Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center presents: Prentice Bloedel Research Day

Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center presents:
Prentice Bloedel Research Day

Thursday 4 June 2026
Talks: 12:30 PM – 4:30 PM | Poster Session: 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM

Platform Speakers

“Two Ears Are Better Than One:
From Brain to Behavior in Developing Listeners”
Bonnie Lau, PhD, CCC-SLP | University of Washington

“Highlights from Research on Cochlear Development”
Olivia Bermingham-McDonogh, PhD | University of Washington

“Maturation of Binaural and Spatial Hearing
in Children with Typical Hearing and Bilateral Cochlear Implants”
Ruth Litovsky, PhD | University of Wisconsin

“Wiring the Lateral Superior Olive: It Takes Three to Tango”
Karl Kandler, PhD | University of Pittsburgh

UW Trainee Talks

“Regional Specializations of Supragranular Pyramidal Neurons
in the Macaque Auditory Cortex”
Jeffrey Parra Munevar | Graduate Student, Neurobiology & Biophysics

“Vestibular Hair Cell Patterning in Zebrafish: A Balancing Act”
Selina Baeza-Loya, PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow, Otolaryngology-HNS

“How Do Bilingual and Monolingual Brains Respond to an Unfamiliar Language?”
Farhin Ahmed, PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow, Otolaryngology-HNS

“Auditory Language Processing in Adults with Developmental Language Disorder”
Noelle Abbott, PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow, Speech and Hearing Sciences