Research Symposium on Hearing
The Research Symposium on Hearing brings together clinicians and researchers at the ASHA Convention to discuss current research that has important implications for the study of communication sciences and disorders (CSD). Each year's symposium focuses on a specific theme in hearing research and is presented by invited speakers who are experts in their fields.
ASHA has offered this annual program since 2017. It is coordinated by the Hearing, Tinnitus, and Vestibular Science topic chair for Convention. Attendance is included with ASHA Convention registration; no separate registration or fee is required.
ASHA offers an Audiology/Hearing Science Research Travel Award (ARTA) for audiology and hearing science doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows. Awardees each receive a stipend and an ASHA Convention registration fee waiver, and they attend key, pre-selected events and sessions, including the Research Symposium on Hearing.
2023 Symposium
Friday, November 17, 2023
8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
CC, Room 162AB (Level 1)
Boston, Massachusetts
This year's Research Symposium on Hearing is organized by Crystal Pitts (University of Michigan), who is the Hearing, Tinnitus, and Vestibular Science topic chair for the 2023 ASHA Convention.
Attendance at these sessions is included with in-person ASHA Convention registration; no separate registration or fee is required. The sessions will be part of the Live-Broadcast to the Virtual Extra and will be publicly available.
Listen to conversations with this year’s Symposium speakers on ASHA Voices:
Symposium Presentations
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8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. |
Session #1428 Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence to Improve Audiological Research and Care Fan-Gang Zeng, PhD (University of California, Irvine) |
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10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
Session #1488 Use of Machine Learning Techniques to Manage and Assess Dizzy Patients Devin McCaslin, PhD (University of Michigan) |
Past Symposium Recordings & ASHA Voices Episodes
Watch recordings of the sessions as presented at past ASHA Conventions and listen to ASHA Voices podcast episodes that bring a conversational tone to the stories behind the research.
2022 ASHA Convention
Advancing Hearing Health Equity for Older Adults: Lessons from HEARS
Dr. Carrie L. Nieman, MD, MPH (Johns Hopkins University)
Community Health Workers and Teleheath: Qualitative Results from a Feasibility Trial
Dr. Laura Coco, PhD, AuD, CCC-A (San Diego State University)
Listen to an ASHA Voices episode to hear Drs. Nieman and Coco discuss their research and how community health workers can help close gaps in public access to hearing health care.
2021 ASHA Convention
Assessing Hearing Lost to Improve Healthcare Outcomes
Esther Oh, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
Listen to an ASHA Voices episode to hear Dr. Oh and Dr. Bret Rutherford discuss how hearing loss connects to dementia and depression.
2019 ASHA Convention
Cellular-level Diagnosis and Personalized Therapy of Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Konstantina Stankovic, MD, PhD, FACS, Massachusetts Ear and Eye Institute, Harvard Medical School
Function, Dysfunction and Restoration of Sensory Transduction Channels in Auditory Hair Cells
Jeffrey Holt, PhD, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Listen to two ASHA Voices episodes to hear Drs. Stankovic and Holt discuss their research:
- What if Permanent Hearing Loss Could be Reversed? (January 15, 2020)
- Revisiting Conversations on Gene Therapy and Hearing Loss (March 3, 2022)
