Vernon talks about his studies on the hearing of bats at Princeton University for 14 years and then his move to Portland, Oregon, in 1966 to establish a clinical research laboratory in the Department of Ear, Nose and Throat at the University of Oregon Medical School. He recalls his involvement in the creation of the Oregon Hearing Research Center, the Tinnitus Clinic, the American Tinnitus Association, and in planning the Neurosensory Research Center at Oregon Health Sciences University during the 1990s. He talks about his memories of Senator Mark Hatfield's support of hearing disorder research at the University.
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