Current ATA Research

ATA-Funded Research in 2021/22

This year, the ATA Board of Directors approved $265,000 of total funding to support four unique and particularly-promising tinnitus research projects. 

Clinical Implementation of Novel Tool for Pediatric Tinnitus: The Young-Persons Tinnitus Screener And The Young-Persons Tinnitus Inventory
Natalie Macaruso, MD, University of Toronto / Hospital for Sick Children
Funding: $25,000
Roadmap to a Cure Pathways: C

The Use of Sound Therapy to Improve Sleep And Tinnitus: A Placebo-Controlled Ecological Study
Sylvie Hébert, PhD, University of Montreal
Funding: $60,000
Roadmap to a Cure Pathways: E

Serum Prestin as a Biomarker for Tinnitus
Kourosh Parham, MD, PhD, University of Connecticut Health
Funding: $60,000
Roadmap to a Cure Pathways: C

The Molecular Mechanism of Tinnitus: Probing Deficiencies in GABAergic Inhibition With GABA-edited MR Spectroscopy and [11 C]Flumazenil PET
Pim van Dijk, PhD, University Medical Center Groningen
Funding: $60,000
Roadmap to a Cure Pathways: D, E