Every Fourth of July, my family used to read aloud the Declaration of Independence. I still read it to myself each year. The United States affords us otologists/neurotologists great benefits; from our levels of public health, accessible education, and political infrast...
Ethiopia, a country of 120 million people, has no audiologists, no audiology training program, and all the professional hearing expertise is concentrated in one person – a hearing aid specialist who trained and practiced in the United States...
The first cochlear implants in Ethiopia were performed in December 2016 and May 2017. These were Med El implants and the support from that particular company – focusing on training and programming – has been tremendous. The first patient, Afomiya D...
Back in October 2016, Dr. Alene Meshesha approached Professor Miriam Redleaf, the Louis J. Mayer Professor of Otolaryngology at the University of Illinois to develo...
