Professor
Vanderbilt University
Linda J. Hood, Ph.D., is a Professor and Hearing Scientist in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences and Director of the Auditory Physiology Laboratory at Vanderbilt University. She was a researcher at the Kresge Hearing Research Laboratory, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans for 24 years. Dr. Hood lectures globally and has affiliations with the University of Hong Kong, Australian Hearing Collaborative Research Centre, and University of Chile. Dr. Hood’s research, supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), focuses on auditory physiology, characterizing auditory function using objective approaches, auditory neuropathy/dys‐synchrony, efferent auditory function, and hereditary hearing loss. She participates in review and working groups of the NIH, the World Health Organization, and is on the Editorial Board of the journal Ear and Hearing. Dr. Hood is a Past President of the American Academy of Audiology, American Auditory Society, and International Society of Audiology.