Research

 General Otolaryngology

• Multi-Institutional Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills
  Principal Investigator: Keith Sale, MD
• Short-term Medical Missions: The Volunteer's Perspective
  Principal Investigator: Kevin Sykes, MPH/Keith Sale, MD
• Short-term Medical Missions: The Patient's Perspective
  Principal Investigator: Kevin Sykes, MPH/Keith Sale, MD
• The Impact of Exercise on Olfactory Impairment in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Early Alzheimer's Disease
  Principal Investigator: Christopher Larsen, MD

Head and Neck Oncology

• Hypopharyngeal Reconstruction after Laryngectomy and Laryngopharyngectomy Following Concurrent Chemoradiation: A Multi-Center Review of Reconstructive Techniques, Complications, and Outcomes
  Principal Investigator: Lisa Shnayder, MD
• The Midwest Head and Neck Cancer Consortium Multi-Institutional Parathyroid Registry
  Principal Investigator: Lisa Shnayder, MD
• The Midwest Head and Neck Cancer Consortium Multi-Institutional Unknown Primary Registry
  Principal Investigator: Lisa Shnayder, MD
• TALC: Observational Study of Swallowing Function after Treatment of Advanced Laryngeal Cancer
  Principal Investigator: Lisa Shnayder, MD

Otology

• A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter, Phase 2 Study of OTO-104 Given as a Single Intratympanic Injection in Subjects with Unilateral Meniere's Disease
  Principal Investigator: Hinrich Staecker, MD, PhD
• Clinical Trial of the Vibrant Soundbridge as a Treatment for Conductive and Mixed Hearing Losses, Using Direct Round Window Cochlear Stimulation
  Principal Investigator: Hinrich Staecker, MD, PhD
• Efficacy of AM 101 in the Treatment of Acute Inner Ear Tinnitus (TACTT1)
  Principal Investigator: Hinrich Staecker, MD, PhD
• The MED-EL EAS (Electrical Acoustic Stimulation) using the Pulsar CL100FLEXeas and the DUET Speech Processor
  Principal Investigator: Hinrich Staecker, MD, PhD

Laryngology

• Pharyngeal pH Probes in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Reflux Disease
  Principal Investigator: David Garnett, MD

Pediatric Otolaryngology

• Identification and Characterization of Novel Subsets of B cells in Pediatric Tonsil Tissue
  Principal Investigator: Julie Wei, MD

Pending Projects or Projects Currently on Hold

• Safety and Efficacy Evaluation of Topical AL-60371 Otic Suspension, 0.3% in the Treatment of
  Acute Otitis Externa
  Principal Investigator: Christopher Larsen, MD

Recently Completed or Closed

• An Open-Label, Long-Term Treatment Study to assess the Long-Term Safety and Tolerability and Efficacy of Neramexane in Patients with Subjective Tinnitus
  Principal Investigator: Hinrich Staecker, MD, PhD
• A Phase 3, Prospective, Open-Label, Multicenter Study of Lymphoseek®-Identified Sentinel Lymph Nodes (SLNs) Relative to the Pathological Status of Non-Sentinel Lymph Nodes in an Elective Neck Dissection (END) in Cutaneous Head and Neck and Intraoral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
  Principal Investigator: Lisa Shnayder, MD
• A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Clinical Evaluation of the Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Neramexane in Patients with Subjective Tinnitus
  Principal Investigator: Hinrich Staecker, MD, PhD
• Otologics MET^TM Fully Implantable Ossicular Stimulator
  Principal Investigator: Hinrich Staecker, MD, PhD
• PREDICT: Relationship of ear disease severity in infants and children and parental quality of life, Parent Response to Ear Disease in Children with and without Tubes
  Principal Investigator: Christopher Larsen, MD