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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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Computer-based auditory training
New program teaches people to listen better after hearing loss
Jan. 29,
2009 -- Hearing aid manufacturers are constantly developing more sophisticated instruments, yet remarkably, studies show that user satisfaction hasn't increased much, if at all. A group of researchers at Washington University in St. Louis wondered if they could address this problem by teaching people with hearing loss how to listen better.
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Interrelated health hazards
Survival of head and neck cancer patients is greatly affected by coexisting ailments
Nov. 19,
2008 -- Current estimates for head and neck cancer survival are largely inaccurate because they widely disregard many of the most common diseases such patients have in addition to their primary cancer, says Jay Piccirillo, M.D., a head and neck specialist at the School of Medicine, the Siteman Cancer Center and Barnes-Jewish Hospital.
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One-sided hearing implants
$3 million project will study one-sided hearing and cochlear implants
Aug. 14,
2008 --
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Jill B. Firszt, a cochlear-implant specialist at the School of Medicine, was working on her doctoral dissertation when she met with a 47-year-old patient who been deaf in one ear since childhood. The patient was scheduled to get a cochlear implant in her deaf ear because she recently had a tumor operation that destroyed the hearing in her good ear. Firszt knew there wasn't enough pertinent information to predict how well the woman would hear with the implant. That experience inspired Firszt to propose an in-depth study, now funded by the NIH, of one-sided hearing.
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"I CAN hear you"
New hearing aid technology passes the restaurant noise test
July 10,
2008 -- The sound of a noisy Chicago restaurant during the breakfast rush — the clang of plates and silverware and the clamor of many voices — was the crucial test of new hearing aid technology in a study conducted by researchers at the School of Medicine. The study showed that the hearing aids worked well in a noisy environment — the most challenging test for a hearing aid.
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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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