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An estimated 37 million Americans have a form of hearing loss, and as author David Owen notes in his new book, Volume Control, many don’t seek the treatment they need due to the cost of hearing aids and stigma associated with wearing them. “Hearing problems are often aggravated by the human tendency...

Scientists identify new pathway that may enable the inner ear to be reprogrammed to grow lost hair cells, which could help develop treatments to restore hearing. A new discovery from a team led by Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers may bring scientists a step closer to developing treatments that...

We are pleased to present the Winter 2019 Issue of The Registry, which is the semi-annual newsletter of the NIDCD National Temporal Bone, Hearing and Balance Pathology Resource Registry at Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School. Inside you will find: Enhancing the accessibility of archived...

Commonly used ibuprofen may not be the safest pain relief option for all children following tonsillectomy due to an elevated risk for significant post-operative bleeding when compared to acetaminophen, according to a new randomized trial from Massachusetts Eye And Ear/Harvard Medical School...

Last weekend, Dr. Konstantina Stankovic, of Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School, was one of seven speakers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) 2018 Technology Day symposium. The program focused on artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare, wondering if we can truly design...

Faculty and staff from the Department of Otolaryngology at Harvard Medical School gathered in the Meltzer Auditorium at Massachusetts Eye and Ear on Friday, June 22, to celebrate the 2018 graduating class of residents and fellows. Four chief residents and 13 clinical fellows graduated from the...

Dr. Gerald Healy has been selected to be a member of the first class of the Master Surgeon Educators of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). According to the ACS website, the aim of the new ACS Academy of Master Surgeon Educators is to "recognize and assemble a cadre of master surgeon educators...

Hamid Motallebzadeh, PhD, an instructor in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (OHNS) at Harvard Medical School and an investigator at Mass Eye and Ear, was recently awarded a R21 research grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for his research on using AI to automate the noninvasive...

Gillian R. Diercks, MD, MPH, and Eleni M. Rettig, MD, both Instructors in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (OHNS) at Harvard Medical School, have been named recipients of 2022 Eleanor and Miles Shore Development Awards. The awards are a part of the 27th annual Eleanor and Miles Shore Development...

Sunil Puria, PhD, a scientist in the Eaton-Peabody Laboratories at Mass Eye and Ear, has recently been elected President of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO), an organization committed to encouraging and promoting basic and clinical research across the field of otolaryngology–head...