Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center

May 8, 2014

Preschool program for children with autism set to open

A preschool program for children ages 18-36 months with autism or suspected autism is opening in mid-July at the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center (BWC), with plans to expand to children ages 3-5 in the near future.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 22, 2014

Get discount on hearing aids during May

By VUMC News and Communications
April 17, 2014

Free head and neck cancer screening event set for April 25

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and the Vanderbilt Department of Otolaryngology will hold the annual head and neck cancer screening event Friday, April 25, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. The screenings are free, open to the public and require no appointment.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 6, 2014

Wilson set for Discovery Lecture

Blake Wilson, D.Sc., a pioneer in the development of cochlear implants and co-director of the Duke Hearing Center, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, March 13.

By Leigh MacMillan
December 12, 2013

Otolaryngology lands performance excellence award

The Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence (TNCPE) is awarding Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center’s Department of Otolaryngology with its Commitment Award in the annual Excellence in Tennessee recognition program.

By Craig Boerner
September 26, 2013

Leadership training effort looks to military, business

When Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center director Roland Eavey, M.D., learned of the institution’s prioritized focus on training the next generation of leaders he went to two organizations he knew that were famous for doing that — the military and business schools.

By Craig Boerner
August 22, 2013

Initiative allows remote hearing tests for newborns

A telemedicine initiative in Vanderbilt’s Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences is working to make follow-up hearing tests for newborns more accessible in rural areas of Tennessee, while teaching young pediatric audiology and pediatric speech language pathology students to treat patients remotely.
By Craig Boerner
August 15, 2013

Neurological Physical Therapy Residency gains accreditation

Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson’s Pi Beta Phi Rehabilitation Institute (PBPRI) and Belmont University’s School of Physical Therapy are receiving accreditation from the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) for their collaborative Neurological Physical Therapy Clinical Residency instituted last year.
By Craig Boerner
April 11, 2013

Photo: It takes a village

Christmas Village, a three-day shopping extravaganza run by a volunteer board made up of Pi Beta Phi alumni, raised $336,000 for the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center from its 2012 event.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 20, 2013

Workshop for people who stutter April 6

By VUMC News and Communications
March 5, 2013

High Fidelity: Cochlear implant users report dramatically better hearing with new Vanderbilt process

Longtime cochlear implant users are reporting such dramatic improvements in their hearing, thanks to new image-guided programming methods developed by Vanderbilt University researchers.
By VUMC News and Communications
February 7, 2013

Photo: Show of support

Tom and Vickie Flood recently visited with students at the Mama Lere Hearing School at Vanderbilt. The Floods’ philanthropy supports endowment for faculty, graduate students and research in childhood hearing loss at the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 14, 2012

Discount on hearing aids through end of year

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