Project: Towards a treatment for hearing loss: validation of novel drugs in new translational animal models

Hearing loss poses a huge socio-economic burden (Fig 1): there is no cure and drug development is hampered by a lack of translational models. We will develop clinically relevant ex vivo and in vivo animal models and provide solid preclinical data based on these models for two drug candidates for treatment of hearing loss (Fig 2, Table 1). Hearing loss is a heterogeneous disease and these models are needed to clarify response mechanisms that will guide clinical trials and regulatory approval.

Acronym	HEARit (Reference Number: 10491)
Duration	01/09/2016 - 01/03/2019
Project Topic	Biological Sciences / Technologies
Network	Eurostars 2
Call	Eurostars Cut-Off 5

Project partner

Number	Name	Role	Country
24254	Audion Therapeutics	Coordinator	Netherlands
24255	University of Bern	Partner	Switzerland