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Karolinska
Institute
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Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm has conducted research into cochlear mechanisms
and mechanisms of hearing loss for many years. The Department and Institute have
advanced research and laboratory facilities (ENT’s research laboratory at Gustaf
the Vth Research Institute) with 13 full time researchers and 2 laboratory
technicians. The laboratory has 2 hearing booths for animal studies, each
equipped with Tucker- Davis brain stem audiometers, confocal microsocopy, and
access to EM-facilities. During recent years ongoing research into cochlear
implantation has also focused on survival of spiral ganglion cells under various
treatment conditions.
Key Personnel
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Karolinska Institutet, Department of Otolaryngology. Prof. Bredberg
is the leading CI surgeon in Nordic countries and has long experience in the
key fields for the present project. His group has applied new technology in
the CI field, and studied hearing preservation during cochlear implantation
and the pathophysiology of
lesions. |
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Doc.
Ulfendahl is Head of the ENT-clinic’s research
laboratory and has long experience in cochlear research. He has conducted
studies on isolated hair cells and created an isolated model of the living
cochlea to study cochlear dynamics in a controlled environment. |
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Molecular biologist (Ph.D, Leif Järlebark) will also provide input to
the project. |
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