This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173) will support research on the genetic causes of adult-onset hearing loss. The $676,533 award to the University of Pennsylvania aims to elucidate the role of the ZNF175/ZFP719 gene in pathogenic mechanisms leading to hearing loss, including investigating its effects on auditory synapses, ion...
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) awarded a $521,432 Project Grant under the CFDA 93.173 Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program to the University of Rochester. The grant supports the development of a new computational model of the human auditory subcortex that integrates binaural processing and efferent gain control to investigate masking in complex sounds for both normal-hearing and hearing-impaired listeners. The research...
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) awarded a $415,743 Project Grant under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173) to Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). The 5-year grant, effective February 1, 2025, will support research to investigate the role of macrophages in the development, homeostasis, and repair of the tympanic membrane (eardrum). The project aims to characterize the origin and function of...
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) awarded a $262,001 Project Grant under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173) to The Regents of the University of Colorado, doing business as the University of Colorado-Denver. The grant, which runs from September 30, 2024 to April 30, 2026, will fund research to investigate the underlying causes of "hidden" age-related hearing loss, which affects sound...
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) awarded a $115,707 Project Grant under the CFDA 93.173 Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program to the Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia (UVA). The grant supports research investigating how phospholipid homeostasis regulates hair cell function and health, using mouse models deficient in the phospholipid flippase ATP8B1 or its cofactor TMEM30B. The research aims to uncover the...
This federal Project Grant award of $610,725.00 was provided by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173). The grant will fund research at the University of Pittsburgh to investigate physiological mechanisms that contribute to suprathreshold deficits in speech understanding for individuals with sensorineural hearing loss. The key research activities include:...
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173), awarded a $589,393 Project Grant to Northwestern University to support research on the development of cochlear innervation. The goal is to elucidate how the neural circuit in the mammalian cochlea assembles during development, by altering the identity of certain cell types involved. Through this project, the researchers will...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), under the CFDA program "Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders" (93.173), provides $461,250 to Yale University to conduct an immunological investigation of Meniere's disease. The research aims to confirm preliminary data showing innate and adaptive immune cell infiltration of labyrinthine tissue in Meniere's disease, providing evidence for an autoimmune basis...
This Project Grant award was provided by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173) to The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). The $145,642 award, which began on September 1, 2024 and is scheduled to conclude on May 31, 2025, will support research investigating mitochondrial dysfunction as a driver of stria vascularis degeneration and inflammation in age-related...
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) awarded a $1,277,317 Project Grant under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173) to the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). The award period runs from August 15, 2024 through May 31, 2029. The grant supports research to investigate the relationship between autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and auditory system deficits, with a focus on the role of neuronal and immune...