About
OUR LEGACY CONTINUES
For 80 years, the House Institute Foundation, also known as House Ear Institute, has helped transform hearing health through research, innovation, education, and compassionate care.
Today, House Ear Institute continues that legacy through medical and scientific research focused on understanding hearing and balance disorders and advancing new approaches to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
OUR LEGACY CONTINUES
For 80 years, the House Institute Foundation, also known as House Ear Institute, has helped transform hearing health through research, innovation, education, and compassionate care.
Today, House Ear Institute continues that legacy through medical and scientific research focused on understanding hearing and balance disorders and advancing new approaches to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
OUR MISSION
Building on our strong foundation, we continue to innovate in hearing health through research, education, and pediatric care, "so all may hear."
OUR MISSION
Building on our strong foundation, we continue to innovate in hearing health through research, education, and pediatric care, "so all may hear."
Our Work
Research
Defining the causes of hearing and balance disorders and developing the solutions necessary to aid the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
Education
Providing hearing health information to the public and education programs for medical professionals.
Global Hearing Health
Increasing access to hearing healthcare, treatments, technology, and training in high-need communities locally and worldwide.

House Children’s Hearing Center
Comprehensive hearing center devoted to the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of the full spectrum of hearing conditions in children, from birth to 20 years of age.
Howard P. House founded the institute in 1946 as the Los Angeles Foundation of Otology, a private nonprofit hearing research and education facility with the goal of creating a world where “all may hear.”
From physical challenges like balance disorders to social challenges like reduced academic achievement, hearing loss can have a debilitating impact on all areas of life. World Health Organization estimates that by 2050, 1 in 10 people will have debilitating hearing loss. We are on a mission to change that.
Staff
Rob Myers
Executive Director
Jane Cabison
MSPM
Director of Research Administration
John J. Galvin III
PhD
Research Scientist
Kelsey Klein
AuD, PhD, CCC-A
Pediatric Research Scientist
Sean Lang
Clinical Research Coordinator
Nora McGarry
Director of Philanthropy and Grateful Patient Stewardship
Shemms Najjar
MPH
Hearing Science Accelerator Coordinator
Erin N. O’Donnell
Director of Advancement
Taylor Piper
Marketing and Development Coordinator
Faculty
Rey Alcisto, AuD
Derald Brackmann, MD
Michael Castle, MD
Samantha Cerasiello, MD
M. Jennifer Derebery, MD
Gladys Diaz-Garcia, AuD
John Galvin, PhD
Donna Gelnett, MA
John House, MD
Kelsey Klein, AuD, PhD, CCC-A
William Luxford, MD
Hossein Mahboubi, MD
Kevin Peng, MD
Corinne Pittman, MD
William Slattery, MD
Adjunct Faculty
Meridith Adams, MD
David Bakhos, MD, PhD
Karen Berliner, PhD
Monita Chatterjee, PhD
Qian-Jie Fu, PhD
Mercy Jatto, MD
David Landsberger, PhD
Srikanta Mishra, PhD
Lina Reiss, PhD
Habib Rizk, MD
Daniel Roberts, MD, PhD
James Saunders, MD
Andrea Vambutas, MD
