Journal Reviews

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Is Gamma Knife Surgery effective for intracanalicular vestibular schwannomas?

8 January 2024 | | ENT | otolaryngology, Otology, gamma knife surgery, hearing preservation, intracanalicular vestibular schwannoma, predictors of outcome, tumor volume preservation

Vestibular schwannomas (VSs) are rare, occurring in approximately five per 100,000 adults a year. In circa 8% of cases, the VS is contained within the internal auditory canal, i.e. intracanalicular (iVS). Although radiosurgery is a recognised treatment modality for VSs,...

Lack of early vocabulary growth in bilateral cochlear implant children

1 May 2018 | | bilateral cochlear implant, composition of vocabulary, predictors, size of vocabulary

Studies indicate that children with unilateral implantation may have delayed vocabulary development for long periods of time even after implantation. This Finnish study attempted to find out whether bilateral cochlear implantation was associated with earlier vocabulary development. The authors analysed...