by Michelle Colato | Jun 24, 2022 | Donor Spotlight – Your Stories, House Institute Foundation
AGE: 12GRADE: 7thI’M FROM: Brookfield, Illinois (30 minutes from Chicago)DIAGNOSIS: Neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2), a rare genetic condition that predisposes patients to tumors of the brain, spine, and peripheral nervous system. What do you like to do for fun?Even...
by hifla | May 1, 2022 | Donor Spotlight – Your Stories, House Institute Foundation
“Dr. Luxford Saved My Life.” These were the words Hazel McNutt shared with our development team when she first donated in 2020. Thanks to the caring culture that was established by Dr. Howard House over 75 years ago, connecting with patients of our partner...
by hifla | Sep 21, 2021 | Donor Spotlight – Your Stories, House Institute Foundation
Paul Michael Bruder was born in Moline, Illinois on April 23, 1985. He had a pretty typical childhood until age four when he started complaining of pains. He was taken to a specialist in Iowa City in the winter of 1989 and they found tumors. He was diagnosed with NF2...
by hifla | Jun 15, 2021 | Donor Spotlight – Your Stories, House Institute Foundation
By Javia Headley, Marketing Communications Manager Jason Jacobs was the first patient at the House Institute to receive the new Cochlear™ Osia® System, an active osseointegrated steady state implant system using digital piezoelectric stimulation. The Osia Implant is...
by hifla | Jun 15, 2021 | Donor Spotlight – Your Stories, House Institute Foundation
At the House Institute, we have seen firsthand the powerful ways in which hearing technology can change lives. This year, as we celebrate the 60th anniversary of William House, MD, restoring hearing to the profoundly deaf, we also celebrate the lives that have been...
by hifla | May 28, 2021 | Donor Spotlight – Your Stories, House Institute Foundation
By Tori Heninger, A House Institute cochlear implant patient I want to thank the House Institute and especially, Dr. William Luxford, my cochlear implant surgeon 3 times over, for helping me with my journey towards a better life through listening, language, and...
