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Med’s Ruben Stepanyan will examine how calcium overload from noise exposure might damage cochlear hair cells contributing to hearing loss

NIH grant fuels study on causes, prevention of acquired hearing loss
The Hearing ReviewRuben Stepanyan, assistant professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at the School of Medicine, will examine how calcium overload from noise exposure might damage cochlear hair cells contributing to hearing loss. “We anticipate that if we are successful, this could point to new strategies to preserve human hearing by regulating mitochondrial calcium levels,” he said.