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Through the world-renowned Central Institute for the Deaf, Washington University School of Medicine offers programs in deaf education, audiology, and speech and hearing sciences, while providing leading research and clinical services, as well. The CID also houses one of the world's foremost schools for deaf children, where kids learn to listen, talk and succeed in life.
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Richard Chole
Lindburg Professor and head of otolaryngology
Chole is known for developing the oto-endoscopic camera and a prosthetic device that functions as a replacement for middle ear bones damaged by injury or infection. His current research aims to understand the mechanisms which are operant in the pathophysiology of inflammatory osteolysis in the middle ...
Expertise: bacteriology, bone biology, inflammation, hearing, signal transduction
Media assistance: (314) 286-0141 / ericsong@wustl.edu
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Frank Yin
Stephen and Camilla Brauer Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Frank C. P. Yin, M.D., Ph.D., the Stephen and Camilla Brauer Professor of Biomedical Engineering and chair of the biomedical engineering department, is a world-renowned biomedical engineer. Yin heads a dynamic, young department, not yet five years old and already ranked among the top 20 in the nation. ...
Expertise: soft tissue mechanics, cell mechanics, hemodynamics
Direct contact: (314) 935-6164
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yin@biomed.wustl.edu
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Margaret Skinner
Director, Adult Cochlear Implant Program
A professor of audiology, Skinner heads the Cochlear Implant Team at Washington University. Her research in fitting of hearing aids and cochlear implants has received international recognition.
Expertise: Cochlear implants
Media assistance: (314) 286-0141 / ericsong@wustl.edu
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Sounds like a good idea
Audiology expert urges caution in selecting loud toys for children
Dec. 6,
2007 -- As the holidays approach, toy store shelves are stocked with toys that make noise. While toys with sound may be appealing to children, William Clark, Ph.D., director of audiology and communication sciences at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, cautions parents to be careful in choosing such toys.
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The sounds of tinnitus
WUSM doctors search for an answer to stop ringing in the ears
March 21,
2007 -- Millions of Americans suffer daily from constant ringing in their ears — a condition known as tinnitus. Researchers at the School of Medicine are exploring several options for treating the disorder. One study shows that melatonin, which is available over-the-counter, may help lessen the ringing.
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Sound prescription
Anti-epileptic drugs may help prevent and treat noise-induced hearing loss
March 8,
2007 --
On the battlefield, a soldier's hearing can be permanently damaged in an instant by the boom of an explosion, and thousands of soldiers returning from Iraq have some permanent hearing loss. But what if soldiers could take a pill before going on duty that would prevent damage to hearing? Research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests a medicinal form of hearing protection may someday be a possibility. More...
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Smoking link to hearing problems
BBC News online
and 3 others
Jan. 3,
2008 -- Teenagers who smoke, or whose mother smoked in pregnancy, are at higher risk of hearing problems and understanding what is being said, a Yale University study says. WUSTL psychiatry professor Richard Todd comments.
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Anti-epileptic drugs may help hearing loss
United Press International
and 4 others
March 15,
2007 -- WUSTL medical scientists led by otolaryngology professor Jianxin Bao have discovered some anti-epileptic drugs might help prevent or treat noise-induced hearing loss.
The study is reported in the journal Hearing Research.
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Static poses risk to deaf children
Boston Globe, Fort Wayne News Sentinel (IN)
and 5 others
Dec. 13,
2005 -- Static electric shock won't ruin a cochlear implant, but it will require an inconvenient trip to an audiologist. Static electricity is so much of a worry and hassle for the deaf that WUSTL electrical engineer Robert Morley has a grant to study one of its main sources: plastic playground slides. Some new "all inclusive" playgrounds, have deliberately included metal slides, which don't produce static electricity. But many others don't -- including some that are supposed to be accessible to disabled children. Morley, who helped pioneer digital hearing aids, got a small federal grant to study the issue.
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New Drug to Stop Ringing Sound in Your Ears
WCBS-TV New York
and 7 others
Feb. 3,
2005 -- Story on stopping the ringing sound in your ears. New drug called gabpentin or neurontin will end the ringing. WUSTL researcher Jay Piccirillo comments on the study involving this drug. This is a drug used to treat phantom limb pain. (Bacon's text)
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