Title:  Assistant Clinical Professor

Department:  Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology

School/Center: Bouve College of Health Sciences

Office Location:  503 BK

Phone: 617-373-2492

Fax:  617-373-8756

Email:  k.darrow@neu.edu

Education:  Ph.D.

Certification:  Audiology

Specializations:  Electrophysiology, Vestibular Assessment

Research:  Cochlear Efferent System, Noise-Induced Hearing Loss, Cochlear Physiology

Public Service:  Aural Rehabilitation programs offered to local Senior Centers & Assisted Living centers.

Courses:  Assessment and Treatment of Balance Disorders; Audiology Clinic Seminar 

Publications:  Depreux FS, Darrow KN, Conner D, Eavey RD, Liberman MC, Seidman CS, Seidman JG Heritability of otitis media in EYA4-deficient mice. J. Clinical Investigation. TBP: Jan. 2008.

Willliamson RE, Darrow KN, Giersch AB, Resendes BL, Conrad GW, Koester A, Liberman MC, Morton CC, Tasheva ES. Expression studies of osteoglycin/mimecan (OGN) in the cochlea and auditory phenotype of Ogn-deficient mice. Accepted by Hearing Research. TBP: date unknown.

Williamson RE, Darrow KN, Michaud S, Jacobs JS, Jones MC, Eberl DF, Maas RL, Liberman MC, Morton CC. Methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP) in hearing: Gene disruption by chromosomal rearrangement in a hearing impaired individual and model organism analysis. Am J Med Genet A. 2007 Jul 15;143(14):1630-9.

Liu X, Darrow KN, Bulgakov OV, Pawlyk B, Adamian M, Liberman LD, Liberman MC, Li T. Usherin is required for maintenance of retinal photoreceptors and normal development of cochlear hair cells.Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2007 Mar 13;104(11):4413-8.

Darrow KN, Maison SF, and Liberman MC. Selective removal of lateral olivocochlear efferents increases vulnerability to acute acoustic injury. J Neurophysiol. 2007 Feb;97(2):1775-85.

Darrow KN, Maison SF, and Liberman MC. Cochlear efferent feedback balances interaural sensitivity. Nature Neurosci. 2006 Dec;9(12):1474-6.

Darrow KN, Simmons E, Liberman LD, and Liberman MC. Dopaminergic innervation of the mouse cochlea: evidence for a separate cytochemical group of lateral olivocochlear efferents. Journal of Comp. Neurol. J Comp Neurol. 2006 Sep 20;498(3):403-14.

Andrianopoulos MV, Darrow KN, Chen J. Multimodal standardization of voice among four multicultural populations: fundamental frequency and spectral characteristics. J. Voice. 2001 Jun;15(2):194-219.

Andrianopoulos MV, Darrow KN, Chen J. Multimodal standardization of voice among four multicultural populations: formant structures. J. Voice. 2001 Mar;15(1):61-77.

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