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JAMES C. SAUNDERS

Contact Information:

5 Ravdin - ORL
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  l9l04
Telephone:  (215) 898-7504
FAX:  (215) 898-7504
E-Mail:  Saunderj@mail.med.upenn.edu

Education:

  • 1967 - 1968
 Ph.D. Princeton University  (Psychology)
  • 1965 - 1967
 M.A. Princeton University  (Psychology)
  • 1963 - 1965
 M.A. Connecticut College  (Psychology)
  • 1959 - 1963
 B.A. Ohio Wesleyan University (Psychology)

Postgraduate Training and Fellowship Appointments:

  • 1984 - 1985
 American-Scandinavian Foundation Fellow Stockholm, Sweden
  • 1984 - 1985
 Visiting Scientist Fellowship Swedish Medical Research Council, 
Stockholm, Sweden
  • 1970
 Summer Fellowship Department of Physiology, 
University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
  • 1968 - 1969
 NIH Postdoctoral Fellow Auditory Research Laboratory, 
Princeton University

Faculty Appointments:

  • 1993 - Present
 Joint Appointment as Professor of Neuroscience Department of Neuroscience, 
University of Pennsylvania
  • 1989 - Present
 Professor of Research Otorhinolaryngology and Physiology Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery,  University of Pennsylvania
  • 1984 - 1985
 Guest Researcher Department of Physiology II, 
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 1979 - Present
 Director, Auditory Research Laboratories University of Pennsylvania
  • 1979 - 1989
 Associate Professor of Research Otorhinolaryngology and Physiology Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Human Communication, University of Pennsylvania
  • 1973 - 1979
 Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology and Physiology Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Human Communication, University of Pennsylvania
  • 1977 - 1979
 Research Associate Veterans Administration Hospital of Philadelphia
  • 1975 - 1977
 Associate to the Medical Staff Philadelphia General Hospital
  • 1972 - 1973
 Research Associate Central Institute for the Deaf, 
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
  • 1969 - 1972
 Lecturer Assistant Professor Department of Psychology, 
Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Administrative Appointments:

  • 1983 - 1988
 Associate Director Institute of Neurological Sciences, 
University of Pennsylvania
  • 1980 - 1983
 Acting Director Institute of Neurological Sciences, 
University of Pennsylvania

Awards and Honors:

  • 1997 
 Class of 2000 Excellence in Teaching Award University of Pennsylvania
  • 1996 
 Class of 1999 Excellence in Teaching Award University of Pennsylvania
  • 1995 
 Who's Who in America
  • 1992 
 Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award University of Pennsylvania
  • 1990 
 Deans Award for Teaching Excellence in the Medical School University of Pennsylvania
  • 1988
 Claude Pepper Seven-Year Research Award National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Award for Research Excellence
  • 1982 
 Basic Science Research Award Pennsylvania Academy of Otolaryngology
  • 1978, 1987
 Award for Basic Research in Otolaryngology American Academy of Otolaryngology
  • 1979
 Honorary M. S. Degree University of Pennsylvania

Membership in Scientific and Professional Societies:

  • National Societies:
 American Association for the Advancement of Science 
The Society of Sigma Xi 
The Acoustical Society of America 
The Association for Research in Otolaryngology 
The Society for Neuroscience 
New York Academy of Science 
American Academy of Otolaryngology 
Society of General Physiologists 
Centurians of the Deafness Research Foundation
  • Local Societies:
 The Institute of Neurological Sciences 
The John Morgan Society 
The Philadelphia Chapter of the Neurosciences Society

Positions Editorial:

  • 1994 - Present
 Editorial Review Board Hearing Research
  • 1980 - Present
 Editorial Review Board Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
  • 1978 - 1992
 Editorial Review Board American Journal of Otolaryngology
  • 1977 - 1979
 Editorial Consultant Journal of Speech and Hearing Research
  • Invited Reviewer:
 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 
Physiology and Behavior 
Ear and Hearing 
Developmental Brain Research 
Science 
Brain Research 
Scanning Electron Microscopy 
Hearing Research 
Quarterly Journal of Biology 
Anatomy and Embryology 
Journal of Comparative Neurology 
Neuroscience Letters 
Otolaryngology: Head And Neck Surgery 
Journal of Otolaryngology 
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.

Consultation and Professional Service:

  • 1995
 Member, NIDCD Special Emphasis Review Panel for RTC's
  • 1994
 Chairman, Evaluation Panel on NIDCD Research Training
  • 1993 - Present
 Member, Medical Advisory Board, National Organization for Hearing Research
  • 1990 - 1993
 Member of the Psychological and Physiological Section Technical Committee, Acoustical Society of America
  • 1990
 Organizing Committee, Spring Meeting of the Acoustic Society of America, College Park, PA
  • 1989 - Present
 Chairman and Member of Various Ad Hoc Review Panels and Special Review Panels of the NIDCD
  • 1989 - 1994
 Legal Consultant on the Effects of Hearing Loss from Noise Exposure in the Railroad Industry
  • 1988 - 1994
 Member, Internal Advisory Group, Cardiopulmonary Sleep Disorders Center, University of Pennsylvania
  • 1988 - 1991
 Council Member of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology
  • 1987 - 1990
 Consultant for Program Project Grant, "Auditory Mechanisms", Kresge Hearing Research Laboratory of the South, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA
  • 1987 - 1989
 Member of the Communicative Disorders Review Committee, NINCDS-NIDCD
  • 1986 - 1989
 Member of the Executive Committee on Hearing and Biological Acoustic, National Research Council
  • 1983 - Present
 Session Moderator Association for Research in Otolaryngology Mid-Winter Meeting
  • 1981 - 1984
 Chairman of the review section on the "Anatomical Effects of Noise" for the NINCDS Contract: "Analytic Review of the Effects of Noise of Hearing" to Dr. J. Mills, Medical University of South Carolina

Principal Investigator of Grants (Current):

  • 1995 - 1997
 "Sound Motion Detection by Auditory Cortex Cells," Pennsylvania Lions Hearing Research Foundation
  • 1996 - 2001
 "Hair-Cell Pathophysiology," NIDCD
  • 1997 - 2000
 "Protein Synthesis in Damaged Hair Cells," Pennsylvania Lions Hearing Research Foundation
  • 1997
 "Otoacoustic Emissions in the Sound-Damaged Chick Ear," University Research Foundation

Academic Committees at the University of Pennsylvania (Current and Recent):

1997  Chair Elect, Medical School Faculty Senate
1997  Academic Review Comm., Neuroscience Graduate Group
1997 Academic Review Committee, Neuroscience Graduate Group
1996 Ad Hoc Member, Academic Freedom and Responsibility Committee
1996 Search Committee:  Director Institute of Neurological Sciences
1993 - Present Membership Review Committee Institute of Neurological Sciences
1986 - Present Sprague Lecturer Selection Committee,
Chairman, 1989 - Present
1985 - Present Chairman, Flexner Prize Selection Committee
1983 - Present Member, Neuroscience Graduate Group
1979 - Present Member, Bioengineering Graduate Group
1979 - Present Member, Physiology Graduate Group
1979 - Present Member, Department Appointments and Promotions Committee

Bibliography (for the past 10 years):

Research Publications, Peer Reviewed:

  1. Vrettakos, P. A., Dear, S. P. & Saunders, J. C.  Middle-ear structure in the chinchilla:  A quantitative study.  American Journal of Otolaryngology, 1988, 9, 58 - 67.
  2. Luft, J. D., Rosen, M. R., DeVito, M. A. & Saunders, J. C.  Changes in hair bundle stiffness on cochlear hair cells following overstimulation and ototoxic injury.  Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, 1988, 40, 770 - 775.
  3. Henry, W. J., Makaretz, M., Saunders, J. C., Schneider, M. D. & Vrettakos, P.  Hair cell loss and regeneration after exposure to intense sound in neonatal chicks.  Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, 1988, 98, 607 - 611.
  4. Guttenplan, M., Jenkins, O. H. & Saunders, J. C.  Structural changes in hair cells after incubation in tissue culture medium.  Hearing Research, 1989, 43, 47 - 54.
  5. McFadden, E. A. & Saunders, J. C.  Recovery of auditory function following intense sound exposure in the neonatal chick.  Hearing Research, 1989, 41, 205 - 216.
  6. Saunders, J. C. & Szymko, Y. M.  The design, calibration and use of a water microjet for stimulating hair cell sensory hair bundles.  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1989, 86, 1797 - 1804.
  7. Marsh, R. R., Xu, L., Moy, J. P. & Saunders, J. C.  Recovery of the basilar papilla following intense sound exposure in the chick.  Hearing Research, 1990, 46, 229 - 238.
  8. Saunders, J. C., Cohen, Y. E. & Szymko, Y. M.  The structural and functional consequences of acoustic injury in the cochlea and peripheral auditory system:  A five year update.  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1991, 90, 136 - 146.
  9. Cohen, Y. E., Rubin, D. M. & Saunders, J.  C.  Middle-Ear development:  I. Extra-stapedius response in the neonatal chick.  Hearing Research, 1992, 58, 1 - 8.
  10. Cohen, Y. E., Hernandez, H. N. & Saunders, J. C.  Middle-ear development.  II:  Structural development of the chick middle ear.  Journal of Morphology, 1992, 212, 257 - 267.
  11. Cohen, Y. E., Bacon, C. K. & Saunders, J. C.  Middle-ear development.  III:  Morphometric changes in the conducting apparatus of the Mongolian gerbil.  Hearing Research, 1992, 62, 187 - 193.
  12. Saunders, J. C., Adler, H. J. & Pugliano, F. A.  The structural and functional aspects of hair cell regeneration in the chick as a result of exposure to intense sound.  Experimental Neurology, 1992, 115, 13 - 17.
  13. Szymko, Y. M., Dimitri, P. S. & Saunders, J. C.  Stiffness of hair bundles in the chick cochlea.  Hearing Research, 1992, 59, 241 - 249.
  14. Adler, H. J. Kenealy, J. F. X., DeDio, R. M. & Saunders, J. C.  Threshold shift, hair cell loss and hair bundle stiffness following exposure to 120 and 125 dB pure tones in the neonatal chick.  Acta Otolaryngology, 1992, 112, 444 - 454.
  15. Cohen, Y. E. & Saunders, J. C.  The effects of sound overexposure on the spectral response patterns of nucleus magnocellularis in the neonatal chick.  Experimental Brain Research, 1993, 95, 202 - 212.
  16. Adler, H. J., Poje, C. P. & Saunders, J. C.  Recovery of auditory function and structure in the chick after two intense pure tone exposures.  Hearing Research, 1993, 71, 214, 224.
  17. Saunders, J. C., Doan, D. E. & Cohen, Y. E.  The contribution of middle-ear sound conduction to auditory development.  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 1993, 106A, 7 - 13.
  18. Saunders, J. C., Torsiglieri, A. & DeDio, R.  The growth of hearing loss in neonatal chicks exposed to intense pure tones.  Hearing Research, 1993, 69, 25 - 34.
  19. Cohen, Y. E., Doan, D. E., Rubin, D. M. & Saunders, J. C.  Middle-ear development.  V.  Development of umbo sensitivity in gerbil.  American Journal of Otolaryngology, 1993, 14, 191 - 198.
  20. Pugliano, F. A., Pribitikin, E., Adler, H. J. & Saunders, J. C.  Growth of evoked potential amplitude in neonatal chicks exposed to intense sound.  Acta Otolaryngologica, 1993, 113, 18 - 25.
  21. Pugliano, F. A., Wilcox, T., Rossiter, J. & Saunders, J. C.  Recovery of auditory structure and function in neonatal chicks exposed to intense sound for eight days.  Neuroscience Letters, 1993, 51, 214 - 218.
  22. Cohen, Y. E., & Saunders, J. C.  The effect of acoustic overexposure on the tonotopic organization of the nucleus magnocellularis.  Hearing Research, 1994, 81, 11 - 21.
  23. Doan, D. E., Cohen, Y. E. & Saunders, J. C.  Middle-ear development:  IV.  Umbo motion in neonatal mice.  Journal of Comparative Physiology, 1994, 174, 103 - 110.
  24. Pae, S. S. & Saunders, J. C.  Intra- and extracellular calcium modulates stereocilia stiffness on chick cochlear hair cells.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, (U.S.A.), 1994, 91, 1153 - 1157.
  25. Zimmer, W. M.,  Rosin, D. F. & Saunders, J. C.  Middle-ear development VI: Maturation of the rat conducting apparatus.  Anatomical Record, 1994, 239, 475 - 484.
  26. Adler, H. J. & Saunders, J. C.  Hair cell replacement in the avian inner ear following two exposures to intense sound.  Journal of Neurocytology, 1995, 24, 111 - 116.
  27. Szymko, Y. M. & Saunders, J. C.  Transduction studies in isolated cells of the chick cochlear.  Neuroscience Research Communications, 1995, 16, 129 - 136.
  28. Duncan, K. R., Hernandez, H. N. & Saunders, J. C.  Relative stereocilia motion of chick cochlear hair cells during high-frequency water-jet stimulation.  Journal of Auditory Neuroscience, 1995, 1, 321 - 329.
  29. Poje, C. P., Sewell, D. A. & Saunders, J. C.  The effects of exposure to intense sound on the DC endocochlear potential in the chick.  Hearing Research, 1995, 82, 197 - 204.
  30. Szymko, Y. M., Nelson, P. M. & Saunders, J. C.  Stiffness changes in chick hair bundles following in vitro overstimulation.  Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 1995, 176, 727 - 735.
  31. Lopez-Reyna, C. E., Bagla, R., Lombard, K. M. & Saunders, J. C.  The development of a masking device for tinnitus patients.  Proceedings 14th Southern, Biomedical Engineering Conference, 1995, 14, 9 - 11.
  32. Davis, J. G., Oberholtzer, J. C., Burns, F. R., Saunders, J. C., Lee, A. M., Eberwine, J. H. & Greene, M. I.  Use of the Teleost saccule to identify genes involved in inner ear function.  DNA and Cell Biology, 1995, 14, 833 - 839.
  33. Bigelow, D. C., Swanson, P. B. & Saunders, J. C.  The effect of tympanic membrane perforation on umbo velocity in the rat.  The Laryngoscope, 1996, 106, 71 - 76.
  34. Doan, D. E., Igic, P. & Saunders, J. C.  Middle-ear development VII:  Umbo velocity in the neonatal rat.  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1996, 99, 1566 - 1572.
  35. Doan, D. E., Erulkar, J. S. & Saunders, J. C.  Functional changes in the aging mouse middle ear.  Hearing Research, 1996, 97, 174 - 177.
  36. Erulkar, J. S., O'Brien, D. A. & Saunders, J. C.  Hair bundle morphology on surviving hair cells of the chick basilar papilla exposed to intense sound.  Scanning Microscopy, 1996, 10, 1127 - 1141.
  37. Saunders, J. C., Doan, D. E., Poje, C. P. & Fisher, K. A.  Cochlear nerve activity after intense sound exposure in neonatal chicks.  Journal of Neurophysiology, 1996, 76, 770 - 787.
  38. Dyce, O., Duncan, K. R. & Saunders, J. C.  Low calcium abolishes tip-links and alters relative stereocilia motion in chick cochlear hair cells.  Hearing Research, 1997.  Submitted.
  39. Doan, D. E. & Saunders, J. C.  Directional sound motion sensitivity in the rat primary auditory cortex.  Journal of Neurophysiology, 1997, Submitted.
  40. Bigelow, D. C., Kay, D. & Saunders, J. C.  The effects of healed tympanic membrane perforations on umbo velocity in the rat.  Annals Otology, Laryngology and Rhinology, 1998, In Press.
  41. Chin, K., Kurian, R. & Saunders, J. C.  Histological development of the chick tympanic membrane.  Journal of Morphology, 1997, 233, 257 - 266.
  42. Duncan, R. K., Eisen, M. D. & Saunders, J. C.  Distal separation of chick cochlear hair cell stereocilia: Analysis of contact constraint models.  Hearing Research, 1998, Submitted.
  43. Eisen, M. D., Duncan, R. K. & Saunders, J. C.  Asymmetric motion of sensory hair bundles on tall hair cells in the chick cochlea.  Hearing, 1998, Submtted.
  44. Lifshitz, J., Altman, K. & Saunders, J. C.  Spatial distribution of cochlear nerve activity in the sound-damaged chick cochlea.  Journal of Neurophysiology, 1998, In Preparation.
  45. Plontke, S. K.-R., Lifshitz, J. & Saunders, J. C.  Rate-intensity coding in the cochlear nerve of chick exposed to intense sound.  Journal of Neuroscience, 1998, In Preparation.
  46. Adler, H. J., Cohen, Y. E., Smullen, S., Kazahaya, K. & Saunders, J. C.  Morphometric changes in the chick nucleus magnocellularis following acoustic overstimulation.  Journal of Comparative Neurology
  47. Werner, Y. L., Montgomery, L. G., Safford, S. D., Igic, P., & Saunders, J. C.  How body size afects middle-ear structure and function and auditory sensitivity in Gekkonoid lizards.  Journal of Experimental Biology, 1998, In Press.
  48. Phippard, D., Lu, L., Lee, D., Saunders, J. C. & Crenshaw, E. B. III.  Targeted mutogenesis of the Pou-domain gene, Brn 4/Pou3f4, causes developmental defects in the inner ear.  Development, 1998, Submitted.

Editorials, Reviews, Chapters:

  1. Saunders, J. C. & Henry, W. J.  The peripheral auditory system of birds:  Structural and functional contributions to auditory perception.  In:  R. J. Dooling & W. M. Hulse (Eds.), Contributions to Auditory Perception in Animals.  Collingswood, N. J.:  L. w. Earlbaum, 1988, 31 - 62.
  2. Canlon, B., Corwin, J., Pujoe, R., Saunders, J. C., Schacht, J., van de Water, T. & Zenner, H. -P. II.  Developmental biology, cell injury and cell death.  In:  C. W. R. J. Creamears, J. Graham & R. J. Ruben (Eds.),  Biology of sensorineural hearing loss in children.  International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology.  1988, 15, 1 - 15.
  3. Saunders, J. C.  Review of R. N. Aslin (Ed.), Advances in Neural and Behavioral Development. Vol. 2.  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1989, 87, 589.
  4. Saunders, J. C. & Szymko, Y. M.  Sensory hair bundle responses to sinusoidal stimulation on the chick basilar papilla.  In:  J. P. Wilson & D. t. Kemp (Eds.).  Cochlear Mechanisms:  Structure, Function and Models.  New York:  Raven Press, 1989, pp. 135 - 142.
  5. Saunders, J. C.  Review:  G. A. Manley:  Peripheral Hearing Mechanisms in Reptiles and  Birds.  Quarterly Review of Biology, 1992, 67, 216.
  6. Saunders, J. C.  Review:  D. B. Webster, R. R. Fay and A. N. Popper (Eds.),  The Evolutionary Biology of Hearing.  Quarterly Review of Biology, 1993, 68, 283 - 284.
  7. Mills, J. H., Dobie, R. A., Humes, L. E., Johnson, D. L., Liberman, M. C., Melnick, W., Saunders, J. C., von Gierke, H. E. & Ward, D. W.  Hazardous Exposure to Steady-State and Intermittent Noise.  National Academy Press, Washington, D. C., 1993, 1 - 22.
  8. Saunders, J. C., Doan, D. E., Cohen, Y. E., Adler, H. J. & Poje, C. P.  Recent observations on the recovery of structure and function in the sound-damaged chick ear.  In:  R. J. Salvi et al. (Eds.),  Auditory System Plasticity and Regeneration.  Thieme, New York:  1996, pp. 62 - 83
  9. Saunders, J. C., Duncan, R. K. & Doan, D. E.  The Middle Ear of Reptiles and Birds.  In:  R. Dooling et al., (Eds.).  Comparative Aspects of Hearing.  New York:  Academic Press, 1997, Submitted.
  10. Saunders, J.C.  The Sensory Hair Bundle. The PennENT. 1997, 1, 4.

Published Abstracts:

  1. Dear, S.P. & Saunders, J. C.  Acoustic impedance and sound transmission in the auditory periphery of the chinchilla.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1988, 11, 5.
  2. Marsh, R. R., Xu, L. & Saunders, J. C.  Recovery of the chick basilar papilla from acoustic trauma.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1988, 11, 249.
  3. McFadden, E., Kazahaya, K. & Saunders, J. C.  The loss and recovery of threshold sensitivity and frequency selectivity in neonatal chicks following exposure to intense pure tones. Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1988, 11, 251.
  4. DeVito, M. A., Luft, J. D., Rosen, M. R. & Saunders, J. C.  The micromechanical behavior of sensory hair bundles on hair cells along the neonatal chick basilar papilla.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1988, 11, 20.
  5. Guttenplan, M. D., Jenkins, O. H. & Saunders, J. C.  The appearance of the isolated basilar papilla preparation maintained in cell culture medium.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1989, 12,77.
  6. Anderson, G. J., Legreid, R. J., Saunders, J. C. & Marsh, R. R.  Basilar papilla damage during intense sound exposure in the chick cochlea.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1989, 12, 94.
  7. Saunders, J. C.  Changes in auditory sensitivity during and following exposure to intense sound in the young chick.  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1990, 87, S102.
  8. Cohen, Y. E. & Saunders, J. C.  The development of tympanic membrane transfer functions in the neonatal chick.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1990, 13, 318.
  9. Pribitkin, E. W. & Saunders, J. C.   The recovery of evoked potential recruitment in the chick following exposure to intense sound.  Abstracts of the American Academy of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, 1990, 34, 431.
  10. Siegel, M. A., Cohen, Y. E. & Saunders, J. C.  Tympanic membrane transfer functions in the adult gerbil.  Abstracts of the American Academy of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, 1990, 34, 433.
  11. Hernandez, H. M., Cohen, Y. E., Zang, S. & Saunders, J. C.  The maturation of middle ear structures in the chick.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1990, 13, 20.
  12. Kenealy, J. F. X., DeDio, R. M., Adler, H. J. & Saunders, J. C.  Hair cell loss, hair bundle micromechanics, and threshold shift in neonatal chicks following 125 dB SPL pure tone exposures.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1990, 13, 325.
  13. Pugliano, F. A., Adler, H. J. & Saunders, J. C.  Evoked potential measures of recruitment in the neonatal chick exposed to intense pure tones.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1991, 14, 156.
  14. Szymko, Y. M., Nelson, P. M., Kenealy, J. F. X & Saunders, J. C.  Stiffness loss and recovery in short hair cell sensory hair bundles following overstimulation at two locations on the chick basilar papilla.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1990, 13, 224.
  15. Cohen, Y. E., Ruben, D. M., DeNardo, L. J. & Sanders, J. C.  The development of tympanic membrane transfer functions in the Mongolian gerbil.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1991, 14, 121.
  16. Szymko, Y. M., Dimitri, P. S., Rondinella, L. J. & Saunders, J. C.  Stiffness of hair bundles in the chick cochlea.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1991, 14, 14.
  17. Adler, H. J. & Saunders,, J. C.  Recovery of auditory function and structure in the neonatal chick after two exposures..  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1992, 15, 165.
  18. Cohen, Y. E. & Saunders, J. C.  Response properties of cochlear nucleus cells following hearing loss and recovery in chicks.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1992, 15, 161.
  19. Bacon, C. K., Cohen, Y. E. & Saunders, J. C.  The structural ontogeny of the middle ear in the gerbil.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1992, 15, 99.
  20. Doan, D. E., Cohen, Y. E. & Saunders, J. C.  The development of the tympanic membrane response in the BALB/c mouse.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1992, 15, 144.
  21. Saunders, J. C., Cohen, Y. E. & Kazahaya, K.  Functional and structural changes in nucleus magnocellularis of the neonatal chick exposed to intense sound.  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1992(a), 92, 2408.
  22. Pugliano, F. A., Wilcox, T., Rossiter, J. & Saunders, J. C.  The development of the tympanic membrane response in the BALB/c mouse.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1992, 15, 160.
  23. Cohen, Y. E. & Saunders, J. C.  The effect of sound exposure on the tonotopic organization of nucleus magnocellularis in the chick.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1993, 16, 43.
  24. Pae, S. S. & Saunders, J. C.  Modulation of auditory hair bundle compliance by calcium.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1993, 16, 81.
  25. Steinberg, S. A. & Saunders, J. C.  Inherited deafness in nervous pointers.  Society of Veterinary Neurology, 1993, 7, 68.
  26. Saunders, J. C., Adler, H. J. & Doan, D. E.  Hearing recovery in neonatal chicks after exposure to intense pure tones.  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1993(a), 93, S2377.
  27. Dimitri, P. S., Hoffer, M., Szymko, Y. M. & Saunders, J. C.  The use of water jet impulse stimuli to determine the relationship between hair bundle height and stiffness.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1993, 16, 145.
  28. Doan, D. E., Cohen, Y. E., Fisher, K. A. & Saunders, J. C.  The effects of acoustic trauma on the discharge properties of the cochlear nerve in chicks.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1993, 16, 43.
  29. Adler, H. J., Cohen, Y. E., Smullen, S., Kazahaya, K. & Saunders, J. C.  Morphometric analysis of nucleus magnocellularis following exposure to intense sound.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1993, 16, 133.
  30. Adler, H. J. & Saunders, J. C.  Hair cell regeneration in neonatal chicks following two exposures to intense sound.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1994, 17, 191.
  31. Szymko, Y. M. & Saunders, J. C.  Transduction-like signals in chick hair cells.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1994, 17, 234.
  32. Igic, P., Doan, D. E. & Saunders, J. C.  The development of the tympanic membrane velocity in the rat.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1994, 17, 77.
  33. Rosin, D. F., Zimmer, W. M. & Saunders, J. C.  Middle-ear structural development in the rat.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1994, 17, 79.
  34. Sewell, D. A., Poje, C. P. & Saunders, J. C.  The effect of acoustic trauma on the DC endocochlear potential in the chick.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1994, 17, 198.
  35. Swanson, P. B., Bigelow, D. C. & Saunders, J. C.  The effect of tympanic membrane perforation on umbo velocity in the Long Evans rat.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1994, 17, 78.
  36. Chin, K. N., Kurian, R., & Saunders, J. C..  The histologic maturation of collagen in the development of the chick tympanic membrane.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1995, 18, 105.
  37. Duncan, R. K., Hernandez, H. N. & Saunders, J. C.  Relative stereocilia motion on chick cochlear hair cells during high frequency stimulation.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1995, 18, 159.
  38. Harvey, R. T., Duncan, R. K. & Saunders, J. C.  Hair bundle impulse response to pulsed water jet stimuli.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1995, 18, 117.
  39. Montgomery, L. G., Saunders, J. C. & Werner, Y. L.  Effects of age and body size on auditory sensitivity in gekkonoid lizards.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1995, 18, 67.
  40. Safford, S. D., Igic, P. G., Saunders, J. C. & Werner, Y. L.  Middle ear structure and function in juvenile and adult gekkonoid lizards.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1995, 18, 66.
  41. Doan, D. E. & Saunders, J. C.  Responses to sound motion of single neurons in the rat primary auditory cortex. Abstracts of the Society for Neuroscience, 1996, 22; 1067.
  42. Duncan, R. K. & Saunders, J. C.  Extracellular receptor potentials in isolated hair cells of the chick cochlea during high-frequency water-jet stimulation.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1996, 19, 49.
  43. Plontke, S. & Saunders, J. C.  Rate-intensity functions in the cochlear nerve of chicks after recovery from intense sound exposure.  Abstracts of the 33rd Inner Ear Biology Meeting, 1996, In Press.
  44. Erulkar, J. S., Doan, D. E. & Saunders, J. C.  Functional changes in the aging mouse middle ear.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1996, 19, 197.
  45. Erulkar, J. S., O'Brien, D. A. and Saunders, J. C.  Hair bundle morphology on surviving hair cells of the chick basilar papilla exposed to intense sound.  Abstracts of the Scanning Microscopy 1996 Meeting, 1996, 124.
  46. Kay, D. J., Bigelow, D. C. & Saunders, J. C.  The effect of healed tympanic membrane perforations on umbo velocity in the rat.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1996, 19, 196.
  47. O'Brien, D. A., Erulkar, J. S. & Saunders, J. C.  The morphology of sensory hair bundles on short hair cells in the sound-exposed chick.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1996, 19, 100.
  48. Doan, D. E., Saunders, W.  T. and Saunders, J. C.  Single-cell responses to sound motion in the rat primary auditory cortex.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1997, 20, 89.
  49. Duncan, R. K., Eisen, M. D. & Saunders, J. C.  Strings or springs:  Insight into the nature of links in chick cochlear hair bundles.  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1997, 101, S3123.
  50. Dyce, O. H., Duncan, R. K. & Saunders, J.  C.  Low calcium breaks tip links and decreases in the relative motion between chick cochlear hair cell stereocilia.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1997, 20, 171.
  51. Eisen, M. D., Duncan, K. R. & Saunders, J. C.  Asymmetric hair bundle motion in chick cochlear hair cells.  Abstracts of the American Academy of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Research Forum, 1997.
  52. Lifshitz, J., Altman, K. W. & Saunders, J. C.  Distribution of neuronal activity along the chick basilar papilla after intense sound exposure.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1997, 20, 120.
  53. Plontke, S. K.-R., Lifshitz, J. & Saunders, J. C.  Rate-intensity functions in chick cochlear ganglion neurons after recovery from intense sound.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1997, 20, 121.
  54. Kay, D. J., Navaratram, D. S., Bell, T. J., Saunders, J. C. & Oberholtzer, J. C.  Effect of protein kinase A inhibitors on avian hair cell regeneration in culture following acoustic trauma.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1997, 20, 100.
  55. Eisen, M. D., Duncan, R. K. & Saunders, J. C.  Asymmetric hair bundle motion in chick cochlear hair cells.  Research Forum of the American Academy of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
  56. Eisen, M. D., Saunders, J. C. & Parsons, T. D.  Membrane capacitance increases triggered by depolarization of cochlear hair cells.  Biophysics Abstracts, 1997, Submitted.
  57. Husbands, J., Kurian, R., Steinberg, S. A. & Saunders, J. C.  Tip-link integrity on chick tall hair cells following exposure to intense sound. Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1998, Submitted.
  58. Saunders, J. C., Duncan, R. K. & Eisen, M. D.  Micromechanical changes in hair cell stereocilia and TTS.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1998, Submitted.
  59. Eisen, M. D., Saunders, J. C. & Parsons, T. D.  High frequency mechanoelectric transduction by individual chick cochlear tall hair cells.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1998, Submitted.
  60. Saunders, J. C.  Cochlear nerve synchronization in chicks exposed to intense sound.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1998, Submitted.
  61. Eisen, M. D., Duncan, R. K. & Saunders, J. C.  Springs or strings?  Insight into the contribution of tip links to chick cochlear hair bundle asymmetric motion.  Abstracts of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1998, Submitted.