Ruth Litovsky, Ph.D. - Director
Learn about advances in research and clinical services and hear from a panel of experts, individuals with cochlear implants, and family members at the 7th Annual Waisman Center Day with Experts: Cochlear Implants. The event will take place on June 2nd from 9:00am-12:15pm at the Waisman Center. For more details and to register, please click …
Members of the BHSL volunteered to participate at the 2018 UW Science Expeditions event to educate the Madison community about the auditory system and hearing through cochlear implants. It was a blast! Big thank you to everyone who stopped by!
BHSL director, Ruth Litovsky, PhD, gave a press release on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at the 175th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America regarding the lab’s research on synchronizing cochlear implant signals between ears. She also gave a talk at the conference titled “Restoring binaural and spatial hearing in cochlear implant users.” Watch the …
Emily Burg, Au.D. student in the BHSL, received a James and Susan Jerger Award for Excellence in Student Research at the 2018 American Academy of Audiology Conference in Nashville, TN this April. The research poster explored cognitive load in normal hearing individuals listening to cochlear implant simulations using pupillometry (the measure of pupil dilation) to …