Fatima T. Husain, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Speech and Hearing Science
University of Illinois, Champaign, IL

Dr. Fatima Husain has degrees in computer science and cognitive neuroscience, with postdoctoral training at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) on brain imaging and auditory neuroscience. Since 2008, the major focus of her research has been on tinnitus and hearing loss. She has published 24 peer-reviewed articles on tinnitus alone, with 22 of these focused on the use of brain imaging techniques to better understand the neural correlates of tinnitus and hearing loss, with a view to helping patients.