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Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences transitioned from a division to an independent department in 2019. A key aspect of the strategic plan for the new department has involved clinician–scientist recruitment to continue the department’s mission of “advancing and sharing knowledge in the field.”

Research awards and clinical trials

Anticipation. It is the most felt emotion on the way to labor and delivery. This little bundle of joy has been talked about, prayed over, sung, and read to as soon as the family knew it was on the way.  Finally, the big day and all is well—until “What, wait, say that again? Did we hear this correctly?” 

Hearing loss is a common source of disability that can lead to poor speech perception and an increased reliance on lip-reading.

ABC11 News recently interviewed Dr. Brad Goldstein, Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences, about a research collaboration at Duke that aims to determine why certain patients infected with COVID-19 develop long-term loss of taste and smell. Even 5-6 months after recovering from the infection, approximately 15% of patients report this lingering symptom.

As members of a new department, faculty and staff in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences eagerly anticipated rapid progress and development throughout 2020 in becom

 

Microvascular surgeon discusses her approach to intense procedure

HNS&CS team participating at the Activate Good Learning Together event on January 10, 2021.

Since 2017, when Duke became the first center in North Carolina to offer hypoglossal nerve stimulator (HGNS) implementation, the demand for this method to treat moderate to severe obstructive sleep