Auditory Research for Otorhinolaryngology
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Thomas D. Parsons, V.M.D., Ph.D. PhotoHTMLEmail
  • Interests:  Cellular/molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission and vesicle transport.
  • Current Research:  Role of hair cell neurotransmission in hearing.
Michael Anne Gratton, Ph.D. Email 
Department of Otorhinolaryngology 
  • Interests:  Lateral Wall Homeostasis
  • Current Research:  Basement membrane pathology in hearing loss
Michael Ruckenstein, M.D. Email 
Department of Otorhinolaryngology 
  • Interests:  Immunologic basis of hearing loss
  • Current Research:  Immunologic and auto-immune mechanisms of hearling loss
Sheldon A. Steinberg, V.M.D., D.M.Sc.Photo Email 
School of Veterinary Medicine 
  • Interests:  Mechanisms of genetic hearing loss
  • Current Research:  Characterize the electrophysiologic and pathologic features of deafness in the Nervous Pointer dog


  • Collaborative Faculty 
      Dr. Bryan Crenshaw, Neuroscience Email 
      Dr. J. Carl Oberholtzer, Pathology Email 
      Dr. James H. Eberwine, Pharmacology Email