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On September 16, 2023, a team of volunteers from the Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences joined Durham Hope Space and the Youth Volunteer Corps to help remove

Monica Bodd thinks a lot about the patient experience and how to make it better — both through research and clinical practice.

The Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences (HNS&CS) at Duke University held its 9th Annual Sinus Cadaver Dissection Cour

Dr. Emily Commesso is a highly skilled sleep surgery-trained surgeon.

Russel R. Kahmke, MD, FACS, MMCi has been promoted to Associate Professor of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences.

Can You Actually Make Your Voice Sound Deeper?

My clinical specialty is otology, meaning diseases of the ear. I see patients with problems with hearing imbalance, chronic ear infections, hearing loss, dizziness, balance issues, etc. Surgically, I'm still building my services, it is still early on. It takes several years after a transition to a new institution. I also do a lot of cochlear implant surgeries.

Stroke patients with damage to the right side of their brains don’t ask a lot of yes-no questions. Although they commonly retain their command of language, people with right hemisphere damage (RHD) have trouble processing the information and assumptions that go into crafting such “polar questions.”

We’d like to welcome Dr. Jianxin Bao, to the Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences at Duke University.

ANCDS is a non-profit professional association that supports practitioners who serve individuals with neurologic communication disorders by providing education, training, and certification opportunities to promote high quality professional service.