by Taylor Piper | May 30, 2025 | In-House Treatments & Innovations
BY SEAN LANG, CLINICAL RESEARCH COORDINATOR Sound helps us connect to the world around us through language, music, and environmental sounds. Hearing loss can limit a person’s access to language and their ability to participate in activities with others. During...
by Taylor Piper | May 30, 2025 | In-House Treatments & Innovations
BY SHEMMS NAJJAR, HEARING SCIENCE ACCELERATOR COORDINATOR Mercy Jatto, MD, an otolaryngologist based in Nigeria, recently completed a study on treating chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) in Nigeria, where the condition is a leading cause of pediatric hearing...
by Taylor Piper | Jul 16, 2024 | In-House Treatments & Innovations
By John Galvin, Research Scientist, and Sean Lang, Clinical Research Coordinator Corticosteroids, commonly referred to as steroids, are a type of anti-inflammatory drug. They are a front-line treatment for Ménière’sdisease and sudden sensorineural hearing loss....
by Jessica Vacha | Jan 11, 2024 | In-House Treatments & Innovations, Research
The Hearing Science Accelerator work group at the sudden sensorineural hearing loss conference in DC. In the intricacies of the human ear, mysteries persist, waiting to be unraveled by the House Institute Foundation. For decades, many hearing related diseases have not...
by hifla | Jun 15, 2021 | House Institute Foundation, In-House Treatments & Innovations
By Mia Miller, MD and Helena Wichova, MD In the last two decades, superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome has become a more familiar diagnosis. Patients usually complain of sound and pressure-induced dizziness, trouble hearing, ear fullness, and hearing one’s...
by hifla | Dec 2, 2020 | Donor Spotlight – Your Stories, House Institute Foundation, In-House Treatments & Innovations
By Javia Headley, Marketing Communications Manager In 1946, when Dr. Howard House first founded what is now the House Institute Foundation (HIF), he dreamed of helping patients like David. At that time, there were not many options for those struggling with...