Primary Recipient

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$170,052.00

Award Date

8/14/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Twenty-eight million Americans suffer from hearing impairment. By age 80 about half the population has age-related hearing loss (presbycusis). While some degree of presbycusis can be ascribed to environmental exposures, a significant fraction is genetical