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Grantee News

Penn State study shows aphasia may not solely be a language disorder
Pennsylvania State University (03/29/2017)
NIH grant aims to improve naming in people with aphasia
Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute (03/21/2017)
Research suggests diagnostic approach for veterans suffering hearing impairment and related brain injury from mild blast trauma
Purdue University (03/16/2017)
Addressing estimated hearing loss in adults in 2060
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine via JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (03/02/2017)
High-tech study aims to see how deaf infants with cochlear implants learn words
Ohio State University Wexler Medical Center (02/27/2017)
Antibiotics used to treat cystic fibrosis significantly increase risk of permanent hearing loss
Oregon Health & Science University (02/24/2017)
Drug treatment could combat hearing loss: Researchers discover a drug combination that can regenerate hair cells in the inner ear
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (02/21/2017)
Scientists unlock ability to generate new sensory hair cells
Brigham and Women's Hospital (02/21/2017)
Second cause of hearing loss identified: University of Michigan researchers report a new, unexpected cause for "hidden hearing loss"
University of Michigan Kresge Hearing Research Institute (02/17/2017)
Potential new causes for the odor-producing disorder TMAU: Exome sequencing provides insight into diagnostic criteria for rare metabolic disorder
Monell Center (02/15/2017)
A better carrier: New gene-delivery therapy restores partial hearing, balance in deaf mice
Harvard Medical School (01/27/2017)
UC Riverside researchers identify receptor that has key role in umami or amino acid taste in insects
University of California, Riverside (01/23/2017)
Reading picture books with children holds promise for treating common language disorder
University of Kansas (01/18/2017)
Wayne State University research team develops new diagnostic tool to identify tinnitus in animals
Wayne State University (01/18/2017)
The dyslexia paradox: Differences in how the brain adapts to sights and sounds could be at the root of reading disorder
Boston University (12/21/2016)