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How We Perceive Speech
Scientists ponder the question: can a person who was born deaf and given the ability to hear as an adult recognize sounds known previously only thorough touch and visual cues?
The Brain and Hearing
HEI researchers explore the experience of speech discrimination in hearing and how normal hearing differs from hearing through devices, such as the cochlear implant.
Heading Off Anxiety...
Hearing the words "brain tumor" can alarm a patient. Doctor Rick A. Friedman describes vestibular schwannomas, AKA acoustic neuromas, and reassures that these tumors are not cancerous.
New Career Dreams
Conquering an tumor growing adjacent to her acoustic nerve was a life changing experience for accomplished flutist Julie Allen. Though she was able to return to her music studies after surgery, she decided on a new career goal.
Building an Ear
When an infant ear fails to develop properly, it is a correctible condition known as aural atresia. Doctor Antonio De la Cruz describes how an ear can be constructed using the patient's own tissue.
Looking Back
A patient shares a photo taken in 1941 of the Institute's present site.
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