The Hearing Institute is a center for basic and translational neuroscience research in the field of hearing, set up at the initiative of the Fondation Pour l'Audition and the Institut Pasteur.
The Hearing Institute has three main priorities:
1. TO CARRY OUT TOP-LEVEL BASICH RESEARCH
To elucidate the principles underpinning the workings of the auditory system, auditory perception and cognition, and multisensory integration; to improve understanding of the plasticity of the auditory system; and to shed light on interactions between the genome and the acoustic environment.
2. TO DEVELOP TRANSLATIONAL APPROACHES
To improve treatment for patients by elucidating the pathogenesis of sensorineural hearing loss and by developing multiparametric tools to diagnose hearing impairments, innovative therapeutic approaches for children, young adults and older individuals, and aural rehabilitation based on advances in basic scientific knowledge.
3. TO TRANSFER SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
The Hearing Institute disseminates its scientific and medical findings to the international scientific community and to all those involved in hearing health, including physicians, hearing aid specialists and speech therapists. It also shares this information with individuals with hearing loss and related organizations; it listens to their views and is committed to fostering a shared vision of any therapeutic developments.