On July 2, 2026, at the 21st Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Dr. Sumire Oka received the society's "Hajimete no" (First-Presentation) Award for her presentation "Sensorineural hearing loss in children with Alport syndrome at our department," reporting on the hearing evaluation of children with Alport syndrome cared for jointly with the Department of Pediatrics.
