PROJECT SUMMARY The Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) is the nation's largest organization representing people with hearing loss. The HLAA Convention, held annually, draws a broad national audience and is key to achieving HLAA's mission "to open the world of communication to people with hearing loss by providing information, education, support and advocacy." Since 1994, each HLAA Convention has featured a Research Symposium that covers cutting-edge scientific topics relevant to adults with hearing loss. These symposia are distinctive because they are geared toward educating the hearing loss public about research. Often this is information that people with hearing loss cannot get anywhere else. However, many members of the HLAA community lack the time and resources to attend the convention. HLAA seeks a renewal of NIDCD support to continue to bring the Research Symposia to a broader audience, by producing high-quality captioned/ASL interpreted videos of the symposium talks and disseminating them. We aim to (1) Organize and present a Research Symposium at each HLAA convention, featuring a panel of top-tier scientists and clinicians, using presentation formats that are accessible to attendees and others with hearing loss; (2) Harness multimedia and other approaches to offer the content of the Research Symposia to those who cannot attend the HLAA Convention in person, including HLAA members, people with hearing loss and their families, and the general public, and (3) Improve hearing loss research by promoting engagement and dialogue between scientists and the hearing loss community. Although most R13 applications are submitted by scientists and scientific or professional organizations seeking to engage with fellow scientists, this application is innovative in that it is submitted by a robust and engaged patient organization that seeks to disseminate information about scientific research to its members and the wider public.