Miyamoto Elected to Institute of Medicine Membership
Richard T. Miyamoto, MD, chair of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head
and Neck Surgery, has been elected a member in the prestigious Institute
of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Miyamoto, the Arilla Spence DeVault Professor, is internationally
known for his pioneering work and research of cochlear implants
and treatment of profound deafness in adults and children. The department
he leads is one the major centers in the country to receive National
Institutes for Health funding to research pediatric cochlear implantation.
On the faculty of the IU School of Medicine since 1978, Dr. Miyamoto
was elected to IOM membership with other nominees October 27. Dr.
Miyamoto performed Indiana’s first cochlear implant procedure
in 1979 at Indiana University Hospital. In 1995, he and his team
at Riley Hospital for Children implanted a device in a sixteen-month-old
boy, the youngest ever to receive an implant at that time.
With clear evidence of the advantages of early implantation, Dr.
Miyamoto and his colleagues have recently implanted the device in
a 6-month-old congenitally deaf infant who by age eighteen months
has achieved age appropriate speech and language skills. More than
850 patients have received implants at the IU Medical Center.
The Institute of Medicine was chartered in 1970 as a component
of the National Academy of Sciences. The Institute provides a public
service by working outside the framework of government to ensure
scientifically informed analysis and independent guidance.
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