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Funding decisions will be announced in late November

You did it! Thanks to all who submitted proposals for 2025 grants.

Michael Hoffer, MD: Supporting hearing research

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Hearing and balance disorders can drastically change your life

AHRF supports new discoveries to understand and respond to these conditions

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Sudden hearing loss is a medical emergency

What if you woke up and couldn’t hear the usual morning sounds?

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Meniere’s disease is a cluster of symptoms that can include vertigo, hearing loss, and tinnitus.

AHRF has funded five studies in recent years to understand Meniere’s disease

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Richard Muench honored for lifetime service…

Promoting transformative hearing research for 38 years

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Making new discoveries possible for more than 65 years

AHRF funds groundbreaking research to understand our hearing and balance functions, find solutions to hearing and balance disorders, and educate people about these. 

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AHRF Video for PBS Sheds Light on Sudden Hearing Loss

The American Hearing Research Foundation (AHRF) announced today that it has created a 5-minute video, “Spotlight on Sudden Hearing Loss”...

PBS Video Sheds Light on Meniere's Disease

The American Hearing Research Foundation (AHRF) announced today that it has partnered with the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) to sponsor...

2024 AHRF Grant Recipients

Sangamanatha Ankmnal-Veeranna, PhD

The University of Southern Mississippi

Auditory System Integrity in University Marching Band Students

Pei-Ciao Tang, PhD

University of Miami

Development of an ‘organoid-on-a-chip’ platform for the study of dorso-ventral patterning in a stem cell model of the human inner ear

Samuel Mathias, PhD

Boston Children's Hospital

Early Warning Signs of Age-Related Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Keiko Hirose, MD

Washington University in St. Louis

Revealing molecular and cellular drivers of cholesteatoma pathogenesis and recurrence in children using single-cell RNA sequencing

Joaquin Cury Sr., PhD

Northwestern University

Design, Development, and Implementation of an Optical System to Preserve Residual Hearing and Evaluate Cochlear Health in Patients Receiving a Cochlear Implant

Litao Tao, PhD

Creighton University

High-throughput and quantitative measurement of hair cell distal enhancers

Akihiro Matsuoka, MD, DMSc, PhD

University of California San Diego

Regenerating the Blood-Labyrinthine Barrier: Harnessing Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells for Ménière's Disease Treatment

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