Summary: Nancy M. Young, MD, FACS, will present the Niparko Memorial Lecture at CI2025 Boston, focusing on how language prediction can improve outcomes for children with cochlear implants.
Takeaways:
- Young will deliver the annual Niparko Memorial Lecture at CI2025, highlighting her research on using pre-surgical brain anatomy and AI to improve language outcomes for children with cochlear implants.
- The Niparko lecture honors the legacy of Dr. John K. Niparko for his contributions to cochlear implant research and clinical care.
- CI2025 Boston will feature multi-disciplinary insights for professionals across fields like audiology, otolaryngology, speech pathology, and engineering, with registration opening Dec. 4, 2024.
American Cochlear Implant Alliance (ACI Alliance) announced that Nancy M. Young, MD, FACS, will deliver the annual Niparko Memorial Lecture at CI2025 Boston, on “Language Prediction to Improve Outcomes for Children with Cochlear Implants.”
The Niparko lecture was established to recognize Dr John K. Niparko’s enduring commitment to cochlear implant research and clinical care and honor his significant contributions to the field.
About the CI2025 Speaker
Nancy M. Young, MD, FACS, FAAP, is the Lillian S. Wells Professor of pediatric otolaryngology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Fellow of the Knowles Hearing Center of Northwestern. She is head of the section of otology and neurotology in the Division of Otolaryngology, and medical director of Audiology & the Cochlear Implant Programs at the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. She is president-elect of the American Otological Society, a member of the Board of Directors of the Hearing Health Foundation, and was a founding board member of the ACI Alliance.
Further reading: ACI Alliance Launches Blog to Support Understanding of Cochlear Implants
Young leads a multi-center study supported by NIH/NIDCD to develop individual child level language prediction after cochlear implantation using pre-surgical brain anatomy derived from magnetic resonance imaging and AI-enabled analytical methods.
The goal of this research is to develop a predict-to-prescribe method to improve language outcome by implementation of effective individualized behavioral therapy. She is also principal investigator of the lead site of a multi-center sponsored FDA clinical trial to expand pediatric indications for the MED-EL Synchrony implant system.
CI2025 Boston: Conference on Cochlear Implants will be held April 30 – May 3, 2025, at the OMNI Seaport Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. The conference will foster dissemination of multi-disciplinary scientific information applicable to audiologists, physicians, speech pathologists, psychologists, scientists, engineers, educators, students, and others involved in cochlear implantation. Conference registration opens on Dec. 4, 2024 with discounted rates available for ACI Alliance members and early bird registrants.
Featured image: Nancy M. Young, MD, FACS, FAAP. Photo: ACI Alliance
