAEL A., 2015. The Just-Noticeable Difference in Speech-to-Noise Ratio TRENDS IN HEARING. 19,
• WHITMER, WM, HOWELL, P and AKEROYD, MA, 2014. Proposed norms for the Glasgow hearing-aid benefit profile (GHABP) questionnaire.: International Journal of Audiology International Journal of Audiology. 53(5), 345-51
• BRIMIJOIN, W. O., WHITMER, W. M., MCSHEFFERTY, D. and AKEROYD, M. A., 2014. The effect of hearing aid microphone mode on performance in an auditory orienting task. 35(5), e204-12
• BRIMIJOIN, W. O., WHITMER, W. M., MCSHEFFERTY, D. and AKEROYD, M. A., 2014. The effect of hearing aid microphone mode on performance in an auditory orienting task. 35(5), e204-12
• WHITMER, W. M., SEEBER, B. U. and AKEROYD, M. A. ., 2013. Measuring the apparent width of auditory sources in normal and impaired hearing. In: MOORE, B. C. J., PATTERSON, R. D., WINTER, I. M., CARLYON, R. P. and GOCKEL, H. E., eds., Basic Aspects of Hearing: Physiology and Perception 303-310
• WHITMER, W. M., MCSHEFFERTY, D. and AKEROYD, M. A., 2013. The sensitivity of hearing-impaired adults to acoustic attributes in simulated rooms In: Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics (Journal of the Acoustical Society of America). 015109
• MCSHEFFERTY, D., WHITMER, W. M., SWAN, I. R. and AKEROYD, M. A., 2013. The effect of experience on the sensitivity and specificity of the whispered voice test: a diagnostic accuracy study. 3(4), e002394
• BOYD, A. W., WHITMER, W. M., BRIMIJOIN, W. O. and AKEROYD, M. A., 2013. Improved estimation of direction of arrival of sound sources for hearing aids using gyroscopic information In: Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics (Journal of the Acoustical Society of America). 030046
• WHITMER, W. M., SEEBER, B. U. and AKEROYD, M. A., 2012. Apparent auditory source width insensitivity in older hearing-impaired individuals. 132(1), 369-79
• WHITMER, W. M., BRENNAN-JONES, C. G. and AKEROYD, M. A., 2011. The speech intelligibility benefit of a unilateral wireless system for hearing-impaired adults. 50(12), 905-11
• SHOFNER WP, YOST WA and WHITMER WM, 2007. Pitch perception in chinchillas (Chinchilla laniger): stimulus generalization using rippled noise. Journal of comparative psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983). 121(4), 428-39
• SHOFNER WP and WHITMER WM, 2006. Pitch cue learning in chinchillas: the role of spectral region in the training stimulus. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 120(3), 1706-12
• SHOFNER WP, WHITMER WM and YOST WA, 2005. Listening experience with iterated rippled noise alters the perception of 'pitch' strength of complex sounds in the chinchilla. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 118(5), 3187-97