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Creative surgeon
Washington University surgeon is also inventor
Sept. 25,
2009 --
Richard Chole, a surgeon and chairman of otolaryngology, is also an inventor whose garage creations include a wristband warning system to prevent wrong-site surgeries and a surgical device that allows less invasive surgery on pituitary tumors.
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Easy listening
Hearing impaired get better hearing with cochlear implant plus hearing aid
Aug. 4,
2009 --
Adults with severe hearing loss benefit from pairing a cochlear implant in one ear with a hearing aid in the other ear, even though the sound signals from each device are very different, according to a study at the School of Medicine published in the Journal of the American Academy of Audiology.
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Restoring balance
Device could aid those with balance problems
March 26,
2009 -- To stand, walk, run or ride a bike, people rely greatly on the sensory apparatus of the vestibular system located in the inner ears. Two million people in the United States live with chronic imbalance as the result of vestibular system malfunction. Joel Goebel, M.D., director of the Dizziness and Balance Center at the School of Medicine, wanted to help people with vestibular malfunction better navigate through their surroundings. So he collaborated on building a device, worn on the head, that alerts wearers that they are leaning so they can upright themselves.
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Why does my voice sound so different when it is recorded and played back?
Scientific American - Mind & Brain
Jan. 14,
2009 -- Why does my voice sound so different when it is recorded and played back? WUSTL otolaryngology professor Timothy Hullar replies.
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Hearing impairment common in adults with diabetes
Reuters Health Medical News
June 17,
2008 -- Diabetes in adults appears to be an independent risk factor for hearing loss, according to the findings from a recent study. In a related editorial, WUSTL otolaryngology professor Keiko Hirose comments on screening for hearing loss.
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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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