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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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Professorship established
Gay named Hawes professor
June 1,
2007 -- W. Donald Gay, D.D.S., has been named the Christy J. and Richard S. Hawes III Professor at the School of Medicine. Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton and Larry J. Shapiro, M.D., executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, made the announcement. Before their deaths, Mr. and Mrs. Hawes established the professorship in honor of and in gratitude to Gay, who directs the Division of Maxillofacial Prosthetics in the Department of Otolaryngology. Mrs. Hawes was one of Gay's patients.
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Getting a better look
Medical team rebuilds faces ravaged by injury and disease
May 4,
2007 --
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| Gravenhorst's new ear is repositioned during an office visit to the maxillofacial prosthetics lab. |
Like any 17-year-old, Emily Gravenhorst follows a routine to get ready for a day of high school. She showers, styles her hair, puts on her make-up and eats breakfast. And just before she leaves the house, she puts on her right ear. That ear was created in the maxillofacial prosthetics laboratory at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, where one dental specialist and one technician help patients fit back into society after disfigurement due to accident or disease.
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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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Why Johnny's ears always hurt
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
July 12,
2006 -- Parents of the millions of young children who suffer from chronic ear infections can blame bacteria that collects in drug-resistant colonies for their kids' misery, researchers at Allegheny General Hospital have discovered. Independent expert Richard Chole, head of otolaryngology in the School of Medicine, comments.
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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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Remote control device 'controls' humans
USA Today
and 70 others
Oct. 26,
2005 -- Article on new Japanese remote-controlled technology called galvanic vestibular stimulation — essentially, electricity messes with the delicate nerves inside the ear that help maintain balance.
WUSTL Professor of Otolaryngology Timothy Hullar comments.
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Invention aims to avoid wrong surgeries
Associated Press via Kansas City Star
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Aug. 11,
2005 -- The third most-often reported medical mishap is wrong-site surgery.
A device invented by a St. Louis ear surgeon and WUSTL otolaryngology head Richard Chole soon may provide a very loud reminder to mark the right spot before the patient is sedated. Otherwise, an alarm will sound outside the operating room door.
The device, consisting of a patient wristband embedded with a chip and a marker pen with a specialized sticker that deactivates the chip, is aimed at correcting the communication breakdown that sometimes results in the mishap.
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