[1] Dr. House also pioneered approaches to the lateral skull base for removal of tumors, and is considered "the Father of Neurotology".

[3][4] House was born on December 1, 1923, in Kansas City, Missouri, and moved to Whittier, California, when he was three years old.

After serving in the navy, House earned a medical degree from the University of Southern California in 1952.

Today, however, he is generally regarded as a hero, in that his innovative research and development led to the creation of the modern cochlear implant.

In 1971, he became the 5th person to walk on the Moon after undergoing an endolymphatic-subarachnoid shunt procedure performed by Dr. House to treat his Ménière’s disease.