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.
2024 Symposium
Thursday, December 5, 2024
Convention Center, Summit Building, 331-332 (Level 3)
Seattle, Washington
This year's Research Symposium on Hearing is organized by Charles Bishop and Mary Frances Johnson (University of Mississippi Medical Center), who are the Hearing, Tinnitus, and Vestibular Science topic co-chairs for the 2024 ASHA Convention.
Attendance at these sessions is included with in-person ASHA Convention registration; no separate registration or fee is required.
Not attending ASHA Convention? The Research Symposium on Hearing sessions will be publicly available through the Live-Broadcast Sessions.
Listen to an ASHA Voices episode featuring conversations with Drs. Holt and Avraham about the state of gene therapy for the addressing hearing loss and deafness.
Symposium Presentations
2:00 PM
1121: Emerging Gene Therapies for Genetic Hearing Loss
Speaker: Jeffrey R. Holt, PhD (Harvard Medical School / Boston Children’s Hospital)
4:00 PM
1172: Precision Medicine of Deafness in Children and Implications for Gene Therapy
Speaker: Karen B. Avraham, PhD (Tel Aviv University)
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.
2023 ASHA Convention
Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence to Improve Audiological Research and Care
Fan-Gang Zeng, PhD (University of California, Irvine)
Use of Machine Learning Techniques to Manage and Assess Dizzy Patients
Devin McCaslin, PhD (University of Michigan
Listen to conversations with the 2023 Symposium speakers on ASHA Voices:
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)
