Dr. William House, DDS, M.D.
In the 1960's,Dr. William House developed and implanted the first cochlear implant, providing the opportunity to hear for deaf and hard of hearing patients whose condition could not be improved by hearing aids or other means.
Dr. House is the founder of Hearing for Children, a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization dedicated to making cochlear implants available worldwide to as many needy and deserving deaf children and adults as possible. This is accomplished by outright gifting of implants, providing low or no interest loans for their purchase, and by promoting cost-effective research to create low-cost, high quality, safe and effective cochlear implants.
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Edited for the Web by Dr. Eric M. Kraus and presented with Dr. William House's permission