Grants per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
Nancy M Young is the Lillian S Well Professor of Pediatric Otolaryngology and a fellow of the Knowles Hearing Center of Northwestern University. She is Medical Director of the Cochlear Implant Program and Audiology Department and also serves as Head, Section of Otology & Neurotology and Director of Research in the Division of Otolaryngology at Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. Dr. Young is a fellow of the American Neurotology Society and American Otological Society and a member of the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology. She is a founding member and served as board secretary of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance (ACIA). She is a member of the editorial board of the American Journal of Otology & Neurotology. She is a recipient of the Award of Scientific Merit from the Alfred E. Mann Foundation.
Pediatric cochlear implantation is Dr. Young's primary academic focus. She is co-editor, with Karen Iler Kirk, of the text book Pediatric Cochlear Implantation - Learning and the Brain (http://www.springer.com/us/book/9781493927876.) Dr. Young is lead author of the chapter entitled “Redefining Cochlear Implant Benefits to Appropriately Include Children with Additional Disabilities“. She is currently investigating prediction of cochlear implant outcomes based upon pre-operative brain structure and function. The long term goal of this research is to develop custom therapies to maximize hearing and communication after implantation.
Dr. Young's clinical practice is dedicated to diagnosis and management of hearing loss in children, management of cholesteatoma and infectious disease of the ear, implants for hearing including cochlear implant and bone conduction systems. The pediatric cochlear implant program she founded in 1991 is now one of the largest in the United States. She has a special interest in auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder, cochlear nerve deficiency, and implantation of children with multiple disabilities and complex surgical anatomy.
Certifications and Licenses
Otolaryngology |
Training Experience
1984 | Internship, Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
1987 | Residency, Northwestern University, McGaw Medical Center |
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
MD, Medicine, New York University
… → 1982
Research interests keywords
- Cochlear Implantation
- Hearing
- Language Development
- Pediatric Otolaryngology
- Surgery
Fingerprint
- 1 Similar Profiles
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
-
Expanded Indications in the MED-EL Pediatric Cochlear Implant Population
Young, N. M. (PD/PI)
8/26/19 → 8/31/50
Project: Research project
-
Early Communication Intervention for Toddlers with Hearing Loss
Young, N. M. (PD/PI)
Northwestern University, National Institutes of Health
3/1/19 → 2/28/24
Project: Research project
-
Early Communication Intervention for Toddlers with Hearing Loss
Young, N. M. (PD/PI)
Northwestern University, National Institutes of Health
3/1/19 → 2/28/24
Project: Research project
-
Neural Predictors of Language Outcomes in Young Children with Cochlear Implants
Young, N. M. (PD/PI)
National Institute of Deafness and Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health
8/1/18 → 7/31/21
Project: Research project
-
Neural Predictors of Language Outcomes in Young Children with Cochlear Implants
Young, N. M. (PD/PI)
National Institute of Deafness and Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health
8/1/18 → 7/31/22
Project: Research project
-
Early-stage use of hearing aids preserves auditory cortical structure in children with sensorineural hearing loss
Yuan, D., Tournis, E., Ryan, M. E., Lai, C. M., Geng, X., Young, N. M. & Wong, P. C. M., Apr 2024, In: Cerebral Cortex. 34, 4, bhae145.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
-
Axonal polyneuropathy and ataxia in children: consider Perrault Syndrome, a case report
Munson, H. E., De Simone, L., Schwaede, A., Bhatia, A., Mithal, D. S., Young, N., Kuntz, N. & Rao, V. K., Dec 2023, In: BMC Medical Genomics. 16, 1, 278.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Scopus citations -
Editorial: Collection on cochlear implantation and speech perception
Richard, C. & Young, N. M., 2023, In: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 17, 1344875.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
Open Access -
The Extent of Hearing Input Affects the Plasticity the Auditory Cortex in Children With Hearing LosA Preliminary Study
Yuan, D., Ng, I. H. Y., Feng, G., Chang, W. T., Tong, M. C. F., Young, N. M. & Wong, P. C. M., Jun 2023, In: American Journal of Audiology. 32, 2, p. 379-390 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations -
American Cochlear Implant Alliance Task Force Guidelines for Clinical Assessment and Management of Cochlear Implantation in Children with Single-Sided Deafness
Park, L. R., Griffin, A. M., Sladen, D. P., Neumann, S. & Young, N. M., Mar 22 2022, In: Ear and hearing. 43, 2, p. 255-267 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access32 Scopus citations