Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center

Rene Gifford, PhD, works with patient Davy Hillis to program his cochlear implant.
September 10, 2020

Global recommendations for cochlear implants outlined

More than 432 million adults across the globe live with a disabling hearing loss, but of those who are candidates for cochlear implants, only 4-5% receive one.

By Kelsey Herbers
Rene Gifford, PhD, works with patient Davy Hillis to program his cochlear implant.
August 6, 2020

Team to create customizable cochlear implant programming

A team of Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers has received a $3.1 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to develop advanced, patient-specific cochlear implant stimulation models for customized implant programming.

By VUMC News and Communications
Daniel Shaw, MS, BS, SLP, a speech-language pathologist, leads families in the Preschool for Children with Autism through a virtual sing-along via videoconference.
May 21, 2020

Preschools for autism and hearing loss adapt to virtual learning

As social distancing mandates have been implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many teachers have relied on creativity to continue providing educational opportunities for their students.

By Kelsey Herbers
April 1, 2020

Study to explore TBI’s impact on language processing

Researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University have been awarded more than $3.8 million to study the impact of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on one’s ability to process language in everyday settings.

By Kelsey Herbers
February 27, 2020

Gelbard’s airway disease efforts honored by Triological Society

Alexander Gelbard, MD, associate professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, was recently awarded The Edmund Prince Fowler Award for his candidate thesis to the Triological Society.

By Kelsey Herbers
February 26, 2020

Study finds noise levels unsafe in local honky-tonks

Noise levels inside downtown Nashville’s “honky-tonk” venues may surpass safe listening levels, a new study by VUMC researchers reports.

By Kelsey Herbers
February 20, 2020

It takes a village

The 59th annual Christmas Village, a three-day November shopping extravaganza organized by the Nashville Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club, raised $530,600 to benefit the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center and other Pi Beta Phi philanthropies.
By VUMC News and Communications
February 13, 2020

Jackson’s gift to help children with hearing loss

In honor of her parents, Joyce Jackson established The Hazel J. and George W. Fellendorf Childhood Deafness Fund at the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center to support programs that benefit children with hearing loss.
By Kelsey Herbers
January 9, 2020

Same-day cochlear implant surgeries reduce travel burden, wait times

VUMC is testing an optimized cochlear implant delivery model that offers patients hearing tests, radiologic scans, surgical consultation, device selection and outpatient surgery all on the day of their initial visit.
By Kelsey Herbers
December 27, 2019

Grants bolster scholarships for students studying autism, pediatric hearing loss

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences has received three new grants from the U.S. Department of Education to train graduate students to work with children with autism and hearing loss.
By Kelsey Herbers
November 25, 2019

New Physician Spotlight: Shiayin Yang

Shiayin Yang, MD, an otolaryngologist who specializes in aesthetic and reconstructive facial surgery, has joined VUMC after completing a fellowship at the University of Michigan.
By VUMC News and Communications
November 21, 2019

Longtime Wilkerson Center benefactor Yount dies at 88

Jane Wilkerson Yount, a longtime supporter of the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center and a former member of its board of directors, died Nov. 18. She was 88.
By Kelsey Herbers
November 6, 2019

Autism study tracks musical rhythm as possible treatment

Researchers are partnering to study musical rhythm synchronization as a part of social development and how it’s disrupted in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in hopes of developing music interventions for improving social communication.
By Kelsey Herbers
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