Richard Schmiedt, Ph.D.

Professor Department of Otolaryngology,
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.

Phone: (843) 792-7797
Fax: (843) 792-7736
Email: schmiera@musc.edu

Education:

BSEE, 1969, Ohio University; MSEE, 1972, Syracuse University; PhD, 1977, Syracuse University

Research Interests:

The physiology of age-related hearing loss with focus on the peripheral auditory system including the inner ear (cochlea) and cochlear nerve.

Selected Recent Publications:

Schmiedt, RA, Okamura, H-O, Lang, H, Schulte, BA. (2002) Ouabain application to the round window of the gerbil cochlea: a model for auditory neuropathy and apoptosis. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 03, 223-233.

Lang, H, Schulte, BA, Schmiedt, RA. (2002) Endocochlear potentials and compound action potential recovery functions in the C57BL/6J mouse. Hear Res 172, 118-126.

Spiess, AC, Lang, H, Schulte, BA, Spicer, SS, Schmiedt, RA. (2002) Effects of gap junction uncoupling in the gerbil cochlea. Laryngoscope 112, 1635-1641.

Lang, H, Schulte, BA, Schmiedt, RA. (2003) Effects of Chronic Furosemide Treatment and Age on Cell Division in the Adult Gerbil Inner Ear. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 4, 164-175.

Schmiedt, RA, Lang, H, Okamura, H-O, Schulte, BA. (2002) Effects of furosemide chronically applied to the round window: A model of metabolic presbyacusis. J Neurosci. 22, 9643-9650.