Humans can hear upto 20 kHz yet most auditory tests and management are focused only up to 8 kHz. The goal of this preliminary series of experiments is to understand the role and clinical value of extended high frequency hearing (i.e., 9-20 kHz).

Otitis media is the second most common reason young children go to the doctor. A large body of literature shows that degraded auditory experience because of otitis media has been associated with reorganized ascending neural pathways, even after middle ear pathology is resolved. In a series of preliminary studies we are examining the effects of resolved otitis media on later hearing development in children.