Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center

  • Vanderbilt University

    Speech and hearing association honors VUMC’s Rousseau

    A Vanderbilt otolaryngology researcher has been elected a fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), one of the highest honors the professional association bestows. Read More

    Dec 11, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Wootten named to lead Pediatric Otolaryngology

    Christopher Wootten, M.D., has been named director of the Pediatric Otolaryngology Service, supervising the treatment of ear, nose and throat-related disorders in children at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Read More

    Oct 9, 2014

  • Bentley Baker

    Preschool Program for Children with Autism

    A preschool program for children ages 18 to 36 months with autism or suspected autism opened in July at the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center (BWC), with plans to expand to children ages 3 to 5 in the near future. Read More

    Sep 26, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Diverse lineup set for Discovery Lecture series

    Richard J. Smith, M.D., director of the Molecular Otolaryngology and Renal Research Laboratories (MORL) at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, will begin the 2014-2015 Flexner Discovery Lecture Series on Thursday, Sept. 11. Read More

    Aug 28, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Wilkerson Center opens Lebanon clinic

    Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center opened a Hearing and Speech Clinic last week at 1670 Main St., Suite 130, in Lebanon, Tennessee. Read More

    Aug 7, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Rousseau appointed to NIH study group

    Vanderbilt researcher Bernard Rousseau, Ph.D., is being appointed to the Motor Function, Speech and Rehabilitation Study Section at the Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, for the term beginning July 1 and ending June 30, 2020. Read More

    Jun 26, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Preschool program for children with autism set to open

    A preschool program for children ages 18-36 months with autism or suspected autism is opening in mid-July at the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center (BWC), with plans to expand to children ages 3-5 in the near future. Read More

    May 8, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Get discount on hearing aids during May

    (courtesy of Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center) May is Better Hearing and Speech Month. The Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center is offering a 20 percent discount on hearing aids for Vanderbilt employees and retirees from May 1-31. For more information, visit VanderbiltBillWilkersonCenter.com/hearingdiscount. Contact: Kate Carney, (615) 936-5016… Read More

    Apr 22, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Wilson set for Discovery Lecture

    Blake Wilson, D.Sc., a pioneer in the development of cochlear implants and co-director of the Duke Hearing Center, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, March 13. Read More

    Mar 6, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Initiative allows remote hearing tests for newborns

    A telemedicine initiative in Vanderbilt’s Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences is working to make follow-up hearing tests for newborns more accessible in rural areas of Tennessee, while teaching young pediatric audiology and pediatric speech language pathology students to treat patients remotely. Read More

    Aug 22, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Neurological Physical Therapy Residency gains accreditation

    Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson’s Pi Beta Phi Rehabilitation Institute (PBPRI) and Belmont University’s School of Physical Therapy are receiving accreditation from the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) for their collaborative Neurological Physical Therapy Clinical Residency instituted last year. Read More

    Aug 15, 2013