Jennifer Bentley, AuD

Scholarly, Research, and/or Practical Interests

Jennifer Bentley focuses on aural rehabilitation, which involves amplification, education, counseling, and auditory training for individuals experiencing hearing difficulties.  She works clinically with adult clients to provide auditory training activities to strengthen their listening skills in background noise, with rapid speech, and filling in for missed information. Her research delves into how auditory training is being used nationwide both from a professional standpoint and from the patient perspective.

Publications

• Stewart, J.E., Spellun, A., & Bentley, J.E. (2023, Summer).  Update on Newborn Hearing Screening and Follow-up. The Forum. Newsletter of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. 24 (3), (pp 1, 5) https://mcaap.org/newsletter/
• Spellun, A., Stewart, J.E. & Bentley, J.E. (2022).  Hearing Health in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Graduates.  In E.C. Eichenwald, A. R. Hansen, C. R. Martin, & A.R. Stark (Eds.), Cloherty and Stark’s Manual of Neonatal Care (9th ed.)
• Stewart, J.E. & Bentley, J.E (2019). Hearing Loss in Pediatrics: What the Medical Home Needs to Know. In B. Sood & D. Brodsky (Eds.), Current Advances in Neonatal Care. 66 (2), (pp. 425-436). Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier.
• Bentley, J. E., Mao, W., Timpson, W. & Stewart, J. (2017). Parental Satisfaction and Objective Test Measurements Associated with Post-Partum versus Nursery Newborn Hearing Screening. Journal of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention, 2(2), 30-37. DOI: 10.15142/T3S341
• Stewart, J.E., Bentley, J. & Knorr, A. (2017) Hearing Loss in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Graduates. In E.C. Eichenwald, A. R. Hansen, C. R. Martin, & A.R. Stark (Eds.), Cloherty and Stark’s Manual of Neonatal Care (8th ed.) (pp. 993-999). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.