Dr. Kristen Janky AuD, PhD

Dr. Kristen Janky AuD, PhD

Details

Boys Town National Research Hospital provides the following services in the evaluation, treatment, and and management of balance and vestibular disorders: Audiology, Neurotology, and Physical Therapy.

Website

http://boystownhospital.org

Locations

Boys Town National Research Hospital

555 N 30th St, Omaha, Nebraska 68131, United States

531-355-6520

Map of 555 N 30th St, Omaha, Nebraska 68131, United States

Boys Town National Research Hospital

14000 Boys Town Hospital Road, Boys Town, Nebraska, 68010, United States

531-355-6520

Map of 14000 Boys Town Hospital Road, Boys Town, Nebraska, 68010, United States

Specialty

  • Audiologist

Languages

Serving patients in these languages:

  • English
  • Spanish

Professional Association Membership

  • American Academy of Audiology (AAA)
  • American Auditory Society
  • American Balance Society (ABS)
  • Association for Research in Otolaryngology
  • Barany Society

Percentage of Patients Treated for Vestibular Disorders

100%

Procedures and Tools

  • Audiometry
  • Bedside Head Impulse Test
  • Comprehensive Clinical Vestibular Exam
  • Dix Hallpike
  • Functional mobility and gait assessment
  • Neurotologic exam
  • Oculomotor testing
  • Rotary Chair
  • Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential (VEMP)
  • Video Head Impulse Test (VHIT)
  • Videonystagmography (VNG)

Diagnoses Qualified to Manage

  • BPPV
  • Other peripheral vestibular disorders
  • Central vestibular disorders

Multidisciplinary

  • I work in, or have access to, a multidisciplinary team of vestibular specialists

Publications

Peer Reviewed Publications:

1.     Janky, KL, & Shepard, NT (2009). Vestibular evoked myogenic potential (VEMP) testing: Normative threshold response curves and effects of age. J Am Acad Audiol, 20 (8), 514-22.

 

2.     Janky, KL, & Shepard, NT (2011). Unilateral centrifugation: Utricular assessment and protocol comparison. Otol Neurotol, 32 (1), 116-121.

 

3.     Agrawal, Y, Minor, LB, Schubert, MC, Janky, KL, Davalos-Bichara, M, Carey, JP (2012). Second-side surgery in superior canal dehiscence syndrome. Otol Neurotol, 33 (1), 72-7.

 

4.     Chien, WW, Janky, KL, Minor, LB, Carey, JP (2012). Superior canal deshiscence size: Multivariate assessment of clinical impact. Otol Neurotol, 33 (5), 810-5.

 

5.     Zuniga, MG, Janky, KL, Schubert, MC, Carey, JP (2012). Can Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials help differentiate Meniere's Disease from Vestibular Migraine? Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 146 (5), 788-96.

 

6.     Janky KL, Zuniga MG, Carey JP, Schubert, MC (2012). Balance dysfunction and recovery after surgery for superior canal dehiscence syndrome. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 138 (8), 723-30.

 

7.     Janky, KL, Nguyen KD, Welgampola MS, Zuniga MG, Carey JP (2013). Air-conducted oVEMPs provide the best separation between intact and superior canal dehiscent labyrinths. Otol Neurotol, 34 (1): 127-34.

 

8.     Zuniga MG, Janky KL, Nguyen KD, Welgampola MS, Carey JP (2013). Ocular vs. cervical VEMPs in the diagnosis of superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome. Otol Neurotol, 34 (1): 121-6.

 

9.     Ogun, OA, Buki, B, Cohn, ES, Janky KL, Lundberg, YW (2014). Menopause and benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. Menopause, 21(8): 886-9.

 

10.  Janky KL, Zuniga MG, Ward, B, Carey JP, Schubert, MC (2014). Canal Plane Dynamic Visual Acuity in Superior Canal Dehiscence. Otol Neurotol, 35(5): 844-9.

 

11.  Zuniga, MG, Davalos-Bichara, M, Schubert, MC, Carey, J. & Janky, KL (2014). Optimizing ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potential testing for superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome: electrode placement. Audiol Neurotol, 19(4): 239-247.

 

12.  Janky KL, Zuniga MG, Schubert, MC, Carey JP (2014). The effect of increased intracranial pressure on vestibular evoked myogenic potentials in superior canal dehiscence syndrome. Clin Neurophysiol Jul 18 (14).

 

13.  Ogun, OA, Janky KL, Cohn, ES, Buki, B, Lundberg, YW (2014). Gender-based comorbidity in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. Plos One, Sep 4; 9(9).

 

14.  Janky, KL, Givens, D (2015). Vestibular, Visual Acuity and Balance Outcomes in Children with Cochlear Implants: A Preliminary Report. Ear Hear. 36(6):364-72.

 

15.  Honaker, JA, Janky, KL, Patterson, JN, Shepard, NT (2016) Modified Head Shake Sensory Organization Test: Sensitivity and Specificity. Gait & Posture. 49:67-72.

 

16.  Thomas, MLA, Fitzpatrick, D, McCreery, R, Janky, KL (2017). Big Stimulus, Little Ears: Safety in Administering Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials (VEMP) in Children. J Am Acad Audiol 28: 395-403.

 

17.  Judge, P, Janky, KL, Barin, K (2017). Can the video head impulse test define severity of bilateral vestibular hypofunction? Otol Neurotol. 38(5):730-736.

 

18.  Janky, KL, Patterson, JN, Shepard, NT, Thomas, MLA, Honaker, JA (2017). Effect of device on video head impulse test (vHIT) gain. J Am Acad Audiol. 28(9):778-785.

 

19.  Rodriguez, AI, Thomas, MLA, Fitzpatrick, D, Janky, KL (2018). Effects of high sound pressure exposure during air-conducted vestibular evoked myogenic potential testing in children and young adults. Ear Hear. 39(2):269-277.

 

20.  Janky, KL, Thomas, MLA, High, RR, Schmid, KK, Ogen, A (2018). Predictive factors for vestibular loss in children with hearing loss. Am J Audiol. 27(1):137-146.

 

21.  Janky, KL, Patterson, JN, Shepard, NT, Thomas, MLA, Barin, K, Cruetz, T, Schmid, K, Honaker, JA (2018). Video head impulse test (vHIT): The role of corrective saccades in identifying patients with vestibular loss. Otol Neurotol 39(4):467-473.

 

22.  Judge, PD, Rodriguez, AI, Barin, K, Janky, KL (2018). The impact of target distance, target size, and visual acuity on the video head impulse test. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 159(4), 739-742

 

23.  Rodriguez, AI, Thomas, MLA, Janky, KL (2019). Air-conducted vestibular evoked myogenic potential testing in children, adolescents and young adults: Thresholds, frequency tuning, and effects of sound exposure. Ear Hear. 39(2), 269-277.

 

24.   Rodriguez, AI, Marler, E, Fitzpatrick, D, Creutz, T, Cannon, SA, Thomas, MLA, Janky, KL (2020). Optimization of Cervical and Ocular Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential Testing Using an Impulse Hammer in Adults, Adolescents, and Children. Otol Neurotol 41(6), 817-827.

 

25.   Merchant, GR, Schulz, KM, Patterson, JN, Fitzpatrick, DF, Janky, KL (2020). Effect of cochlear implantation on vestibular evoked myogenic potentials and wideband acoustic immittance. Ear Hear 41(5), 1111-1124.

 

26.  Patterson, JN, Barin, K, Rodriguez, AI, Janky, KL (2020). Effect of gaze angle during the vertical video head impulse test across two devices in healthy adults and subjects with vestibular loss. Otol Neurotol 41(6), e751-e758.

 

27.  Fuemmeler, E, Rodriguez, AI, Thomas, MLA, Creutz, T, Fitzpatrick, D, Janky, KL (2020). Vestibular evoked myogenic potential (VEMP) test-retest reliability in children. Otol Neurotol 41(8), e1052-e1059.

 

28.  Greenwalt, N, Patterson, JN, Rodriguez, A, Fitzpatrick, D, Gordon, K, Janky, KL (2020). Bone conduction vibration vestibular evoked myogenic potential (VEMP) testing: Reliability in children, adolescents, and young children. Ear Hear, 42(2), 355-363.

 

29.  Janky, KL, Patterson, JN (2020). The relationship between rotary chair and video head impulse testing (vHIT) in children and young adults with cochlear implants. Am J Audiol, 29(4), 898-906.

 

30.  Patterson, JN, Rodriguez, AI, Gordon, KR, Honaker, JA,  Janky, KL (2021). Age Effects of Bone Conduction Vibration Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials (VEMPs) Using B81 and Impulse Hammer Stimuli. Ear Hear 42(5), 1328-1337.

 

31.  Janky, KL, Thomas, MLA, Al-Salim, S, Robinson, S (2022). Does vestibular loss result in cognitive deficits in children with cochlear implants? J Vestib Res 32(3):245-260.

 

32.  Janky, KL, Thomas, MLA, Patterson, J, Givens, D (2022). Using Functional Outcomes to Predict Vestibular Loss in Children. Otol Neurotol 43(3), 352-358.

 

33.  Patterson, JN, Chen, S, Janky, KL (2022). Stability of vestibular testing in children with hearing loss. Am J Audiol 31(4):1155-1166.

 

34.  Hernon, EE, Patterson, JN, Fitzpatrick, D, Janky, KL (2023). Effect of real-ear calibrated stimuli on vestibular evoked myogenic potential variability in children and young adults. Ear Hear, 44(4):854-864.

 

35.  Janky, KL Steyger, PS (2023). Mechanisms and impact of aminoglycoside induced vestibular deficits. Am J Audiol, 32(3S):746-760.

 

36.  Janky, KL, Patterson, JN, Thomas, MLA, Al-Salim, S, Robinson, S (2023). The effects of vestibular dysfunction on balance and self-concept in children with cochlear implants. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol,171.

 

37.  Patterson, JN, El-Hidek, N, Janky, KL (in press). Electrode montage for bilateral cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potential (VEMP) testing. J Am Acad Aud.

 

38.  Lavender, V, Bachmann, K, Caine, M, Castiglione, M, Janky, K, Zhou, G (in press). American Academy of Audiology Consensus Statement: Assessment of vestibular function in the pediatric population. J Am Acad Aud.

 

39.  Janky, KL, Patterson, JN, Vandervelde, C (in press). Goggle versus remote camera video head impulse test device comparison. Ear Hear

 

40.  Janky, KL, Patterson, JN, Kelly, EA (in press). Clinical utility of remote camera video head impulse testing in children less than 3 years. Laryngoscope

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