• When the Dolphin Broke My Ear: Can Deaf People Recover Hearing?

  Reed discusses his own hearing loss and interviews Dr. Alan Cheng about the research to create regenerative cures for hearing loss, which is well underway at Stanford: “It’s going!”, he said enthusiastically, “You can see the results happening. We see re-growth of hair cells in the mouse balance organs. And the balance function appears to improve, according to how many hair cells come back.

• Clinician-Scientist Training Program in Otolaryngology

  Dr. Oghalai and Dr. Cheng recently received word that they will be getting an NIH grant to start the Clinician-Scientist Training Program in Otolaryngology at Stanford. Below are excerpts from the grant proposal, which give an idea of this new exciting program…

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