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Kresge Hearing Research Institute
TypePublic
Established1963
Location
Ann Arbor
,
Michigan
,
United States
Websitehttp://www.khri.med.umich.edu/

The Kresge Hearing Research Institute is an institute of Otolaryngology of the Department of Otolaryngology in the University of Michigan.[1]

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.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "About the KHRI | Kresge Hearing Research Institute | Michigan Medicine". 26 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Human Embryonic Stem Cells Restore Gerbil Hearing". Scientific American.
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