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Kujawa's research program aims to find out aging and noise exposure alter inner ear structures and functions, how genetic factors affect vulnerability to hearing loss, and how neural processes can be manipulated for purposes of treatment or prevention. Noise-induced and age-related hearing loss are
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the most common forms of hearing loss seen in adult patients and they often co-exist in the same patients. In collaboration with
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Sergeyenko Y, Lall K, Liberman MC, Kujawa SG (August 2013).
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