Susan Shore Explained

Susan Ellen Shore
Workplaces:University of Michigan
Kresge Hearing Research Institute
University of Pittsburgh
Alma Mater:University of the Witwatersrand (BS, MA)
Louisiana State University (PhD)
Thesis Title:Cochlear partition responses to frequency-varying signals.
Thesis Url:http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/775681762
Thesis Year:1976

Susan Ellen Shore is an American audiologist who is the Merle Lawrence Collegiate Professor of Otolaryngology at the University of Michigan. She was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2021.

Early life and education

Shore was an undergraduate student at the University of the Witwatersrand. She first specialized in pathology and audiology before starting a master's in hearing science. Her research considers dichotic listening.[1] After completing her master's, she joined the Kresge Hearing Research Institute at Louisiana State University. Her doctoral research involved studying how the cochlea responds to frequency-varying signals.[2] After earning her doctorate, Shore joined the University of Pittsburgh as research fellow.[3]

Research and career

In 2005, Shore joined Michigan Medicine, where she started a research group investigating auditory processing.[4] She was particularly interested in the contributions of multisensory systems. Shore identified that certain neurons, which receive input from the face and head, were sensitive to touch.[5] These somatosensory neurons (fusiform cells) send signals to the cochlear nucleus and make it respond to sound. She showed that the somatosensory neurons interact with the nucleus even more acutely after deafness, likely to compensate for the conventional cochlea input.[6] [7] The increase in somatosensory excitations (activity in the fusiform cells) can result in the development of tinnitus, a condition that impacts around 15% of Americans.[8] As Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the American Tinnitus Association, Shore testified before the United States House of Representatives in support of the Tinnitus Research and Treatment Act in 2013.[9]

Shore has investigated synaptic plasticity[10] and the longitudinal nature of these neural changes. She proposed a precise pattern of simulations that can be used to reverse this process.[11] [12] This strategy,[13] targeted bimodal auditory-somatosensory stimulation, which involved a series of sounds coupled with precisely timed electrical pulses.[14] [15] This combination can launch a process called stimulus-timing dependent plasticity. Specifically, the Auricle (or Michigan Tinnitus Device[16]) looks to reprogram the fusiform cells of the dorsal cochlear nucleus.[17] [18]

Shore was named the Merle Lawrence Collegiate Professor of Otolaryngology Research at the University of Michigan in 2021.[19]

Awards and honors

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. Dichotic listening and central auditory processing.. [publisher not identified]. 1975. Place of publication not identified. English. Susan Ellen. Shore. 775683664.
  2. Cochlear partition responses to frequency-varying signals.. [publisher not identified]. 1976. Place of publication not identified. English. Susan Ellen. Shore. 775681762.
  3. Web site: Susan E. Shore, Ph.D. . Kresge Hearing Research Institute . University of Michigan . 2022-04-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220319032805/https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/khri/susan-e-shore-phd . 2022-03-19.
  4. Web site: 2015-01-07. Shore Laboratory Kresge Hearing Research Institute Michigan Medicine. 2022-02-04. Kresge Hearing Research Institute. en.
  5. Web site: 2018-07-23. Tune Into ATA's Brand New Podcast with Dr. Susan Shore. 2022-02-04. www.ata.org. en.
  6. Web site: Could Overactive Nerves Cause Tinnitus?. 2022-02-04. advancedhearingservices.net. en.
  7. Web site: 'Ringing In The Ears' May Be Caused By Overactive Nerves; Acupuncture May Help, Study Suggests. 2022-02-04. ScienceDaily. en.
  8. Web site: 2018-01-03. Specially timed signals ease tinnitus symptoms in test aimed at condition's root cause. 2022-02-04. University of Michigan News. en-US.
  9. Web site: 2013-07-08. Susan E. Shore Ph.D.. 2022-02-04. House Committee on Veterans Affairs. en.
  10. Shore. Susan E.. Roberts. Larry E.. Langguth. Berthold. 2016. Maladaptive plasticity in tinnitus — triggers, mechanisms and treatment. Nature Reviews Neurology. en. 12. 3. 150–160. 10.1038/nrneurol.2016.12. 26868680 . 4895692 . 1759-4766.
  11. Web site: Experimental device tested to help treat ringing in the ears. 2022-02-04. www.cbsnews.com. 4 January 2018 . en-US.
  12. Web site: 2018-01-05. Ringing in your ears? Scientists unveil a device that might finally provide relief. 2022-02-04. Newsweek. en.
  13. Web site: Susan Shore. 2022-02-04. Science Friday. en-US.
  14. Marks. Kendra L.. Martel. David T.. Wu. Calvin. Basura. Gregory J.. Roberts. Larry E.. Schvartz-Leyzac. Kara C.. Shore. Susan E.. 2018-01-03. Auditory-somatosensory bimodal stimulation desynchronizes brain circuitry to reduce tinnitus in guinea pigs and humans. Science Translational Medicine. 10 . 422 . EN. 10.1126/scitranslmed.aal3175. 5863907. 29298868.
  15. Web site: Coghlan . Andy . A daily blast of sound and electrical pulses may tame tinnitus . New Scientist . 2018-01-03 . 2022-02-04.
  16. Web site: VibeThemes. Michigan Tinnitus Device – Fast Forward Medical Innovation (FFMI). 2022-02-04. en-US.
  17. Web site: Kwon. Diana. New Tinnitus Treatment Alleviates Annoying Ringing in the Ears. 2022-02-04. Scientific American. en.
  18. Martel . David T. . Pardo-Garcia . Thibaut R. . Shore . Susan E. . Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus Fusiform-cell Plasticity is Altered in Salicylate-induced Tinnitus . Neuroscience . Elsevier BV . 407 . May 21, 2019 . 0306-4522 . 6414292 . 30217755 . 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.08.035 . 170–181.
  19. Web site: 2021-10-18. Dr. Susan Shore named Merle Lawrence Collegiate Professor of Otolaryngology Research Otolaryngology Michigan Medicine. 2022-02-04. Otolaryngology. en.
  20. Web site: Sixteen will receive research awards. 2022-02-04. ur.umich.edu.
  21. Web site: NIH Award-Susan Shore UM Neuroscience Graduate Program. 2022-02-04. neuroscience.med.umich.edu.
  22. Web site: 2019-04-08. Michigan tops STAT Madness voting with a potential treatment for tinnitus. 2022-02-04. STAT. en-US.
  23. Web site: 2021 AAAS Fellows American Association for the Advancement of Science. 2022-02-04. www.aaas.org. en.

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