Careers
The House Institute is the preeminent center for the treatment of ear disease and neurological disorders. For more than 60 years, the House Institute’s neurotologists and neurosurgeons have led the way in treating the causes of hearing, balance and skull-base disorders with cutting-edge practices and procedures. Serving the communities of greater Los Angeles and Orange…
How Fruit Flies Are Helping Scientists Study Hearing Loss
Aging is the number one cause of hearing loss, with one in three people between ages 65 and 74 suffering from the condition. For those over age 75, that number jumps to one in two. Untreated hearing loss has been linked to a number of other problems, including social withdrawal, anxiety, depression and even cognitive…
Is It Safe to Visit Your Audiologist?
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, it’s been a stressful and confusing time when it comes to your medical care. On the one hand, the CDC advises it’s safer to stay home. On the other hand, you still need to access certain services, like hearing care. If you’re on the fence about whether you…
Yardwork Can Damage Your Hearing
The second most common cause of hearing loss (behind aging) is noise exposure. This can be the result of sudden exposure to an extremely loud sound or frequent, ongoing exposure to moderately loud sounds. Summer is the season of yardwork and power tools, and if you’re not careful, you may cause irreversible damage to your…
Managing Stress to Improve Tinnitus
One major trigger for tinnitus is stress. At this time during a global pandemic and major civil unrest, stress levels are at an all-time high for many people across the nation. In addition, it is all too easy to become caught in a stress-tinnitus loop, where stress causes tinnitus, tinnitus causes further stress, and so…
Fellowship Alumni
Since the 1940s, the House Institute has trained generations of otologists and neurotologists. Many have pursued academic positions, while others are in private practice. The House Institute actively maintains the fellowship alumni list, and requests for changes to the list may be addressed to mzamora@houseclinic.com.
Brigette Boylan
Neurotology Clinical Fellowship
Overview This ACGME-accredited 2-year program is a neurotology/lateral skull base surgery program designed to advance education beyond that of an otolaryngology residency in the diagnosis and management of disorders of the temporal bone, lateral skull base, and related anatomical structures. Fellows will receive comprehensive training in extradural skull base approaches and postoperative care of lateral…
Endoscopic Ear Surgery
The use of endoscopes in otolaryngology, and in otology and skull base surgery specifically, has increased markedly since the 1980s. Endoscopic sinus surgery revolutionized the management of sinus disease by improving the visualization of important structures as viewed through the nostrils and nasal cavity. The view endoscopes provide can increase visualization of small anatomic confined spaces….
