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Kresge Hearing Research Institute

Department of Otolaryngology

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Seminar Archives

Hearing, Balance, and Chemical Senses Seminar Series

Archives

1996-1997
Date Speaker Title Host
September 11, 1996 Ina Rae Bicknell Ohio State Univ. Dept. of Speech & Hearing Sciences Detection of frequency modulation as a measure of temporal resolution in listeners with cochlear implants Bryan Pfingst
September 18, 1996 Lynne Bianchi Medical Univ of SC Dept. of Otolaryngology Neurotrophic factors influencing developing auditory and vestibular neurons Yehoash Raphael
September 25, 1996 Marci Lesperance U-M Medical School Dept. of Otolaryngology Mapping a gene for nonsyndromic hereditary hearing impairment Margaret Lomax
October 2, 1996 Greg Wakefield U-M Engineering EECS A Violin By Any Other Pitch Still Sounds As Sweet  
October 9, 1996 Robert Wickesburg Univ. of Illinois Dept. of Psychology Echo Suppression in the Cochlear Nuclear Complex Susan Shore
October 16, 1996 (Noon) Donna M. Fekete Boston College Dept. of Biology Cell Lineage and Cell Death in the Making of an Ear Kate Barald
October 16, 1996 (3:45) Kate Barald University of Michigan Anatomy & Cell Biol. Plasticity of gene expression in the developing inner ear Margaret Lomax
October 23, 1996 Ervin R. Hafter UC Berkeley Dept. of Psychology Auditory attention: The listener's use of data extracted from multiple levels of processing John Middlebrooks
October 30, 1996 Catherine Carr University of Maryland Dept. of Zoology Development of temporal coding in the barn owl John Middlebrooks
November 6, 1996 M. Scott Herness Indiana Univ. School of Medicine Aspects of Gustatory Transduction: Some Comparisons Along an Oral/Aural Axis Robert Bradley
November 13, 1996 Shigeto Furukawa University of Cambridge Dept. of Experimental Psychology Across-channel processes in frequency modulation detection John Middlebrooks
November 20, 1996 David Dolan U-M KHRI Efferent Influences on Cochlear Physiology  
December 4, 1996 Serge Campeau U-M MHRI Behavioral, endocrine and anatomical indices associated with audiogenic stress David Dolan
December 11, 1996 Ralph Norgren Penn State University Dept. of Behavioral Sciences Central Gustatory Influences on Behavior Kent Berridge
December 19, 1996 Alex Arts U-M Otolaryngology Diagnostic Testing for Endolymphatic Hydrops David Anderson
January 8, 1997 Peter Hitchcock U-M Opthamology Injury-stimulated neurogenesis and regeneration in the retina of the goldfish Yehoash Raphael
January 15, 1997 Melissa Weiss U-M Otolaryngology Ex-Vivo Gene Therapy in the Guinea Pig Cochlea Yehoash Raphael
January 22, 1997 Steven Green University of Iowa Dept. of Biological Sciences Mechanisms by which nerve membrane electrical activity acts as a neurotrophic stimulus Rick Altschuler
January 29, 1997 No Seminar    
February 5, 1997 No Seminar (ARO)    
February 12, 1997 Matthew Holley University of Bristol, UK Dept. of Physiology Conditional immortalisation of hair cells from the inner ear Yehoash Raphael
February 19, 1997 Robert Payne U-M Biology Song development in small songbirds, a comparative perspective Yehoash Raphael
February 26, 1997 No Seminar    
March 5, 1997 Mototane Komeda U-M Otolaryngology The influence of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist transgene on spiral ganglion neurons Yehoash Raphael
March 12, 1997 Beverly Wright Northwestern University Hearing and Speech Science Specific language impairment: abnormal auditory masking and the potential for its remediation through training John Middlebrooks
March 19, 1997 Bronya J. Keats Louisiana State University Biometry & Genetics Identifying genes for hearing impairment in isolated and inbred populations Margaret Lomax
March 26, 1997 John Middlebrooks U-M KHRI Decoding in the auditory cortex Yehoash Raphael
April 2, 1997 Elena Leonova U-M Medical School Cytoskeleton-membrane interaction in the reticular lamina of the normal and injured organ of Corti Yehoash Raphael
April 9, 1997 Douglas Cotanche Boston University Anatomy & Neurobiology The Role of Growth Factors in Regulating Hair Cell Regeneration Yehoash Raphael
April 16, 1997 Anil K. Lalwani Epstein Laboratories UCSF Laboratory of Molecular Otology Gene Therapy in the Cochlea Yehoash Raphael
April 23, 1997      
April 30, 1997 Ed Walsh Boy's Town National Research Hospital TBA David Dolan
May 7, 1997 Doris Wu NIH Patterning in the ear Margaret Lomax
May 14, 1997 Dwayne Simmons UCLA Physiological Science Development of cholinergic pathways from brain stem to the inner ear Rick Altschuler
May 15, 1997 DATE & TIME CHANGE: 5:00 PM George Gates University of Washington Blodell Hearing Research Center Framingham study: 15-year longitudinal hearing data Joe Miller

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1997-1998
Date Speaker Title Host
Aug. 20, 1997, 2:45 pm Richard Hallworth, University of Texas Force Production by the Cochlear, Outer Hair Cell Yehoash Raphael
Aug. 27, 1997 James Fessenden, University of Michigan Nitric Oxide: A Potential Major Regulator of Cochlear Physiology Jochen Schacht
Sept. 3, 1997 Thomas Carey, University of Michigan Autoimmune Sensorineural Hearing Loss -
Sept. 10, 1997 Robert Bradley, University of Michigan Development of a Neural Implant for Chronic Recording From Sensory Receptors Charlotte Mistretta
Sept. 17, 1997 Donald Godfrey, Medical College of Ohio Mechanisms of Spontaneous Activity in Eighth Nerve Sensory Systems Sanford Bledsoe
Sept. 24, 1997 Charlotte Mistretta, University of Michigan Putting the Embryonic Taste System Together: Lessons from Sensory Ganglia and Target Organs in Culture Jochen Schacht
Oct. 1, 1997 Mario Ruggero, Northwestern University What the Basilar Membrane Tells the Auditory Nerve David Dolan
Oct. 8, 1997 W. Bruce Warr, Boys Town National Research Hospital Efferent Innervation of the Cochlea in the Rat: A Connectional Analysis Richard Altschuler
Monday, Oct. 13, 1997, 3:00 p.m. I. Kaufman Arenberg, Neuro-Biometric, Inc. Vincent's Violent Vertigo: The Effect of Meniere's Disease on the Art, Life, & Suicide of Vincent Van Gogh Josef Miller
Thurs., Oct. 16, 1997 Karen Steel, MRC Institute of Hearing Research, Nottingham, England Role of Myosins in Hair Cell Development Miriam Meisler
Oct. 22, 1997 Michael Seidman, Henry Ford Hospital/Wayne State University Mitochondrial DNA Disorders, Aging and Presbycusis Jochen Schacht
Friday, Oct. 24, 1997, 2:45 p.m. Philip Marzella, University of Melbourne, Australia Cytokines Effects on Spiral Ganglia Josef Miller
Oct. 29, 1997   NO SEMINAR, (NEUROSCIENCE MEETING)  
Nov. 5, 1997 Leonard Rybak, Southern Illinois University Modification of Cisplatin Ototoxicity: Antioxidant System Jochen Schacht
Nov. 12, 1997 Donald Caspary, Southern Illinois University Age-related Changes in the Inferior Colliculus: GABA-A Receptor Function Sanford Bledsoe
Nov. 19, 1997 Dennis Drescher, Wayne State University Inner Ear Calcium Channels Jochen Schacht
Nov. 26, 1997   NO SEMINAR - THANKSGIVING WEEK  
Dec. 3, 1997 Daniel Geisler, University of Wisconsin-Madison How the Cochlea Deals with the Enormous Dynamic Range of Sound Wave Amplitudes (6+ Orders Of Magnitude) David Dolan
Dec. 10, 1997 Bechara Kachar, NIH Form, Structure and Function in the Organ of Corti Richard Altschuler
Thurs. Dec. 18, 1997 James Kaltenbach, Wayne State University Developmental Studies of the Reticular Lamina Margaret Lomax
December 24 and 31, 1997   NO SEMINARS - HAPPY HOLIDAYS!  
Jan. 7, 1998 Ming-Jer Tang, National Cheng Kung Univ. Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan Migration and Chemo-Attraction of RET Expressing Epithelial Cells in Response to DGNF Margaret Lomax
Jan. 14, 1998 Richard D. Kopke, CANCELLED CANCELLED Yehoash Raphael
Jan. 21, 1998 Margaret Lomax, KHRI, University of Michigan Genes and Deafness Richard Altschuler
Jan. 28, 1998 Eric D. Young, Johns Hopkins University What's Wrong with the Hearing Impaired Ear: Coding of Complex Stimuli in the Auditory Nerve of the Deaf Cat Josef Miller
Feb. 4, 1998 Catherine Downs, University of Michigan Genetics and the Deaf Community Marci Lesperance
Feb. 11, 1998   NO SEMINAR  
Feb. 18, 1998   NO SEMINAR - ARO MEETINGS  
Monday, Feb. 23 Alan R. Palmer, University of Nottingham The Neural Basis for Binaural Masking Level Differences Susan Shore
Monday, Mar. 2, 1998 Shin-ichi Usami, Hirosaki University Genetic and Clinical Features of Sensorineural Hearing Loss Associated With the 1555 Mitochondrial Mutation Jochen Schacht
Mar. 11, 1998 Margaret Wong-Riley, Medical College of Wisconsin Brain Cytochrome Oxidase: Functional Significance and Bigenomic Regulation in the CNS Margaret Lomax
Mar. 18, 1998 William Hartmann, Michigan State University Sound Localization and Externalization - Virtual Auditory Reality John Middlebrooks
Mar. 25, 1998 Bradford J. May, Johns Hopkins University Spectral Cues for Sound Localization in Cats -Assessing Physiological Mechanisms Through Behavioral Performances David Moody
Tuesday, Mar. 31, 1998 Karen Avraham, Tel Aviv University Deafness Genes in Mouse and Man David Kohrman
April 8, 1998 Jeffrey P. Harris, Univ. of California-San Diego Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease: Clinical and Basic Science Thomas Carey
April 15, 1998 Tatsuya Yamasoba, University of Tokyo Self-defense System and Its Enhancement in the Cochlea Against Acoustic Trauma: Cochlear Efferent System, Antioxidants, and Glial Cell Line-derived, Neurotrophic Factors Josef Miller
April 22, 1998 John K. Niparko, Johns Hopkins University The Deaf White Cat as a Model of Auditory Deafferentiation Richard Altschuler
April 29, 1998 John Brugge, University of Wisconsin Auditory Cortical Mechanisms of Directional Hearing John Middlebrooks
May 6, 1998 Neil T. Shepard, University of Michigan Vestibular System Abnormalities: Identification via Postural Control Testing Yehoash Raphael
May 13, 1998 Richard D. Kopke, Naval Medical Center, San Diego Trophic Factor-Induced Recovery of Vestibular Function in Mammals Yehoash Raphael
May 20, 1998 William Britt, University of Alabama-Birmingham Congenital Human Cytomegalovirus Infection: Pathogenesis of Neurodevelopmental Sequelae Marci Lesperance
Thursday, May 21, 1998, 1057 MHRI, Wagner Conf Room Lawrence C. Erway, University of Cincinnati Screening for Genetic Mouse Models for Non-Syndromic Hearing Impairment, in Humans Margit Burmeister
TBA Saaid Safieddine, NIH-NIDCD TBA Richard Altschuler

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1998-1999
Date Speaker Title Host
Sept. 23 John Middlebrooks, University of Michigan Listening Through Other People's Ears Sanford Bledsoe
Sept. 30 Charles Liberman, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary Protection from Acoustic Injury: Olivocochlear Efferents, Sound Conditioning and Stress  
No SeminarOct. 7 Xiao-Ming Sun, Univ. of Connecticut Health Center NOTE: The following presentation has been POSTPONED TO NOV. 18 (No seminar October 7), Efferent-mediated Adaptation of 2f1-f2 Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emission in Mouse Models of Presbycusis David Dolan
Oct. 14 Peter Dallos, Northwestern University Outer Hair Cells and the Cochlear Amplifier Jochen Schacht
Oct. 21 Richard R. Fay, Loyola University - Chicago How Do Fishes Localize Sound Sources? David Moody
Oct. 28 Richard Bobbin, Louisiana State Univ. Transmitters in the Cochlea: ATP as a Neuromodulator in the Organ of Corti Sanford Bledsoe
Nov. 4 Sharon Kujawa, Univ. of Washington Central Control of the Auditory Periphery: Reflections in Otoacoustic Emissions from the Cochlea  
Nov. 11   NO SEMINAR - NEUROSCIENCE MEETING  
Nov. 18 Xiao-Ming Sun, Univ. of Connecticut Health Center Efferent-mediated Adaptation of 2f1-f2 Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emission in Mouse Models of Presbycusis David Dolan
Nov. 25   NO SEMINAR - THANKSGIVING  
Dec. 2 Donata Oertel, Univ.of Wisconsin Calculus in Octopus Cells of the Cochlear Nucleus Subserves Pattern Recognition in Auditory Nerve Firing Sanford Bledsoe
Dec. 9 Gintas Grabauskas, University of Michigan Inhibitory Synaptic Processing in the Rostral Nucleus of the Solitary Tract Robert Bradley
Dec. 16 Steven Bierer, Univ. of Michigan David Anderson
    NO SEMINAR - HOLIDAYS  
  Jochen Schacht, University of Michigan POSTPONED DUE TO CONFLICT WITH PRESIDENT BOLLINGER'S ADDRESS TO THE UNIVERSITY, Aminoglycoside-induced Hearing Loss:Mechanism and Prevention Thomas Carey
Jan. 27 David Anderson, University of Michigan A Can Do and Wanna Do Tour of the Michigan Neural Probe Richard Altschuler
  Li Xu, University of Michigan Responses of Auditory Cortical Neurons to Sounds That Produce Spatial Illusions John Middlebrooks
Thursday, Feb. 11 Corne Kros, University of Bristol, UK The Calcium-activated Potassium Current of Inner Hair Cells: From Single-channel to Function Jochen Schacht
Feb. 17   NO SEMINAR - ARO MEETING  
Feb. 24 Saiid Safieddine, NIH SEMINAR POSTPONED UNTILMAY 26 Richard Altschuler
Mar. 3   NO SEMINAR - SPRING BREAK  
Mar. 10 David Kohrman, University of Michigan Circling Mice and Sensorineural Deafness:Genetic Models of Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss Thomas Carey
Mar. 17 Neil Segil, House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, CA P27KIP1 Links Cell Proliferation, to Morphogenesis in the Developing, Organ of Corti Yehoash Raphael
Mar. 24   Interdisciplinary Neuroscientific Investigations of Presbycusis  
Mar. 31 Sally Camper, University of Michigan Mutations in the Unconventional Myosin Myo15 Cause Deafness in Shaker-2 and Shaker-2J Mice: Models for the Human Nonsyndromic Deafness DFNB3 Margaret Lomax
Apr. 7 Carter Van Waes, NIH / NIDCD Transcriptional Activation of Cytokines in the Pathogenesis, of Malignancies of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract & Inner Ear Thomas Carey
Apr. 14 Julie Arenberg, University of Michigan Responses of the Auditory Cortex to Acoustical and Electrical Stimulation of the Ear John Middlebrooks
Apr. 21 Steven D. Rauch, Massachusetts Eye, & Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School Immune-mediated Inner Ear Disease:A Model of Reversible Sensorineural Hearing Loss Thomas Carey
Apr. 28 Russell L. Snyder, University of California at San Francisco Plasticity Induced by Auditory Scotomas: Can Restricted Sprial Ganglion Lesions, Turn a Cat into a Bat? John Middlebrooks
May 5 George Gates, University of Washington Biology of Presbycusis:Cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s disease, Noise and Aging, Inheritance Patterns  Joseph Hawkins and Steven Telian
May 12 Suzanne Mansour, University of Utah A Gene Trap Approach to Inner Ear Development and Function Kate Barald
May 19   NO SEMINAR  
May 26 Saaid Safieddine, NIH / NIDCD Molecular Analysis of Synaptic, Transmission in the Inner Ear Richard Altschuler
June 2 Donald Godfrey, Medical College of Ohio Cholinergic Pathways in the Cochlear Nucleus Susan Shore
Thursday, June 3 Guy P. Richardson, University of Sussex Tectorins and Hair-Cell Antigens:Extracellular Matrix and Cell-Surface Molecules of the Inner Ear Gregory Wolf

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1999-2000
Date Speaker Title Host
Aug. 25, 1999 Takeshi Matsunobu, M.D., Univ. of Michigan, Keio University, JAPAN    
FRIDAY, Sept. 3 Egbert de Boer, Ph.D, Emeritus Professor, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Pitch Perception David Dolan
Sept. 8 CLASSES BEGIN NO SEMINAR  
Sept. 15 Jochen Schacht, Ph.D., University of Michigan Noise-induced hearing loss:approaches to mechanism and protection  
Sept. 22 Kenneth Hutson, Ph.D., University of Toledo The Auditory Midbrain:Lemniscal and Extra-Lemniscal Contribution to the Acoustic Chiasm Susan Shore
Sept. 29 Terry Zwolan, Ph.D., University of Michigan Cochlear Implants: Clinical Perspectives and Research Issues  
Thursday, Sept. 30 Masao Yagi, Ph.D., University of Michigan Gene Transfer and GDNF in the Inner Ear Yehoash Raphael
Oct. 6 Larry Burns, Ph.D., General Motors Research & Development & Planning The Cochlear Implant: A Personal Experience Josef Miller
Oct. 13 Leslie Collins, Ph.D., Duke University Predictors of speech recognition in cochlear implants  
Oct. 20 Bryan Pfingst, Ph.D., University of Michigan Features of Stimulation Important for Electrical Hearing David Dolan
Oct. 27 Dianne Van Tasell, Ph.D., Starkey Laboratories Speech Perception in Noise Bryan Pfingst
Nov. 3 Bob Shannon, Ph.D., House Ear Institute Critical cues for auditory pattern recognition of speech: Implications for cochlear implant speech processor design. Jochen Schacht
Nov. 8 Scott Leroy, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University Role of Combination-Sensitive Neurons in the Analysis of Complex Sounds in the Mustached Bat Sanford Bledsoe
Nov. 10 Josef Miller, Ph.D., University of Michigan Interventions to improve the return of hearing following deafness.  
Nov. 17 John Middlebrooks, Ph.D., University of Michigan The brain's view of the cochlear implant. David Dolan
Nov. 24 THANKSGIVING BREAK NO SEMINAR  
Dec. 1 Paul Fuchs, Ph.D., John Hopkins University of Medicine A Molecular Mechanism for Electrical Tuning of Cochlear Hair Cells  
  Donald Henderson, Ph.D., Center for Hearing & Deafness, State University of New York at Buffalo Protection strategies for noise induced hearing loss (NIHL)  
Dec. 15 Matthew W. Kelley, Ph.D., Georgetown University School of Medicine Determination of Cell Fate in the Mammalian Cochlea Kate Barald
Dec. 22 - Jan. 1 HOLIDAY BREAK NO SEMINAR  
Jan. 5 No Seminar No Seminar  
Jan. 12 James Battey, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., Director, NIDCD Structure, Function, and Regulation of Mammalian Bombes in Receptors Margaret Lomax
Jan. 19 Paul Kileny, Ph.D., University of Michigan Evoked potential studies in patients with cochlear implants David Kohrman
Jan. 26 Christopher Nostrat, D.D.S., Ph.D., University of Michigan Neurotrophic factors in the gustatory system of rodents and humans David Kohrman
Feb. 2 Dr. Randy Seeley, University of Cincinnati Sensing of body energy stores and the regulation of body weight Kent Berridge
Feb. 9 Konrad Noben-Trauth, Section on Murine Genetics, Acting Chief, NIDCD The Genetics of Hearing Loss in Mice David Kohrman
Feb. 16 ARO Presentation Practice No Seminar  
Special Date, Feb. 17 Karin Agerman, Ph.D., Dept. of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet Pharmacological strategies in protecting against hearing loss Josef Miller
Feb. 23 No Seminar ARO Meeting  
Mar. 1 Jochen Schacht, Ph.D., University of Michigan Aminoglycoside-induced hearing loss:from test tubes to clinical tests Josef Miller
Special Date, Mar. 7 Bruce Tempel, Ph.D., University of Washington Potassium channels in auditory and motor function David Kohrman
Mar. 15 Sanford Bledsoe, Ph.D., University of Michigan Silicon-based Systems for Acute and Chronic Drug Delivery  
Mar. 22 Dr. Alan Spector, University of Florida The Psychophysics of Salt Taste Transduction in the Rat. Kent Berridge
Mar. 29 Charles G. Wright, Ph.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center Developmental Defects of Otoconia:Mouse Mutants and Human Pathology Joseph Hawkins
Apr. 5 Jian Zuo, Ph.D., St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Visualizing hair cells in mice Yehoash Raphael
Apr. 12 Susan Shore, Ph.D., University of Michigan Synaptic modulation of temporal coding in the cochlear neucleus Sanford Bledsoe
Apr. 26 W. Michael King, University of Mississippi What's up with the otoliths? Central discrimination of linear motion and head orientation Steve Telian/TomCarey
May 10 Paul Finlayson, Ph.D., Wayne State University Auditory Neuron Membrane Properties and Information Coding Richard Altschuler
May 24 Thomas Van De Water, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Mechanisms of Stress-Induced Sensory Cell Apoptosis and Otoprotective Strategies Joseph Hawkins

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2000-2001
Date Speaker Title Host
Sept.6 NO SEMINAR CLASSES BEGIN  
Sept. 13 NO SEMINAR DUE TO CONFLICT WITH RAYMOND W. WAGGONER LECTURESHIP  
Sept. 20 Brian J. Mickey, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, U of M Auditory cortical neurons and the precedence effect John Middlebrooks
Sept. 27 Robin L. Davis, Ph.D Tonotopic distributionof voltage-gated ion channel proteins in spiral ganglion neurons John Middlebrooks
Oct. 4 Ruth Anne Eatock, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine The properties of mechanosensitive and voltage-gated ion channels in mammalian vestibular hair cells:Implications for transduction and transmission John Middlebrooks
Oct. 9 Special date Steve Brown, Ph.D., Director, MRC Mammalian Genetics Unit and UK Mouse Genome Centre Mutagenesis and Genomics in the mouse - towards new models of hearing impairment  
Oct. 18 Robert Dobie, Ph.D., NIH Communication Disorders: Research Needs and Opportunities  
Oct. 25 Karl Grosh, Ph.D., University of Michigan Electroacoustic behavior of the cochlea: Models and experiments  
Nov. 1 CANCELED CANCELED  
Nov. 8 NO SEMINAR Society for Neuroscience  
Nov. 15 Bertrand Delgutte, Ph.D., Eaton Peabody Lab, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Neural coding of temporal envelope in speech and music John Middlebrooks
Nov. 22 THANKSGIVING BREAK NO SEMINAR  
Nov. 29 Duck O. Kim, Ph.D., University of Connecticut 1. Studies of the connections to/from the cochlear nucleus,
2. Adaptation of DPOAE in humans and animals
 
  Paul B. Manis, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Integrative Mechanisms of Cochlear Nucleus Pyramidal Cells: Potassium Channels, Active Dendrites and Models John Middlebrooks
Dec. 8, 1:15 pm, Special Seminar, M1112 School of Public Health Lawrence D. Fechter, Ph.D., Director Oklahoma Center for Toxicology, OUHSC Potentiation of noise induced hearing loss by environmental contaminants: understanding the risks and identifying the mechanisms. Jochen Schacht
  Ted Glattke, Ph.D., University of Arizona OAE supression in children with specific language disorder Josef Miller
Dec. 20 - Jan. 10 HOLIDAY BREAK NO SEMINAR  
Jan. 17 Jeffrey Holt, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School Molecular physiology of sensory transduction in vertebrate hair cells  
Jan. 24 Kevin Ohlemiller, Ph.D., Central Institute for the Deaf Genetic impairment of antioxidant status as a candidate mechanisms in age-related hearing loss  
Jan. 31 ARO Practice Talks:, Younsook Cho, Seung-Ha Oh, Yehoash Raphael, Susan Shore   David Moody
Feb. 7 ARO Midwinter Meeting, St. Petersburg, FL NO SEMINAR  
Feb. 14 Tzywen Gong, KHRI, University of Michigan A giant cytoskeletal protein MACF1: A candidate for deafness gene DFNA2 Margaret Lomax
Feb. 21 Shigeto Furukawa, KHRI, University of Michigan Auditory space representation by one or many cortical neurons John Middlebrooks
Feb. 28 Seminar Cancelled No Seminar  
Mar. 7 Open Date No Seminar  
Mar. 14 Open Date No Seminar  
Mar. 21 Julie Arenberg Bierer, KHRI, University of Michigan Cortical images of cochlear implant stimulation John Middlebrooks
Mar. 23, Friday - Special, Day Ted Glattke, Ph.D., University of Arizona OAE supression in children with specific language disorders Josef Miller
Special time: 12 Noon at CDB, Mar. 28 James Bartles, Ph.D., Northwestern University Medical School What can the jerker deafness mutation tell us about the role of the espin actin-bundling proteins in organizing the actin cytoskeleton of hair cells and other cells?  
Apr. 4 Steven M. Bierer, KHRI, University of Michigan Multi-neuron recordings in the dorsal cochlear nucleus David Anderson
Apr. 11 Fan-Gang Zeng, University of California, Irvine What have cochlear implants told us about basic issues in hearing? Bryan Pfingst
Apr. 18 Anand Swaroop, University of Michigan The University of Michigan sensory system microarray facility Margaret Lomax
Apr 25 Kent Morest, MD, Dept. of Anatomy, University of Connecticut TBA Susan Shore
May 2 Tom Yin, Ph.D., Univ. of Wisconsin Behavioral and physiological studies of sound localization in the cat John Middlebrooks
May 9 Patrik Ernfors, Karolinska Instutute Specificity and action of neurotrophins during development and in the protection of the inner ear Christopher Nosrat
May 16 Pete Hitchcock, University of Michigan Persistent neurogenesis in the vertebrate retina: putative stem cells and the growth hormone-IGF-I axis Yehoash Raphael
May 23 Li Xu, MD, Ph.D., KHRI, University of Michigan Spectral and temporal features of stimulation affecting tonal-speech perception Bryan Pfingst

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2001-2002
Date Speaker Title Host
Special Date, Aug. 28 at 2:00 pm Jochen Tillein, University of Frankfort Simultaneous electric and acoustic stimulation of the normal ear. Results from acute and chronic experiments in cats and guinea pigs. John Middlebrooks
Sept. 5 NO SEMINAR CLASSES BEGIN  
Sept. 12 Ray Meddis, Department of Psychology, Essex University, UK Signal processing in the cochlear nucleus Susan Shore
Sept. 19 James Bamburg Presented by Physiology, Further information to be announced  
Sept. 26 David Kohrman, University of Michigan Molecular cloning of the mouse spinner mutant Margaret Lomax
Oct. 3 Colleen Garbe LePrell, University of Michigan Lesioning the lateral superior olive disrupts cochlear funciton: an electrophysiological assessment Sanford Bledsoe
Oct. 10 Chris Post, Allegheny Health Sciences Biofilms and Otitis Media Thomas Carey
Oct. 17 Marian Drescher, Laboratory of Bio-Otology, Wayne State University Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Ion Channel Expression Inner Ear Sensory Epithelia Richard Altschuler
Oct. 24 No seminar No Seminar  
Oct. 31 Terry Takahashi, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon Sound Localization in Owls Kate Barald
Nov. 7 Gregory Wakefield, University of Michigan MusEn Bryan Pfingst
Nov. 14 NEUROSCIENCES MEETING NO SEMINAR  
Nov. 21 THANKSGIVING BREAK NO SEMINAR  
Nov. 28 Gim Koay, Department of Psychology, University of Toledo Behavioral Determination of Hearing in Mutant Mice Miriam Meisler
Dec. 5 Marci Lesperance, Dept. of Otolaryngology, University of Michigan Identification of the Gene Mutated in DFNA6 Families Margaret Lomax
Dec. 12 Thomas Hornyak, Henry Ford Health System Using Murine Models to understand human pigmentary and deafness-pigmentation syndromes David Kohrman
Dec. 19 NO SEMINAR NO SEMINAR  
Dec. 25-Jan.2 Holiday Break No seminars  
Jan. 9 Su-Hua Sha, M.D., KHRI, University of Michigan Prevention of aminoglycoside-induced ototoxicity: from the laboratory to the clinic Jochen Schacht
Jan. 16 Claus-Peter Richter, Northwestern University Micromechanics in the mammalian cochlea Jochen Schacht
Jan. 23 Egbert DeBoer , University of Amsterdam Cochlear Mechanics and Nonlinearity: Experiment and Theory David Dolan
Jan. 30 No Seminar ARO Midwinter Meeting  
Feb. 6 Didier Dulon, University of Bordeaux The role of Ca-activated K channels (BK and SK) in mammalian cochlear hair cells. Jochen Schacht
Feb. 13 Charles Miller, University of Iowa Auditory nerve responses to cochlear implant stimulation: challenges and opportunities for improved signal encoding. Bryan Pfingst
Feb. 20 No Seminar No Seminar  
Feb. 27 Albert Farbman , Northwestern University The interactions between nerve and end organ during taste bud innervation. Chris Nosrat
Mar. 6 Edward Wilcox, NIDCD NIH Laboratory of Molecular Genetics A genetic approach to elucidating components of the auditory process Marci Lesperance
Mar. 13 Brian Mickey, KHRI, University of Michigan Representation of auditory space by cortical neurons in cats John Middlebrooks
Mar. 20 Diego Restrepo , University of Colorado How the nose knows: emerging principles for natural odor representation in the brain Chris Nostrat
Mar. 27 Daryl Kipke, Biomedical Engineering University of Michigan Brain-Machine Interfaces in Auditory Cortex of the Rat: Neural Coding and Neuroprosthetic Implications David Anderson
Apr. 3 Thomas Carey, KHRI, University of Michigan Molecular characterization of the inner ear supporting cell antigen associated with antibody induced hearing loss.  
Apr. 10 Cancelled Cancelled  
Apr. 17 Lisa Bank, University of Michigan Modeling of the inner ear by BMP4 and its antagonists Kate Barald
Apr. 24 Lloyd Minor, Johns Hopkins Neural pathways mediating the vestibuloocular reflex John Middlebrooks
May 1 Tianying Ren, Oregon Health Science University Spatial pattern of basilar membrane vibration in sensitive cochlea David Dolan
May 8 E. Bryan Crenshaw IIIUniv. of Pennsylvania Molecular Genetic Analyses of Mammalian Inner Ear Development and Function Margaret Lomax
May 15 Albert S. Berrebi, West Virginia University Anatomical and physiological characterization of the Superior Paraolivary Nucleus of the rat. Avril Genene Holt

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2002-2003
Date Speaker Title Host
Special Date, Aug. 7 Karen B. Avraham, Sackler School of Medicine Harvesting the fruits of genetics: A multitude of proteins involved in auditory function. Yehoash Raphael
Sept. 4 NO SEMINAR CLASSES BEGIN  
Sept. 11 Kohei Kawamoto, KHRI, University of Michigan Inner Ear Gene Therapy Yehoash Raphael
Sept. 18 NO SEMINAR NO SEMINAR  
Sept. 24 Thomas Lenarz, Chairman, Dept. of Laryngology, Hannover Medical University Germany The Future of Cochlear Prostheses: Bilateral Implants and Drug Delivery Systems Josef Miller
Sept. 25 Eric Shelden, University of Michigan GFP-actin dynamics, cytoskeletal alterations and regulation of the small heat shock protein hsp27 in ATP depleted epithelial cells. Margaret Lomax
Oct. 2 Steven H. Green, University of Iowa Department of Physiological Sciences Why electrically active neurons are less likely to die. Richard Altschuler
Oct. 9 Mark Warchol, Central Institute for the Deaf Cellular mechanisms of sensory regeneration in the avian inner ear. Yehoash Raphael
Oct. 16 David Dickman, Central Institute for the Deaf, Department of Research Functional development of the vestibular system during regeneration Yehoash Raphael
Oct. 23 No Seminar No Seminar  
Oct. 30 Andrew Groves, House Ear Institute, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology Induction and regeneration of the inner ear. Yehoash Raphael
Nov. 6 NEUROSCIENCE MEETING NO SEMINAR  
Nov. 13 No Seminar No Seminar  
Nov. 20 Robert Helfert, SIU School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Springfield, IL Aging in the Auditory Midbrain: Does Oxidative Stress Play a Role? Richard Altschuler
Nov. 27 THANKSGIVING BREAK NO SEMINAR  
Dec. 4 Anna Lysakowski, University of Illinois at Chicago Afferent diversity in the vestibular periphery Yehoash Raphael
Dec. 11 Susan Travers
Functional Topography of the Gustatory Brainstem Charlotte Mistretta
Dec. 18 Gabriel Nunez - Tenative Yehoash Raphael
Dec. 25-Jan.2 Holiday Break No seminars  
SPECIAL DATE Friday, Jan. 10 Alfred Nuttall, Ph.D., Oregon Health Sciences University In vivo measurements of outer hair cell electromotility and role of the TRPV1 receptor in cochlear physiology Richard Altschuler
Jan. 15 W. Michael King, University of Michigan Motor learning and cognitive control of otolith-ocular reflexes Jochen Schacht
Jan. 22 Ewan MacPherson University of Michigan The Duplex Theory of sound localization revisited: Listenerweighting of cues for lateral angle John Middlebrooks
Jan. 29 Kent Morest, University of Connecticut Health Center Sequential Interactions of Growth Factors and their Receptors Define Critical Periods in the Development of Sensory Neurons Jochen Schacht/Richard Altschuler
Feb. 5 M. Christian Brown, Harvard Medical School Olivocochlear Neurons: Projections and Inputs of an Auditory Reflex Pathway John Middlebrooks
Feb. 12 Bernd Fritzsch Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska Origin, pathfinding and survival of inner ear sensory neurons: null mutants revel the molecular basis of these processes. Jochen Schacht/David Kohrman
Feb. 19 Keith Duncan, Johns Hopkins Medical School Molecular variation along the cochlea: the characteristics of hair cell BK channels John Middlebrooks
Feb. 26 ARO MID-WINTER MEETING NO SEMINAR  
Mar. 5 William Rochlin Loyola University Chicago Your face is repulsive: Chemorepellents guide embryonic cranial sensory axons Christopher Nosrat
Mar. 12 Donald A. Godfrey Medical College of Ohio Plasticity of amino acid neurotransmitters in the cochlear nucleus Avril Genene Holt
Mar. 19 Richard Salvi, University of Buffalo Effects of selective inner hair cells lesions on cochlear physiology, central auditory function and hearing-a model of auditory neuropathy Richard Altschuler
Mar. 26 CANCELLED CANCELLED  
Special Date - Friday Mar. 28 Weijia Kong, M.D. Tongji Medical SchoolHuazhong University Wuhan, China Acetylcholine receptor-mediated ion channels in the vestibular type II hair cell of the guinea pig Jochen Schacht
Apr. 2 Peter Gillespie, Oregon Hearing Research Center Myosin-1c and hair-cell adaption Jochen Schacht
April 9 Douglas Contanche Harvard Hair cell regeneration in the avian cochlea: progress and potential for human therapy Jochen Schacht
Apr. 16 G. ChristopherStecker, University ofMichigan Spatial Sensitivity in Cat Auditory Cortex: Field PAF and the Role of Response Latency John Middlebrooks
Apr. 23 Sami DamakAssistant Professor Mt. Sinai School of Medicine Knockout mouse models for taste signal transduction studies Christopher Nosrat
Apr. 30 Gary Paige University of Rochester Spatial Calibration and Plasticity Across Multiple Modalities Michael King
May 7 Jeffrey CorwinUniversity of Virginia Sensorineural hearing impairment and the mechanisms of hair cell regeneration Jochen Schacht

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2003-2004
Date Speaker Title Host
Sept. 3 NO SEMINAR CLASSES BEGIN  
Sept. 10 Jian Zuo, Ph.D., St. Judes Children's Hospital, Dept. of Developmental Neurobiology Genetic analysis of mammalian hearing Kohrman
Sept. 17 Paul Manis, Ph.D.University of North Carolina Listening quickly: Cellular mechanisms and the effects of hearing loss Shore
Sept. 24 Tama Hasson, Ph.D. University of California San Diego The deafness gene myo6: a molecular motor actin' in endocytosis Raphael
Oct. 1 Steven J. Potashner, Ph.D.,University of Connecticut Health Center, Dept. of Neuroscience Plasticity in the auditory brain stem after cochlear damage Shore
Oct. 8 Art Alberts, Ph.D., Van Andel Research Institute Rho GTPase-Formin Pairs in Cytoskeletal Remodeling Kohrman
Oct. 15 Bradford J. May, Ph.D.,Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Dept. of Otolaryngology Auditory processing of spectral cues for sound localization Shore
Oct. 24 - Special Day Joseph Eggermont, Ph.D., University of Calgary, Dept. of Psychology Are cortical tonotopic map changes and tinnitus causally related? Shore
Oct. 29 Nell Cant, Ph.D., Duke University TO BE ANNOUNCED Shore
Nov. 5 Cynthia A. Prosen, Ph.D.,Northern Michigan University, Dept. of Psychology New directions in animal psychophysics: Mouse models of three types of hearing impairment Shore
Nov. 12 NEUROSCIENCE MEETING NO SEMINAR  
Nov. 19 George Spirou, Ph.D., West Virginia School of Medicine Multiple roles for inhibition in sound localization Shore
Nov. 26 James Kaltenbach, Ph.D., Wayne State University, Dept. of Otolaryngology Hyperactivity in the dorsal cochlear nucleus as a model of chronic noise-induced tinnitus Altschuler
Dec. 3 Catherine Carr, Ph.D. University of Maryland Auditory coding in birds and crocodilians Shore
Dec. 10 Robin Krimm, Ph.D. University of Louisville, School of Medicine Trophic interactions between taste buds and neurons during development Mistretta
Dec. 17 Israel Nelken, Ph.D. The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences Transformations of stimulus representations in the ascending auditory system Middlebrooks
Dec. 25-Jan.2 Holiday Break NO SEMINAR  
Jan. 7 NO SEMINAR CLASSES BEGIN  
Jan. 14 Russell L. Snyder, Ph.D University of California Department of Otolaryngology Neurophysiologic effects of auditory prosthesis stimulation Middlebrooks
Jan. 21 Glenn Green, M.D. University of Michigan, Department of Otolaryngology Variability in Connexin 26 Deafness Lomax
Jan. 28 Ward Drennan, Ph.D. Kresge Hearing Research Institute Spectral-shape discrimination in cochlear implant patients Pfingst
Feb. 4 Karen Friederici, Ph.D. Identification of the DFNA 20/26 Gene Camper
Feb. 11 Avril Genene Holt, Ph.DUniversity of Michigan Changes in Amino Acid Neurotransmitter Levels in the Auditory Brainstem following Bilateral Deafening of the Rat Lomax
Feb. 18 ARO PRACTICE NO SEMINAR  
Feb. 25 Midwinter ARO Meeting No Seminar  
Mar. 3 Meredith Garcia, Ph.D. Tulane University School of Medicine The Nitric Oxide Pathway in the Central Auditory System: Implications for Tinnitis. Altschuler
Mar. 10 Luis Populin, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Effect of eye position on sound localization and auditory single unit responses in the superior colliculus of the behaving cat. Macpherson
Mar. 17 Christopher Nosrat, DDS, University of Michigan Dental management of neurodegenerative diseases, tales of trophic factors and neuronal stem cells Altschuler
Mar. 24 Thomas Parsons, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine The Sound and the Synapse: Phasic and Tonic Neurotransmitter Release in the Auditory System Keith Duncan
Mar. 31 Bryan E. Pfingst, Ph.D. University of Michigan Some strategies for improving cochlear implant function. Altschuler
Apr. 7 Janet Cyr, Ph.D. West Virginia University School of Medicine Sticking out its neck: Binding of myosin 1c to hair-cell receptors Lomax
April 14 NO SEMINAR NO SEMINAR  
Apr. 21 Dennis Drescher, Ph.D. Wayne State University The hair-cell nicotinic acetylcholine receptor from fish to man: an unexpected tale Altschuler
Apr. 28 Yehoash Raphael, Ph.D. University of Michigan Hair cell replacement in the organ of corti Altschuler
May 5 NO SEMINAR CLASSES BEGIN  
May 12 Douglas L. Oliver, Ph.D. University of Connecticut Health Center Influences of Membrane Properties and Synaptic Organization on Auditory Processing in the Inferior Colliculus Altschuler
May 19 Guido Smoorenburg, Ph.D.University Hospital Utrecht, Experimental Audiology Cisplatin ototoxicity, development of and reccovery and protection from cochlear damage Miller
May 25 Richard Bobbin,Ph.D. LSU Medical Center TO BE ANNOUNCED Bledsoe

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2004-2005
Date Speaker Title Host
Sept. 8 NO SEMINAR CLASSES BEGIN  
Sept. 15 Betsy Keithley, University of California, San Diego Innate Immune Responses of the Inner Ear and their, Effect on Adaptive Immunity Lomax
Sept. 22 Carole Hackney, University of Wisconsin To Be Announced Duncan
Sept. 29 Chris Stecker Spatial Coding in the Auditory Cortex of the Cat Middlebrooks
Oct. 6 Debra Ann Fadool, University of Florida To Be Announced Mistretta
Oct. 13 Donata Oertel, University of Wisconsin Synaptic integration in the mammalian cochlear nuclei Shore
Oct. 20 Susan Shore, University of Michigan Integration in the cochlear nucleus: The other side and the other senses  
Oct. 27 Neuroscience Meeting NO SEMINAR  
Nov. 3 Jay Rubenstein, University of Iowa Conditioned signal processing: From a biophysical model to clinical trials Drennan
Nov. 10 Kevin Otto, University of Michigan To Be Announced  
Nov 17. Hubert Lim, University of Michigan To Be Announced Anderson
Dec. 1 Eri Hashino, Indiana University Tissue-Specific Neuronal Differentiation from Adult Stem Cells Molea
Dec. 8 Dan Sanes, New York University Developmental hearing loss and synapse function in the auditory CNS Bledsoe
Dec. 15 Miriam Meisler, University of Michigan To Be Announced  
Jan. 5 NO SEMINAR CLASSES BEGIN  
Jan. 12 NO SEMINAR    
Jan. 19 Michal Zochowski, University of Michigan Investigating the roles of odor evoked oscillatory responses in the olfactory bulb Dolan
Jan. 26 Gary Luker, University of Michigan Cellular and molecular imaging of CXCR4 in breast cancer Dolan
Feb. 2 Debra Fadool, Florida State University Super-smeller mice and K channel roles beyond the resting potential Mistretta
Feb. 9 No Seminar: ARO Practice    
Feb. 16 No Seminar: ARO meeting    
Feb. 23 No Seminar: Spring Break    
March 2 Xiaoqin Wang, Johns Hopkins University Complex Sound Processing in Auditory Cortex of Awake Monkeys Middlebrooks
March 9 Sheryl Coombs, Bowling Green State University Fishy Business: Information Processing by the Lateral Line Shore
March 16 Scott Molitor, University of Toledo Suprathreshold and subthreshold responses of DCN cartwheel cells Shore
March 23 Raymond Dye, Loyola University Recency Effects in Binaural Hearing Middlebrooks
March 30 Kirk W. Beisel, Creighton University Functional Genetics of Cochlear Hair Cell Ion Channels Lomax
April 6 Christine Petit, Pasteur Institute CANCELLED Camper
April 13 Don Sinex, Utah State University Auditory processing and the segregation of simultaneous sounds Bledsoe
April 20 Karl Grosh, University of Michigan A micromachined cochlear analog device: imitating nature to design a microphone Dolan
April 27 Marci Lesperance, University of Michigan Molecular genetics of Auditory Neuropathy Dolan
May 4 Stefan Heller, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary Inner Ear Progenitor Cell in Development and Regeneration Raphael/Kohrman
May 11 Jennifer M. Groh, Dartmouth College Looking at sounds: neural computations for associating visual and auditory events Crumling

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2005-2006
Date Speaker Title Host
September 7 No seminar - first day of classes    
September 14 Anthony Ricci, Louisiana State University This seminar has been cancelled. Duncan
September 21 Charles A. Miller, University of Iowa Moving past electrical phrenology: Assessing auditory nerve functionality in cochlear implant users Pfingst
September 28 Philine Wangemann, Kansas State University The molecular mechanism of deafness in Pendred syndrome Schacht
October 5 Lawrence Trussell, Oregon Health and Science University Glycinergic transmission in auditory brainstem- new tricks from old dogs Shore
October 12 Ladan Shams, University of California Los Angeles Auditory effects on visual perception Crumling
October 19 Jaime García-Añoveros, Northwestern University TRPA1, a channel for pain and hearing Duncan
October 26 Jean-Marie Aran, Hôpital Pellegrin; Director of Research at INSERM The role of the medial olivo-cochlear efferent system Schacht
November 2 Jim Saunders, University of Pennsylvania The mechanisms controlling neural adaptation in the chick cochlear nerve Duncan
November 9 Sue Kinnamon, Colorado State University Calcium signaling and transmitter release in taste cells Nosrat
November 16 No seminar - Neuroscience Meeting    
November 23 No seminar - Thanksgiving    
November 30 J. David Dickman, Washington University Return to flight: Regeneration of motion processing, posture and gaze control in birds following receptor damage. Barald
Special date/time: Friday, December 2, noon. Masahiko Izumikawa, University of Michigan Atoh1 gene transfer in the inner ear Raphael
December 7 Tom Glaser, University of Michigan The bHLH transcription factor Math5 (Atoh7) and its role in auditory hindbrain function Kohrman
December 14 Jose Esteban, University of Michigan Moving receptors in and out of synapses: A mechanism of synaptic plasticity. Holt
December 21 No seminar - Holiday Break    
December 28 No seminar - Holiday Break    
January 4 No seminar - Holiday Break    
January 11 Kathleen Campbell, Southern Illinois University Prevention of drug- and noise-induced hearing loss with D-methionine Le Prell/Miller
January 18 Jeffrey Martens, University of Michigan Mechanisms of olfactory CNG channel targeting to cilia Mistretta
January 25 Donna Martin, University of Michigan Molecular genetics in CHARGE Le Prell
February 1 No seminar: ARO Practice    
February 8 No seminar: ARO Meeting    
February 15 Golda Kevetter-Leonard and Robert B. Leonard, University of Texas Medical Branch Aging in the vestibular periphery King
February 22 No seminar: Alexander Gow's seminar rescheduled to May 3rd    
March 1 John Middlebrooks, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan Auditory Prosthesis With a Penetrating Nerve Array Le Prell
March 8 Dan Goldowitz, University of Tennessee College of Medicine The Genetic Architecture of Cerebellar Development Nosrat
March 15 Robert Frisina, University of Rochester Neural Correlates of Age-Related Hearing Loss Le Prell
March 22 James Baker, Northwestern University How can vestibular reflexes be so clever?Unexpected plasticity and computation by brain stem vestibular circuitry. King
March 29 Kevin Ohlemiller, Washington University Genetic contributions to the cellular pattern of noise- and age-related cochlear degeneration Le Prell
April 5 Lisa Cunningham, University of South Carolina Life and Death in the Inner Ear: Heat Shock Proteins and Sensory Hair Cells Lomax
April 12 Sharon Kujawa, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary Aging of the Noise-Exposed Ear Le Prell/Bledsoe
April 19 Dan Merfeld, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary Vestibular Prosthetics: A Series of Multi-Species Investigations King
April 26 No Seminar- Final Exams    
May 3 Alexander Gow, Wayne State University SEMINAR CANCELLED Meisler
May 10 Wu Zhou, University of Mississippi Medical Center Multiplicative Computation in the Vestibulo-ocular Reflex (VOR) King

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2006-2007
Date Speaker Title Host
September 6 No seminar - first week of classes    
September 13 Colleen Le Prell, University of Michigan Lateral olivocochlear neurons: their role in auditory function Shore
September 20 Ping Chen, Emory University School of Medicine Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms in Shaping the Mammalian Auditory Sensory Organ Kohrman
September 27 Jeff Wenstrup, Northeastern Ohio Universities Analysis of Complex Vocal Sounds: Neural Mechanisms and Modulation by Emotional Centers in the Brain Shore
October 4 Fred Wightman, Heuser Hearing Institute Informational Masking of speech in adults and children Macpherson
October 11 James Ison, University of Rochester Complex Auditory Processing in the Mouse, in Early Development and Near Senescence: A Behavioral Study Dolan
October 18 Daniel Eberl, University of Iowa Myosin VIIA in Drosophilia Hearing Kohrman
October 25 No Seminar   Kohrman
November 1 David Kohrman, University of Michigan The skinny on pirouette: mouse deafness mutations and stereocilia maturation Lomax
November 8 Kent Berridge, University of Michigan Limbic Hedonic Hotspots Enhance Taste "Liking"  
November 15 Thanos Tzounopoulos, Rosalind Franklin University
of Medicine and Science
Synaptic plasticity during early auditory processing Shore
November 29 Margaret Lomax, University of Michigan Stress Pathways in Age-related Hearing Loss Kohrman
December 6 Min-Xin Guan, Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Medical Center
Nuclear modifier enes for maternally transmitted deafness Lomax
December 13 Andrew Griffith, NIDCD/NIH Genetic approaches to understanding transmembrane channel-like gene 1 (TMC1) function in deafness and in health Kohrman
December 20 No seminar - Holiday Break    
December 27 No seminar - Holiday Break    
January 3 No seminar - Holiday Break    
January 10 Li Xu, Ohio University, School of Hearing and Speech Language Sciences An Acoustic, Neural-Network, and Perceptual Study of Mandarin Chinese Tone Production in Cochlear Implant Children Pfingst
January 17 Michael King, University of Michigan, Department of Otolaryngology Functional assessment of vestibular reflexes in mice and guinea pigs Lomax
January 24 Su-Hua Sha, University of Michigan, Kresge Hearing Research Institute Stress Induced Signaling Pathways in the Inner Ear Lomax
January 31 Edgar Otto, University of Michigan, Department of Nephrology Gene Identifications in Branchio-Oto-Renal Syndrome Lesperance
February 7 ARO Practice Talks No Seminar  

February 8 SPECIAL DAY

David Moore, MRC Institute of Hearing Research, Nottingham, UK Hearing but not listening: Causes and management of auditory processing disorder (APD) LePrell
February 14 ARO Meeting No Seminar  
February 21 Christine Byrd-Jacobs, Western Michigan University, Department of Biological Science Plasticity in the Zebrafish Olfactory Bulb: Insights from a Model System Bradley
February 28 Quintin Pan, University of Michigan, Department of Internal Medicine Role of PKCepsilon in head and neck cancer. Carey
March 7 Zheng-Yi Chen, Harvard Medical School, Department of Neurology Mammalian Hair Cell Regeneration: When and How? Gong
March 14 Jian-Dong Li, University of Rochester Medical College Regulation of Stress-induced Signaling Networks Sha
March 21 Lisa Goodrich, Harvard Medical School, Department of Neurobiology Deaf and dizzy mice: a genetic dissection of inner ear patterning and wiring Kohrman
March 28 George Gates, University of Washington, Department of Otolaryngology Alzheimer's disease and Central Auditory Function Altschuler
April 4 Marian Drescher, Wayne State University, Department of Otolaryngology Adrenergic Innervation of the Organ of Corti Lomax
April 11 Jennifer Melcher, Eaton Peabody Labs, Harvard Medical School Auditory Processing in human listeners as viewed with neuroimaging. Shore

SPECIAL SEMINAR April 16, Monday

Pavan Kommareddi, Kresge Hearing Research Institute Moleular Approaches to Hearing Research: A Personal Odyssey Carey
April 18

Neil Segil, House Ear Institute, Chief, Section on Cell Growth and Differentiation

Coordinating cell cycle and differentiation during the development and regeneration of the inner ear. Raphael
April 25 Joseph Walton, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Otolaryngology Division and Neurobiology and Anatomy Neural correlates of central auditory processing deficits in aging: evidence from the auditory midbrain Dolan/Shore
SPECIAL SEMINAR DATE, April 27 Marti Morales, M.S., New Mexico State University Structural Differentiation of Mechanosensory Hair Cells During Inner Ear Development and Innervation: Emergence of Kinocilia and Synaptic Ribbons Duncan
May 2 Robert Raphael, Rice University, Bioengineering Adventures in Membrane and Auditory Bioengineering: Some Things We've Learned about Intramolecular Interactions of Prestin and Potassium Transport in the Stria Vascularis Grosh/Duncan
May 9 Robin Davis, Rutgers University, Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience Sensational neurotrophins: Shaping the spiral ganglion neuron phenotype by BDNF and NT-3 Barald
May 16 Dr. Jeremy Turner, Southern Illinois University Reflex Audiometry as a Tool for Rapid Assessment of Hearing Loss and Tinnitus in Rodents Shore