The cEAR is a collaborative clinical and research consortium led by Zubair Ahmed, PhD, Saima Riazuddin, PhD and Ronna Hertzano MD, PhD. Collectively they have published over 200 manuscripts in peer reviewed journals, cited over 14,500 times, and contributed in the identification and/or characterization of 28 of the currently known deafness genes.
The clinical aspect of the program offers personalized medicine. Patients suffering from hearing/balance loss can be referred to the University of Maryland Department of Otorhinolaryngology to determine the predisposing genetic factors for their hearing/balance loss so that an individualized treatment plan can be developed.
For more information or to refer a patient to the Hearing and Balance Center visit http://umm.edu/programs/hearing or call 410-328-5828.
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Dr. Ahmed’s team is focused on understanding how the retinal and inner ear sensory epithelia develop and function. Dr. Ahmed’s research interests consists of inherited human disorders of retina and inner ear, like Usher syndrome and Oculocutaneous ...
Dr. Hertzano is a board certified otolaryngologist, and a surgeon-scientist. Dr. Hertzano’s clinical practice is focused on treating patients with diseases of the ear, with a special emphasis on genetic hearing loss and hearing restoration. ...
Dr. Riazuddin’s team is focused on understanding the molecular and genetic basis of hearing impairment. This is done by ascertaining large human families segregating hearing loss and through genetic screening; disease causing mutations ...
