Developing Research Careers in the Hearing Sciences

描述（由申请人提供）：一个研究培训计划，建议提供听力研究的经验，谁是在临床为基础的学位（Au. D.）注册的博士前学生。程序.长期目标是培养对听力研究事业的兴趣。这一目标解决了目前对听力学和听力科学研究人员数量减少的担忧。短期全职研究支持要求四个predoctoral（Au.D.）学生每年的补助金的五年。学员将在范德比尔特大学听力和言语科学系的十位导师的研究实验室获得研究经验。这些实验室的研究领域涵盖动物和人类受试者的基础科学和转化研究，并涉及以下主题：发育和衰老中的耳蜗和神经生理学，遗传性听力损失，空间定位，运动感知，定向听力和放大，儿科听力学，噪声中的语音识别，人工耳蜗植入，动物模型中的听觉神经和多感觉皮层功能，和大脑皮层的功能。研究生第三年年底的全日制研究培训。课程之前将进行研究相关的课程和一个学期的研究选修课，为全职研究培训做准备。拟议中的范德比尔特计划的优势是范德比尔特澳大利亚国防部的地位。计划在学术界，高素质的学生，导师谁教，并熟悉范德比尔特澳大利亚。计划，研究项目的多样性，以及教师和机构的承诺，通过具体的课程和活动计划来最大限度地发挥NIH-NIDCD支持的研究培训的好处。研究环境非常好，拥有新的最先进的实验室和众多的跨学科合作。受训者将通过提交研究报告在一个强调科学的全国会议上发表和参与研究报告的出版来完成他们的短期经验。具有临床背景的研究人员谁开发的研究技能和职业是非常适合识别和解决公共卫生问题。该计划将为临床听力学培训的学生提供重点研究经验，目标是培养对听力研究事业的兴趣。这将通过确保与听力健康相关的研究的强大未来而造福社会。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A Research Training Program is proposed to provide experience in hearing research to predoctoral students who are enrolled in a clinically based degree (Au.D.) program. The long-term goal is to develop interest in pursuing a career in hearing research. This objective addresses current concern about decreasing numbers of students pursuing research careers in audiology and hearing science. Short-term full-time research support is requested for four predoctoral (Au.D.) students per year for each of the five years of the grant. Trainees will obtain research experience in the research laboratories of ten preceptors in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences at Vanderbilt University. Areas of research in these laboratories span basic science and translational research in animal and human subjects and address topics including cochlear and neural physiology in development and aging, hereditary hearing loss, spatial localization, motion perception, directional hearing and amplification, pediatric audiology, speech recognition in noise, cochlear implants, auditory neural and multisensory cortical function in animal models, and cortical function in stuttering. The full-time research training at the end of the third year of the Au.D. program will be preceded by research-related coursework and a one semester research elective in preparation for the full- time research training. Strengths of the proposed Vanderbilt program are the standing of the Vanderbilt Au.D. program in the academic community, the high caliber of the students, preceptors who teach in and are familiar with the Vanderbilt Au.D. program, the variety of research programs, and the commitment of the faculty and institution demonstrated by plans for specific coursework and activities to maximize the benefit of the NIH-NIDCD supported research training. The research environment is excellent with new state-of-the-art laboratories and numerous interdisciplinary collaborations. Trainees will complete their short-term experience by submitting their research for presentation at a national meeting that emphasizes science and participating in publication of the research. Researchers with clinical backgrounds who develop research skills and careers are well-suited to identify and solve public health problems. The proposed program will provide a focused research experience for students training in clinical audiology with the goal of developing interest in pursuing a research career in hearing. This will benefit society by insuring a strong future for research related to hearing health.