Research Committee
- Peter Dallos, Ph.D.
- Jill B. Firszt, Ph.D.
- David R. Friedland, M.D., Ph.D.
- Timothy C. Hain, M.D.
- Nina Kraus, Ph.D.
- Anna Lysakowski, Ph.D.
- Laird D. Madison, M.D. Ph.D.
- Dennis M. Moore, M.D.
- Leonard Rybak, M.D.
- Donna S. Whitlon, Ph.D.
Peter Dallos, Ph.D.
Peter Dallos, Ph.D., serves on the Research Committee of the American Hearing Research Foundation. He also is a member of the Acoustical Society of America (Fellow, 1970), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (Fellow, 1986), the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association, the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Fellow, 1981; Life Fellow, 1999).
Dr. Dallos is currently John Evans Professor of Neuroscience and Hugh Knowles Professor of Audiology. In addition, he is Professor of Neurobiology and Physiology, Professor of Otolaryngology, and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University.
Dr. Dallos has received numerous awards and honors, including a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship (for research in auditory physiology). He has lectured extensively and has directed numerous doctoral and master's theses.
Dr. Dallos holds a Ph.D.in Electrical (Biomedical) Engineering from Northwestern University. He has published three books and hundreds of articles in scientific journals.
Jill B. Firszt, Ph.D.
Jill B. Firszt, Ph.D., serves on the Research Committee of the American Hearing Research Foundation.
Dr. Firszt is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.. She has been working in the field of cochlear implants since 1985, beginning with the Nucleus Multichannel Cochlear Implant and including the Clarion Multi-Strategy and Med-El Cochlear Implants. Dr. Firszt also directs the Koss Cochlear Implant Program, a multi-institutional program in conjunction with the Medical College of Wisconsin, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, and Froedtert Memorial Hospital.
Dr. Firszt's doctoral work was in the area of electrophysiology as it relates to speech perception in cochlear implant subjects. The current laboratory, directed by Dr. Firszt, is centered on areas of study that include speech perception, auditory physiology, and auditory plasticity in humans, particularly cochlear implant recipients. This externally funded work is conducted in the Auditory Electrophysiology Laboratory in the Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences Laboratories.
David R. Friedland, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Friedland is assistant professor at the Koss Hearing & Balance Center at Froedtert Hospital & Medical College at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He is a a board-certified otolaryngologist head and neck surgeon with fellowship training at Johns Hopkins University in adult and pediatric otology, neurotology, and cranial base surgery.
He has specialized training in surgery for hearing restoration including the placement of cochlear implants, bone-anchored aids, brainstem implants, and implantable hearing aids.
He also has an extensive training in the diagnosis and treatment of balance and vestibular disorders including Meniere's disease, vestibular migraine, and superior canal dehiscence.
Dr. Friedland's clinical interests include the use of intratympanic medical therapy in the treatment of hearing loss, dizziness, and tinnitus (ringing in the ears). In addition, his clinical emphasis at the Medical College of Wisconsin is on surgical rehabilitation of hearing loss in the adult population and the diagnosis and management of vestibular disorders. He also maintains a research program studying the molecular biology and neuroanatomy of the auditory brainstem.
Timothy C. Hain, M.D.
 Timothy C. Hain, M.D., serves on both the Board and the Research Committee of the American Hearing Research Foundation. Dr. Hain also serves on Medical Advisory Board of the Vestibular Diseases Association, and on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Vestibular Research and Contemporary Medicine International.
Dr. Hain is currently Associate Professor of Neurology and Laryngology at Northwestern University. His clinical practice focuses on evaluation and treatment of conditions that produce dizziness. He has also received several National Institutes of Health grants to investigate causes and treatments of dizziness and imbalance.
Dr. Hain is a member of several professional organizations, including the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, the American Academy of Neurology (Fellow), the American Neurological Association, and the American Neurotology Society.
Dr. Hain holds an M.D. from the Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago.He has published many articles in scientific journals, as well as chapters of textbooks, regarding the diagnosis and treatment of dizziness.
Nina Kraus, Ph.D.
Nina Kraus, Ph.D., serves on the Research Committee of the American Hearing Research Foundation.
Dr. Kraus is currently a Professor of Speech, Communication Sciences and Disorders; Neurobiology and Physiology at Northwestern University. Her primary interest is in understanding neurobiologic processes underlying speech-sound perception and learning-associated brain plasticity. Some of her research studies include Speech Perception and Learning Problems, Perceptual Learning and Brain Plasticity, Central Auditory Speech Representation and Peripheral Hearing Impairment, Representation of Speech in the Auditory CNS, Speech-Sound Perception in Noise, and Left-Brain Specialization for Speech.
Dr. Kraus holds a Ph.D. from Northwestern University. She has published numerous scientific articles and has been a presenter at many conferences.
Anna Lysakowski, Ph.D.
Anna Lysakowski, Ph.D., serves on the Research Committee of the American Hearing Research Foundation.
Dr. Lysakowski is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at University of Illinois at Chicago.
Dr. Lysakowski is a regular member of the National Institutes of Health Integrative, Functional, and Cognitive Neuroscience 6 (IFCN-6) Study Section. She received the R.R. Bensley Award for Outstanding Cell Biology Researh from the American Association of Anatomists. She has published numerous scientific articles and book chapters, and is the recipient of several grants from the National Institutes of Health and NASA.
Dr. Lysakowski is a member of several professional organizations, including the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Society for Neuroscience, American Association of Anatomists, American Physiological Society, the Bárány Society, and the American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology. She is on the Program Committee for the Association for Research in Otolaryngology and the Educational Affairs Committee for the American Association of Anatomists.
Dr. Lysakowski holds a Ph.D. in Anatomy from the University of Illlinois at Chicago. She received additional research training at the University of Chicago and the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, MA. Her research interests include vestibular and cochlear peripheral anatomy, physiology and development, and vestibular efferent innervation.
Laird D. Madison, M.D., Ph.D.
Laird D. Madison, M.D., Ph.D., serves on the Research Committee of the American Hearing Research Foundation.
Dr. Madison is currently Assistant Professor at Northwestern University Medical School. Previously, he was an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. His major research interests include the role of thyroid hormone action on bone physiology; the role of the thyroid and retinoid hormones on cochlear development; estrogen receptor beta, expression, and function in bone and prostate; and identification and characterization of the outer hair cell motor proteins and other hair cell specific genes related to deafness.
Dr. Madison is a member of the Endocrine Society, the American Federation for Medical Research, and the Association for Research in Otolaryngology. He has published numerous articles in scientific journals.
Dr. Madison holds an M.D. from Yale University School of Medicine, and a Ph.D. from Yale University Graduate School.
Alan G. Micco, M.D.
Alan G. Micco, M.D., serves on both the Board and the Research Committee of the American Hearing Research Foundation. He is also a member of the Board of the Chicago Hearing Society.
Dr. Micco is currently Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at Northwestern Medical School. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the Chicago Medical Society, the Chicago Laryngology and Otological Society, and the American College of Surgeons (Associate Fellow).
Dr. Micco holds an M.D. from Northwestern University. He has published many
articles in scientific journals and has received numerous awards, including
Outstanding Scientific Presentation from the International Politzer Society.
Dennis M. Moore, M.D.
Dennis M. Moore M.D. serves on both the Board of Directors and the Research
Committee of the American Hearing Research Foundation. He is affiliated with
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois.
Dr. Moore received his medical degree from Loyola University School of Medicine
and continued with his residency in General Surgery there and in Head and Neck
Surgery at UCLA. He was a Fellow at the UCLA Division of Head and Neck Surgery
where he merited an NIH National Research Service Award in Neurotology, as a
Fellow in Neurotology. He was also a Fellow in Neurotology at the University
of Iowa. He is an Assistant Professor at Northwestern University Medical School.
Dr. Moore's medical society memberships include the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head
and Neck Surgery, American Medical Association, North American Skull Bank Society,
Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Society of Neuroscience and the
American Neurotology Society. He is the author of numerous articles that have
focused on Head and Neck Surgery and Laryngology.
Leonard P. Rybak, M.D., Ph.D.
Leonard P. Ryback, M.D., Ph.D., serves on the Research Committee of the American Hearing Research Foundation. He is also a Board Member of the Sangamon County Chapter of the American Cancer Society, and President of the Sangamon County Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience.
Dr. Ryback is currently a Professor in the Department of Surgery at Southern Illinois University. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology at the University of Minnesota. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the American College of Surgeons, and the American Academy of Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery.
Dr. Ryback holds an M.D. from the Medical College of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, and a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis.
Donna S. Whitlon, Ph.D.
Donna S. Whitlon, Ph.D., serves on the Research Committee of the American Hearing Research Foundation. She also previously served on the Editorial Board of the journal Hearing Research.
Dr. Whitlon is currently Research Associate Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Institute for Neuroscience, Northwestern University. She is also currently Research Scientist, VA-Chicago Health Care System-Lakeside.
Dr. Whitlon is a Permanent Member of the National Institutes of Health Integrative, Functional, and Cognitive Neuroscience 6 (IFCN-6) Study Section; Chair, Education Committee of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology; and a Fellow, Hugh Knowles Center, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. She has published numerous scientific articles, primarily in the area of the cochlea.
Dr. Whitlon holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research interests include cochlear development and anatomy, developmental neurobiology, in vitro neural development, inner ear toxicology, adhesion and extracellular matrix proteins.
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