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Otolaryngology health care team

Cochlear implant program

David B. Shipp, MA, FAAA, Reg. CASLPO

Phone: 416-480-6751
Fax: 416-480-5761

 

Education:

  • MA, University of Texas at Austin, Graduate School of Communication Sciences

Current Position:

  • Audiologist & Director, Cochlear Implant Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
  • Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-HNS, University of Toronto
  • Coordinator, Cochlear Implant Services, Ontario Ministry of Health & Long Term Car

Clinical/Research Foci:

  • Cochlear and Auditory Brainstem Implants

Select Recent Publications:

Marshall AH, Fanning N, Symons S, Shipp DB, Chen JM, Nedzelski JM. (2005) Cochlear implantation in cochlear otosclerosis. Laryngoscope 115(10):1728 – 1733.

Chee G, Goldring J, Shipp DB, Ng AHC, Chen JM, Nedzelski JM. (2004) Benefits of cochlear implantation in early-deafened adults:  The Toronto exprerience. Journal of Otolaryngology 33(1):26 - 31.

David EA, Ostroff J, Shipp D, Nedzelski JM, Chen JM, Parnes L, Zimmerman K, Schramm D, Seguin C. (2003) Speech coding strategies and revised cochlear implant candidacy: An analysis of post-implant performance. Journal of Otology & Neurotology 24(2):228 – 233.

Kaplan D, Shipp DB, Nedzelski JM, Chen JM, Ng AHC. (2003) Early deafened adult cochlear implant users: An assessment of outcomes.  Journal of Otolaryngology 32(4):245 – 249.

Ostroff J, David E, Shipp D, Chen J, Nedzelski J. (2003)Evaluation of the High Resolution speech coding strategy for the Clarion CII cochlear implant system. Journal of Otolaryngology 32(2):81 – 86.

Kaplan DM, Nedzelski JM, Al-Abidi A, Chen DB, Shipp DB. (2002) Hearing loss following intratympanic instillation of gentamicin for the treatment of unilateral Meniere’s disease. Journal of Otolaryngology 31:106 – 111.

Higgins KM, Chen JM, Nedzelski JM, Shipp DB, McIlmoyl LD. (2002) A matched comparison of two cochlear implant systems. Journal of Otolaryngology 31: 97 – 105.

Chen JM, Shipp D, Al-Abidi A, Ng A, Nedzelski JM. (2001)Does choosing the “worse” ear for cochlear implantation affect outcome? Otology & Neurotology 2:335 – 339.

Shipp DB, Nedzelski JM, Chen JM, Ng AH. (2000)Comparison of postlingually deafened adults using the SPEAK and CIS coding strategies.  Advances in Otorhinolaryngology 57:425 – 429.

Kaplan DM, Nedzelski JM, Chen JM, Shipp DB. (2000)Intratympanic gentamicin for the treatment of unilateral Meniere’s Disease. Laryngoscope 110:1298 – 1305.

Chen JM, Farb R, Hanusaik L, Shipp D, Nedzelski JM. (1999) Depth and quality of cochlear implant insertion: A radiologic and pitch scaling assessment.  American Journal of Otology 20: 192 – 197.