Postbac Program in Speech and Hearing Sciences Information Meeting
SPHSC Undergraduate advisor will provide information on our Postbac Program. This session is intended for students who have a completed bachelor's degree in another field. RSVP required
https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/CjKomzcoQymfXkeZ-NBBPQ
The Postbac program designed for students who want to pursue a clinical degree in Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology, but currently hold a degree outside SPHSC. Other degrees are not qualified to apply directly to Master’s degree programs in speech-language pathology and also some clinical doctorate degree programs in audiology. Completion of the Postbaccalaureate degree program provides students from outside disciplines with the necessary academic foundation to pursue graduate study in speech-language pathology and audiology.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/CjKomzcoQymfXkeZ-NBBPQ. Accessibility Contact: gruber@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Wednesday, January 14, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Online.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. SHACS: Gavriel D. Kohlberg, MD - New Technologies for Speech Perception in Noise
New approaches to speech perception in noise – spanning modern hearing aids, speech enhancement algorithms, and automated captioning – have the potential to substantially improve everyday communication, but they can be difficult to study with traditional experimental paradigms. In this seminar, I will describe studies that ask a practical question: when does a new assistive approach actually help a listener, and how should we test it? I will discuss real-time captioning using automated speech recognition, where benefit depends on caption accuracy and listener characteristics, underscoring the importance of evaluating heterogeneous populations. I will then present an experimental paradigm for a distance-based noise reduction algorithm and highlight the challenges of benchmarking a lab-developed system against commercial technologies. Finally, I will describe experiments that probe how commercial hearing aids behave across spatial configurations, enabling more interpretable comparisons between proprietary syste…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Haring Center, EEU School (CHSC). Campus room: Room CD150. Accessibility Contact: lfoy@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Faculty, students, researchers, lab members.
Thursday, January 15, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
SHACS: Debarshi Mustafi, MD, PhD - Unraveling the genetic complexity of Usher Syndrome through long-read genome sequencing
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at University of Washington
The 2025-2026 SHACS lectures will all be held in person, and are free and open to the public.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Haring Center, EEU School (CHSC). Campus room: Room CD150. Accessibility Contact: lfoy@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Faculty, students, researchers, lab members.
Thursday, January 29, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
SHACS: Shuyi Ma, PhD - In vivo screening for ototoxicity-modulating drug interactions identifies antagonism that protects against hair cell damage
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at University of Washington
The 2025-2026 SHACS lectures will all be held in person, and are free and open to the public.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Haring Center, EEU School (CHSC). Campus room: Room CD150. Accessibility Contact: lfoy@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Faculty, students, researchers, lab members.
Thursday, February 5, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
SHACS: Emily Knight, MD, PhD - Visuospatial attentional influences on multi-talker speech recognition in autism and ADHD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at University of Rochester (NY)
The 2025-2026 SHACS lectures will all be held in person, and are free and open to the public.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Haring Center, EEU School (CHSC). Campus room: Room CD150. Accessibility Contact: lfoy@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Faculty, students, researchers, lab members.
Thursday, February 19, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
SHACS: Kelly C. Harris, PhD - Inhibition, Insulation, and Speech: the Role of GABA and Myelin in Auditory Plasticity
Professor of Otolaryngology-HNS at Medical University of South Carolina
The 2025-2026 SHACS lectures will all be held in person, and are free and open to the public.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Eagleson Hall (EGL). Campus room: Room 211. Accessibility Contact: lfoy@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Faculty, students, researchers, lab members.
Thursday, March 5, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Certificate in Speech, Language & Hearing Foundations Information Session
Join us to learn more about the Certificate in Speech, Language & Hearing Foundations at the University of Washington. RSVP required here.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Zoom. Accessibility Contact: sphsc-certificates@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
SHACS: Z. Yan Wang, PhD - Death and the octopus
Assistant Professor of Psychology and of Biology at University of Washington
The 2025-2026 SHACS lectures will all be held in person, and are free and open to the public.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Eagleson Hall (EGL). Campus room: Room 211. Accessibility Contact: lfoy@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Faculty, students, researchers, lab members.
Thursday, March 12, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
SHACS: Thanos Tzounopoulos, PhD
Professor of Otolaryngology-HNS at University of Pittsburgh
The 2025-2026 SHACS lectures will all be held in person, and are free and open to the public.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Magnuson Health Sciences Center G (HSG). Campus room: Room G328. Accessibility Contact: lfoy@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Faculty, students, researchers, lab members.
Thursday, April 2, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
SHACS: Tanya Eadie, PhD, CCC-SLP - Reducing the Noise: Optimizing Auditory-Perceptual Evaluation of Voice Disorders
Professor of Speech & Hearing Sciences at University of Washington
The 2025-2026 SHACS lectures will all be held in person, and are free and open to the public.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Eagleson Hall (EGL). Campus room: Room 211. Accessibility Contact: lfoy@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Faculty, students, researchers, lab members.
Thursday, April 9, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM.