Oregon Health & Science University

Oregon Hearing Research Center

OHRC faculty

About the OHRC



OHRC Faculty Member
Baker Yong-bing Shi, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Shi is an Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery at the Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. He also serves as the medical director of the OHSU Tinnitus Clinic and the Northwest Center for Voice and Swallowing. In addition to being an otolaryngologist, Dr. Shi has a doctorate in cochlear physiology. His training included a postdoctoral fellowship at the Garfield Hearing Research Center, Temple University, in Philadelphia from 1992 to 1994, under Dr. William Martin. He practiced otolaryngology at the Chinese PLA General Hospital in Beijing, China, before he became a faculty member with the Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery in 1998.

Clinical Services

Dr. Shi provides care for a wide range of medical disorders. He examines and treats patients with tinnitus and hearing problems, as well as voice and swallowing disorders. In addition, Dr. Shi monitors brain, nerve and spinal cord function during surgical procedures in which those structures may be injured by the procedure.

Research Interests

  • Pathophysiology, treatment and management of tinnitus

  • Cochlear physiology and otoacoustic emissions

  • Pathophysiology and treatment of spasmodic dysphonia, laryngopharyngeal reflux and other voice disorders

Recent Publications

Martin, W.H., Schwegler, J.W., Shi, Y-B. Pratt, H. and Adler, S. Developing an objective measurement tool for evaluating tinnitus: Spectral averaging. In: Reich, G.E. and Vernon, J.A. (Eds.): Proceedings of the Fifth Intl. Tinnitus Seminar, American Tinnitus Association, Portland, 1996, p 127-134

Shi, Y., Pratt, H, Polyakov, A. Effects of interaural intensity and time disparity on transiently evoked otoacoustic emissions. Hearing Research 1997; 110:259

Shi, Y. and Martin, WH. ABR and DPOAE detection of cochlear damage by gentamicin. Journal of Basic & Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology 1997, 8 (3): 141

Pratt, H., Shi, Y. and Polyakov, A. Contralaterally evoked transient otoacoustic emissions. Hearing Research 1998; 115: 39

Martin, W.H., Folmer, R.L. and Shi, Y. Hidden Treasures. Tinnitus Today 1998; 23 (2):

Folmer, R.L., Shi, Y., Edlefsen, L.L. Chronic tinnitus following electroconvulsive therapy. In: Hazell J. (Ed): Proceedings of the Sixth International Tinnitus Seminar, The Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Centre, London, 1999, p 243-245.

Shi, Y. and Martin, W.H. Deep brain stimulation-a new treatment for tinnitus? In: Hazell J. (Ed): Proceedings of the Sixth International Tinnitus Seminar, The Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Centre, London, 1999, p 578-580.

Shi, Y. and Martin, W.H. Deep brain stimulation for tinnitus (Abstract). Neurology 2000, 54 (Suppl 3): A169

Folmer RL and Shi YB. Chronic tinnitus resulting from cerumen removal procedures. In: Patuzzi R. (Ed): Proceedings, VIIth Internationial Tinnitus Seminar, Fremantle, Australia, 2002, p111-114

Martin WH, Folmer RL and Shi Y. Assistive tinnitus devices and delivery methods for a coustical therapy. In: Patuzzi R. (Ed): Proceedings, VIIth Internationial Tinnitus Seminar, Fremantle, Australia, 2002, p182-185

Martin WH, Griest SE, Meikle MB, Folmer RL and Shi Y. Manisfestations and effects of tinnitus: the Oregon Tinnitus Data Registry. In: Patuzzi R. (Ed): Proceedings, VIIth Internationial Tinnitus Seminar, Fremantle, Australia, 2002, p292-294

Shi Y. Binette M. Martin WH. Pearson JM. Hart, R A. Electrical Stimulation for Intraoperative Evaluation of Thoracic Pedicle Screw Placement. Spine. 28(6):595-601, March 15, 2003

Martin, W.H., Schwegler, J.W., Gleeson, A.L., and Shi, Y. New techniques in hearing assessment. In Isaacson, G. (Ed.) Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America; Pediatric Otology. Vol 27, Number 3, W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, 1994, p 487-509.


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