Peter Stephen Steyger, PhD, Professor, Biomedical Sciences, Principal Investigator COBRE, Translational Hearing Center, Nebraska
My unique expertise in mechanisms of iatrogenic hearing loss originates from acquiring hearing loss via treatment with the life-saving aminoglycosides when afflicted with bacterial meningitis as an infant.
Research Focus:
Ototoxicity, Cochleotoxicity, Vestibulotoxicity, Aminoglycoside-induced toxicity, Cisplatin-induced toxicity, Mechanisms of neuro- and cytotoxicity, Physiology of Blood-Labyrinth Barrier, Trafficking of drugs and nutrients across blood barriers, Hearing Loss and Inflammation