Auditory Research at UNC Health
UNC Cochlear Implant Research Lab
Dr. Meg Dillon directs UNC’s Cochlear Implant Research Lab, with her colleagues Drs. Meredith Rooth, Lisa Park, and Gretta Richter. Their current research focuses on outcomes of cochlear implantation in children and adults with residual hearing and unilateral hearing loss, procedures for optimizing mapping procedures, and effects of age at implantation on outcomes.
Speech Perception & Auditory Research at Carolina
Drs. Emily Buss and John Grose oversee research conducted in the SPARC and PEARL laboratories. This team uses behavioral methods and electrophysiology to study hearing in humans across the lifespan. Their research interests include effects of development, aging, speech perception under challenging listening conditions, spatial hearing, and perception of basic aspects of sound. More –>
Manis Lab – Cellular Mechanisms of Auditory Neural Information Processing – UNC Chapel Hill
Dr. Paul Manis maintains a program research evaluating Cellular Mechanisms of Auditory Neural Information Processing. Drs. Tessa-Jonne Ropp and Michael Kasten also conduct their research in this lab. This team studies the cochlear nucleus in animals, utilizing a range of electrophysiological and optogenetic stimulation techniques to determine the properties of defined cell types and damage associated with noise or age. More –>
Auditory Physiology Lab
Dr. Doug Fitzpatrick directs the Auditory Physiology Lab, which uses animal models and human studies to understand the neural basis of hearing and hearing loss. Dr. Ken Hutson works in this lab, contributing expertise in imaging and neuroanatomy.