Description

This opportunity, offered by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), aims to support a national collaborative network that advances research on human auditory and vestibular disorders. The funded network will serve as a central resource for researchers by procuring, preparing, and distributing high-quality human inner and middle ear tissues. Activities include developing and sharing improved tissue preservation and processing techniques, providing digitized temporal bone images for broad dissemination, and offering technical training for handling post-mortem human temporal bones. The overall goal is to facilitate both basic and clinical research that deepens understanding of human hearing and balance disorders.