Prof. Yael Henkin

Email:   yael.henkin@sheba.health.gov.il

Phone:   Israel 03-5303128  International  +972-3-530-3128

Position: Head of the Hearing, Speech, & Language Center and Communication Disorders Services, Sheba Medical Center; Senior faculty member, Department of Communication Disorders, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

Areas of Expertise: Managing a diverse spectrum of diagnostic and therapeutic activities in the field of communication disorders including audiology, hearing rehabilitation, speech, language, and swallowing disorders.

Education: PhD, Department of Communication Disorders, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

Residencies and Further Training: Post-doctoral studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan, US

Affiliations: Hearing, Speech, & Language Center, Sheba Medical Center; Department of Communication Disorders, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

Research Interests:  Using a complementary auditory neuroscience approach in search of the neurophysiological underpinnings of auditory processing in the normal and impaired auditory system; How are they affected by increasing age, monaural vs. binaural listening, and by rehabilitation with cochlear implants and hearing aids.

Clinical research is focused on audiology, hearing rehabilitation, and auditory electrophysiology aimed at transforming research findings into diagnostic and rehabilitative approaches.

 Publications

Here is a link to the list of publications of Prof. Yael Henkin in PubMed.  PubMed is a database of scientific articles in the fields of medicine and life sciences.

Research Grants  and Awards - DFG German-Israeli grant 2019-2022