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R1: Biomolecular, genetic, physiological solutions

Program overview

Better understanding of age related (presbycusic) or acquired hearing loss will enable HEARing CRC researchers to identify individuals most at risk, and to design commercial diagnostic tools for this purpose. Projects are also aimed at identifying molecules that may be targeted by drugs for the prevention or treatment of hearing loss.

A second project area under R1 is interested in central auditory processing disorders (CAPD) and tinnitus. Using magnetoencephalographic imaging to record nervous activity in the brain, the transmission and processing of sounds can be studied in individuals with normal hearing as well as those with different types of hearing loss. This information will be used to identify new approaches to prevention, diagnosis and management of CAPD and tinnitus in children and adults.

More information about individual projects can be found below.

Projects in this Program

R1.1: (Central) Auditory Processing
Project-ID Project Title Project Leader
R1.1.1a Central Auditory Processing Abnormalities in Adults A/Prof Gary Rance
R1.1.1b Effect of Aging on CAP in the Hearing Impaired Ms Helen Glyde
R1.1.2 LiSN Screening Test : see Commercialisation project C1.1.2 Dr Sharon Cameron
R1.1.3 Auditory Processing and Language Impairment in School-Aged Children Dr Mridula Sharma
R1.2: Genetic and Genomic resistance to environmental and age-related hearing loss
Project-ID Project Title Project Leader
R1.2.1a Genetic screening and resistance - human genome collaborative study (COMPLETE) A/Prof Henrik Dahl
R1.2.1b Use of pharmaceuticals in hearing loss prevention (COMPLETE) Dr Shehnaaz Manji
R1.2.2 Genomic & molecular therapeutic approaches to environmental and age-related hearing loss Prof Doug Hilton
R1.3: Objective measurement of tinnitus and its remediation
Project-ID Project Title Project Leader
R1.3.1 Objective measurement of tinnitus and its remediation Dr Catherine McMahon