Journal Reviews

Cochlear implantation in Ménière’s disease

1 March 2015 | | ENT | speech recognition, cochlear implant, bilateral profound sensorineural hearing loss, Meniere's disease, quality of life, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, IMPACT, ADULTS

This was a Belgian retrospective study of seven patients with Ménière’s disease who underwent cochlear implantation. All patients had bilateral severe to profound hearing loss and all met AAO-HNS criteria for Ménière’s disease. Follow-up for patients ranged from six months...

Frequency Compression – is there a benefit?

1 March 2015 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric, Auditory Implants | Frequency compression, auditory acclimatization, cognition, sensorineural hearing loss, speech perception

The goal of this study was to investigate whether frequency compression (FC) hearing aids provide more benefit than conventional hearing aids. Twelve experienced hearing aid users 65-84 years of age with moderate to severe high frequency hearing loss wore the...

Cochlear implantation techniques

1 March 2015 | | ENT | Cochlear implant, sensorineural hearing loss

This issue concentrates on the advancement in techniques within the field of implant otology starting with cochlear implantation. Here it is sub-divided into indications, candidacy (including full pre-operative testing and investigations), surgical technique and outcomes for both adults and children....

Viral induced hearing loss

1 November 2014 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric, Auditory Implants, ENT | HIV, West Nile virus, cytomegalovirus, hearing loss, herpes simplex type 1, herpes simplex type 2, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, measles, mumps, rubella, rubeola, sensorineural hearing loss, sudden sensorineural hearing loss, varicella zoster virus

Viruses are a common cause of hearing loss both in children and adults. This article provides a good review of the viral causes of hearing loss and can be regarded as an essential read. The authors divide the viruses into...

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