The Struggles of a Medical Innovator: Cochlear Implants and Other Ear Surgeries: A Memoir by William F. House, D.D.S., M.D.
Dr. William F. House obtained a doctorate of dental surgery from the University of California, Berkeley and his medical degree from the University of Southern California’s School of Medicine in Los Angeles. Board certified in otolaryngology, he dealt with problems of hearing loss, including removal of tumors from the auditory nerve and the cochlear implant, which he developed in the face of great skepticism, criticism, and censure by professional colleagues. He is noted by the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery to have developed more new concepts in otology than almost any other single person in history. He has received many awards in his lifetime, including the Physician of the Year award in 1985 by the President’s Committee on Employment of the Handicapped. He is retired but continues to think about and try to solve problems of hearing loss, such as the early detection of hearing loss in infants.