The Hear Here Podcast is based out of the Archie's Cochlear Implant Lab at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. The show is hosted by Audiologist and senior scientist, Karen Gordon and co-hosted with Dr. Sharon Cushing and Dr. Blake Papsin, Otolaryngologists at the Hospital for Sick Children. The goal with these discussions is to explore new ideas that may help people use devices like cochlear implants to hear.
#1: The Past and Future of Cochlear Implants: Bilateral Cochlear Implantation with Dr. Carly Anderson
In the first episode of season 5, we explore the bread and butter of implantable hearing devices: Bilateral cochlear implantation. Host Sofia Olaizola chats with Dr. Karen Gordon and Dr. Carly Anderson. Dr. Karen Gordon is a senior scientist and director of research at the Archie’s Lab Cochlear Implant Lab. She is a professor in the Department of Otolaryngology and a graduate faculty member in the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Toronto. Dr. Karen Gordon will be featured in all of the episodes this season!
Dr. Carly Anderson is a lecturer in neuroscience at Lancaster University who studies multimodal communication and plasticity. This episode looks at the beginnings of cochlear implants and how research shapes our current approaches to surgery, rehabilitation, language development and auditory processing. Sofia, who is completing her MSc in Audiology at Dalhousie University, brings a perspective of a bilaterally implanted user and shares her experiences with cochlear implants.
Transcript of S5E1 (https://lab.research.sickkids.ca/archies-cochlear-implant/wp-content/uploads/sites/44/2026/09/S5E1-Transcript.pdf)
Dr. Carly Anderson at Lancaster University (https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/psychology/about-us/people/carly-anderson)
Previous episodes featuring Dr. Carly Anderson: #3: Insights from Early Career Hearing Researchers with Dr. Hannah Stewart and Dr. Carly Anderson (https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/BDqNgqTEXN)
Recorded on Oct 10, 2025
Produced by Maria Khan
Music composed and performed by Dr. Blake Papsin (https://www.sickkids.ca/en/staff/p/blake-papsin/), Otolaryngologist-in-Chief, Department of Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery) at the Hospital for Sick Children
19 Sept 2026
#5 Part 2: It’s all about Balance! The Vestibular System with Dr. Sharon Cushing and Melissa Hazen
This is the second part of the vestibular episode! Host Maria Khan, an audiologist and co-producer of the podcast, continues our discussion with Dr. Karen Gordon, Dr. Sharon Cushing and Melissa Hazen. Dr. Sharon Cushing is an Otolaryngologist at The Hospital for Sick Children, Director of the Cochlear Implant Program and Associate Professor at the University of Toronto. Melissa Hazen is a clinical audiologist at The Hospital for Sick Children and a PhD candidate in the Archie's Cochlear Implant Lab. Part two jumps right into Melissa's research, the three parts of her PhD and how this research translates into real life.
Transcript of S5E5 (https://lab.research.sickkids.ca/archies-cochlear-implant/wp-content/uploads/sites/44/2026/09/S5E5-Transcript.pdf)
Recorded on July 30, 2025
Produced by Maria Khan
Music composed and performed by Dr. Blake Papsin (https://www.sickkids.ca/en/staff/p/blake-papsin/), Otolaryngologist-in-Chief, Department of Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery) at the Hospital for Sick Children
19 Sept 2026
#5 Part 1: It’s all about Balance! The Vestibular System with Dr. Sharon Cushing and Melissa Hazen
Finally, in the fifth episode of season 5, we get dizzy with the vestibular system. Host Maria Khan, an audiologist and co-producer of the podcast, chats with Dr. Karen Gordon, Dr. Sharon Cushing and Melissa Hazen. Dr. Sharon Cushing was featured in previous episodes; she is an Otolaryngologist at The Hospital for Sick Children, Director of the Cochlear Implant Program and Associate Professor at the University of Toronto. Melissa Hazen is a clinical audiologist at The Hospital for Sick Children and a PhD candidate in the Archie's Cochlear Implant Lab, whose research is focused on children with hearing loss who also have vestibular issues and how that translates into developmental and spatial abilities. In the first part of the episode, we defined balance and reviewed the anatomy and physiology of the vestibular system. Then, we discuss what a vestibular deficit can do to someone's day-to-day function.
Transcript of S5E5 (https://lab.research.sickkids.ca/archies-cochlear-implant/wp-content/uploads/sites/44/2026/09/S5E5-Transcript.pdf)
Recorded on July 30, 2025
Produced by Maria Khan
Music composed and performed by Dr. Blake Papsin (https://www.sickkids.ca/en/staff/p/blake-papsin/), Otolaryngologist-in-Chief, Department of Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery) at the Hospital for Sick Children
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