Otolaryngology

Research Topics

• Function of the Cerebellar-brainstem loop in motor control, spatial orientation and motor learning

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• Utility of auditory evoked cortical responses in the pediatric population
• Electrocochleography as an indicator of cochlear trauma
• Use of auditory brainstem implants in children with cochlear nerve disorders

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• Noise-induced hearing loss (occupational and non-occupational)
• Auditory physiology
• Cochlear biomechanics
• Acoustics

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• How perceptual and cognitive abilities interact to determine relative benefits of sensory devices for children with moderate to profound sensorineural hearing loss

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• Bilateral and unilateral cochlear implants in adults and children
• Asymmetric hearing and unilateral hearing loss
• Speech recognition
• Behavioral and electrophysiologic measures with electrical stimulation and optimization of speech processor mapping

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• Innate immunity in the inner ear and its influence on inner ear fluid homeostasis and hair cell degeneration

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• Idiopathic subglottic stenosis
• Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis
• Hearing impairments caused by voice disorders

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• Unilateral hearing loss in children
• Hearing loss and cognition

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• Hearing loss
• Aging
• Cognition
• Audiology

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• Age-related hearing loss and cognitive aging, and how they interact

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• Inflammation of the parotid gland and obstruction of duct
• Normal salivary gland and duct anatomy

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• Role of genetics in the form and progression of age-related hearing loss (ARHL)
• Role of genetics in the form and severity of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL)

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• Language and literacy development in children with cochlear implants

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• Molecular mechanisms responsible for development of senescence and dysfunction of T cells in different diseases

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• Tinnitus
• Cancer
• Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT)

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• Electrophysiologic measures of the auditory nerve and binaural processing

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• Mechanisms that underlie the growth, development, and spread of head and neck cancers

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• Sensory Synaptic Neurophysiology
• Action Potential Generation
• Auditory System

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• Sensory hair cells

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• Development of speech recognition and discourse comprehension tests
• Cognitive functions underlying speech recognition and audiovisual integration

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• Speech perception by hearing-impaired listeners, especially cochlear implant users
• Perception of talker-specific properties of speech by cochlear implant users, perception of suprasegmental speech characteristics and its relation to learning words
• Psychoacoustic abilities of cochlear implant users and of persons with unilateral hearing loss

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• Development and regeneration of sensory receptors and afferent neurons in the inner ear

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• Role of the vestibulo-cerebellum in motor control, balance and spatial navigation