COMPLETE GRANT ARCHIVE Projects funded by the American Hearing Research Foundation during the following years: 2021 Georgia Birtman Grant: “Identifying the auditory mechanisms supporting speech-in-noise and accented-speech recognition in middle-aged listeners with and without sensorineural hearing loss” Jennifer Krizman, PhD, Northwestern University $75,000 “Temporal and Spectral Manipulation and Vocal Pitch Perception in Cochlear Implant Users” Christpher Mularczyk, MD, University of Illinois at Chicago $1,000 “Combinatorial therapy for preventing noise-induced cochlear synaptopathy and hearing loss” Suhrud Rajguru, PhD, University of Miami $50,000 “Understanding the role of pigmented cells in Meniere’s disease” Justine Renauld, PhD, Case Western University $45,610 “Mitigating Noise-Induced Inflammatory Responses in the Inner Ear” Dwayne Simmons, PhD, Bob Kane, PhD, Baylor University; Major Mostafa Ahmed, MD, Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center $50,000 “Investigating the Impact of Social Networks on Speech Recognition Outcomes and Quality of Life in Adults with Cochlear Implants – A Study Using an Online Testing Protocol” Terrin Tamati, PhD, The Ohio State University $42,390 “Effects of mild traumatic brain injury on the mammalian cochlea” Kathleen T. Yee, PhD, University of Mississippi Medical Center $37,000 TOTAL FUNDING $301,000 2020 “Sex Differences in the Association between Hearing Loss and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Burden” Rachael R. Baiduc, PhD, MPH; Melinda Anderson, PhD, CCC-A, University of Colorado Boulder $45,000 “Age-Related Changes in the Perception of Emotional Speech with Cochlear Implants” Monita Chatterjee, PhD, Boys Town National Research Hospital $40,000 “AMPA receptor-mediated glutamate excitotoxicity and noise-induced synaptic damage” Allison B. Coffin, PhD, Washington State University $40,000 “Utility of Perilymph microRNA Sampling for Identification of Active Gene Expression Pathways in Sensorineural Hearing Loss” Michael Ghiam, MD, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine $1,000 “Laminin-coated Cochlear Implant Electrodes can Promote Schwan Cell Dedifferentitation, Migration and Guide Neural Axon Growth In Vitro” Stefania Goncalves, MD, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine $1,000 “A cochlear implant simulation study to determine the effects of transposing frequencies on binaural benefits” Cody Jeu, MD, University of Illinois at Chicago $1,000 “Antimalarial Artesunate as a Novel Treatment to Mitigate Hearing Loss Associated with Usher Syndrome Type IIIA” Benjamin Johnson, MD, University Hospitals Cleveland/Case Western School of Medicine $20,000 “Long term outcomes from gamma knife treatment for vestibulocochlear nerve schwannomas in a large, tertiary care, academic hospital “ Matthew T. Maksimoski, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine $1,000 “Defining the molecular and cellular basis of Meniere’s disease using single cell RNA sequencing” Dhasakumar S. Navaratnam, MD, PhD, Yale University $25,000 “Assessing the Efficacy of a Serotonin and Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor for Improving Meniere’s Disease Outcomes” Habib G. Rizk, MD, Medical University of South Carolina $24,318 “Repurposing an FDA Approved Drug Dabrafenib for Protection from Noise-induced Hearing Loss” Tal Teitz, PhD, Creighton University $45,000 “Investigating functions of a cilium protein in vestibular system” Jing Zheng, PhD, Northwestern University $45,000 TOTAL FUNDING $288,318 2019 “Development of Adeno-Associated Vectors for Genetic Treatment of Inherited Hearing Loss” Charles Askew, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $42,735 “A more sensitive measure of age-related changes in the vestibular system: Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMPs) elicited by amplitude-modulated tones” Christopher G. Clinard, PhD, CCC-A Erin G. Piker, AuD, PhD, CCC-A, James Madison University, VA $28,028 “Radiation Toxicity and Biology in Merlin-Deficient and Normal Schwann Cells in Vitro” Erin R. Cohen, MD, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine $1,000 “Designing a drug-eluting scaffold for ototherapeutics” Larry Hoffman, PhD; Ashley Kita, MD; Jesse Saldate, PhD, Regents of the University of California (UCLA) $49,989 “Evaluation of cognitive function in hearing loss patients utilizing the BrainCheck™ computerized assessment tool” Nathan R. Lindquist, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, TX $900 “Validating the use of a non-linguistic test across a broad clinical population” Elise Lippmann, MD, University of Illinois at Chicago $1,000 “Reductions in Societal Costs and Burden for those with Severe to Profound Hearing Loss: Impact of Pediatric Cochlear Implantation” Alexandra L. Quittner, PhD, Nicklaus Children’s Research Institute; Ivette Cejas, PhD, University of Miami; Laurie Eisenberg, PhD, University of Southern California $12,500 “Exploring Deficits in the Auditory Cortex Associated with Autism” Tessa-Jonne F. Ropp PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $50,000 “Neuropeptide Y as a Neuro-modulator of Noise-Induced Hyper-excitability in the Inferior Colliculus” Marina Augusto Silveira, PhD, University of Michigan $20,000 “Protective Effect of Honokiol in Noise-Induced Hearing Loss” Xiaodong Tan, PhD, Northwestern University $46,748 TOTAL FUNDING $252,900 2018 “Complement, hearing loss and lupus” Jessy Alexander, PhD, State University of New York at Buffalo $20,000 “Development of in-house genetic screening for pediatric hearing loss” Karl Doerfer, MD; Christina Runge, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Milwaukee $1,000 “High-throughput drug discovery for prevention of noise‐induced hair cell loss” Michael M. Ebeid, MBBCh, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha $20,000 “Understanding genetic heterogeneity in familial meniere’s disease” Anna Lysakowski, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago $25,000 “Determination of the auditory function of the outer hair cell afferent synapses in the mammalian cochlea” David C. Martinelli, PhD, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland $20,000 “Optimizing cochlear implant sound processor configurations via neural response properties to improve speech comprehension” Tobias Overath, PhD; Josh Stohl, PhD; Leslie M. Collins, PhD; Michael Murias, PhD, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina $20,000 “High-resolution contrast-enhanced microendoscopy in cholesteatoma surgery: safety, efficacy and feasibility” Enrique Perez, MD, MBA, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Florida $9,050 “Identification of genes for non-syndromic rare congenital inner ear malformations in children” Isabelle Schrauwen, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX $30,000 “Biological indices of noise exposure in the clinically-normal ear” Erika Skoe, PhD; Jennifer Tufts, PhD, University of Connecticut $30,000 “Investigating the relationship between binaural hearing and speech-in-noise performance in middle-aged listeners” Spencer B. Smith, PhD, AuD, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois $20,000 TOTAL FUNDING $195,050 2017 “Investigation of Salivary Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP) in Vestibular Migraine” John P. Carey, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD $20,000 “Modulation Interference in Listeners With Cochlear Implants” Monita Chatterjee, PhD, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska $30,000 “High-throughput drug discovery for prevention of noise‐induced hair cell loss” Allison Coffin, PhD, Washington State University Vancouver $30,000 “Investigation of gender differences in noise-induced cochlear synaptopathy” Ning Hu, MD, PhD, University of Iowa, Iowa City $30,000 “Audition and balance” Timothy E. Hullar, MD, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland $20,000 “Application of diffusion tensor imaging to evaluate central auditory pathways in patients with congenital deafness” Elliott D. Kozin, MD; Aaron K Remenschneider, MD, MPH; Daniel J. Lee, MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts $30,000 “Identification and Modulation of Na+ Currents in Vestibular Afferent Terminals” Frances Meredith, PhD; Katherine Rennie, PhD, University of Colorado, Denver $20,000 “A sequential screening strategy for genetic hearing loss in a native black South African population” Jason Rudman, MD, PGY 3, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida $1,000 “Activity-dependent plasticity in the cochlear hair cell stereocilia cytoskeleton and its effect on mechanotransduction” A. Catalina Vélez-Ortega, PhD, University of Kentucky, Lexington $20,000 TOTAL FUNDING $201,000 2016 “Effects of Aging, Hearing Loss, and Hearing Aid Compression Settings on Midbrain Processing of Temporal Speech Contrasts” Samira Anderson, AuD, PhD, University of Maryland, College Park, MD $20,000 “The Importance of Coordination for Binaural Cochlear Implant Processors” Justin Aronoff, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL $40,000 See above – Partnered with Aronoff David Landsberger, PhD, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY “Investigation of Salivary Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP) in Vestibular Migraine” John P. Carey, MD, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD $20,000 “Role of Lateral Wall Changes in Hearing Loss After Cochlear Implantation” Lina A.J. Reiss, PhD, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR $20,000 “Molecular Genetic Approaches to Understand the Ontogeny of the Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus” Sarah E. Ross, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA $40,000 “Neurophysiological Indices of Hidden Hearing Loss in Musicians” Erika Skoe, PhD, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT $20,000 “Protective Benefits of Fluvastatin on Noise Induced Hearing Loss in Guinea Pigs and Mice” Virginia Smith-Bronstein, MD, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL $1,000 “The Impact of Outer Hair Cells on Efferent Synaptogenesis” Jing Zheng, PhD, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL $40,000 TOTAL FUNDING $201,000 2015 “Synapsogenesis and Maturation in the Developing Auditory System” Yukako Asai, PhD, Childrens Hospital, Boston, MA $20,000 “Gap Junction-Dependent Ca2+ Signaling in the Cochlea” Dylan Chan, MD, PhD, University of California, San Francisco, CA $20,000 “Studies on Hormone Controlled Endolymphatic Sodium Homeostasis in the Endolymphatic Sac” Andreas Eckhard, MD, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA $20,000 “Plastic Restoration of Inhibitory Cortical Circuits” Charles Lee, PhD, Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge, LA $20,000 “Behavior Frequency Discrimination in Children with Central Auditory Processing Disorder” Christine Rota-Donahue, PhD, Lehman College of the CUNY $20,000 “Intermodal Length Development in Mouse Auditory Brainstem” Armin Seidl, PhD, University of Washington, Seattle, WA $20,000 “Modulation of Cisplatin Ototoxicity by Adenosine Receptor Ligands” Sandeep Sheth, PhD, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL $20,000 “Characterizing Detection Ability of a Hearing Aid on Spectral, Temporal, and Speech Signaling Processing in Bimodal Hearing” Yang-soo Yoon, PhD, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX $20,000 TOTAL FUNDING $160,000 2014 “Zonal Variations in Calyx Properties in the Crista” Katherine Rennie, PhD, University of Colorado, Denver $20,000 “Effects of Dexamethasone on Radiation Induced Auditory Hair Cell and Hearing Losses” Christine Dinh, MD, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine $20,000 “Cellular and Molecular Characterization of a Novel Human Deafness Dominant Mutation in Myosin Illa” M’hamed Grati, PhD, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine $20,000 “Statistical learning from Acoustical Simulations of Cochlear Implants” Tina Grieco-Calub, PhD and Casey Lew-Williams, PhD, Northwestern University $20,000 “Behavioral Testing for Hidden Hearing Loss in Chinchillas: Towards Human Diagnostics” Ann E. Hickox, PhD and Michael G. Heinz, PhD, Purdue University $20,000 “Role of Resident Immune Cells in the Development of Cochlear Innervation” Tejbeer Kaur, MD and Mark Rutherford, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine $20,000 “Central Neurophysiological Markers Underlying Degraded Speech Recognition” Gavin M. Bidelman, PhD, University of Memphis $20,000 CORE GRANT: to be selected August, 2014 $25,000 TOTAL FUNDING $165,000 2013 “Video games as an alternative to traditional auditory training after hearing loss” Noah Ledbetter, PhD, Washington University, St. Louis $20,000 “Innovations in monitoring ototoxic changes using DPOAEs” Sumit Dhar, PhD, Northwestern University; David Klodd, PhD, University of Illinois, Chicago $20,000 “Pilot study of genetic newborn hearing screening” Christina Runge, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee $20,000 “Mechanism of cochlear fibrosis following cochlear electrode implantation trauma” Esperanza Bas Infante, PhD, University of Miami, Florida $20,000 CORE Grant: “Manipulation of Ubiquitin-Proteasome Pathways Leads to Inner Ear Regeneration” Yenfu Cheng, MD, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary $25,000 TOTAL FUNDING $105,000 2012 “Actin metabolism in hearing loss” Benjamin Perrin, PhD, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis $20,000 “Role of En1 in the specification and differentiation of superior olivary complex neurons” Stephen Maricich, MD, PhD, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland $20,000 “Contributions of auditory cortex and inferior colliculus to plasticity in frequency tuning” Shaowen Bao, PhD, University of California, Berkeley $20,000 “The striated organelle in inner ear hair cells: ultrastructural and proteomic studies” Anna Lysakowski, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago $20,000 “Neural correlates of speech envelope and fine structure as evident by the frequency-following response (FFR)” Jong Ho Won, PhD, University of Washington, Seattle $20,000 CORE GRANT: “Characterizing hair cell regeneration in the mouse utricle” Alan Cheng, MD, Stanford University, California $25,000 TOTAL FUNDING $125,000 2011 “Proliferation and differentiation of hair-cell progenitors” Kelvin Kwan, PhD, Harvard Medical School, Boston $20,000 “Regeneration of the central process of spiral ganglion neurons using a cell-based replacement” Zhengqing Hu, MD, PhD, Wayne State University, Detroit $20,000 “Consequences of progressive hearing loss in the auditory brainstem” Amanda Lauer, PhD, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore $20,000 “Identifying genes that specify the cochlear tonotopic gradient” Michael Lovett, PhD, Wasington University School of Medicine, St. Louis $20,000 “Novel optical techniques for investigating active hearing in the mammalian cochlea” Jonathan Fisher, PhD, Rockefeller University, New York $20,000 CORE Grant: “Validity, discriminative ability and sensitivity to change of the HEAR-QL” Tara Rachakonda, MD, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis $25,000 TOTAL FUNDING $125,000 2010 “Alterations in neural processing in the auditory cortex with early noise-induced hearing loss” Sharba Bandyopadhyay, PhD, University of Maryland, College Park $20,000 “Response of supporting cells to hair cell loss in the mammalian cochlea” Angelika Doetzlhofer, PhD, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore $20,000 “Generation and characterization of a mouse model of DFNB26 deafness-causing gene” Saima Riazuddin, PhD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center $20,000 “Cell fate regulation in cochlear development and regeneration” Douglas A. Cotanche, PhD, Boston University School of Medicine $20,000 “Significance of tumor necrosis factor alpha in cisplatin ototoxicity in Vivo” Nicole C. Schmitt, MD, University of Washington, Seattle $20,000 “Biological role of non-muscle myosin IIA in sensory hair cells” Anand N. Mhatre, PhD, New York University School of Medicine CORE GRANT: “Directing spiral ganglion neurite growth on micropatterened methacrylate polymers” Joseph Capt. Clarke, MD, University of Iowa, Des Moines $20,000$25,000 TOTAL FUNDING $145,000 2009 “The role of synucleins in the mammalian cochlea” Lawrence Lustig, MD, University of California, San Francisco $20,000 “Schwann cells in normal and noise damaged cochleas” Donna Whitlon, PhD, Northwestern University, Chicago $20,000 “Neural basis for sensory discrimination and perceptual learning in auditory cortex” Matthew Banks, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison $20,000 “Speech-evoked auditory brainstem responses in normal-hearing and hearing-impaired adults with and without amplification” Lisa Potts, PhD, Washington University, St. Louis $20,000 “A novel stem cell replacement therapy for damaged spiral ganglion neurons” Takako Kondo, PhD, Indiana University, IndianapolisCORE Grant: “In vitro and in vivo response to HDAC inhibitors by vestibular schwannomas” Matthew Bush, MD, of Ohio State University $20,000$25,000 TOTAL FUNDING $125,000 2008 “The Role of KCNQ4 Channels in Progressive Hearing Loss” Liping Nie, PhD, University of California, Davis $20,000 “Prevent and Treat Noise-Induced Hearing Loss by Drugs Blocking T-Type Calcium Channels” Jianxin Bao, PhD, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri $25,000 “Determination of Redox State in Hair Cell Mitochondria” Richard Hallworth, PhD, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska $20,000 “The Effects of Selective Hair Cell Damage on Temporal Envelope Coding in the Auditory Nerve” Michael G. Heinz, PhD, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana $20,000 “Characterization of a de novo Protein Expressed in Mammalian Cochlea” Jing Zheng, PhD, Northwestern University, Illinois $20,000 TOTAL FUNDING $105,000 2007 “Role of Ubiquitin Ligase UBE3B in Regenerating Inner Ears in Response to Noise Trauma” Tzy-Wen Gong, PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor $20,000 “How to Build an Ear: Discovery of FGF-Regulated Hearing Loss Genes” Suzanne Mansour, University of Utah, Salt Lake City $20,000 “Reinnervation of Cochlear Hair Cells by SNG Peripheral Process in Vitro” Qiong Wang, PhD, University of Iowa, Iowa City $20,000 “Structure-Function Relationships in the Auditory Cortex of Good and Poor Readers” Catherine Warrier, PhD, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois $20,000 “Molecular Interactions of Otoferlin Relevant to Deafness” Neeliyath A. Ramakrishnan, PhD, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan $20,000 CORE Grant: “Signal Detection with Cochlear Implants” Ted Meyer, MD, PhD, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston $25,000 Georgia Birtman Grants: “Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials (VEMP)” Timothy C. Hain, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois “Role of Intracellular Signal Transduction Mechanisms on the Regeneration of Spiral Ganglion Neuronal Morphology In Vitro” Donna S. Whitlon, PhD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois $75,000 $75,000 TOTAL FUNDING $275,000 2006 “Adult Stem Cells Therapeutic Vectors In the Mamalian Cochlea” Anand N. Mhatre, PhD, New York University School of Medicine, New York $20,000 “Characterization of the Sensory Hair Cells and Supporting Cells of Zebrafish Mutants: Marginal Zone Deficient and Round Eye” Jonathan Matsui, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Boston, Massachusetts $20,000 “Investigating the Cochlear Function of Myosin-1a, a Newly Identified Deafness Gene” Matthew J. Tyska, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee $20,000 “Transneuronal Analysis of the Auditory Reflex Pathways” Daniel J. Lee, MD, University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Worcester $20,000 “Vestibular Efferent Innervation: Anatomical and Neurochemical Studies” Anna Lysakowski, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois $19,986 “Human Genetics of Age-Related Hearing Loss” Robert D. Frisina, PhD, University of Rochester Medical School, New York (RENEWAL) $18,500 Georgia Birtman Grant: “Electrical Stimulation of Spiral Ganglion Cells” Claus-Peter Richter, MD, PhD, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois $30,209 CORE Grant: “Role of JNK Signaling in the Death of Spiral Ganglion Neurons After Hair Cell Loss” Steven H. Green, PhD, University of Iowa, Iowa City $12,498 TOTAL FUNDING $161,193 2005 “Assessing Audiovisual Sentence Recognition In Children with Sensory Aids” Rachael Frush Holt, PhD Indiana University, Indianapolis $19,904 “CTL@ as the Target of Autoimmune Hearing Loss” Thomas E. Carey, MD, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor $19,961 “Characterization if nAChRs In ES, Progenitor And Differentiated Hair Cells” Barbara J. Morley, PhD, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska $20,000 “Efferent Modulation of Auditory Nerve Activity Via Calcitonin-Gene-Related-Peptide” Colleen G. Le Prell, PhD, Kresge, Hearing Research Institute University of Michigan, Ann Arbor $18,108 “Human Genetics of Age-Related Hearing Loss” Robert D. Frisina, PhD Rochester Institute of Technology, New York $18,500 “Regulation of Auditory Hair Cell Potassium Channels by Auxiliary Beta Submits” R. Keith Duncan, PhD R. Keith Duncan, PhD Kresge Hearing Research Institute University, University of Michigan $20,000 “Prestin Transduction in the Mouse Cochlea” John S. Oghalai, MD,Baylor College, Houston, Texas $20,000 (renewal) CORE Grant: “Role of JNK Signaling in the Death of Spiral Ganglion Neurons After Hair Cell Loss” Steven H. Green, PhD, University of Iowa, Iowa City $25,000 TOTAL FUNDING $149,138 2004 “Ionic Mechanisms Underlying Neuronal Firing in Vestibular Calyx Afferents” Katherine J. Rennie, PhD, University of Colorado, Denver $17,500 “Prestin Transduction in the Mouse Cochlea” John S. Oghalai, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas $17,500 “Reduction of Current Shunt in Cochlear Prosthesis Electrodes” Claus-Peter Richter, MD, PhD, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois $17,500 “Structure of Stereocilia Extracellular Links and Morpholoy of Hair Bundles” Vladimir L. Tsurprun, PhD, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis $18,000 Derlacki Grant: “Repair of the Murine Cochlea After Acoustic Injury” Keiko Hirose, MD, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio $25,000 “Emotional Functioning of Children with Cochlear Implants” Nathan A. Fox, PhD, University of Maryland, College Park $25,000 CORE Grant: Yael Raz, MD, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania $25,000 Georgia Birtman Grant: “Signal Transduction Pathways and Gene Expression in Cholesteatoma” Alastair Lynn-Macrae, MD, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois TOTAL FUNDING $145,000 2003 “Binding of Myosin-1c to Protoins Located at Stereociliary Tips, the Site of Hair-Cell Transduction” Janet L. Cyr, PhD, MD, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown $18,000 “Otocadherin Protein Interactions in Hair Cells” Elizabeth Bryda, PhD, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia $18,000 “Reduction of Current Shunt in Cochlear-Prosthesis Electrodes” Claus-Peter Richter, MD, PhD, Northwestern University Medical School, Evanston, Illinois $18,000 “Release of ATP from Deiters’ Cells” Richard P. Bobbin, PhD, Kresge Hearing Research Laboratories, Louisiana State University, New Orleans $18,000 “Stimulation and Evaluation of a Novel Rehabiliation Scheme for Cochlear Implants Patients” Thomas M. Talavage, PhD, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana $18,000 Eugene L. Derlacki, MD Grant: “Cellular Repair fo the Murine Cochlea After Acoustic Injury” Keiko Hirose, MD, Children’s Hospital, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio $25,000 “Emotional Functioning of Children with Cochlear Implants” Nathan A. Fox, PhD, Institute for Child Study, Dept. of Human Development, University of Maryland, College Park $25,000 Wiley H. Harrison, MD Grant: “Unbiased Stereologic Estimates of Spiral Ganglion Cells and Auditory Nerve Fibers in Normative and Pathologic Human Temporal Bones” Quinton Gopen, MD, Dept. Head & Neck Surgery, U.C.L.A., California $12,500 Georgia Birtman Grant: “Signal Transduction Pathways and Gene Expression in Cholesteatoma” Alastair Lynn-Macrae, MD, Northwestern Memorial Foundation University, Chicago, Illinois $21,923 TOTAL FUNDING $174,423 2002 “Characterization of Investigation of the Defects in the Mouse Mutant” Amers Waltzer, a Model for Usher Syndrome 1F Kumar N. Alagraman, PhD, Case Western Reserve University University Hospitals of Cleveland, Dept. Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Ohio $20,000 “Development of Audiovisual Integration Skills in Deaf Infants Following Cochlear Implantation” Karen Iler Kirk, PhD, Indianapolis, IN., Indiana University School of Medicine, DeVault Otologic Research Laboratory, Indianapolis $19,979 “Effects of Noise on IHc Innervation in the Mouse” Howard W. Francis, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dept. Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Baltimore, Maryland $20,000 “Investigation of Resin Expression and Auditory Function in the Reeler Mouse” Jing Zheng, PhD, Evanston, Northwestern University, Dept. Neurobiology & Physiology, Evanston, Illinois $20,000 “Otolith Function on the Cardiovascular System” Wu Zhou, PhD, University of Mississippi Medical Center, University of Mississippi, Dept. Otolaryngology/Surgery, Jackson $20,000 “Serial Analysis of Gene Expression (SAGE) in Vestibular Schwannomas” Stacey L. Schulze, MD, Milwaukee, Medical College of Wisconsin Dept. Otolaryngology & Communication Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee $16,403 “The Estimation of Auditory Sensitivity in Children Using Steady-State Evoked Potentials (SSEP)” Jill B. Firszt, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin Dept. Otolaryngology & Communication Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee $20,000 TOTAL FUNDING $134,482 2001 “Basiliar Membrane Mechanics in the Bird Cochlea” Dr. Claus-Peter Richter, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois $14,415 “Characterization of Prion Protein (PrP) – Induced Hearing Loss and its Pathophysiology In Transgenic Mice” Anand Mhatre, PhD, University of California, San Francisco $20,000 “Development of Prestin Protein Expression in Gerbil Cochlea” Jing Zheng, PhD, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois $20,000 “Structural and Functional Effects of Age on the Cochlea of the C7BL/6J Mouse” Howard W. Francis, MD, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland $20,000 “The Development of Auditory Pathways Following Cochlear Implantation” Anu Sharma, PhD, Arizona State University, Tempe $20,000 “Vestibular Contributions to Postural Stability During Voluntary Head Movements” Jane Macpherson, PhD, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland $20,000 TOTAL FUNDING $114,435 2000 “Anatomy of the Inner Hair Cell Stereocilla-tectorial Membrane Comples and its Micromechanics” Dr. Claus-Peter Richter, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois $14,439 “ATP and Intense Sound” Richard P. Bobbin, PhD, Louisiana State University Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans $15,000 “Acoustic Response of Vestibular Afferents” John Carey, MD, Lloyd Minor, MD, Johns Hopkins University of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland $13,993 “Behavioral Assessment of Olivocochlear Function in Mice” Cynthia A. Prozen, PhD, Northern Michigan University, Marquette $20,000 “Lymphocyte Markers in Meniere’s Disease” Richard J. Wiet, MD, Evanston Northwestern Health Care System, Evanston, Illlinois $14,500 “Positional Closing of the Mouse Deafness, Gene Spinner” David C. Kohrman, PhD, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor $20,000 “Recovery of Speech Perception After Left Hemispherectomy” Dana Boatman, PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland $19,945 “Structural and Functional Effects of Age on Cochlea of the C57BL/6J Mouse” Howard W. Francis, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland $20,000 TOTAL FUNDING $137,877 1999 “ATP and Intense Sound” Richard P. Bobbin, PhD, Louisiana State University, New Orleans $15,000 “Acoustic Responses of Vestibular Afferents: Implications for Superior Canal Dehiscence Syndrome” John P. Carey, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland $14,998 “Anatomy of the Inner Ear Cell Stereociliatectorial Membrane Complex and its Micromechanics” Claus-Peter Richter, MD, PhD, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois $13,867 “A Reverse-Genetic Screen in the Zebrafish for Genes Necessary for Vertebrate Ear Development” Richard Kollmar, PhD, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY $15,000 “Behavioral Assessment of Olivocochlear Function in Mice” Cynthia A. Prozen, PhD, Northern Michigan University, Marquette $15,000 “Stimulation Strategies for Users of Auditory Brainstem Implants” Mario V. Svirsky, PhD, Indiana University, Indianapolis $14,932 “Temporal Processing in the Auditory Cortex of Subjects with Ototoxicity-Induced Hearing Loss” Xiaoqin Wang, PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland $15,100 TOTAL FUNDING $103,897 1998 “Anatomy of the Inner Hair Cell Sterocilla-tectorial Membrane Complex and its Michomechanics” Dr. Claus-Peter Richter, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois $13,894 “Binaural Interaction at Cochlear and Brainstem Levels: Changes with Aging” Linda J. Hood, PhD, Louisiana State University, New Orleans $15,000 “Cellular Mechanism of Noise-induced Sensory-Cell Hearing Loss” Jonathan H. Siegel, PhD, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois $14,074 “An Autologous Fibrin Tissue Adhesive With Greater Bonding Power” Karl H. Siedentop, MD, University of Illinois, Chicago $5,283 “Genetic Characterization of a Mouse Model for Inherited Deafness” Elizabeth Bryda, PhD, Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, West Virginia $15,000 “Localization and Pathogenesis of Auditory Dysfunction in the Jaundiced Gunn Rat” Arisides Sismanis, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond $15,000 “The Localization and Isolation of Non-Syndromic Hearing Loss Genes” Suzanne M. Leal, PhD, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY $15,000 “The Role of Oxidative Stress and Neurotrophin Deprivation in a Mouse Model of Age-related Hearing Loss” Hinrich Staecker, MD, PhD, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Boston $15,000 TOTAL FUNDING $108,251 1997 “Acoustic Reflex Decay for Modulated Signals” Joseph W. Hall, III, PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill $16,600 “Cellular Mechanism of Noise-Induced Sensory-cell Hearing Loss” Jonathan H. Siegel, PhD, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois $14,735 “Characterization of the Mammalian Inner Ear Water Channels: Physiological Function and Putative Implication in Inner Ear Disorders” Anil K. Lalwani, MD, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco $15,000 “Factors Affecting the Intelligibility of Speech for Hearing impaired People: Implications for Multi-Channel Compression in Hearing Aids” Robert W. Peters, PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill $15,238 “Neurophysiologic Encoding of Speech Signals in Noise” Cynthia D. King, PhD, Northwestern University, Evanston $15,000 “Ototoxicity in Patients on Renal Dialysis” Timothy C. Hain, MD, Northwestern University, Chicago $15,000 “Role of Neurotrophins in Cochlear and Vestibular Ganglia Development” Paulette Bernd, PhD, State University of New York, Brooklyn $15,000 “Therapies to Prevent Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Experimental Pneumococcal Meningitis” Jamie M. Rappaport, MD, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada $15,000 TOTAL FUNDING $121,573 1996 “Acoustic Reflex Decay for Modulated Signals” Joseph W. Hall, III, PhD, North Carolina University, Chapel Hill $16,600 “Aging and Binaural Hearing” Janet Koehnke, PhD, University of South Alabama, Mobile $12,900 “Congenital Hearing Loss and Hair Cell Regeneration” Brenda M. Ryals, PhD, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia $14,992 “Cytoskeletal Development During Hair Cell” Morphogenesis Peter S. Steyger, PhD, Legacy Good Smaritan Hospital & Medical Center, Portland, OR $15,000 “Efferent Suppression of Otoacoustic Emissions: Age Effects” Linda J. Hood, PhD, Louisiana State University Medical School, New Orleans $15,000 “Factors Affecting the Intelligibility of Speech for Hearing Impaired People: Implications for Multi-channel Compression in Hearing Aids” Robert W. Peters, PhD, North Carolina University, Chapel Hill $13,638 “Immunohistochemical Localization of Growth Factors in Otosclerosis” Robert W. Jyung, MD, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Boston $15,000 “Localization of Nitric Oxide Synthase in the Auditory Brainstem” Michael D. McGinn, PhD, University of California at Davis $15,000 “Neurotrophins and Regeneration of the Vestibuloauditory System” Debra M. Don, MD, University of California at Los Angeles $14,500 “Regeneration of the Avian Tectorial Membrane” Douglas A. Cotanche, PhD, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts $13,266 “Role of Neurotrophins in Cochlear and Vestibular Ganglia Development” Paulette Bernd, PhD, Columbia University, Brooklyn, New York $15,000 TOTAL FUNDING $160,896 Share and Enjoy ! 0 SHARES 0 0 Making new discoveries possible for more than 60 years AHRF funds novel research to better understand and overcome hearing and balance disorders of the inner ear Useful Links Media Center Meniere’s Disease Tinnitus stay connected American Hearing Research Foundation 275 N. York Street, Suite 201 Elmhurst, IL 60126 (630) 617-5079 info@american-hearing.org © 2021 American Hearing Research Foundation