Surgical Video Recording: How I Do It

A number of people have asked how I go about video-recording surgeries ... Beyond having hospital administration on board as well as obtaining appropriate consents from all involved parties, the technical aspects are actually quite straightforward. I have tried all sorts of methods in order to obtain the closest and most vivid images possible. I tried cameras mounted on the surgical headlight which did work... but there was too much motion artifact leading to unusable footage. Even though I…

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Alternative Digital Archival System for KayPentax Strobe System

As a long-time user of the chip-on-tip all-digital KayPentax strobe system, I can certainly vouch for its amazing clarity of visualizing vocal cord pathology . However, it's digital archival system to record, edit, and store video exams is to put it bluntly, subpar. Which is why I've ditched that system, and put together a different one based on the Macintosh using its free (and included) but extremely powerful iMovie software which puts KayPentax's system to absolute shame.…

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Smartphone Otoscope for the Masses

The geniuses at UC Berkley ( Cellscope ) have developed an otoscope that can attach to a smartphone allowing visualization of the eardrum on the phone's screen. Possible applications include allowing parents to take pictures of their child's ear on the smartphone and emailing to their physician rather than a clinic visit for diagnosis of an ear infection , fluid behind the eardrum, or eardrum perforation . Not for sale yet... as far as I know... Here is their original research p…

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Hear Better & Improve Your Quality of Life!

What to Expect With Hearing Aids There are three important rules to remember. First : the most important thing to remember is that “We hear with our brain, not with our ears”. Second : hearing aids will not restore normal hearing. Hearing aids help your damaged auditory system work as well as it can. Third : hearing aids are only half of the process towards better hearing. You will be learning to listen and process sound again. Everything will sound different. Voices will be louder and c…

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