Outreach
The Fellows are dedicated to informing scientists, clinicians and the public locally and worldwide about their discoveries in hearing health.
Upcoming Events
2025
Nancy M. Young, MD: The importance of pre-CI structural MRI data and how it relates to perception
July 13-18, 2025
Dr. Nancy M. Young is an invited speaker at the Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses (CIAP) 2025 meeting.
CIAP 2025 ProgramNancy M. Young, MD selected as Niparko Memorial Lecturer for CI2025 Boston Conference
May 1, 2025
Dr. Nancy M. Young has been selected as a keynote speaker at the CI2025 Boston Conference.
CI2025 Boston Keynote SpeakersPrevious / Ongoing
2025
Nancy M. Young, MD now serves on the National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Advisory Council
The Council advises the Secretary, HHS; the Director, NIH; and the Director, NIDCD, on matters relating to the conduct and support of research and research training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to normal and disordered processes of hearing, balance, taste, smell, voice, speech, and language.
NIDCD Website2024
Pamela Souza: Amplify your life, sharpen your mind: How managing hearing loss can help your memory
Healthy Living with MCI, Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
December 13, 2024
FlyerAlan G. Micco, MD FACS, President-Elect of The Triological Society
Chicago Public Library: Of Sound Mind with Nina Kraus
June 25, 2024
Mary Ann Cheatham: Winner of the 2024 Mechanics of Hearing Lifetime Achievement Award
June 13, 2024
Mary Ann Cheatham, Knowles Fellow and Research Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders received the 2024 Mechanics of Hearing (MoH) Lifetime Achievement Award on June 13, 2024, at the University of Michigan during the 15th Mechanics of Hearing Workshop. This selection was made by a committee consisting of the International Advisory Board and the 2024 MoH Organizing Committee after a nomination and voting process.
St. Luke's Church Spring Series: Health & Hearing with Nina Kraus
May 5, 2024
FFR Workshop 2024
June 12-14, 2024
2023
Ann Bradlow Elected AAAS Fellow
2023
Northwestern University professor Ann Bradlow has been selected as a 2023 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the largest general scientific society in the world.
Jaime García-Añoveros Winner of the 2023 Bellucci Prize
Fri. May 19, 2023
Jaime García-Añoveros, Knowles Fellow and Professor of Anesthesiology, Neurology, and Neuroscience will receive the 2023 Bellucci Prize and give the keynote address at the 5th Annual Bellucci Symposium on Hair Cell Development and Regeneration on May 19th at Creighton University in Omaha Nebraska.
Nancy M. Young, MD: Howard P. House, MD Memorial Lecture for Advances in Otology
2023
"Precision Medicine to Improve Outcome: Machine Learning Enabled Language Prediction for Children with Hearing Loss." Presented during the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Nashville, TN.
Frisbie Senior Center: Lunch and Learn Series
2023
The Sound Mind: Older and Wiser with Nina Kraus
2022
'We have overcome a major hurdle' to restore hearing, investigators say
May 12, 2022
Knowles Hearing Center Fellow Jaime Garcia-Anoveros, Ph.D. was interviewed by WGN News.
Improvement in hearing can hinge on little ear hairs.
Chicago Symphony (CSOA) League Seminar Series Music and the Sound Mind
May 12, 2022
Music and the Mind with Nina Kraus
2019
Nancy M. Young, MD: William F. House Memorial Lecture
May 2019
"Cortical Predictors of Language: A Top-down Exploration of Pediatric Cochlear Implantation", 54th Annual American Neurotology Society, Austin, Texas.