Since the advent of the cochlear implant more than 20 years ago, the devices have benefited thousands of patients. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, as of April 2009, approximately 188,000 people worldwide have received cochlear implants. In the U.S., about 42,000 adults and 26,000 children have received them. Today, the fantasy of two implanted artificial cochlea is a reality.
Upholding the Legacy: Trio president urges members to make lasting contributions
Triological Society members should constantly be assessing their contributions to their profession and working to create meaningful legacies in line with the group’s traditions, said Society President Frank E. Lucente, MD, in his presidential address at the Annual Meeting of the society, part of the Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings held here April 28-May 2.
Not So Fast: New quality provisions aren’t ready for implementation, medical groups say
The new health system reform law includes a number of quality provisions that physician organizations say are not ready for primetime and won’t be ready in the time frame established by Congress.
Revision Sinus Surgery Poses Unique Challenges
Revision endoscopic sinus surgery (RESS) has challenges that often are not seen in primary surgeries.
State Efforts Toward Universal Coverage: Part 2 of a series
With the federal government shouldering 45% of health care costs through five huge entitlements (see ENToday, April 2007) and a large federal deficit, the chance of politicians enacting a new federal entitlement for universal health insurance coverage is as likely as their conducting a smear-free political campaign.
Endoscopic Approach Reduces the Need for ‘Second-Look’ Mastoid Surgery
Endoscopic mastoid surgery is difficult to learn, performed in a tight space, and will probably never replace conventional open procedures.
A Pay Cut by Any Other Name Is Still a Pay Cut
I would like to commend Robert H. Miller, MD, on a well-balanced discussion in the February issue of ENToday concerning the pros and cons of pay for performance (P4P).
Well Tuned: Maintenance of the Professional Voice: Part 1 of 2
Frank Sinatra purportedly said of Rosemary Clooney that she was able to hit a note right in its center.
An Otolaryngologist as Flight Surgeon: One Doctor’s Experience in Operation Iraqi Freedom
This is a short narrative of the experience of this otolaryngologist, who was deployed to Iraq to participate in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Otolaryngologists on the Front Lines
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