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The Kresge Hearing Research Institute, part of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, consists of a diverse and dedicated group of scientists and physicians working on basic science and clinical aspects of hearing and balance disorders, in health and disease.
Our mission is to:
- Advance scientific knowledge of the development, function and pathology of hearing and balance
- Translate today's scientific discoveries into tomorrow's clinical treatment
- Train the next generation of scientists and clinician-scientists from the United States and worldwide
- Promote diversity in academia and facilitate integration of persons with special needs into the research community
- Educate the general public about hearing health and the benefits of biomedical research
![Gabriel Corfas](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2024-04/corfas.gabriel.yes_.jpg?itok=V6XhgiW5)
Lynn and Ruth Townsend Professor of Communication Disorders
Associate Chair
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Director
Kresge Hearing Research Institute
Associate Chair
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Director
Kresge Hearing Research Institute
![Richard A. Altschuler](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-10/altschuler_richard4x5.jpg?itok=TEIiPBsG)
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
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Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
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Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
![headshot of Chad Brenner](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-12/Brenner-Chad-2023_0.jpg?itok=TrkFX2xU)
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
![R. Keith Duncan, PhD](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-11/duncan_keith4x5.jpg?itok=U_o08mDi)
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Associate Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Associate Director Academic Program
Neuroscience Graduate Program and Program Director
Diversity and Summer Research Initiatives in the Neuroscience Graduate Program
Associate Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Associate Director Academic Program
Neuroscience Graduate Program and Program Director
Diversity and Summer Research Initiatives in the Neuroscience Graduate Program
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Merle Lawrence Collegiate Professor of Otolaryngology Research
Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
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Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
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Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Medical Director, Audiology
Medical Director, Audiology
![Anahita H. Mehta](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2024-04/anahita_mehta.jpg?itok=gaymNe65)
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
![Yehoash Raphael](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-11/raphael_yehoash4x5.jpg?itok=lHQSeDmq)
R Jamison and Betty J Williams Professor of Otolaryngology
Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
![Michael Roberts](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-11/roberts_michael4x5.jpg?itok=mWp3A2Qa)
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
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Assistant Professor of Psychology
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Training Grant Mentor
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Training Grant Mentor
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Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
![Christopher Welch](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-11/welch-christopher-4x5_0.jpg?itok=2NkesYqN)
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Program Associate, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Program Associate, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery