Washington, D.C. (July 16, 2024) — The American Cochlear Implant Alliance (ACI Alliance) congratulates the student poster winners for CI2024 Vancouver: 17th International Conference on Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Technologies, held last week at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Lisa Park, AuD, chaired the student poster competition, which was reviewed by hearing health professionals across the care continuum.
The CI2024 poster winners are:
Jordan Varghese MD, MSCI, Washington University St. Louis: “Tonotopic-Based Intracochlear Electrocochleography Estimates Performance for Perimodiolar and Lateral Wall Arrays.” Jordan is a third-year otolaryngology resident at Washington University and is planning to apply for a neurotology fellowship to begin in 2027.
Robel Alemu BS, MSC, University of Toronto SickKids: “Spatial Hearing Accuracy in Children with Cochlear Implants and Peers with Bilateral Bone Conduction Devices.” Robel is a PhD student at the University of Toronto interested in spatial hearing in children with different types of hearing devices, and is currently working on his dissertation.
Sofia Hein Machado, BS, University of Houston: “Exploring the Impact of Home Language Exposure on Spanish Outcomes of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Spanish-English Bilingual Children Who Use Cochlear Implants.” Sofia is a PhD student in the Communications Science and Disorders Department at the University of Houston and will be working on her dissertation in 2025.
Student participation continues to be an ACI Alliance organizational priority as we work to increase clinical and research involvement in CI, and we look forward to welcoming students to next year’s meeting CI2025 Boston.
ACI Alliance is a not-for-profit membership organization created with the purpose of eliminating barriers to cochlear implantation by sponsoring research, driving heightened awareness, and advocating for improved access to cochlear implants for patients of all ages across the US.
