Dr. Jill Firszt is a Professor in Audiology and Communication Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis and has dedicated her career to understanding single-sided deafness and how it impacts those affected. During CI2024 in Vancouver, she was awarded the ACI Alliance 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award for her accomplishments. In this episode, you'll hear about the patient who got her interested in studying asymmetric hearing, how she manages patient care and expectations, and where she sees changes occurring over the next several years in how audiologists manage SSD.
Read more about Dr. Firszt's Lifetime Achievement Award here.
Podcast references:
- Firszt JB, Holden LK, Reeder RM, Waltzman S, Arndt S, Auditory abilities after cochlear implantation in adults with unilateral deafness: A pilot study. Otol Neurotol, 2012, 33:1339-1346.
- Firszt JB, Reeder RM, Holden LK, Unilateral hearing loss: Implications for cochlear implant candidacy. Ear Hear, 2017, 38:159-173.
- Firszt JB, Reeder RM, Holden LK, Dwyer NY, Asymmetric Hearing Study Team, Results in adult cochlear implant recipients with varied asymmetric hearing: A prospective longitudinal study of speech recognition, localization and participant report. Ear Hear, 2018, 39:845-862.
- Firszt JB, Holden LK, Dwyer NY, Reeder RM, Strube M, Asymmetric Hearing Study Team, Asymmetric hearing loss in adult cochlear implant recipients: Results and recommendations from a multi-site prospective clinical trial. Ear Hear, 2023, 44, 1140-1156.
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