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This is an autobiography of Ellis Douek, one of the pioneers of hearing implants, whose name lives on through the middle ear device Douek-MED™. Shedding light on the life of a surgeon from the early days of the UK National Health Service, it not only covers the highlights of Douek's medical career but also contains sensational, no-holds-barred tales of his interactions from ordinary patients to well-known singers, kings, emperors and dictators. We read about a social dinner-turned-mass consultation session for the entire Cabinet; using an innovative hearing test to expose a financial scam; a wife who dumped her loyal husband after being cured; a curious encounter with Michael Jackson; and not getting paid by Gaddafi's staff, causing an epic coup by the Libyan dictator on his own embassy. It is at once unflinching and compassionate, offering a searingly honest firsthand account of his trailblazing journey to leave a mark in history.
Blending pioneering research and a unique episodic storytelling approach, To Hear Again, To Sing Again is a profound reflection on the relationship between doctor and patient, and one man's quest to make a difference in the world.
An Interview with Dr. Ellis Douek — A Pioneer in Hearing Implants
Sample Chapter(s)
Preface
- Preface
- Looking Back
- Doing "Good"
- Starting a Career
- The Nose
- Training
- In Charge
- Deaf Children
- Research
- Curing Deafness
- Singers and Performers
- Kings, Emperors, Dictators and the Like
- The Wide World
- Late Reflections
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Index
"There is widespread interest in aspects of a life spent in medical care and in aspects of medical sciences and related discoveries, on the part of others involved in such activities and on the part of the general public. It is seldom that we get to learn from Ear, Nose & Throat experts. This 10-chapter book by surgeon Dr Douek makes for great reading."
Moyra Smith
Professor Emeritus, University of California Irvine, USA
Professor Emeritus, University of California Irvine, USA
"ENT surgeons are often seen as little interested in anything beyond the tonsils, but Ellis Douek was different. His book is a corrective which opens up a different world. He entertains us with the personal cases of his great and good patients who had interesting conditions well beyond the adenoids. But there is more. In a full professional career, he grappled with the mysteries of hearing, taste and smell, including the social consequences resulting when these senses don't work well or at all. Well written and believable, this is a page-turner."
David Hamilton
Retired Surgeon and Honorary Senior Lecturer, St. Andrews University, UK
Retired Surgeon and Honorary Senior Lecturer, St. Andrews University, UK
"Ellis's command of language illuminates the dialogue, making the reader feel his participation in real time."
Kenneth H Brookler
ENT Surgeon and Research Collaborator, Mayo Clinic, USA
ENT Surgeon and Research Collaborator, Mayo Clinic, USA
"The author has an international reputation for his work on deafness, and has published one of the definitive monographs on the subject. I highly recommend this book."
Christopher H Naylor
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist (Retired), UK
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist (Retired), UK
"The book does of course describe Douek's huge contribution to the management of speech and language disorders in childhood, the introduction of the crossed acoustic response as a screen for deafness, tympanoplasty techniques, and, especially cochlear implantation. I had not realised he had such an interest in voice disorders; indeed, a whole chapter is entitled 'Singers and Performers', and shows how challenging these disorders can be. Douek is widely travelled, and a chapter entitled 'Kings, Emperors, Dictators and the Like' is very frank in identifying the many dubious characters involved. He proves to be a master of the short anecdote. This is a very entertaining read and it got me through a record-breaking heat wave in one afternoon." [Read Full Review]
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology
Dr Ellis Douek is a British cochlear implant pioneer and Emeritus Consultant ENT Surgeon at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and Royal Society of Medicine. He founded the Hearing and Language Clinic at Guy's Hospital, and was the UK Representative to the European Commission on Industrial Deafness. He received the Dalby Prize of the Royal Society of Medicine for his research on hearing. He has over 60 years of experience as a surgeon, and has written 3 books and numerous peer-reviewed articles.
Born in Cairo in the 1930s, Dr Douek left Egypt to finish his studies in Paris and London, during which time the Suez War broke out and the family was forced to leave forever. He eventually became a famous ENT surgeon at Guy's Hospital in London, where he was one of the first to work on developing a cochlear implant (bionic ear) for the totally deaf. He was also the first to monitor the hearing of a baby at birth, and the first to show a prolongation of the latency in multiple sclerosis. He participated in the development of a middle ear device for the restoration of hearing that now bears his name: Douek-MED™.
An Interview with Dr. Ellis Douek — A Pioneer in Hearing Implants
Sample Chapter(s)
Preface
