Chicago, Il – January 15, 2026 – The American Hearing Research Foundation (AHRF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Lauren Picciuca and Gregory Olson to its Board of Directors. These new members bring a powerful combination of professional expertise…
Chicago, IL – November 24, 2025 – In the spirit of Giving Tuesday and as a testament to its donors’ generosity, the American Hearing Research Foundation (AHRF) proudly announces the approval of 16 research grants totaling nearly $840,000 for the…
Chicago, Illinois –October 13, 2025 – The American Hearing Research Foundation (AHRF), a leading national nonprofit dedicated to funding innovative research in hearing and balance disorders, today announced a significant, one-time increase in its annual grant funding for the…
Chicago, Illinois – January 15, 2025 – The American Hearing Research Foundation (AHRF) announced the recipients of its 2025 research grants today. AHRF will award ten grants totaling just over $439,000 to investigators who are exploring how we hear and…
Friday, February 21, 2025 • 2 to 6pm Reception follows Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld This symposium is sponsored by the American Hearing Research Foundation and Hearing Health Foundation. Hosted by the Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO), it will…
AHRF Note: This story includes difficult content. Many – but not all – individuals who have Meniere’s disease are able to bring their symptoms under control. As Lauren Hedrick describes her grandfather’s experience, we’re reminded why it’s so important for…
Anyone who has ever planted something from seed knows it takes time for the resulting plant to bear fruit. AHRF’s seed grants take time to bear fruit, too. In 2018, AHRF awarded a grant to Anna Lysakowski, professor in the…
Spotlight on Kamal Sen, PhD Associate Professor and Director, Natural Sounds and Neural Coding Laboratory, Boston University and 2023 AHRF Grant Recipient “Most of what we know about the human brain comes from technologies like F MRI where people are…
Spotlight on Justine Renauld, PhD Assistant Professor at Creighton University School of Medicine and 2021 AHRF Grant Recipient Article by Matsya Thulasiram “Blindness separates people from things; deafness separates people from people.” This quote from Helen Keller has impacted the…
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