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2026 American Auditory Society (AAS) Conference

Dr. Kelsey Klein, Pediatric Research Scientist, presented preliminary data from her RAMS study (funded by an NIH R21 grant), and Sean Lang, Clinical Research Coordinator, shared a poster from...

Hearing with the Heart

Q&A WITH CLAUDIA VILLEGAS-AVALOS, PATIENT NAVIGATOR Q: What is the Patient Navigator at the House Children’s Hearing Center, and what does that role entail? A: The patient navigator guides...

Managing Your Tinnitus

BY SEAN LANG, RESEARCH COORDINATOR & KEVIN PENG, MD, NEUROTOLOGIST There are two types of tinnitus: Objective and Subjective. Objective tinnitus is when a physician can hear the sound using a...

The Sound of Determination

BY ERIN O’DONNELL, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION, AND GLOBAL HEALTHJaye-Jo will never forget the moment she banged a pot and pan together in her baby’s room, her heart pounding as she waited...

Breaking New Ground in Pediatric Hearing Research

BY SEAN LANG, CLINICAL RESEARCH COORDINATORSound helps us connect to the world around us through language, music, and environmental sounds. Hearing loss can limit a person’s access to language...

Affordable Povidone-Iodine Treatment Offers New Hope for Children with Chronic Ear Infections in Nigeria

BY SHEMMS NAJJAR, HEARING SCIENCE ACCELERATOR COORDINATORMercy Jatto, MD, an otolaryngologist based in Nigeria, recently completed a study on treating chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) in...

Advancing Hearing Health on a Global Stage

BY JAVIA HEADLEY, DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS The House Institute Foundation is at the forefront of hearing research, education, global health, and pediatric care, ensuring our...

Reflections from a House Institute Audiology Resident

BY JENNIFER KISSAS, AUDIOLOGY RESIDENT My name is Jennifer Kissas, and I’m a fourth-year audiology resident at the House Institute Foundation. I am in the culminating year of my Doctor of...

The Cutting-Edge Research Shaping the Future of Hearing Science

BY JANE CABISON, DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION The House Institute Foundation is transforming auditory health through its five dynamic research centers, each dedicated to tackling critical...

The House Institute Hosts Inaugural RESONANCE Symposium to Advance Audiology and Hearing Healthcare

BY ERIN O’DONNELL, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION, AND GLOBAL HEALTHLate last year, the House Institute Foundation held RESONANCE, its first educational symposium for audiologists. This...

Hearing Through the Noise

BY JAVIA HEADLEY, DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS “I was having coffee with my buddies like I do almost every morning. . . when this dog barks right in my ear. My friend said it looked...

Celebrating Hearing Health

BY NORA MCGARRY, DIRECTOR OF MAJOR GIFTSBeneath the twinkling lights in a grateful patient’s garden, surrounded by donors, I felt the incredible power of the House Institute community. The...

Experts Convene to Advance Research in Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss Through the House Institute’s Hearing Science Accelerator

BY SHEMMS NAJJAR, HEARING SCIENCE ACCELERATOR COORDINATORThe House Institute Foundation’s Hearing Science Accelerator is an ongoing initiative aimed at advancing biomedical research for the most...

Actor Jack Coleman Shares Personal Journey with Sudden Hearing Loss, Joins Effort to Find a Cure Through House Institute Foundation During National Speech-Language-Hearing Month

Actor Jack Coleman Shares Personal Journey with Sudden Hearing Loss, Joins Effort to Find a Cure Through House Institute Foundation During National Speech-Language-Hearing MonthLos Angeles, CA —...

AirPods as Hearing Aids: Potential Benefits and Limitations

Hearing loss affects more than 1.5 billion people worldwide (nearly 20% of the global population), yet treatment remains underutilized (WHO). In fact, less than 30% of Americans with hearing loss...

House Institute Clinical Research Coordinators Take On Ménière’s Study

House Institute Clinical Research Coordinators Take On Ménière’s Study

Dec 14, 2022 | House Institute Foundation, Research

We’re thrilled to highlight the work spearheaded by Clinical Research Coordinators (CRCs) Mahta Marefat and Kristina Bolt. Their proposed...

Meet Tamra King, Surfer & House Institute Patient

Meet Tamra King, Surfer & House Institute Patient

Dec 6, 2022 | House Institute Foundation, Research

House Institute patient Tamra King (60) is a New York City native who now calls Long Beach, California her home. She remembers being highly active...

Faculty Spotlight: Robin Bigelow, MD

Faculty Spotlight: Robin Bigelow, MD

Nov 14, 2022 | House Institute Foundation, Research

Robin Bigelow, MD is a House Institute second-year Neurotology Fellow. This competitive program is designed to advance education beyond that of an...

October 2022 Temporal Bone Dissection Course

October 2022 Temporal Bone Dissection Course

Nov 14, 2022 | House Institute Foundation, Research

Recently, the House Institute hosted its biannual Temporal Bone Course at Advanced Bionics.   The temporal bone dissection course is...

Improving Music Perception

Improving Music Perception

Nov 8, 2022 | House Institute Foundation, Research

House Institute researcher Dr. John Galvin is on a mission. John Galvin, PhD, has been a cochlear implant researcher for more than twenty years....

Meet Gregory Rorabaugh: piano tuner and House Institute patient.

Meet Gregory Rorabaugh: piano tuner and House Institute patient.

Oct 18, 2022 | House Institute Foundation, Research

Gregory’s hearing loss journey began in 2001. He was in Japan on a piano tuning training trip and, as he tuned, he noticed a bit of audio...

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