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Ears with otosclerotic stapes fixation will exhibit lower-than-normal levels of ossicular mobility as measured by Optical Coherence Tomography Doppler Vibrometry (OCT-DV).OCT-DV measures the vibration of middle ear structures in response […]
» Read moreIncreasing number of older adults undergo cochlear implantation (CI). Accumulating evidence implicates that the outcome of implantation may not only depend on physical and psychological health status of patients but […]
» Read moreAlthough from a technological point of view, progress is impressive, most implantable hearing devices for conductive or mixed hearing loss have a limited capacity. These devices all bypass the impaired […]
» Read moreTo describe a variant of posterior canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV).Retrospective case review.Tertiary referral center.Fifteen patients with symptoms of BPPV and oculomotor evidence of activation of posterior semicircular canal […]
» Read moreTo evaluate the association between mastoid encephalocele or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) otorrhea and concurrent superior semicircular canal dehiscence (SSCD).Retrospective case-control study with chart and imaging review.University-affiliated tertiary referral center.A chart […]
» Read moreCochlear implantation (CI) is a common treatment modality for unilaterally and bilaterally deafened patients as well as patients with severe to profound hearing loss. The aim of our study is […]
» Read moreDetermine safety and effectiveness of cochlear implantation of children under age 37 months, including below age 12 months.Retrospective review.Tertiary care children’s medical center.219 children implanted before age 37 mos; 39 implanted […]
» Read morePrevious trials have compared the efficacy of hearing instruments to no intervention in adults with single-sided deafness (SSD) or the relative efficacy of different instruments. Network meta-analysis (NMA) was used […]
» Read moreThe Acoustic Neuroma Association (ANA) is a national, nonprofit organization, focused on the education and support of patients with vestibular schwannoma (VS). The aim of the present study is to […]
» Read moreTo describe cochlear implantation (CI) outcomes in patients with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2).Retrospective case series.A multidisciplinary NF2 clinic at a university hospital.Patients with NF2 who underwent CI.Pre- and postimplantation audiometric […]
» Read moreRound window (RW) occlusion or reinforcement is a less-invasive option compared with direct repair approaches to improve symptoms of superior canal dehiscence (SCD) syndrome. However, RW surgery is associated with […]
» Read moreTo evaluate the hearing preservation (HP) in cochlear implant (CI) recipients who did not fulfill the criteria for electric acoustic stimulation (EAS).Prospective study SETTING:: Tertiary academic hospital.Adults undergoing CI with […]
» Read moreTumor factors that influence vestibular function in vestibular schwannoma (VS) have not been properly described. We evaluated whether cystic VSs have different vestibular function than solid VS. Tumor size on […]
» Read moreTo demonstrate characteristic nystagmus findings in acute otitis media (AOM) complicated by serous labyrinthitis and discuss the mechanism of direction-changing positional nystagmus (DCPN) in this condition.A patient with AOM complicated […]
» Read moreTo examine the etiology, clinical course, and management of recurrent peripheral facial nerve paralysis.Retrospective review at a single tertiary academic center and systematic review of the literature. Clinical presentation, laboratory […]
» Read moreHealthy individuals have significant beat-to-beat variability in heart rate, and this variability decreases with mental stress. We aim to use heart rate variability (HRV) to objectively compare mental stress levels […]
» Read moreIn recent decades, intratympanic gentamicin (ITG) has increasingly been used to treat intractable Menière’s disease (MD). We performed a meta-analysis of pooled clinical outcomes, exploring whether ITG was effective and […]
» Read moreEndolymphatic hydrops (EH) has been reported in ears with otosclerosis. The objective of this study was to investigate the clinical features of ears with otosclerosis and EH on magnetic resonance […]
» Read moreTo assess the accuracy of tubo-tympano-aerodynamic-graphy (TTAG) in the estimation of morphological severity of patulous Eustachian tube (PET), and to compare the results with that of sonotubometry in clinical cases […]
» Read more: This contribution focuses on the relationship between stress and tinnitus. While the causal and directional pathways between these constructs continue to remain unclear, this paper uses an allostasis-based framework […]
» Read moreTo assess the etiology, demographics, rates and outcomes of revision surgeries, and device survival rates after cochlear implantation.Retrospective case review.Tertiary Otology & Neurotology center.Cochlear implantees who received revision surgeries after […]
» Read moreTo determine whether long term (>48 months) symptomatic vertigo control is sustained in patients with Menière’s disease from a previous comparative trial of intratympanic methylprednisolone versus gentamicin, and if the […]
» Read moreTo investigate the clinical characteristics, etiology, treatment outcomes, and prognostic factors of sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) in children to guide the clinical diagnosis and treatment of SSNHL in the […]
» Read more: This short review article gives an introduction to some of the fundamental concepts and challenges facing measurement in hearing healthcare practice and research. The impact of hearing loss almost […]
» Read moreLong-term unilateral use of a cochlear implant (CI) induces abnormal maturation of the rostral brainstem innervating the contralateral ear.In sequential bilateral CI children with long inter-implant delay, both sides of […]
» Read moreTo analyze surgical results on hearing and vestibular symptoms in patients with barotraumatic perilymphatic fistula (PLF) according to diagnostic criteria.A total of 39 patients (41 ears) who underwent surgery on […]
» Read moreTo assess by electrocochleography (ECoG) at which times during cochlear implantation changes of cochlear function occur.Tone bursts with a frequency of 500 or 750 Hz were used as acoustic stimuli. The […]
» Read moreTo evaluate effectiveness of the cochlear implant (CI) to facilitate single-sided deafness (SSD) rehabilitation following translabyrinthine resection of the vestibular schwannoma.Retrospective patient review.Single center, University hospital.Patients with SSD who underwent […]
» Read moreOtogenic brain abscess is a well-recognized clinical condition that describes brain abscess secondary to an ear infection or mastoiditis. Current evidence remains limited on risk factors associated with mortality as […]
» Read moreTinnitus is frequently associated with a major hearing handicap, which has a significant impact on the quality of life of patients.The goal was to analyze risk factors for tinnitus in […]
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