Nancy YOUNG United States

Nancy M. Young, MD, FACS, FAAP is the Lillian S. Wells Professor of Pediatric Otolaryngology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a Fellow of the Knowles Hearing Center of Northwestern’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. She is Head of the Section of Otology and Neurotology in the Division of Otolaryngology, and Medical Director of Audiology & the Cochlear Implant Programs at the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s of Chicago. Lurie Children's CI program is one of the largest in the US. Dr. Young was a founding board member of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance (ACIA). She is President-elect of the American Otological Society. Dr. Young leads a multi-center study supported by NIH/NIDCD to develop individual child level language prediction after cochlear implantation using pre-surgical brain neuroanatomy derived from magnetic resonance imaging and AI-enabled analytical methods. The goal of this research is to develop a predict-to-prescribe method to improve language outcome by implementation of effective individualized behavioral therapy. She is also principal investigator of the lead site of a multi-center sponsored FDA clinical trial to expand pediatric indications for the MED-EL Synchrony implant system.