Jill B. Firszt, Washington University School of Medicine (IMAGE)

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Jill B. Firszt, Washington University School of Medicine

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Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a five-year, $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the effects of asymmetric hearing loss in adults and children. Jill B. Firszt, Ph.D., holds a cochlear implant. She is investigating whether the implant will help patients with notable differences between each ear's ability to detect and process sound. The screen in the background shows an image of a cochlea (green) with the implant after a patient's surgery.

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