摘要
This special issue on cochlear implants is dedicated posthumously to William F.House,M.D.,the Father of Neurotology.Dr.House initiated the first national clinical trial on cochlear implants.I was privileged to be one of his fellows and to be included in this first Co-Investigator group and implanted our first patient in 1979.This led to our involvement as an FDA Consultant and later FDA ENT Devices Panel member.This clinical trialled to the first ever FDA approval for cochlear implants and opened the door for unprecedented advances in the treatment of deafness and hearing loss.
