Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

  1. Baylor College of Medicine
  2. Departments
  3. Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
  4. Research
  5. Hearing Restoration

Hearing Restoration

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An adult cochlear implant electrode array is being inserted into the cochlea of a patient with profound sensorineural hearing loss
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An adult cochlear implant electrode array is being inserted into the cochlea of a patient with profound sensorineural hearing loss.
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Investigators in the Baylor College of Medicine Hearing and Balance Center study the intersection of hearing loss pathophysiology and natural history, along with surgical and medical means used to rehabilitate hearing loss.  

Active research projects are focused on optimal delivery of rehabilitative care through innovative approaches and improved care paradigms developed in a multidisciplinary manner with collaborators from BCM and other TMC institutions such as the University of Houston and Rice University.

Recent Publications: 

McMillan RA, Nassiri AM, Leonel LC, Rezende NC, Peris Celda M, Sweeney AD, Carlson ML. The posterior ligament of the incus (“white dot”): A reliable surgical landmark for the facial recess.  American Journal of Otolaryngology. 2022. 43(2): 103304.  PMID 34896938.

Gadot R, Anand A, Lovin BD, Sweeney AD, Patel AJ. Predicting Surgical Decision Making in Vestibular Schwannoma using Tree-Based Machine Learning.  Neurosurgical Focus.  2022. 52(4): E8. PMID 35364585. 

You P, Lovin, BD, Patel AJ, Hosek KE, Peng A, Sweeney AD.  Quality of life after modified-Rambo ear canal closure in pediatric and adult patients.  Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. Online ahead of print. 4/2022. PMID 35414323 

Choi JS, Sweeney AD, Alava I, Lovin BD, Lindquist NR, Appelbaum EN, Vrabec JT.  Otosclerosis in an Urban Population. Otology & Neurotology. 2021. 42(1):  24-29.  PMID 33201078. 

Breen JT, Sweeney AD, Vrabec JT. The Potential for Preserved Cochleovestibular Function in the Setting of Prolonged Pneumolabyrinth.  Otology & Neurotology.  2020. 41(7): 929-933. PMID 32558757.

Pattisapu P, Lindquist NR, Appelbaum EN, Silva RC, Vrabec JT, Sweeney AD.  A systematic review of cochlear implant outcomes in prelingually-deafened, late-implanted patients.  Otology & Neurotology. 2020. 41(4): 444-451. PMID 32176122.

Marinelli JP, Marvisi C, Vaglio A, Peters PA, Dowling EM, Palumbo A, Lane JI, Appelbaum EN, Sweeney AD, Carlson ML.  Manifestations of Skull Base IgG4-Related Disease: A Multi-Institutional Study. The Laryngoscope.  2020. 130(11)L: 2574-2580. PMID 31841234.