Unilateral Hearing Loss: Recent Updates (Self-Study)

Judith E.C. Lieu, MD, MSPH is a Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine. She received her MD at Washington University and MSPH at St. Louis University School of Public Health. She completed her Otolaryngology residency at Washington University, clinical research fellowship in the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at Yale University, and Pediatric Otolaryngology fellowship at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Her clinical practice includes comprehensive pediatric otolaryngology, and she is known for her research in unilateral hearing loss in children, along with the creation and validation of hearing-related quality-of-life measure for children spanning from age 2 to 18 years of age.

Financial Disclosures: Dr. Judith Lieu receives compensation as Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine. She also receives royalties from paid uses of HEAR-QL survey.

Non-financial disclosures: Dr. Lieu is a co-investigator on: “Impact of Hearing Loss on Cognitive Function and Quality of Life in Pediatric Cancer Survivors”, PI Allison King, MD PhD, Children’s Discovery Institute; “Cochlear Implantation in Children with Asymmetric Hearing Loss or Single-Sided Deafness Clinical Trial,” PI Jill Firszt, PhD, NIH-NIDCD U01 DC018942