Stefan Heller, PhD

• A Novel Ion Channel Formed by Interaction of TRPML3 with TRPV5. Guo Z, Grimm C, Becker L, Ricci AJ, Heller S. PLoS One. 2013; 8 (2): e58174
• FCHSD1 and FCHSD2 are expressed in hair cell stereocilia and cuticular plate and regulate actin polymerization in vitro. Cao H, Yin X, Cao Y, Jin Y, Wang S, Kong Y, Chen Y, Gao J, Heller S, Xu Z. PLoS One. 2013; 8 (2): e56516
• Special issue on inner ear development and regeneration. Heller S, Hear Res. 2013: 297 1-2
• Tympanic border cells are Wnt-responsive and can act as progenitors for postnatal mouse cochlear cells. Jan TA, Chai R, Sayyid ZN, van Amerongen R, Xia A, Wang T, Sinkkonen ST, Zeng YA, Levin JR, Heller S, Nusse R, Cheng AG.Development. 2013; 140 (6): 1196-206
• Concise review: Inner ear stem cells–an oxymoron, but why? Ronaghi M, Nasr M, Heller S.Stem Cells. 2012; 30 (1): 69-74

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Kay Chang, MD

• CT analysis demonstrates that cochlear height does not change with age. Mori MC, Chang KW.AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2012; 33 (1): 119-23
• Is it valid to calculate the 3-kilohertz threshold by averaging 2 and 4 kilohertz? Gurgel RK, Popelka GR, Oghalai JS, Blevins NH, Chang KW, Jackler RK. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2012; 147 (1): 102-4
• Platinum-induced ototoxicity in children: a consensus review on mechanisms, predisposition, and protection, including a new International Society of Pediatric Oncology Boston ototoxicity scale. Brock PR, Knight KR, Freyer DR, Campbell KC, Steyger PS, Blakley BW, Rassekh SR, Chang KW, Fligor BJ, Rajput K, Sullivan M, Neuwelt EA. J Clin Oncol. 2012; 30 (19): 2408-17
• β-Adrenergic receptor expression in vascular tumors. Chisholm KM, Chang KW, Truong MT, Kwok S, West RB, Heerema-McKenney AE. Mod Pathol. 2012; 25 (11): 1446-51
• Clinically accurate assessment and grading of ototoxicity. Chang KW, Laryngoscope. 2011; 121 (12): 2649-57

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Anthony Ricci, PhD

• A Novel Ion Channel Formed by Interaction of TRPML3 with TRPV5. Guo Z, Grimm C, Becker L, Ricci AJ, Heller S. PLoS One. 2013; 8 (2): e58174
• Integrity and regeneration of mechanotransduction machinery regulate aminoglycoside entry and sensory cell death. Vu AA, Nadaraja GS, Huth ME, Luk L, Kim J, Chai R, Ricci AJ, Cheng AG. PLoS One. 2013; 8 (1): e54794
• Patch-clamp recordings from lateral line neuromast hair cells of the living zebrafish. Ricci AJ, Bai JP, Song L, Lv C, Zenisek D, Santos-Sacchi J. J Neurosci. 2013; 33 (7): 3131-4
• Response properties from turtle auditory hair cell afferent fibers suggest spike generation is driven by synchronized release both between and within synapses. Schnee ME, Castellano-Munoz M, Ricci AJ. J Neurophysiol. 2013
• Faster than the speed of hearing: nanomechanical force probes enable the electromechanical observation of cochlear hair cells. Doll JC, Peng AW, Ricci AJ, Pruitt BL. Nano Lett. 2012; 12 (12): 6107-11

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John S. Oghalai, MD

• An allelic series of mice reveals a role for RERE in the development of multiple organs affected in chromosome 1p36 deletions. Kim BJ, Zaveri HP, Shchelochkov OA, Yu Z, Hernández-García A, Seymour ML, Oghalai JS, Pereira FA, Stockton DW, Justice MJ, Lee B, Scott DA. PLoS One. 2013; 8 (2): e57460
• Cochlear implant electrode misplacement: incidence, evaluation, and management. Ying YL, Lin JW, Oghalai JS, Williamson RA. Laryngoscope. 2013; 123 (3): 757-66
• In vivo vibrometry inside the apex of the mouse cochlea using spectral domain optical coherence tomography. Gao SS, Raphael PD, Wang R, Park J, Xia A, Applegate BE, Oghalai JS. Biomed Opt Express. 2013; 4 (2): 230-40
• Are mastoid pressure dressings necessary after otologic surgery to prevent postoperative hematomas? Gurgel RK, Oghalai JS. Laryngoscope. 2012; 122 (3): 485-6
• Cognitive outcomes and familial stress after cochlear implantation in deaf children with and without developmental delays. Oghalai JS, Caudle SE, Bentley B, Abaya H, Lin J, Baker D, Emery C, Bortfeld H, Winzelberg J. Otol Neurotol. 2012; 33 (6): 947-56

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Nickolas H. Blevins, MD

• The effect of haptic degrees of freedom on task performance in virtual surgical environments. Forsslund J, Chan S, Selesnick J, Salisbury K, Silva RG, Blevins NH. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2013: 184 129-35
• Virtual reality simulation in neurosurgery: technologies and evolution. Chan S, Conti F, Salisbury K, Blevins NH. Neurosurgery. 2013: 72 Suppl 1 154-64
• Evaluating the utility of non-echo-planar diffusion-weighted imaging in the preoperative evaluation of cholesteatoma: A meta-analysis. Li PM, Linos E, Gurgel RK, Fischbein NJ, Blevins NH. Laryngoscope. 2012
• High-fidelity, inexpensive surgical middle ear simulator. Monfared A, Mitteramskogler G, Gruber S, Salisbury JK, Stampfl J, Blevins NH. Otol Neurotol. 2012; 33 (9): 1573-7
• Is it valid to calculate the 3-kilohertz threshold by averaging 2 and 4 kilohertz? Gurgel RK, Popelka GR, Oghalai JS, Blevins NH, Chang KW, Jackler RK. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2012; 147 (1): 102-4

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Robert Jackler, MD

• A new standardized format for reporting hearing outcome in clinical trials. Gurgel RK, Jackler RK, Dobie RA, Popelka GR. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2012; 147 (5): 803-7
• A regenerative method of tympanic membrane repair could be the greatest advance in otology since the cochlear implant. Jackler RK, Otol Neurotol. 2012; 33 (3): 289
• Is it valid to calculate the 3-kilohertz threshold by averaging 2 and 4 kilohertz? Gurgel RK, Popelka GR, Oghalai JS, Blevins NH, Chang KW, Jackler RK. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2012; 147 (1): 102-4
• Radiographic evaluation of the tegmen in patients with superior semicircular canal dehiscence. Nadaraja GS, Gurgel RK, Fischbein NJ, Anglemyer A, Monfared A, Jackler RK, Blevins NH. Otol Neurotol. 2012; 33 (7): 1245-50
• Rehabilitation of central facial paralysis with hypoglossal-facial anastomosis. Corrales CE, Gurgel RK, Jackler RK. Otol Neurotol. 2012; 33 (8): 1439-44

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Mirna Mustapha, PhD

• High frequency of the p.R34X mutation in the TMC1 gene associated with nonsyndromic hearing loss is due to founder effects. Ben Saïd M, Hmani-Aifa M, Amar I, Baig SM, Mustapha M, Delmaghani S, Tlili A, Ghorbel A, Ayadi H, Van Camp G, Smith RJ, Tekin M, Masmoudi S. Genet Test Mol Biomarkers. 2010; 14 (3): 307-11
• Deafness and permanently reduced potassium channel gene expression and function in hypothyroid Pit1dw mutants. Mustapha M, Fang Q, Gong TW, Dolan DF, Raphael Y, Camper SA, Duncan RK. J Neurosci. 2009; 29 (4): 1212-23
• Complexity and integration in the control of inner-ear development. Swiderski DL, Gong TW, Mustapha M. Genome Biol. 2007; 8 (9): 315
• Whirler mutant hair cells have less severe pathology than shaker 2 or double mutants. Mustapha M, Beyer LA, Izumikawa M, Swiderski DL, Dolan DF, Raphael Y, Camper SA. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 2007; 8 (3): 329-37
• Defects in whirlin, a PDZ domain molecule involved in stereocilia elongation, cause deafness in the whirler mouse and families with DFNB31. Mburu P, Mustapha M, Varela A, Weil D, El-Amraoui A, Holme RH, Rump A, Hardisty RE, Blanchard S, Coimbra RS, Perfettini I, Parkinson N, Mallon AM, Glenister P, Rogers MJ, Paige AJ, Moir L, Clay J, Rosenthal A, Liu XZ, Blanco G, Steel KP, Petit C, Brown SD. Nat Genet. 2003; 34 (4): 421-8

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Sunil Puria, PhD

• “Bone conduction hearing: symmetric and anti- symmetric components’, J Assoc. Res. In Otolaryngology (in press). Lim, N., Homma, K., Puria, S. (2011)
• “Biophysical Cochlear Model for Basilar Membrane Vibration and Auditory Neural Threshold: An Interspecies Comparison”, Yoon, Y., Steele, C.R., Puria, S. (2011), Biophysical Journal 100, Issue 1, pp 1-10.
  “The floating mass transducer on the round window versus attachment to an ossicular replacement prosthesis”, Shimuzu, Y., Puria, S., Goode, R.L. (2011) Otol Neurotol. (epub).
  “Comparisons of electromagnetic and piezoelectric floating-mass transducers in human cadaveric temporal bones”, Park, I.Y., Shimuzu, Y., O’Connor, K.N., Puria, S., Cho, J.H. (2011 Hear Res (epub).)
  “Middle-ear “gear” adaptation for high-frequency transmission”, Puria, S., Steele, C.R. (2010), Hearing Research 263, 183-190.

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Alan G. Cheng, MD

• Dynamic expression of Lgr5, a Wnt target gene, in the developing and mature mouse cochlea. Chai R, Xia A, Wang T, Jan TA, Hayashi T, Bermingham-McDonogh O, Cheng AG. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 2011; 12 (4): 455-69
• Functional hair cell mechanotransducer channels are required for aminoglycoside ototoxicity. Alharazneh A, Luk L, Huth M, Monfared A, Steyger PS, Cheng AG, Ricci AJ. PLoS One. 2011; 6 (7): e22347
• Intrinsic regenerative potential of murine cochlear supporting cells Sinkkonen ST, Chai R, Jan, T, Hartman B, Laske R, Gahlen F, Sinkkonen W, Cheng AG, Oshima K, Heller. Scientific Reports. 2011; 1 (26): DOI:10.1038/srep0002
• Sensorineural hearing loss in patients with cystic fibrosis. Cheng AG, Johnston PR, Luz J, Uluer A, Fligor B, Licameli GR, Kenna MA, Jones DT. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2009; 141 (1): 86-90
• Airway management in Nager Syndrome. Ho AS, Aleshi P, Cohen SE, Koltai PJ, Cheng AG. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2008; 72 (12): 1885-8

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Gerald R Popelka, PhD

• Long Term Safety and Benefit of a New Intraoral Device for Single Sided Deafness; Otology and Neurotology, Murray, M, Miller, R, Hujoel, P, Popelka GR,: 2011; 32, 1262-1269
• Auditory Impairment in Infants at Risk for Bilirubin-Induced Neurologic Dysfunction. Seminars in Perinatology, Shapiro, SM, and Popelka, GR: 2011; 35 (3), 162-170
• Efficacy and Safety of an In The Mouth Bone Conduction Device for Single Sided Deafness; Otology and Neurotology, Murray, M, Popelka GR, Miller, R: 2011; 32, 437-443
• Preliminary Evaluation of a Novel Bone Conduction Device for Single Sided Deafness; Otology and Neurotology, Popelka, GR, Derebery J, Blevins, NH, Murray, M, Moore BCJ, Sweetow, RW, Wu, B, Centore, L, Katsis, M: 2010; 31, 492-497
• Middle-ear function at high frequencies quantified with advanced bone-conduction measures. Hearing Research, Popelka, GR, Telukuntla, G, Puria, S: 2010; 263, 85-92
• A related factor is Dr. Popelka’s role as Director of the Auditory Core for the auditory measures in small mammals on our P30 grant.