In the November edition, our first edition, of Under the Scope, we shared the exciting news about our CAM 11th floor clinic expansion plans. It is now complete! Designed to provide our patients the benefits of more comprehensive care, this expansion brings together all of our adult clinical services – otology, head and neck cancer, […]
Hair cells are the exquisitely sensitive and inexhaustible sensory receptors of the auditory and vestibular systems. They function by transducing mechanical stimuli, such as sound, into nerve impulses that transmit sensory information to the brain. Features of hair cells that make them incredibly effective detectors of sound also make them vulnerable to damage from noise […]
The Head & Neck Cancer Survivorship Clinic meets the third Wednesday of each month, 6:00-7:00PM, in a large conference room at the Center for Advanced Medicine. You might think these meetings would be rather somber given the nature of this disease. You would be wrong. The patients, which number 15-20 on any given evening, are […]
You’ve just been diagnosed with cancer of the throat, tongue or tonsil. The news is particularly devastating because these cancers affect what most makes us human – our facial appearance, speech, eating, and swallowing. Naturally you start searching for the best care available near you. That will be much easier to find in a metropolitan […]
The Washington University Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery is one of only eight otolaryngology training programs in the U.S. to offer the T32 grant for interdisciplinary research training in otolaryngology. Supported by the National Institutes of Health, the T32 grant provides select individuals with funding to pursue two years of dedicated research training in […]
The Cochlear Implant Center at Washington University School of Medicine was the primary investigator in a recently completed prospective multi-center trial evaluating a new cochlear implant electrode design called the Nucleus CI 532. This represents perhaps the most extensive prospective study of cochlear implant outcomes. The Nucleus 532 cochlear implant electrode is designed to allow […]
The Washington University Voice & Airway Center has seen tremendous growth over the past five years and continues to provide outstanding voice care to the St. Louis region. The Center is currently comprised of two laryngologists (Randall C. Paniello, MD and Joseph P. Bradley, MD), two voice-trained speech-language pathologists (Archie Harmon, PhD and Megan Radder, […]
Thanks to Dr. David S. Leonard, 3-year-old Bradyn can breath on his own for the very first time in his life. KMOV featured a story about Bradyn and Dr. Leonard’s creative solution.
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received $10.5 million from the Department of the Army to investigate whether an anti-seizure drug can prevent noise-induced hearing loss when given several hours before exposure to extremely loud noise. Read more
Cherie-Ann Nathan, MD, FACS will deliver the Third Annual Spector Lecture on Wednesday, March 13, 2019.