Research Websites

Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery with research and applied development in the fields of normal and diseased hearing, equilibrium, smelling and taste.

Provides research and applied care in the fields of Hearing, Dizziness, and Balance.

Part of Boston University. Offers a web-based resource that combines on-line computational models with a data warehouse.

Provides details of staff and projects, and includes the "Rock Around the Clock Hair Cell Video".

Provides professional training, clinical services, conducts research and educates the public on issues related to communication disorders.

Undertakes medical bionics research, working to improve communication for people with hearing loss by improving the interface between the world of sound and the central auditory nervous system.

At the University Hospital and University of Zurich. Investigating the functional properties of the auditory system, treating hearing impairment through the use of digital hearing instruments and microelectronic implantable auditory prostheses.

Unit within the Medical Research Council. It conducts research into hearing and hearing disorders and aims to translate the results into clinical practice.

NAL is a research division of Australian Hearing, and undertakes scientific investigations into hearing. Includes information on research projects, publications, products and tools.

Undertakes interdisciplinary studies aimed at understanding the genetic basis of deafness, the development of the inner ear, the regeneration of auditory hair cells and many other related topics.

Includes details of the members of the group with research interests and publications.

Investigates physiological measurement techniques for the identification and assessment of hearing impairment in infants and young children. Includes clinical applications, and a description of auditory evoked potentials.

Undertaking research into the causes, prevention, assessment and treatment of communication disorders.

Research areas include brainstem and inner ear interactions, the genetic basis of deafness and the causes of syndromic and non-syndromic forms of hearing loss.

Research is focused on pediatric diagnostics, amplification and rehabilitation, adult aural rehabilitation, acoustic signal processing, speech communication and hearing science.

Research is focused on personality and socio-demographic factors influencing adjustment to hearing loss among older people.

Provides details of the research programs being undertaken.

Applies cellular, physiological and behavioral methods to investigate vestibular systems.

Research in the clinical and behavioral labs is focused on physical acoustics, psychoacoustics, hearing, language development, speech production, auditory perception and cochlear implants.

Undertakes research to uncover the genetic, molecular and cellular mechanisms of the vestibular/balance system.

Provides information on an international research project to develop specially composed music for the therapy and treatment of hospital patients. Includes articles on various applications in the hospital environment and research publications.

Organization set up to fund research projects related to hearing and balance disorders and to help educate the public. Includes factsheets on a range of disorders and information on how to apply for grants.

Research is centered on auditory and vestibular function in both normal subjects and in patients with hearing or balance disorders.

At the University of Manchester. Undertakes research that provides direct benefit to people who have a hearing dysfunction and delivers improved services in health care and education for adults and children with a hearing loss.