CATSS Fall Symposium 2023

On September 15th, 2023, CATSS hosted the annual Fall Symposium, with graduate students and faculty member from different departments and labs presenting their work. 

Colleen LePrell of the University of Texas at Dallas gave the keynote speech, titled "Development of inner ear medicines for threshold and supra-threshold indications."

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Jim Pankow, of the ACHIEVE group, discusses hearing loss and healthy aging.
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Medical student Richard Sather discussing the use of multi-modal imaging for inherited retinal disease patients.
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SLHS faculty member Melissa Polonenko talks about using audiobooks for EEG-based hearing screenings.

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SLHS graduate student Dana Urbanski presents on the need for hearing aids for older adults living with dementia.
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Psychology graduate student Victor Pokorny discusses the atypical use of visuospatial context in psychotic psychopathology.
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Jackie Weycker, of the ACHIEVE Group, also discusses the ACHIEVE Group's work
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Kinesiology faculty member Juergen Konczak talks about the use of vibration to treat the voice disorder spasmodic dysphonia.
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Otolaryngology faculty member Hubert Lim discusses new types of invasive and noninvasive neurostimulation technologies for treating hearing loss and tinnitus.
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Medical student Erin Shen presents on laryngeal vibrotactile stimulation for refractory chronic cough.
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Keynote speaker Colleen LePrell presents on the development of inner ear medicines for threshold and surpa-threshold indications.