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Sarah H. Hayes, Au.D., Ph.D.

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About Me

As a clinician scientist, Dr. Hayes completed her graduate training at the University at Buffalo, earning both her Doctorate in Audiology as well as her Ph.D. in Neuroscience in the Center for Hearing and Deafness. She then went on to complete her postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of Western Ontario in Canada, where she also held an appointment as Adjunct Research Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Dr. Hayes’ research aims to understand how brain plasticity caused by hearing loss leads to auditory pathologies such as tinnitus and hyperacusis, and how hearing loss increases the risk for development of cognitive impairment. Ultimately, her research addresses our crucial need to better understand the adverse effects of hearing loss on brain health.

Faculty Appointments

Assistant Professor - Department of Otolaryngology (SMD)

Assistant Professor - Department of Neuroscience (SMD) - Joint

Credentials

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Western Ontario, Canada, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology 2018 - 2023

Residency, Hearing Evaluation Services of Buffalo, Buffalo NY 2015 - 2016

Education

PhD | University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. Neuroscience. 2017

AuD | University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. Audiology. 2016

BS | Canisius College. Biology. 2008

Awards

Canada First Research Excellence Fund BrainsCAN Tier 1 Postdoctoral Fellowship. 2020 - 2023

Starkey Hearing Technologies William F. Austin Scholarship. 2014

American Tinnitus Association Student Research Grant. 2012

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, US Department of Defense. 2011 - 2014

University at Buffalo PhD Program in Biomedical Sciences Award for Highest GPA. 2010

Publications

Journal Articles

Neurophysiological, structural, and molecular alterations in the prefrontal and auditory cortices following noise-induced hearing loss.

Hayes SH, Patel SV, Arora P, Zhao L, Schormans AL, Whitehead SN, Allman BL

Neurobiology of disease.. 2024 October 1200 :106619. Epub 07/28/2024.

Using an appetitive operant conditioning paradigm to screen rats for tinnitus induced by intense sound exposure: Experimental considerations and interpretation.

Hayes SH, Beh K, Typlt M, Schormans AL, Stolzberg D, Allman BL

Frontiers in neuroscience.. 2023 17 :1001619. Epub 02/10/2023.

Noise exposure in early adulthood causes age-dependent and brain region-specific impairments in cognitive function.

Patel SV, DeCarlo CM, Book SA, Schormans AL, Whitehead SN, Allman BL, Hayes SH

Frontiers in neuroscience.. 2022 16 :1001686. Epub 10/13/2022.

Brain Targeting and Toxicological Assessment of the Extracellular Vesicle-Packaged Antioxidant Catalase-SKL Following Intranasal Administration in Mice.

Hayes SH, Liu Q, Selvakumaran S, Haney MJ, Batrakova EV, Allman BL, Walton PA, Kiser P, Whitehead SN

Neurotoxicity research.. 2021 October 39 (5):1418-1429. Epub 07/01/2021.

Differential Plasticity in Auditory and Prefrontal Cortices, and Cognitive-Behavioral Deficits Following Noise-Induced Hearing Loss.

Wieczerzak KB, Patel SV, MacNeil H, Scott KE, Schormans AL, Hayes SH, Herrmann B, Allman BL

Neuroscience.. 2021 February 10455 :1-18. Epub 11/24/2020.

Uncovering the contribution of enhanced central gain and altered cortical oscillations to tinnitus generation.

Hayes SH, Schormans AL, Sigel G, Beh K, Herrmann B, Allman BL

Progress in neurobiology.. 2021 January 196 :101893. Epub 08/09/2020.

Noise-induced hearing loss alters hippocampal glucocorticoid receptor expression in rats.

Hayes SH, Manohar S, Majumdar A, Allman BL, Salvi R

Hearing research.. 2019 August 379 :43-51. Epub 04/26/2019.

Effects of acoustic trauma on the auditory system of the rat: The role of microglia.

Baizer JS, Wong KM, Manohar S, Hayes SH, Ding D, Dingman R, Salvi RJ

Neuroscience.. 2015 September 10303 :299-311. Epub 07/08/2015.

Low-cost blast wave generator for studies of hearing loss and brain injury: blast wave effects in closed spaces.

Newman AJ, Hayes SH, Rao AS, Allman BL, Manohar S, Ding D, Stolzberg D, Lobarinas E, Mollendorf JC, Salvi R

Journal of neuroscience methods.. 2015 March 15242 :82-92. Epub 01/15/2015.

Dissociation of doublecortin expression and neurogenesis in unipolar brush cells in the vestibulocerebellum and dorsal cochlear nucleus of the adult rat.

Paolone N, Manohar S, Hayes SH, Wong KM, Salvi RJ, Baizer JS

Neuroscience.. 2014 April 18265 :323-31. Epub 01/23/2014.

Review of salicylate-induced hearing loss, neurotoxicity, tinnitus and neuropathophysiology.

Sheppard A, Hayes SH, Chen GD, Ralli M, Salvi R

Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa? italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale.. 2014 April 34 (2):79-93. Epub 1900 01 01.

Behavioral models of tinnitus and hyperacusis in animals.

Hayes SH, Radziwon KE, Stolzberg DJ, Salvi RJ

Frontiers in neurology. 2014 5 :179. Epub 09/17/2014.

A novel behavioral assay for the assessment of acute tinnitus in rats optimized for simultaneous recording of oscillatory neural activity.

Stolzberg D, Hayes SH, Kashanian N, Radziwon K, Salvi RJ, Allman BL

Journal of neuroscience methods.. 2013 October 15219 (2):224-32. Epub 08/08/2013.

The gap-startle paradigm for tinnitus screening in animal models: limitations and optimization.

Lobarinas E, Hayes SH, Allman BL

Hearing research.. 2013 January 295 (1-2):150-60. Epub 06/21/2012.

Expression of doublecortin, a neuronal migration protein, in unipolar brush cells of the vestibulocerebellum and dorsal cochlear nucleus of the adult rat.

Manohar S, Paolone NA, Bleichfeld M, Hayes S, Salvi RJ, Baizerf JS

Neuroscience.. 2012 January 27202 :169-83. Epub 12/17/2011.