William Fouts House (1923 to 2012) was an American otologist, physician and medical researcher who invented and developed the cochlear implant, considered the first invention to restore any of the five senses in humans. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, he took a dental degree at the University of California, Berkeley in 1945, served in the Navy Dental Corps, and earned a medical degree at the University of Southern California in 1952, following his older half brother Howard House into otology. Criticized by many physicians for his idea of electrically stimulating the ear, he implanted a first design in 1961, which the patient's body rejected, and a longer-lasting model in 1969, introduced commercially in 1972. He also pioneered approaches to the lateral skull base for removing tumors and is called the father of neurotology.
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