AHRF And Northwestern University To Present A Lecture On Hearing And Hearing Loss On August 26

Main Category: Hearing / Deafness
Article Date: 14 Aug 2009 - 1:00 PDT


On Wednesday, August 26th, the American Hearing Research Foundation together with Northwestern University will present a lecture on hearing, hearing loss and hearing loss therapies entitled "What You Always Wanted to Know About Hearing: Ask a Doctor."

The lecture will be given by former AHRF grant recipient Claus-Peter Richter, M.D., Ph.D., and Andrew Fishman, M.D. The lecture will take place at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in the Feinberg Pavilion, 3rd floor conference center rooms B and C from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The Feinberg Pavilion is at 251 E. Huron, Chicago.

Claus-Peter Richter, M.D., Ph.D. is assistant professor of otolaryngology at Northwestern and specializes in otologic research. Andrew Fishman, M.D., is an otologist/neurotologist, skull base surgeon, and cochlear implant specialist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He is also an assistant professor of otolaryngology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.

The American Hearing Research Foundation has been funding grants to study hearing loss and hearing loss therapies for more than 50 years at universities and hospitals throughout the United States and Canada

Source: American Hearing Research Foundation

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