James Kaltenbach, Ph.D. Joint Staff Director of Otology Research Head and Neck Institute   Department of Neurosciences / NC30 Lerner Research Institute The Cleveland Clinic Foundation 9500 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44195 Telephone: (216) 444-5171 Fax: (216) 444-7927 Email: kaltenj@ccf.org

General Research Interests:

Tinnitus, hyperacusis, hearing loss and ototoxicity

Current Research:

• Neuronal plasticity in central auditory disorders
• Therapeutic treatment of tinnitus and hyperacusis

Investigators:

• Yuan Gao, Ph.D.
• Nauman Manzoor, Ph.D.
• Guoyou Chen

Collaborators:

• Donald Godfrey, Ph.D., Department of Otolaryngology, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, OH
• Paul Finlayson, Ph.D., Department of Otolaryngology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
• Daniel Alam, M.D., Head and Neck Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
• Susan M. Staugaitis, M.D., Ph.D., Departments of Neurosciences and Anatomic Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, OH
• Sanjay W. Pimplikar, Ph.D., Department of Neurosciences, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, OH
• Kaushik Ghosal, Ph.D., Department of Neurosciences, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, OH