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Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Velina Kozareva
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2
Maryna V. Ivanchenko
Harvard University
3
Chuan-Ya Jiang
Anhui Medical University
4
Yuwei Sun
Chinese Academy of Sciences
5
Vijayprakash Manickam
Creighton University
6
Nora L. Benavidez
University of Southern California
7
Sven Vanneste
BRAC
8
Cathy Yea Won Sung
University of Alabama at Birmingham
9
Philippe Jean
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
10
Amrita A. Iyer
Tempus Labs (United States)

Papers

1
Macrophage depletion protects against cisplatin-induced ototoxicity and nephrotoxicity
Science Advances|2024
57 cit.
2
PCDH15 dual-AAV gene therapy for deafness and blindness in Usher syndrome type 1F models
Journal of Clinical Investigation|2024
23 cit.
3
Publication in Science (2025) [13 citations, W4406970322]
Science|2025
13 cit.
4
Publication in Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience (2024) [9 citations, W4403911130]
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience|2024
9 cit.
5
Publication in JCI Insight (2024) [3 citations, W4399471582]
JCI Insight|2024
3 cit.
6
Publication in Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience (2025) [3 citations, W4408158878]
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience|2025
3 cit.
7
Cell-specific delivery of GJB2 restores auditory function in mouse models of DFNB1 deafness and mediates appropriate expression in NHP cochlea
Nature Communications|2025
2 cit.
8
Publication in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2026) [W7125405864]
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)|2026
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Yilai Shu
Fudan University
2
Peter T. Tsai
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
3
Ahmad Abou Tayoun
Dubai Health Authority
4
Katie S. Kindt
National Institutes of Health
5
Santasree Banerjee
Jilin University
6
Yali Ni
Gansu Provincial Maternal and Child Health Hospital
7
Court Hull
Duke University
8
Evan Z. Macosko
Broad Institute
9
Brandon C. Cox
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
10
Ann Chi Yan Wong
University of California San Diego

Papers

1
Single-cell genomic profiling of human dopamine neurons identifies a population that selectively degenerates in Parkinson’s disease
Nature Neuroscience|2022
563 cit.
2
AAV1-hOTOF gene therapy for autosomal recessive deafness 9: a single-arm trial
The Lancet|2024
325 cit.
3
Early Alzheimer’s disease pathology in human cortex involves transient cell states
Cell|2023
208 cit.
4
The molecular cytoarchitecture of the adult mouse brain
Nature|2023
183 cit.
5
Bilateral gene therapy in children with autosomal recessive deafness 9: single-arm trial results
Nature Medicine|2024
124 cit.
6
Rescue of autosomal dominant hearing loss by in vivo delivery of mini dCas13X-derived RNA base editor
Science Translational Medicine|2022
100 cit.
7
Preventing autosomal-dominant hearing loss in Bth mice with CRISPR/CasRx-based RNA editing
Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy|2022
65 cit.
8
Nanobiomaterial vectors for improving gene editing and gene therapy
Materials Today|2023
54 cit.
9
Precise detection of CRISPR-Cas9 editing in hair cells in the treatment of autosomal dominant hearing loss
Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids|2022
51 cit.
10
Microfluidic Preparation of Gelatin Methacryloyl Microgels as Local Drug Delivery Vehicles for Hearing Loss Therapy
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces|2022
51 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
M. Charles Liberman
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
2
Christine Petit
Inserm
3
A. J. Hudspeth
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
4
Richard Salvi
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
5
Richard J. Smith
University of Iowa
6
Robert Fettiplace
University of Wisconsin–Madison
7
James A. Henry
Pennsylvania State University
8
David P. Corey
Harvard University
9
Tobias Moser
Universitätsmedizin Göttingen
10
Guy Van Camp
University of Antwerp

Papers

1
Adding Insult to Injury: Cochlear Nerve Degeneration after “Temporary” Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
Journal of Neuroscience|2009
2.5k cit.
2
Guidelines on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infective endocarditis (new version 2009): The Task Force on the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Infective Endocarditis of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
European Heart Journal|2009
2k cit.
3
TRPA1 Contributes to Cold, Mechanical, and Chemical Nociception but Is Not Essential for Hair-Cell Transduction
Neuron|2006
1.2k cit.
4
Auditory-nerve response from cats raised in a low-noise chamber
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America|1978
1.2k cit.
5
Defective myosin VIIA gene responsible for Usher syndrome type IB
Nature|1995
1.1k cit.
6
Prestin is required for electromotility of the outer hair cell and for the cochlear amplifier
Nature|2002
936 cit.
7
Noise-induced cochlear neuropathy is selective for fibers with low spontaneous rates
Journal of Neurophysiology|2013
788 cit.
8
Sensitivity, polarity, and conductance change in the response of vertebrate hair cells to controlled mechanical stimuli.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|1977
772 cit.
9
Synaptopathy in the noise-exposed and aging cochlea: Primary neural degeneration in acquired sensorineural hearing loss
Hearing Research|2015
764 cit.
10
Otoferlin, Defective in a Human Deafness Form, Is Essential for Exocytosis at the Auditory Ribbon Synapse
Cell|2006
742 cit.

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