About Hearing Health Foundation

The mission of Hearing Health Foundation is to prevent and cure hearing loss through groundbreaking research.

Hearing Health Foundation is the leading national source of private funding for basic and clinical research in hearing and balance science.

Since its founding in 1958, Hearing Health Foundation has awarded approximately 2,000 grants, totaling over $26.5 million.

"Scientific research is an active, diligent, and systematic process of inquiry, by its very nature, research means probing the unknown. Each bit of knowledge supported by our grants program contributes a piece or answer to the puzzle-like mystery of hearing loss."
- Armand D'Amato, Former Chairman, HHF Board of Directors

Hearing Health Foundation-funded research has led to dramatic innovations in hearing and balance science, such as:

Cochlear Implants
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening
Surgical Therapy for Otosclerosis
Hair Cell Regeneration
Auditory Research

Hearing Health Foundation programs work to make a lifetime of hearing health possible for all people through quality research and education.

The Hearing Restoration Project
The Hearing Restoration Project will bring together an innovative model collaboration between 10 major hearing loss research centers in the United States, with full sharing of technologies, data, and credit. The Hearing Restoration Project is a Consortium of scientists working collaboratively and interactively with the goal of developing a biologic cure for severe sensorineural hearing loss in the next decade.

The HRP members include some top researchers in the field, affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, House Research Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, University of Michigan, University of California San Diego, University of Washington, and Washington University Medical Center.

Emerging Research Grants Program
Hearing Health Foundation's principal program is providing research grants to emerging, innovative researchers in the field of hearing and balance science through our Emerging Research Grants Program. A goal of the this grants program is to fill critical research funding gaps by providing qualified investigators, researchers, and institutions with annual research grants in the amount of $25,000 per grantee.

The Emerging Research Grants Program employs a "venture capital" approach, providing seed money for research that may lead to future funding from other sources and contribute to the advancement of the field of hearing and balance science.

Clinical Research Conferences
Hearing Health Foundation facilitates clinical research conferences that bring together some of the brightest and most promising researchers in the field. In addition to educational sessions held by keynote speakers, the conference was a stimulating mix of physicians and clinical investigators in the Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Communicative Disorders field. Their collaboration and intensive interaction bridged the gap between basic training in clinical research and developing contemporary clinical studies.

The impact of this conference is evident as one attendee recently shared with Hearing Health Foundation, "Following the conference, I put together an application and have received 2 years of support. I used my conference folder while preparing the application and definitely could not have done it with without this workshop."
- Helen Cullington, MS, PhD Student, University of California, Irvine

Hearing Health Magazine - The Ultimate Consumer Resource on Hearing
Hearing Health magazine is a publication of Hearing Health Foundation. It serves as Hearing Health Foundation's primary channel for public outreach and education to a national audience, including consumers with hearing and balance disorders as well as the professionals who serve them, such as otolaryngologists, audiologists, researchers and manufacturers.

Through Hearing Health Magazine, HHF serves as a source of quality information and provides the tools and resources to help people seek treatment for and manage hearing loss. Each issue features relevant and timely information on the latest research, articles written by leading authorities in the field, news about the latest technology, and human interest stories about those living with hearing loss.

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