Protecting the inner ear during surgery

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/509206

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Both hearing and balance are vulnerable during ear surgery, and the loss of either carries a heavy personal, social and economic cost. We will develop new ways of protecting the ear during surgery, though the local delivery of medication to the inner ear. The protocol will be developed in the laboratory and tested in a clinical trial. This research will stand to benefit all people undergoing major operation on their ear, and especially cochlear implant candidates with residual hearing.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2011

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $547,492.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Otorhinolaryngology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

anti-inflammatory agents | balance impairment | cochlear prosthesis | hear loss, sensorineural | hearing | inflammatory mediators | preventable injury | prevention | surgery | vestibular function

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