Publications & Press
Dr. Ruffin's research on cochlear implants and hearing began at the University of Washington in 2007 and continued through his surgical training at Indiana University. He writes and speaks on hearing technology, access to care for Deaf and hard-of-hearing patients, and life as a surgeon with cochlear implants. Everything below links to the original source.
Full records: Google Scholar · PubMed
Press, media and advocacy
- Community network for deaf scientists
Co-author of a letter from 33 scientists with hearing loss on the barriers they faced and the network they built.
- As wearing masks becomes the norm, lip-readers are left out of the conversation
Quoted as a deaf surgeon on communication during the pandemic.
- Medical Advisory Board
Member of the board that reviews Forbes Health's hearing content.
- COVID-19: Communication access recommendations for the hospital
Contributing author of the national guidance for hospitals treating Deaf and hard-of-hearing patients.
- Improving workplace performance by understanding how typically hearing people hear and communicate
Presenter of an HLAA webinar; also contributed to HLAA's guide to communicating with healthcare providers during COVID-19.
- Otolaryngologists with disabilities: an opportunity for inclusion
Panelist on the President's Panel “Surgeons with Physical Disabilities” at the 2024 American Academy of Otolaryngology annual meeting.
- MDisability Provider Webinar: integrated care for patients with hearing loss
Invited speaker for Michigan Medicine's disability health program, moderated by Michael McKee, MD, on teaming with primary care to deliver whole-person care for patients with hearing loss.
- Deaf ENT surgeon describes ableism in the medical field
Coverage of his lecture “A Deaf Surgeon Comes Into His Own” for the Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center.
- Articles and podcast
Author of patient articles on hearing technology; guest on the HearingTracker Podcast (episode 8, “Cochlear Implants with Chad Ruffin, MD”).
- Faculty talk on re-imagining hearing technology
Speaker at Singularity University's Exponential Medicine conference.
Peer-reviewed publications
- Unmasked: how the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates disparities for people with communication-based disabilities
Moreland CJ, Ruffin CV, Morris MA, McKee M · PubMed
- Community network for deaf scientists
Adler HJ, Anbuhl KL, Atcherson SR, … Ruffin CV, … Wong V (33 authors) · PubMed
- Factors affecting speech discrimination in children with cochlear implants: evidence from early-implanted infants
Phan J, Houston DM, Ruffin C, Ting J, Holt RF · PubMed
- Long-term speech and language outcomes in prelingually deaf children, adolescents and young adults who received cochlear implants in childhood
Ruffin CV, Kronenberger WG, Colson BG, Henning SC, Pisoni DB · PubMed
- Dry eye symptoms and chemosis following blepharoplasty: a 10-year retrospective review of 892 cases in a single-surgeon series
Prischmann J, Sufyan A, Ting JY, Ruffin C, Perkins SW · PubMed
- Development and validation of the University of Washington Clinical Assessment of Music Perception test
Kang R, Nimmons GL, Drennan W, Longnion J, Ruffin C, Nie K, Won JH, Worman T, Yueh B, Rubinstein J · PubMed
- Clinical assessment of music perception in cochlear implant listeners
Nimmons GL, Kang RS, Drennan WR, Longnion J, Ruffin C, Worman T, Yueh B, Rubinstein JT · PubMed
- Discrimination of Schroeder-phase harmonic complexes by normal-hearing and cochlear-implant listeners
Drennan WR, Longnion JK, Ruffin C, Rubinstein JT · PubMed
- Long-term performance of Clarion 1.0 cochlear implant users
Ruffin CV, Tyler RS, Witt SA, Dunn CC, Gantz BJ, Rubinstein JT · PubMed
Patent
- Cochlear implant
Cochlear implant technology developed from his research on how implants encode sound.
Research funding
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Medical student research fellowship, University of Washington
- American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
CORE research grant
- National Institutes of Health
Postdoctoral research fellowship, Indiana University
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