The Kresge Hearing Research Institute is an institute of

Otolaryngology Otorhinolaryngology ( , abbreviated ORL and also known as otolaryngology, otolaryngology–head and neck surgery (ORL–H&N or OHNS), or ear, nose, and throat (ENT)) is a surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the surgical an ...

of the Department of Otolaryngology in the

University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

. The research institute was officially opened in 1963 to investigate the human hearing and causes of deafness. In 2005, the discovery of being able to regrow cochlea hair nerves in guinea pigs at ''KHRI'' made international news.

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Kresge Hearing Research Institute Homepage
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