Can You Hear Me?

Join Rishi for a chat with Dr. Katie Berg, audiologist and assistant professor of otolaryngology at WashU. Listen in to hear her predictions for the future of music perception in cochlear implants!

Join Rishi for a chat with Dr. Andie DeFreese, audiologist and PhD student at Vanderbilt University, as they discuss her experiences getting into hearing loss research and treatment!

Join Rishi for a discussion with Dr. Sunil Puria, associate professor of otolaryngology at Harvard Medical School, past president of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, and current chair of the International Hearing Aid Research Conference. Listen in as they talk about all of Dr. Puria's interesting experiences navigating hearing research.

Join Rishi for an interview with Chintan Bhayani, CEO of Synva, a company promising to revolutionize how people buy hearing aids in Hyderabad and even the rest of India.

Join Rishi for an interview with Dr. Lisa Seerup, president of Hearing New Zealand. Listen in as they talk about her experiences turning New Zealand into a global "model for hearing."

So far, Can You Hear Me? has focused on research and the experts driving the field forward. However, in celebration of World Hearing Day on March 3rd, join Rishi for an interview with Emma Leone, a regular teenager who happens to use hearing aids. Listen in as they discuss the often overlooked experiences of hearing loss patients themselves.

Happy International Cochlear Implant Day! In this special episode, Rishi dives into hearing loss in history and the discoveries and innovations that led to the modern cochlear implant.

Join Rishi for an interview with Dr. Julie Arenberg, associate professor of otolaryngology at Harvard Medical School and Director of Audiology Research and Education at Mass. Eye and Ear, as they talk about the inspiration behind her work and how she has continued to improve cochlear implant programming.

Join Rishi for a quick chat with Dr. Lisa Wenstrup, audiologist and Cochlear Implant Coordinator at the University of Cincinnati. Listen in as they discuss the clinical side of cochlear implant technology and hearing-related public health issues.

Rishi is joined by Dr. Daniel Sun, neurotologist at the University of Cincinnati, for the first interview of Can You Hear Me?. Listen in as they talk about Dr. Sun's clinical life, research experience, and predictions for the field of hearing loss. You can watch the video interview on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0Z7Q5zw5Lc.

Join Rishi for the third episode of Can You Hear Me?, where he takes a step back from cochlear implants and provides an overview of hearing aids.

Cochlear implants are more than fancy hearing aids; they’re one of the most advanced neural prosthetics ever developed. In this episode of Can You Hear Me?, host Rishi explains how cochlear implants work, who they help, and the scientific and cultural questions they raise about hearing and identity.

Join Rishi for the first episode of Can You Hear Me?, where he breaks down what hearing loss really is, why it’s often misunderstood, and why it matters more than most people realize.