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AHRF Funded Research 2009

2009 Research Grants Awarded Lawrence Lustig, MD, “The role of synucleins in the mammalian cochlea” University of California at San Francisco Takako Kondo, PhD, “A novel stem cell replacement therapy for damaged spiral ganglion neurons” Indiana University School of Medicine,…

Difference in Metabolic Rates Could be Responsible for Increased Cell Death Among Outer Hair Cells as Compared to Inner Hair Cells in Response to Trauma

OMAHA—Richard Hallworth, PhD, of Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, and colleagues describe differences in response to aminoglycoside among inner and outer cochlear hair cells in the March 6 issue of the journal Brian Research. Dr. Hallworth’s research was…

AHRF Awards Wiley H. Harrison Grant to Matthew Bush, MD to Study Vestibular Schwannomas

The American Hearing Research Foundation has awarded the Wiley H. Harrison, MD grant to Matthew Bush, MD, of Ohio State University, Columbus for his research proposal entitled, “In vitro and in vivo response to HDAC inhibitors by vestibular schwannomas.” The…

An Update from 2009 AHRF Grant Recipient Lisa Potts, PhD

Lisa Potts, PhD, research instructor in the Department of Otolaryngology and Instructor for the Program in Audiology and Communication Sciences at Washington University School of Medicine, has been studying how sound is processed by the hearing nerve. She recently completed…

AHRF Funded Research 2008

American Hearing Research Foundation Selects 5 Research Projects to Fund for 2008 On October 16, 2007, the American Hearing Research Foundation Research Committee selected five research projects from more than 30 submitted this year, to fund in 2008. “This year…

“Characterization of a de novo Protein Expressed in the Mammalian Cochlea.” Jing Zheng, PhD, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

Sensory hair cells deep within the inner ear convert the mechanical force of sound waves into signals that travel along the auditory neurons to give rise to the sensation of hearing in the brain. A microscopic formation called the mechano-electric…

Katherine Shim, PhD Joins AHRF Research Committee

Katherine Shim, PhD, assistant professor in the department of Otolaryngology & Communications Sciences at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, has joined the AHRS’s Research Committee. Dr. Shim will take part in helping to select which research projects the AHRF…

“The Effects of Selective Hair Cell Damage on Temporal Envelope Coding in the Auditory Nerve.” Michael G. Heinz, PhD, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

This project involves the collection of auditory-nerve fiber responses to amplitude modulated sounds from chinchillas. Responses are to be compared between animals with normal hearing and animals with sensorineural hearing loss arising from either selective outer-hair-cell or inner-hair-cell damage. A…

“The Role of KCNQ4 Channels in Progressive Hearing Loss.” Liping Nie, PhD, University of California, Davis

DFNA2 is a type of inherited nonsyndromic progressive hearing loss. Hearing loss in DFNA2 families starts from high frequencies in the twenties or thirties, progressively affecting the mid and low frequencies later in life. Genetic analyses have demonstrated that mutations…

AHRF Funded Research 2007

AHRF Awards Five $20,000 Research Grants For 2007 The American Hearing Research Foundation has selected five researchers to receive one-year, $20,000 grants for 2007. The recipients, from universities around the nation, will investigate hearing and hearing disorders. Research ranges from…