Our Team Behind the Scenes: Audrey Salzburg
From grateful patients to potential donors, Audrey, our Director of Development, enjoys connecting people’s passions and interests with the Institute’s research, education, and global health projects, so their gifts are personal and fulfilling in ways that are meaningful to them. Over the last year, Audrey has engaged with numerous contributors whose lives have been changed…
In Memoriam: Paul Michael Bruder
Paul Michael Bruder was born in Moline, Illinois on April 23, 1985. He had a pretty typical childhood until age four when he started complaining of pains. He was taken to a specialist in Iowa City in the winter of 1989 and they found tumors. He was diagnosed with NF2 when he was six years old…
Our Team Behind the Scenes: Diane Sands
Meet Diane Sands, our new Patient Education and Well-Being Manager who is approaching innovation from a different angle. Over the last 4 months, she has worked to design an integrative health program that recognizes the emotional well-being and educational counseling needs of House Clinic patients and their families as they work through the onset of hearing…
Our Team Behind the Scenes: John Galvin, PhD
John Galvin, PhD has been a cochlear implant researcher for more than twenty years pursuing a range of research interests including single-and multi-channel psychophysical studies, speech perception (English and other languages), sound source localization, music perception, and auditory training. Between grant submissions and publications, Dr. Galvin is an avid espresso drinker, tennis, squash, and pickleball…
The Osia System: A Game Changer
By Javia Headley, Marketing Communications Manager Jason Jacobs was the first patient at the House Institute to receive the new Cochlear™ Osia® System, an active osseointegrated steady state implant system using digital piezoelectric stimulation. The Osia Implant is designed to be placed under the skin with minimally invasive surgery. It works by bypassing damaged areas…
The Future is Hear: Looking Ahead at Cochlear Implant Technology
By John Galvin, PhD and Javia Headley, Marketing Communications Manager Cochlear implant research at The House Institute started in 1957 when a patient alerted William House, MD, to the work of Andre Djourno. Djourno was a neurophysicist who implanted an electrode into the ear of a patient living with severe ear disease and found the…
Ensuring the Successful Repair of Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence
By Mia Miller, MD and Helena Wichova, MD In the last two decades, superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome has become a more familiar diagnosis. Patients usually complain of sound and pressure-induced dizziness, trouble hearing, ear fullness, and hearing one’s heartbeat or breathing. When we suspect this diagnosis, a high-resolution computed tomography (CT) helps identify an…
In-House Outreach: Our Digital Education Initiative for Physicians-In-Training
By Javia Headley, Marketing Communications Manager An effective tool in medical education and the provision of top-of-the-line patient care is the grand rounds methodology, which consists of presenting the medical problems of a particular patient to an audience of doctors and physicians-in-training. Created as a method for junior physicians to review patients, it has since…
Implants and Impact: The Legacy of Steven Otto
By John Galvin, PhD As some of you may know, our dear friend and colleague Steven Otto passed away recently after a long battle with leukemia. Steve was a mainstay at the House Institute for more than 30 years. He was vital to the development and success of the Auditory Brainstem Implant (ABI). He was…
Hearing Tech Advances
Three areas of ongoing research from around the world. Hearing Aids of the Future Uses Brainwaves to Isolate a Single Speaker Current hearing aid technology lacks the precision to isolate the voice of the individual speaking directly to the hearing aid user. At best, it can suppress background noise or amplify the voice of the…
