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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...

2022 AHRF Grant Recipients

Xin Luo, PhD

Arizona State University

Neural Health and Pitch Perception with Cochlear Implants

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Nesrine Benkafadar, PharmD, PhD

Stanford University

Key triggers of hair cell regeneration

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Christine Mei, MD

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Hearing Preservation Effects of Therapeutic Hypothermia in a ‘Double-Insult’ Model of Cochlear Implantation in Noise-Exposed Cochleae

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Jasleen Singh, PhD

Northwestern University

The Influence of Patient Psychosocial Behaviors on Hearing Aid Use and Outcomes in an Over-the-Counter Delivery Model

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Jaime Garcia-Añoveros, PhD

Northwestern University

Differential hair cell death susceptibility to age and noise

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Amit Walia, MD

Washington University in St. Louis

Using electrocochleography to build a prediction model for speech-perception performance in noise after cochlear implantation

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Ryan A. Bartholomew, MD

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Magnetic stimulation of the cochlear nerve: Foundation for a next-generation cochlear implant

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Ignacio Garcia Gomez, PhD

Northwestern University

Differential hair cell death susceptibility to age and noise

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David Lee, MD

Washington University in St. Louis

Optical Coherence Tomography of Inner Ear Structures: Using Novel Imaging Technology to Investigate Meniere's Disease and Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss

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