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Dr. Nancy Young
Field:
Focus Areas:
Auditory Disorders, Language Learning and Processing
Contact:
Media Relations Contact:
Kristin Samuelson
Northwestern Media Relations
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Professor of Pediatric Otolaryngology
Medical Director of Cochlear Implant Program and Audiology Department
Fellow, Knowles Hearing Center
Head of Section of Neurotology
Director of Research in the Division of Otolaryngology, Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
About
Areas of Focus
- Pediatric cochlear implantation
- Childhood hearing loss
Work/Research
- Prediction of language outcome of children receiving a cochlear implant:
- Based on brain imaging prior to implantation
- Long-term goal to develop custom therapies to maximize language
- Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder
- Newborn hearing screening
- Implantation of children with multiple disabilities and complex surgical anatomy