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Hall DB Michigan State University, Chicago, IL After describing the properties of the young spiral ganglion cells within the mammalian auditory system then investigate the neurotoxic effects of lead on the sodium current National Institute on Deafness Other Communication Disorders... 

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Acknowledgements This work was supported by grants from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (DC005786 to S.D.M. DC007317 to S.V.). C.D.D. is supported by a National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research training grant (DE007309). 

This research was siqiported by grants DC02531 and DC03735 from the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders to M.H. 

Government Research. Researchers funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDGD) are looking at ways that hearing aids can selectively enhance sounds to improve the comprehension of speech. A related research team is studying ears on animals to fine-tune directional microphones that may make conversations... 

Areas of active clinical research development in otorhinolaryngology include cochlear implants, microsurgery, and transplantation. The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders is one of the institutions actively involved in auditory research. It sponsors studies that aim to improve the benefits of classical implants as well as efforts to create new hrain-stimulating devices for patients with nerve damage. 

Sir John Warcup Cornforth (1917-2004) was born in Sydney, Australia, and earned his Ph.D. from Oxford University in 1941 working with Sir Robert Robinson. He was on the staff of the National Institute for Medical Research in London from 1946 to 1962, at Shell Research Ltd. (1962-1975), and ultimately at Sussex University (1975-1982). Profoundly deaf since his teens, he worked in constant collaboration with his wife, Rita Harradence. He received the 1975 Nobel Prize in chemistry. 

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