The Pittsburgh Hearing Institute
Faculty
Peter Santa Maria, MD, PhD, Co-Director
Professor and Chief, Otology/Neurotology and Vice Chair of Translational and Clinical Research
- Tympanic Regeneration
- Immune Mediated Inner Ear Disease
- Chronic Ear Infections
Thanos Tzounopoulos, Co-Director
Endowed Professor and Vice Chair of Basic Research, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
- Tinnitus, Hyperacusis, and Hearing Loss Therapeutics
- Neuroplasticity And Hearing Loss
- Auditory Physiology and Processing
Professor and Director of Global Health
- Tinnitus Devices
- Implantable Hearing Devices
- Global Health
Research Assistant Professor
- Innovation & Entrepreneurship
- Medical Robotics
- Global Health
Assistant Professor
- Neural Mechanisms of Listening-In-Noise
- Addressing Suprathreshold Hearing Deficits
Susan Whitney, PhD DPT, NCS, ATC, FAPTA
Director, Vestibular Rehabilitation Program, Professor
- Vestibular Physical Therapy
Christopher L. Cunningham, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Genetics Of Hearing Loss
- Gene Therapy
- Critical Auditory Proteins
Professor, Chair of Department of Communication Science and Disorders, Director of Audiology
- Hearing Rehabilitation
- Development Of Pathways To Care
Research Professor
- Immune Mediated Inner Ear Disease
- Chronic Ear Infections
- Noise Induced Hearing Loss
Professor, Director, UPMC Center for Balance Disorders
- Otoneurology
- Vestibular Disorders
- Balance Disorders
Assistant Professor
- Hearing Loss Diagnostic
- Development
- Preclinical Hearing Loss Models
Samantha Hauser, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Precision Diagnostics For Hearing Loss
- Lead Selection For Hearing Therapeutics
