Welcome
Dear Colleagues,
The Israel Society for Auditory Research (ISAR) is pleased to announce its 2026 Annual Meeting, to be held on Thursday October 8, 2026, at the Council for a Beautiful Israel, 80 Rokach Blvd., Tel Aviv.
This year’s meeting will focus on advances in hearing and brain health in aging, auditory plasticity, hearing preservation in cochlear implantation, combat-related acoustic trauma, and innovative hearing rehabilitation and acoustics.
We are honored to host two leading international keynote speakers:
Prof. Joseph Coresh, MD, PhD
Founding Director, Optimal Aging Institute, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, USA; Co-Principal Investigator, ACHIEVE Study
who will speak on: Hearing Loss, Aging, and Cognitive Decline: Insights from the ACHIEVE Study
and
Prof. Karen Gordon, PhD
Director of Research, Archie’s Cochlear Implant Laboratory, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, University of Toronto, Canada; Cochlear Americas Chair in Auditory Development
who will speak on: Can Developmental Plasticity Be Harnessed to Improve Outcomes in Children with Hearing Loss?
Additional leading international speakers will be announced shortly
We welcome abstract submissions in the following topics:
- Hearing Loss, Aging, and Cognitive Decline
- Auditory Plasticity Across the Lifespan
- Hearing Preservation in Cochlear Implantation
- Combat-Related Hearing Loss and Acoustic Trauma
- Hearing Rehabilitation and Clinical Outcomes
- Surgical Otology
- Acoustics and Auditory Environments
We look forward to your participation.
Sincerely,
Prof. Yael Henkin, Meeting Chair
President, ISAR
ISAR Board: Joseph Attias, Karen Banai, Nir Fink, Ophir Handzel, Ohad Hilly,
Hanin Karawani-Khoury, Limor Lavie, Michal Luntz, Riki Taitelbaum-Swead, Yael Zaltz
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