Keck School of Medicine Dean Carmen A. Puliafito and the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery hosted a USC-CHLA Center for Childhood Communication open house on Oct. 2 to showcase its world-class facilities to treat children with hearing loss and deafness. The event included tours of the facility, showcasing diagnostic equipment and therapy rooms. Other guests included Gaston Kent, CEO of the John Tracy Clinic, Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas and musician Richard Reed, who performed at the event.
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From left are: Dean Puliafito; Kelly, Shane and Patrick Lundie; and John K. Niparko. At the event, Kelly Lundie shared her story about her son Shane’s journey to hearing. USC surgeons and audiologists — including Niparko — performed the boy’s cochlear implant surgery.