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.

2025 Symposium

Friday, November 21, 2025

Walter E. Washington Convention Center

Washington, D.C.

This year's Research Symposium on Hearing is organized by Lauren Calendruccio, who is the Hearing, Tinnitus, and Vestibular Science topic chair for the 2025 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.

Symposium Presentations

1:30 p.m.

The Utility of Extended High-Frequency Hearing and Assessment for Speech Communication

Speaker: Brian B. Monson, PhD (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

3:00 p.m.

Improving Hearing With Two Ears in Adults With Cochlear Implants

Speaker: Matthew Goupell, PhD (University of Maryland, College Park)

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.

2024 ASHA Convention

Emerging Gene Therapies for Genetic Hearing Loss
Jeffrey R. Holt, PhD (Harvard Medical School / Boston Children’s Hospital)

Precision Medicine of Deafness in Children and Implications for Gene Therapy
Karen B. Avraham, PhD (Tel Aviv University)

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.

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.