2024 Grantee News Items

Trial shows alcohol-mimicking medication can give laryngeal dystonia patients back their voice
Massachusetts Eye and Ear (11/20/2024)
St. Jude researchers identify unexpected genetic link between skin disorder and inner ear
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (11/18/2024)
Second gene therapy shows promise for syndrome involving blindness, deafness
Harvard Medical School (11/15/2024)
Study sheds light on language development in children with hearing loss
University of Miami (11/14/2024)
Deaf male mosquitoes don’t mate
University of California, Santa Barbara (11/04/2024)
Adding vagus nerve stimulation to training sessions may boost how well sounds are perceived
New York University (10/09/2024)
UMD scientists uncover geckos’ auditory ‘sixth sense’
University of Maryland (10/04/2024)
When we cannot hear our own speech, even temporarily, ability to speak is impaired: McGill study
McGill University (10/04/2024)
Demographic factors impact the rate of hearing decline across the adult lifespan
Medical University of South Carolina via Communications Medicine (08/30/2024)
Iowa researchers identify approaches for how people recognize words
University of Iowa (08/29/2024)
Children with developmental disabilities less likely to receive gold-standard hearing assessment
Vanderbilt University (08/23/2024)
Researcher finds sound progress in babies’ speech development
University of Texas at Dallas (08/23/2024)
Lip reading activates brain regions similar to real speech
University of Michigan (08/16/2024)
New brain-computer interface allows man with ALS to ‘speak’ again
University of California, Davis (08/14/2024)
UC Irvine-led team reveals how TREM2 genetic mutation affects late-onset Alzheimer’s
University of California, Irvine (08/06/2024)