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Does a labyrinthine fistula in cholesteatoma surgery lead to hearing loss?

1 March 2016 | | Cholesteatoma, labyrinthine fistula, post-operative hearing, surgical treatment
Thirty-five patients with labyrinthine fistula related to cholesteatoma were studied retrospectively. All patients underwent CT scans and preoperative hearing tests 1-2 weeks prior to surgery (averaged at 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 kHz). All 35 patients underwent mastoid surgery,...

Perception of verticality during attacks of Ménière’s

1 January 2016 | | Ménière's disease, SVV, maculo-canal dissociation, otolithic function, subjective visual vertical
Ménière’s disease (MD) affects the cochlea and all peripheral vestibular receptors. The perception of verticality, a function of the utricle, is evaluated by the subjective visual vertical (SVV) test. The authors studied SVV in two groups of MD patients: a)...
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Understanding osseointegration for the otologist

1 September 2019 | | ENTA - Auditory Implants | Bone conduction implant, Conductive hearing loss, Osseoimmunology, Osseointegration, Single-sided deafness, salivary gland
Bone conduction implants are hearing devices that require osseointegration to create a stable and reliable interface between the hearing device and the skull to deliver sound to the cochlea. This article reviews the physiology of osseointegration, factors that may lead...
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An understandable backup

10 March 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Otology
This small study comparing the auditory temporal processing of seven younger adults with that of seven older adults does not show anything breathtakingly new in its conclusions. After the assessment to rule out compounding factors such as middle ear pathology,...

Endolymphatic duct, a bit more than what meets the eye

7 January 2025 | | ENTA - Neurotology
It is theorised that the endolymphatic duct (ED) and the endolymphatic sac (ES) system play a role in both the production and absorption of endolymph. This system could be responsible for development of endolymphatic hydrops (EH). Recently, the presence of...

The Graham Fraser Foundation

1 July 2016 | | ENTA - ENT
Graham Fraser (1936-94) was a pioneering otolaryngologist, in whose memory the Graham Fraser Foundation was set up, and an eponymous annual lecture and a travelling fellowship in otology were established. It’s an honour to profile the Foundation in this extended...

Measuring the pitch and loudness of tinnitus

24 May 2017 | | ENTA - Tinnitus, ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Matching the characteristics of tinnitus Many researchers and clinicians have explored the subjective nature of tinnitus by asking people with tinnitus to adjust a sound so that it matches their tinnitus in some way. This can be useful both for...

Physiological mechanisms of hyperacusis: an update

1 January 2019 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Tinnitus
Hyperacusis is a heterogeneous and complex clinical entity, and proposals about physiological mechanisms should reflect these issues. Ben Auerbach helps us navigate through present knowledge in this area, and proposes future directions for research. Hyperacusis is a debilitating hearing disorder...

Unravelling the mystery of hyperacusis with pain

1 January 2019 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Tinnitus
When a person says that sound causes them pain, how can we understand this, and determine what processes are involved? Bryan Pollard navigates us through what is presently known. Pain has long been underrepresented – and often, completely overlooked –...

CI Advocacy in Action

9 May 2024 -10 May 2024 | ENTA - Auditory Implants
Is this a world record for the most people with cochlear implants at a conference? Helen Cullington, University of Southampton Auditory Implant Service. I was lucky enough to go to the first ever global conference held by the Cochlear Implant...

In conversation with Professor Michal Luntz

9 September 2020 | | ENTA - Otology
Professor Michal Luntz is an Otologist and Cochlear Implant Surgeon, and Director of the Ear and Hearing Center in A.R.M, Assuta Tel Aviv, Israel. We caught up with her to hear about her life, her background, and her unique insight...

The role of metrics in studies of hearing and cognition

26 June 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Neurotology
Introduction When perceiving sounds in real-world listening environments, older adults encounter several sources of degradation that can interfere with the perceptual process (Figure 1). Target signals (i.e. the sounds that a listener wants to focus on) have specific acoustic characteristics...