Bill Wilkerson Center

Vanderbilt University staff and faculty and their spouses are eligible for a 20 percent discount on hearing aids. Schedule your hearing evaluation at the Bill Wilkerson Hearing Center by calling (615) 205-1813. Read More

Tennessee-based congressional staff members spent the day on campus June 25 to learn firsthand about Vanderbilt services and resources. Read More

Ben Folds is featured at “Music and the Mind,” a free symposium sponsored by the Vanderbilt Brain Institute June 12. Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (Vanderbilt University) For children with severe communication impairments who are unable to communicate using natural speech, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) can open up other forms of expression and ways to connect with family members, teachers and friends. The fifth annual Augmentative and Alternative Communications… Read More

The Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence (TNCPE) is awarding Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center’s Department of Otolaryngology with its Commitment Award in the annual Excellence in Tennessee recognition program. Read More

The Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center is offering a 20 percent discount on hearing aids from Dec. 1 to Jan. 31, 2014, for Vanderbilt employees and retirees. To receive the discount, visit VanderbiltBillWilkersonCenter.com/hearingdiscount. Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center is located at 1215 21st Ave. S in Nashville, and 919 Murfreesboro Rd., Hwy. Read More

Christmas Village, a three-day shopping extravaganza run by a volunteer board made up of Pi Beta Phi alumni, raised $336,000 for the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center from its 2012 event. Read More

(image courtesy of Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center) The National Association of Young People Who Stutter is hosting a one-day course for children who stutter and their families. Co-sponsored by the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences and The Stuttering Foundation, the… Read More

Longtime cochlear implant users are reporting such dramatic improvements in their hearing, thanks to new image-guided programming methods developed by Vanderbilt University researchers. Read More

Tom and Vickie Flood recently visited with students at the Mama Lere Hearing School at Vanderbilt. The Floods’ philanthropy supports endowment for faculty, graduate students and research in childhood hearing loss at the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center. Read More

Receive a 20 percent employee discount on hearing aids now through the end of December at the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center. Contact: Erin M. Bernardo, (615) 936-5498… Read More

The Commodore Concierge now has Christmas Village tickets on sale for $8 (they are $10 at the door), payable by check only to Christmas Village. Christmas Village is scheduled for Nov. 9–11 at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds. More than 250 merchants and 25,000… Read More

The 52nd annual Christmas Village, set for Nov. 9-11 at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, is a great way to do some holiday gift-buying while supporting important programs at Vanderbilt. More than 250 merchants offer a variety of unique seasonal and gift items, including toys for all… Read More

Vanderbilt’s Bill Wilkerson Center and the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences are offering new interdisciplinary outpatient programs for children ages 3 to 21 who have experienced a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Read More

Paul Lambert Paul Lambert, professor and chair of the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of South Carolina, will speak about “Evaluation of the Child With Sensorineural Hearing Loss” at 7 a.m. Friday, Oct. 12. The talk will be in Room 8380 of Medical Center East’s South Tower at… Read More

Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson’s Pi Beta Phi Rehabilitation Institute (PBPRI) in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences is joining with the School of Physical Therapy at Belmont University to initiate a Neurological Physical Therapy Clinical Residency. Read More

(Vanderbilt University) To help catch head and neck cancer in its earliest stages there will be free cancer screenings at Vanderbilt, Meharry and the Nashville VA on Friday, April 27. Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center for Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Meharry Medical… Read More

According to a Vanderbilt-led study published in Journal of the American Medical Association, hearing loss is now affecting 20 percent of U.S. adolescents ages 12 to 19, which is a 5 percent increase over the past 15 years. Read More

(Vanderbilt University) With the proliferation of smart phones, portable gaming systems and media players, more children – especially teenagers – are listening to ear buds and headphones at dangerously high volume levels. The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is offering tips to parents and teenagers to… Read More

The Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center is offering a 20 percent discount on a hearing aid purchase now through Jan. 31, 2012. A hearing test with a certified Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center audiologist must be performed prior to receiving the discount. The hearing clinic is located in Medical… Read More