Samantha Kleindienst Robler

Associate Director

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

faculty

10 h-index 36 pubs 510 cited

Research Areas

Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Child and Adolescent Health Health disparities and outcomes Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Advanced Neural Network Applications Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Mobile Health and mHealth Applications Health and Medical Research Impacts

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Samantha Kleindienst Robler's research focuses on improving access to healthcare, particularly for children in rural areas, through the implementation of mobile health and telemedicine solutions. Her work has investigated the efficacy of telehealth for assessing auditory outcomes, addressing disparities in specialty care access, and evaluating school-based hearing screening protocols. She has published extensively on childhood hearing loss prevalence, environmental factors contributing to hearing issues in Alaska Native children, and the integration of mixed methods data to contextualize trial outcomes. Robler has also explored advanced computational approaches, including hybrid deep learning methods, for identifying preventable childhood hearing loss. Her collaborations include extensive work with Susan D. Emmett, Shayu Deshpande, Meade Inglis-Jenson, and Tarika Srinivasan at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Metrics

h-index: 10
Publications: 36
Citations: 510

Selected Publications

Understanding Risk Factors for Otitis Media in Rural Alaska Native Children: A Cohort Study (2025) DOI
Assessing Environmental, Nutritional, and Genetic Factors for Otitis Media-Related Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska Native Children (2025) DOI
Transforming Access to Hearing Care: Community Perspectives on School-Based Telehealth in Rural Appalachia (2025) DOI
Telemedicine for Audiology and ENT in Alaska: 10 Years and a Pandemic Later (2025) DOI
Current status of school vision screening—rationale, models, impact and challenges: a review (2025) DOI
School-based enhanced hearing screening and specialty telehealth follow-up for hearing loss among children in rural Alaska: study protocol for a hybrid effectiveness-implementation stepped wedge, cluster-randomized controlled trial (North STAR trial) (2025) DOI
School-Based Enhanced Hearing Screening and Specialty Telehealth Follow-Up for Hearing Loss Among Children in Rural Alaska: Study Protocol for a Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Stepped Wedge, Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial (North STAR Trial) (2025) DOI
Asynchronous Telepractice in Audiology: Feasibility and Implementation (2025) DOI
Interprofessional Collaboration in Teleaudiology (2023) DOI
Mobile Health School Screening and Telemedicine Referral to Improve Access to Specialty Care in Rural Alaska: Integrating Mixed Methods Data to Contextualize Trial Outcomes (2023) DOI
A Hybrid Deep Learning Approach to Identify Preventable Childhood Hearing Loss (2023) DOI
Prevalence of Childhood Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska (2023) DOI
Telemedicine Referral to Improve Access to Specialty Care for Preschool Children in Rural Alaska: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial (2023) DOI
Community Perspectives on Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska (2023) DOI
Changing the Paradigm for School Hearing Screening Globally: Evaluation of Screening Protocols From Two Randomized Trials in Rural Alaska (2023) DOI