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Current update on vestibular and balance disorders in children
Vestibular and balance disorders in children with hearing loss often go unrecognised. This article describes the significant impact such disorders have on the various aspects of children’s development. Vestibular and balance disorders occur in the paediatric population but can go...7th Annual Congress of the Bulgarian Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology
In February, nearly three hundred delegates gathered in the snow-covered city of Burgas on the Black Sea coast for the 7th annual congress of the Bulgarian Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology
DVT prophylaxis in cranial procedures
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a result of disturbed balances in blood flow patterns, blood clotting factors promoting coagulation and vessel wall endothelial injury. The subsequent disruption of coagulation and fibrinolysis mechanisms lead to venous clot formation and propagation. The...Interacoustics introduces Virtualis balance rehabilitation solutions
Interacoustics is happy to announce the launch of Virtualis balance rehabilitation solutions as the newest addition to their balance portfolio.
Modern surgical treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea indicate suppression of inflammatory cytokines
This study comprises 57 patients, 29 of which were treated by anterior palatoplasty procedure, expansion sphincter pharyngoplasty and submucosal minimal invasive lingual excision techniques and 27 by CPAP therapy. Parameters to determine success were AHI, VAS score, ESS score, mean...
Short-term risk of falling after cochlear implantation
This paper examined the effect of cochlear implantation on balance function in 16 adult patients. The authors assessed balance pre- and (two weeks) post-operatively by timing how long each patient was able to stand on a foam pad with their...In conversation with Prof Metin Önerci
Prof Valerie Lund caught up with friend and colleague, Prof Dr Metin Önerci, to discuss his various positions in rhinology, the FOAM programme with which he is involved, and rhinology in Turkey and the Balkan and the Central Asian region....
Electronystagmography and Videonystagmography ENG / VNG
This book provides a good reference for anyone starting out in the field of balance assessment, and would be a useful book in any balance assessment clinic as a source of information from anatomy to test interpretation. Anatomy and physiology...
Hearing aids to improve balance in the elderly?
Patients with hearing loss have been found to be more likely to develop dementia. Hearing loss is also associated with poor balance and higher risk of falls, especially in the elderly population. There is increasing evidence that treating hearing loss...Ultramarathons, frostbite and running with wolves
“I could just keep going when most sane people would stop”- the secret to success in head and neck surgery? In August 2015 I crossed the finish line of La Ultra - The High. A small camp of tents and...
The Chronic Ear
For me, the title of this book conjures up an historical image. I imagine an early 20th century consulting room, an otologist with a head mirror and bull’s eye lamp. A pre-antibiotic era in which a patient’s otorrhoea is meticulously...
