House Ear Institute

Basic Information

Address: 2100 W. 3rd Street Los Angeles, California 90057

Phone Number: (213) 483-4431

Fax Number: (213) 483-8789

Email: info@hei.org

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Additional Information

Executive Director: James D. Boswell, CEO

President: John W. House, M.D.

Service Description: Hearing Science Research, Education and Pediatric Clinical Care for Hearing Loss and Related Disorders, including hearing loss prevention programs for middle school and high school students

Mission Statement:

House Ear Institute is a non-profit 501(c) (3) organization dedicated to advancing hearing science through research and education to improve quality of life for people with hearing loss and other auditory disorders.

Membership Fee: n/a

Eligibility Requirements: Our CARE Center serves children ages 0 to 18. Fee for service basis. Call for insurance and medicaid information.

Area Served: Los Angeles facility sees local, national and international patients

Hours of Operation/Schedule: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday

Services Offered:
Our research explores the nature of hearing disorders and the development of new treatmnet options. Our Children's Auditory Research & Evaluation (CARE) Center is a full service pediatric clinical care and research facility for infants and children suffering from hearing loss and related issues. We share our knowledge through professional and public education programs. Public outreach programs include our teen hearing loss prevention program "It's How You Listen that Counts" educating middle school and high school students about noise-induced hearing loss prevention as well as a speaker's bureau, health fair outreach, a walk-through exhibit of the human ear, and a Web site. There are also outreach programs for people with hearing loss, including an annual Family Camp program that benefits families who have children with a hearing loss.

Events:

Annual fundraising event (varies each year), periodic social networking campaigns online, physician and researcher workshops and seminars, and an annual Family Camp for families with children who have hearing loss.

Conferences/Speakers: annual seminars for grade school educators about pediatric cochlear implantation; professional workshops and seminars for otolaryngologists and researchers; and a Speaker's Bureau for Los Angeles area meetings, conferences and events in the business community and public sectors.

Fundraisers: An annual benefit, periodic directmail campaigns and online fundraising drives.

Support Groups: Sonance and Delta Zeta

History:

Founded in 1946 by Howard P. House, M.D. Some of the institute's major achievements include, but are not liminted to, development of the first clinically useful cochlear implant, the implantation of the firt pediatric cochlear implant, development of the hearing in Noise Test, establishment of the safe sound standards implemented by OSHA in the 1940s, development of the ABI (auditory brainstem implant), the ABAER and ABR screening devices, the identification, in partnership, of genes responsible for age-related hearing loss, and the creation of the first hearing loss prevention outreach program for teenagers.

Detailed Organization Information:

The House Ear Institute has been engaged in the scientific exploration of the auditory system from the ear canal to the cortex of the brain for more than 60 years.

Institute scientists investigate hearing loss and ear disease at the cellular, molecular and genetic levels, as well as the complex neurological interactions between the auditory system and brain. They also study ways to improve auditory implants, diagnostics, clinical treatments and intervention methods. Our researchers work with House Clinic physicians to integrate medicine and science through clinical and research trials that may directly benefit patients. Today the House Ear Institute’s five-story facility accommodates more than 150 staff members, including 15 research groups. The recent growth of our research prompted an expansion of our facilities with the construction of the Wallis Annenberg Research Center.

The Institute shares its knowledge with the scientific and medical communities as well as the general public through its education and outreach programs. House Clinic physicians volunteer their time to teach specialty courses in the House Ear Institute’s professional education programs, attended by more than 25,000 doctors and research fellows since 1946. Outreach programs for the public serve people with hearing loss and related disorders as well as offer information about general hearing health and hearing conservation. Our Children’s Center treats more than 1,200 children with hearing problems each year. For information on the House Ear Institute, please call (800) 388-8612 or visit www.hei.org.

Slogan: Advancing Hearing Science