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A Half-Century of Research
HEI scientist Dr. Fred H. Linthicum has devoted his career and retirement years to studies seeking the origins of hearing loss through the microscopic post mortem examination of human temporal bones.
 
Student Copes with NF2
As his hearing gradually diminishes, Mark Pyeatt finds ways to compensate that allow his college and career goals to remain unchanged.
Teaching Surgical Skills in Peru
House Clinic physician, Dr. Eric Wilkinson, shares his knowledge and techniques with fellow physicians in the underserved Andean region of South America.
 
Failing Hearing Retained Through Technology
Prominent attorney Paul M. Lurie finds that a cochlear implant, combined with various audio amplification tools, extends his career in mediation and expands his interest in photography. .
 
House Family Foundation
The Howard and Helen House Family Foundation continues to support the goals of the House Ear Institute, to improve quality of life through hearing research and education.
Doctor Seeks Answers to AIED
Some instances of rapidly progressing hearing loss are believed related to inappropriate autoimmune responses. Researcher and Housed Clinic physician, Jennifer Derebery, MD, continues to study this puzzling problem. 
Some Medications Can Cause Deafness
Federico Kalinec, PhD, studies the ototoxic effect of drugs that cause deafness by activating a signaling mechanism inside the auditory cell that induces cell death.
 
 24 Years of Helping Kids and Parents
Annual weekend of inventive group activities gives hearing impaired children new experiences and parents opportunities to learn and share. (IMAGE SLIDE SHOW OF EVENT ATTACHED TO PDF)