# Faculty Sort & Filters close ## Filters Affiliations expand\_more - Boston Children's Hospital (6) - Brigham and Women’s Hospital (2) - FAS-Harvard (1) - Harvard Ladder Faculy (39) - HMS (40) - Massachusetts Eye and Ear (23) - McLean Hospital (1) - MGH - Boston Campus (8) - MGH - IHP - Charlestown (4) - MGH - Martinos Center - Charlestown (1) - MIT (7) Research Interests expand\_more - Auditory Mechanics (5) - Early neurodevelopment, language development, intellectual disability, autism (1) - Auditory Neuroscience, Central (8) - Auditory Neuroscience, Periphery (14) - Auditory Perception, Hearing Assistive Devices (3) - Cognitive Neuroscience of Language and Music (7) - Genetics of Hearing & Deafness (3) - Speech Production & Perception (5) - Vestibular System, Balance (2) - Voice and Speech-Language Pathology (8) Search Within Results Search Within Results search ## 49 results Show filters filter\_alt Sort by Last Name A-ZLast Name Z-A sort list grid\_view ## 49 results [### Julie Arenberg ](/people/julie-arenberg) [Julie\_Arenberg@MEEI.HARVARD.EDU](mailto:Julie_Arenberg@MEEI.HARVARD.EDU)Associate Professor of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery The Emerging Auditory Research Lab, led by Dr. Julie Arenberg, aims to improve the speech perception abilities of both paediatric and adult cochlear implant users. Our research uses a translational approach, using basic science to assess cochlea health... ![arenberg_julie.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum5491/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/dms/files/arenberg_julie_1.jpg?itok=dLC-ptIk) [### Zheng-Yi Chen ](/people/zheng-yi-chen) [zheng-yi\_chen@meei.harvard.edu](mailto:zheng-yi_chen@meei.harvard.edu)Associate Professor of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (HMS Otolaryn Head Neck Surgery) Dr. Chen's laboratory is dedicated to developing treatments for hearing loss, spanning genetic, noise-induced, and age-related forms across all ages. Genetic hearing loss affects over 26 million people worldwide, while age-related hearing loss impacts... ![Zheng-Yi Chen](/sites/g/files/omnuum5491/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-05/Zheng-Yi%20Chen.png?itok=zsmL11S9) [### Jeffrey Cheng ](/people/jeffrey-cheng) [tao\_cheng@meei.harvard.edu](mailto:tao_cheng@meei.harvard.edu)Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Dr. Jeffrey Tao Cheng’s primary research interests are in the area of structure and function relations of normal and pathological ears, as well as damage of the ear and how to repair it for hearing restoration. Dr. Cheng’s laboratory uses newly developed... ![Jeffrey Cheng](/sites/g/files/omnuum5491/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-09/Jcheng.jpg?itok=kWnhXv1w) [### David Corey ](/people/david-corey) Bertarelli Professor of Translational Medical Science We are interested in the gating of mechanically sensitive ion channels, which open in response to force on the channel proteins. We study these channels primarily in vertebrate hair cells—the receptor cells of the inner ear, which are sensitive to sounds... ![David Corey](/sites/g/files/omnuum5491/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-09/corey_david_0.jpg?itok=UFVUxTX3) [### Albert Edge ](/people/albert-edge) [albert\_edge@meei.harvard.edu](mailto:albert_edge@meei.harvard.edu)Eaton-Peabody Professor of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery My lab works on regeneration and the complex molecular signaling in cell fate determination. We are interested in sensory biology and the rebuilding of damaged sensory circuits. The hair cells of the cochlea are epithelial cells, specialized for the... ![Albert Edge](/sites/g/files/omnuum5491/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-09/edge_albert.png?itok=s2V2JsHs) [### Evelina Fedorenko ](/people/evelina-fedorenko) Associate professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT Language is one of the few uniquely human cognitive abilities and a foundation of human culture and civilization. What cognitive and neural mechanisms enable us to produce and understand language? A broad array of brain regions have been implicated in... ![Evelina Fedorenko](/sites/g/files/omnuum5491/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-09/fedorenko_1.jpg?itok=6jdB5Rrb) [### Michale Fee ](/people/michale-fee) Glen V. and Phyllis F. Dorflinger Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Michale Fee studies how the brain learns and generates complex sequential behaviors, focusing on the songbird as a model system. Birdsong is a complex behavior that young birds learn from their fathers and it provides an ideal system to study the neural... ![fee_michale.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum5491/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/shbtphd/files/fee_michale.jpg?itok=RFPAhLJA) [### Ramon A. Franco ](/people/ramon-franco) [ramon\_franco@meei.harvard.edu](mailto:ramon_franco@meei.harvard.edu)Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Dr. Ramon Franco, Jr., is a board-certified otolaryngologist who sees patients with voice, swallowing, and breathing-related difficulties. His clinical and research interests include laryngology, medical and surgical care of the professional voice, and... ![franco_ramon_0.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum5491/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/shbtphd/files/franco_ramon_0.jpg?itok=h26-eU_l) [### Dennis M Freeman ](/people/dennis-m-freeman) Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professor Freeman’s research is aimed at understanding the cellular and molecular origins of the remarkable properties of human hearing. Human hearing is sensitive: we can detect sounds that vibrate the eardrum less than the diameter of a hydrogen atom... ![freeman_dennis.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum5491/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/shbtphd/files/freeman_dennis.jpg?itok=s3Rs2tZ-) [### Nadine Gaab ](/people/nadine-gaab) [nadine\_gaab@gse.harvard.edu](mailto:nadine_gaab@gse.harvard.edu)Associate Professor of Education The GaabLab at the Harvard Graduate School of Education focuses on auditory and language processing in the human brain and its applications for the development of typical and atypical language and literacy skills from infancy to adolescence. The GaabLab... ![gaab_nadine.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum5491/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/shbtphd/files/gaab_nadine.jpg?itok=7ussarA9) [### John D. E. Gabrieli ](/people/john-d-e-gabrieli) Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences John Gabrieli's goal is to understand the organization of memory, thought, and emotion in the human brain. By combining brain imaging with behavioral tests, he studies the neural basis of these abilities in human subjects. In collaboration with clinical... ![gabrieli_john.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum5491/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/shbtphd/files/gabrieli_john.jpg?itok=4urcHtFh) [### Gwenaëlle Géléoc ](/people/gwenaelle-geleoc) Program Director, Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology (SHBT) Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Sensory hair cells of the inner ear transduce mechanical stimuli into electrical signals which are transmitted to the brain. The primary goal of my research is to characterize the functional and molecular development of these inner ear hair cells. 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