Translational Research is the interface between basic science and human clinical application
including the entire process from animal studies to human clinical trials (phases I II and
III). Translational Research moves promising basic science results from the laboratory to
bedside application. Yet this transition is often the least-defined least-understood part of
the research process. Most scientific training programs provide little or no systematic
introduction to the issues challenges and obstacles that prevent effective research
translation even though these are the key steps that enable high-impact basic science to
ultimately result in significant clinical advances that improve patient outcome. This volume
will provide an overview of key issues in translation of research from bedside to bench to
bedside not only from the perspective of the key funding agencies but also from the
scientists and clinicians who are currently involved in the translational research process. It
will attempt to offer insight into real-world experience with intellectual property and
technology transfer activities that can help move auditory technologies ahead as scientists
and clinicians typically have little or no formal training in these areas. Translational
Research in Audiology and the Hearing Sciences will be aimed at graduate students and
postdoctoral investigators as well as professionals and academics. It is intended to function
as a high-profile and up-to-date reference work on Translational Research in the auditory
sciences emphasizing research programs in the traditional areas including drugs and devices
as well as less traditional still emerging areas such as sensorineural hearing loss auditory
processing disorder cochlear implants and hearing aids and tinnitus therapies.
