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Amplification considerations for children with minimal or mild bilateral hearing loss and unilateral hearing lossSarah McKay
Center for Childhood Communication, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
Trends Amplif 12:43-54. 2008Children with minimal or mild bilateral hearing loss and unilateral hearing loss are at higher risk for academic, speech-language, and social-emotional difficulties than their normal hearing peers...
Bilateral or unilateral amplification: is there a difference? A brief tutorialGeorge T Mencher
Dalhousie University and Leridan Associates, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Int J Audiol 45:S3-11. 2006
Reconnecting neuronal networks in the auditory brainstem following unilateral deafeningRobert Benjamin Illing
Neurobiological Research Laboratory, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Freiburg, D 79106 Freiburg, Germany
Hear Res 206:185-99. 2005....
Localization by unilateral BAHA usersJack J Wazen
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York 10032, USA
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 132:928-32. 2005OBJECTIVES: Patients with unilateral hearing loss report difficulty hearing conversation on their impaired side, localizing sound, and understanding of speech in background noise...
Consensus statements on the BAHA system: where do we stand at present?Ad F M Snik
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital St Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol Suppl 195:2-12. 2005....
Unilateral deafness after acoustic neuroma surgery: subjective hearing handicap and the effect of the bone-anchored hearing aidHenrik Terkel Andersen
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
Otol Neurotol 27:809-14. 2006..The implications of these findings are discussed. Data from centers that perform simultaneous acoustic neuroma surgery and implantation for BAHA are necessary for firm conclusions...
Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss in the only hearing ear: patient characteristics and hearing outcomeNador Stahl
ENT Clinic, Beer Sheva, Israel
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 132:193-5. 2006..To determine the otological outcome in patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSHL) in their only hearing ear...
The evidence base for the application of contralateral bone anchored hearing aids in acquired unilateral sensorineural hearing loss in adultsD M Baguley
Audiology Department, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
Clin Otolaryngol 31:6-14. 2006..It is perhaps only appropriate to insert a BAHA peg at the time of vestibular schwanoma tumour excision in patients with good preoperative hearing, as their hearing handicap increases most...
Asymmetry of temporal processing in listeners with normal hearing and unilaterally deaf subjectsYvonne S Sininger
Division of Head and Neck Surgery, University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, 62 132 Center for the Health Sciences, Los Angeles 90095 1624, USA
Ear Hear 29:228-38. 2008..The purpose of experiment 2 is to determine if any compensation for loss of function is seen in persons with early unilateral deafness...
Bone-anchored hearing aids in unilateral inner ear deafness: an evaluation of audiometric and patient outcome measurementsMyrthe K S Hol
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Otol Neurotol 26:999-1006. 2005..To evaluate the benefit of a bone-anchored hearing aid contralateral routing of sound hearing aid (BAHA CROS hearing aid) in 29 patients with unilateral inner ear deafness...
Spatial hearing disability after acoustic neuroma removalSusan A Douglas
The Queen s Medical Centre, Derby Road, Nottingham, UK NG7 7UH
Laryngoscope 117:1648-51. 2007....
Intralabyrinthine schwannomas: symptoms and managementsHuan Jia
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Lyon Sud Hospital, Pierre Benite, France
Auris Nasus Larynx 35:131-6. 2008..To describe the characteristic presentations, radiologic findings and managements of the intralabyrinthine schwannomas...
Bilateral fitting of BAHAs and BAHA fitted in unilateral deaf persons: acoustical aspectsStefan Stenfelt
Department of Signals and Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, Goteborg, Sweden
Int J Audiol 44:178-89. 2005..Finally, the data showed that the benefit of fitting a BAHA in a unilaterally deaf person, depends on that person's transcranial attenuation...
Fitting strategies and candidature criteria for unilateral and bilateral hearing aid fittingsJürgen Kiessling
Department of Audiology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
Int J Audiol 45:S53-62. 2006..If there is any doubt about the benefit of bilateral fitting, a trial with bilateral aids should be performed...
Selection strategies for binaural and monaural cochlear implantationAnn E Perreau
The University of Iowa, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 200 Hawkins Drive, 21016 PFP, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Am J Audiol 16:85-93. 2007..The guidelines outline options for implanting one ear only, implanting one ear plus use of a contralateral hearing aid, and implanting both ears...
Unilateral profound hearing loss and the effect on quality of life after cerebellopontine angle surgeryKavitha Subramaniam
Otolaryngology Department, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 133:339-46. 2005..SIGNIFICANCE: Rehabilitation devices that improve discrimination and localization, and hearing preservation surgery, if indicated, should be considered for these patients...
Amplification in the rehabilitation of unilateral deafness: speech in noise and directional hearing effects with bone-anchored hearing and contralateral routing of signal amplificationLi Mei Lin
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21287 0910, USA
Otol Neurotol 27:172-82. 2006..What specific rehabilitative benefits are observed when the functional ear exhibits normal hearing versus moderate sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL)?..
[Complete unilateral vestibulocochlear loss]W Wagner
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HNO 54:294-7. 2006
Cortical auditory evoked responses from an implanted ear after 50 years of profound unilateral deafnessCelene McNeill
Healthy Hearing and Balance Care, NSW, Australia
Cochlear Implants Int 8:189-99. 2007..Three months after implantation the cortical responses for the two ears were similar, despite more than 50 years of unilateral auditory deprivation. CAEPs measured over time show evidence of binaural interaction and improvements in SRS...
Simultaneous and sequential bilateral sudden sensorineural hearing loss: are they different from unilateral sudden sensorineural hearing loss?John Xenellis
ENT Department, Athens University, and Ippokratio and Attiko Hospital, Athens, Greece
ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec 69:306-10. 2007..To compare bilateral (BSSHL) with unilateral (USSHL) sudden sensorineural hearing loss...
Hearing loss after spinal anesthesia: the effect of different infusion solutionsTulay Sahin Yildiz
Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Kocaeli, Kocaeli, Turkey
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 137:79-82. 2007..We speculate that the preoperative volume replacement with a convenient solution may protect the inner ear function after spinal anesthesia...
Partial deafness cochlear implantation in childrenHenryk Skarzynski
Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Poland
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 71:1407-13. 2007..Good hearing preservation and speech perception outcomes have been reported. This study aims to assess partial deafness cochlear implantation in children...
Preservation of low frequency hearing in partial deafness cochlear implantation (PDCI) using the round window surgical approachHenryk Skarzynski
Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Poland
Acta Otolaryngol 127:41-8. 2007..Successful hearing preservation is possible in individuals with excellent low frequency hearing. This is possible due to the partial insertion of an atraumatic electrode using an atraumatic round window surgical technique...
Hemodilution therapy with hydroxyethyl starch solution (130/0.4) in unilateral idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss: a dose-finding, double-blind, placebo-controlled, international multicenter trial with 210 patientsEckart Klemm
HNO Klinik Krankenhaus Dresden Friedrichstadt, Dresden, Germany
Otol Neurotol 28:157-70. 2007..Obtain and analyze first data on hydroxyethyl starch (HES 130/0.4) as monotherapy in acute idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSNHL)...
[Traumatic luxation of the stapes: radiology and surgical outcome]S Tringali
Service d'Oto-neurochirurgie, , Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, , France
Ann Otolaryngol Chir Cervicofac 123:340-3. 2006..When such a case is encountered, high resolution CT scan of the temporal bone must be performed to confirm the diagnosis and to confirm integrity of the stapes...
By the way, doctor. My 47-year-old son suddenly lost hearing in one ear. They did some blood tests and he was given steroids and a medication called Valtrex. Now they are saying nothing can be done. Can you please address this issue?Quinton S Gopen
Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Harv Health Lett 32:8. 2007
Sudden sensorineural hearing loss and antiphospholipid syndromeNatasha M Wiles
Department of Otolaryngology, Guys and St. Thomas' NHS Trust, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH
Haematologica 91:ECR46. 2006..Life long anticoagulation is necessary to prevent life threatening thrombotic or thromboembolic events...
Preliminary evidence of asymmetry in uncomfortable loudness levels after unilateral hearing aid experience: evidence of functional plasticity in the adult auditory systemKevin J Munro
School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
Int J Audiol 45:684-8. 2006..01) when comparing post-fitting ULLs. The underlying mechanism for the asymmetry is unknown but it is consistent with learning induced reorganization within the auditory system...
Unusual cases of delayed endolymphatic hydropsPedro Luiz Mangabeira Albernaz
Associação William House de Otologia and Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Acta Otolaryngol 127:355-9. 2007..They also suggest that this condition probably occurs in patients with congenitally sensitive ears that make them prone to the development of the late hydrops...
Treatment of tinnitus with gabapentin: a pilot studyDavid L Witsell
Division of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Otol Neurotol 28:11-5. 2007..To evaluate the effectiveness of gabapentin (Neurontin) improve the disease-specific quality of life in patients with moderate tinnitus...
Bone-anchored hearing aid modified with directional microphone: do patients benefit?K J Blackmore
Department of Otolaryngology, Freeman Road Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
J Laryngol Otol 121:822-5. 2007..This can be improved with a directional microphone. This study compared the quality of life of bone-anchored hearing aid wearers before and after the use of a directional microphone...
Dead regions in the cochlea and enhancement of frequency discrimination: Effects of audiogram slope, unilateral versus bilateral loss, and hearing-aid useKarolina Kluk
Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EB, UK
Hear Res 222:1-15. 2006..One subject with a high-frequency DR in one ear and good hearing in the other ear showed an enhanced DLF in her better ear...
Correlation of hearing screening with developmental outcomes in infants over a 2-year periodCharlotte Chiong
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, College of Medicine Philippine General Hospital, Philippine National Ear Institute, National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines
Acta Otolaryngol 127:384-8. 2007..Evoked otoacoustic emission (OAE) and auditory brainstem response (ABR) results for hearing screening among infants have good concordance. However, good correlation with the Griffiths Developmental Scales remains to be desired...
Two-eared listening in dynamic situationsStuart Gatehouse
MRC Institute of Hearing Research, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow G31 2ER, UK
Int J Audiol 45:S120-4. 2006..We contend that, for both the self-report domain and the psychoacoustical domain, procedures should be more properly representative of the dynamic environments that listeners are routinely exposed to...
A case of unilateral sensorineural hearing loss caused by a venous malformation of the internal auditory canalHyung Jun Shim
Department of Otolaryngology, Daegu Fatima Hospital, 576 31 Shinam 4 Dong, Dong Gu, Daegu 701 600, Republic of Korea
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 71:1479-83. 2007..To the best of our knowledge, this is the first documented case of a VM as a rare cause of a unilateral SNHL in a child...
Bone-anchored hearing aid system application for unilateral congenital conductive hearing impairment: audiometric resultsSylvia J W Kunst
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Medical Centre St Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Otol Neurotol 29:2-7. 2008..To study the audiologic outcome of bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA) application in patients with congenital unilateral conductive hearing impairment...
[Susac's syndrome. A rare microangiopathy of cochlea, retina, and brain]E Hilgert
Klinik und Poliklinik Fur Hals, Nasen, Ohrenheilkunde, Klinikum Grosshadern, LMU Munchen
HNO 54:303-6. 2006..We present a rare case of Susac's syndrome unveiled by audiometry results, MR imaging of the brain, and the ophthalmological findings....
The burdens of age-related and occupational noise-induced hearing loss in the United StatesRobert A Dobie
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, Davis, CA 95817, USA
Ear Hear 29:565-77. 2008..Aging and noise are generally considered the most common causes of adult hearing loss in developed countries. This study estimates the contributions of aging and occupational noise in the United States...
Audiological evaluation and self-assessed hearing problems in subjects with single-sided congenital external ear malformations and associated conductive hearing lossClaudia Priwin
The Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Goteborg University, Sweden
Int J Audiol 46:162-71. 2007..Furthermore, a high degree of hearing difficulty was reported. Therefore, active treatment, surgery, or hearing amplification, might be considered...
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment restores sudden hearing loss in a patient with Fabry diseaseMarkus C Frantz
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany
ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec 70:210-3. 2008..This case report describes the course of a unilateral sudden hearing loss in a young (15-year-old) male patient and its improvement following hyperbaric oxygen treatment...
Effect of minimal hearing loss on children's ability to multitask in quiet and in noiseBrittany McFadden
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch 39:342-51. 2008..The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of minimal hearing loss (HL) on children's ability to perform simultaneous tasks in quiet and in noise...
Hearing screening and diagnostic evaluation of children with unilateral and mild bilateral hearing lossDanielle S Ross
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Trends Amplif 12:27-34. 2008..A large fraction of cases of unilateral hearing loss and mild bilateral hearing loss are not currently identified through newborn hearing screening...
[Analysis of specificity and sensitivity of Polish "Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program"]Katarzyna Iwanicka-Pronicka
Zakład Audiologii, Foniatrii i Laryngologii Instytutu Pomnik Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka, Warszawa
Otolaryngol Pol 62:88-95. 2008..Newborns are referred to us from neonatal units, the first level in the program. We found that referred children, both with unilateral as well as bilateral referral rating in TEOAE, show a high proportion of false positive results...
[Sudden unilateral sensorineural hearing loss after carbon monoxide intoxication]Teresa Michalska-Piechowiak
, Szpitala im. F. Raszei w Poznaniu
Przegl Lek 61:374-6. 2004..Patients who suffer from CO intoxication are at risk of hearing impairment, therefore, there is a need for audiometric follow up in these patients...
Self reported hearing difficulties following excision of vestibular schwannomaBeth McLeod
MAC Audiology Service, Eastwood, New South Wales, Australia
Int J Audiol 47:420-30. 2008..It was concluded that severe unilateral deafness is a significant disability, requiring more attention in clinical practice, particularly with pre-surgical vestibular schwannoma patients...
[The auditory late potentials (P300, MMN) in central speech disorders in children]Bozena Wiskirska-Woźnica
Katedra i Klinika Foniatrii i Audiologii AM im K Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu
Otolaryngol Pol 58:797-801. 2004..In all patients the normal hearing threshold and the unilateral disturbances in registration of P300 and mismatch negativity (MMN) were found...
Functional impairments due to unilateral deafnessLouis W Welsh
Department of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery, Temple University Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 113:987-93. 2004..The currently recommended methods of remediation for this sensory deficit are discussed, and newer technologies under investigation are examined...
Auditory and electrophysiological patterns of a unilateral lesion of the lateral lemniscusTae-Hee Cho
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology and UCB EA1880, , Lyon, France
Audiol Neurootol 10:153-8. 2005..The dysfunction of auditory pathways is associated with specific electrophysiological abnormalities that can be assessed by evoked potential recording...
Does the bone-anchored hearing aid have a complementary effect on audiological and subjective outcomes in patients with unilateral conductive hearing loss?Myrthe K S Hol
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Medical Centre St Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Audiol Neurootol 10:159-68. 2005..To study the effect of a bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA) in patients with unilateral conductive hearing loss...
Delayed endolymphatic hydrops as a clinical entityTamio Kamei
Gunma University School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology, Maebashi, Japan
Int Tinnitus J 10:137-43. 2004..However, no such surgical treatment is available for the contralateral type...
Unilateral and mild bilateral hearing loss in children: past and current perspectivesAnne Marie Tharpe
Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 8242, USA
Trends Amplif 12:7-15. 2008..The first section addresses unilateral hearing loss. This is followed by a review of the literature on mild bilateral hearing loss...
Causation of permanent unilateral and mild bilateral hearing loss in childrenAnne Marie Tharpe
Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville 37232 8242, Tennessee
Trends Amplif 12:17-25. 2008....
Subjective benefit after BAHA system application in patients with congenital unilateral conductive hearing impairmentSylvia J W Kunst
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Medical Centre St Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Otol Neurotol 29:353-58. 2008..To study whether unilateral Bone-anchored Hearing Aid (BAHA) fitting led to subjective hearing benefit in patients with congenital unilateral conductive hearing impairment...
Fluctuating corticosteroid-responsive auditory neuropathy/dyssynchrony is suggestive of central nervous system pathologyPavan S Mallur
Department of Otolaryngology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA
Otol Neurotol 28:1002-4. 2007..To highlight diagnostic and management features of auditory neuropathy/auditory dyssynchrony (AN/DS) due to central demyelinating disorder...
Understanding speech in noise after correction of congenital unilateral aural atresia: effects of age in the emergence of binaural squelch but not in use of head-shadowLincoln Gray
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22801, USA
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 73:1281-7. 2009b>Unilateral hearing loss causes difficulty hearing in noise (the "cocktail party effect") due to absence of redundancy, head-shadow, and binaural squelch...
[Guidelines and their practical application in congenital hearing loss]M Schuster
Abteilung fur Phoniatrie und Padaudiologie, Klinikum der Universität Erlangen Nürnberg
Gesundheitswesen 65:566-71. 2003..As part of quality management the purpose of this study is to discuss pedaudiological aspects and results of hearing - impaired children equipped with hearing aids against the background of guidelines from Germany and the US...
[A patient with acoustic neuroma--The reason for the functional disorder of his inner ear?]O Reichel
Hals Nasen Ohrenklinik und Poliklinik der Ludwig Maximilians Universität München, Germahy
Laryngorhinootologie 80:731-3. 2001..Acoustic neuroma is one of the classic causes of retrocochlear hearing disorders. Auditory brainstem response (ABR) testing with a sensitivity of about 90 % in the diagnosis of acoustic neuroma plays an important role as a screening method...
Linear accelerator-based stereotactic radiosurgery for bilateral vestibular schwannomas in patients with neurofibromatosis type 2Otto W M Meijer
Department of Radiation Oncology, Vrije Universiteit University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Neurosurgery 62:A37-42; discussion A42-3. 2008..In particular, in patients with NF2 who already have unilateral hearing loss, avoidance of hearing loss on the opposite side poses a challenge for RS and SRT...
Prevalence of hearing loss in Rett syndromeJoseph P Pillion
Department ofAudiology, 707 North Broadway, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Dev Med Child Neurol 45:338-43. 2003..Bilateral hearing loss was found in 16 (19.3%) patients and unilateral hearing loss in 13 (16%) patients. Bilateral hearing loss of moderate degree was found in one patient...
BAHA in children and adolescents with unilateral or bilateral conductive hearing loss: a study of outcomeClaudia Priwin
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 71:135-45. 2007..There have been no similar studies in children. Furthermore, a recent meta-analysis of children with unilateral hearing loss (UHL) has shown numerous negative consequences...
Global and regional risk of disabling sequelae from bacterial meningitis: a systematic review and meta-analysisKaren Edmond
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Lancet Infect Dis 10:317-28. 2010..Less severe, minor sequelae (behavioural problems, learning difficulties, unilateral hearing loss, hypotonia, diplopia), and multiple impairments were also included...
Inter-relationship between different psychoacoustic measures assumed to be related to the cochlear active mechanismB C Moore
Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, England
J Acoust Soc Am 106:2761-78. 1999..loss attributable to OHC damage; this was based on loudness matches between the two ears of subjects with unilateral hearing loss and was derived using a loudness model...
Otologic management in children with the CHARGE associationU K Shah
Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104 4399, USA
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 44:139-47. 1998....
Combination therapy (intratympanic dexamethasone + high-dose prednisone taper) for the treatment of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing lossAlex Battaglia
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, San Diego, CA, USA
Otol Neurotol 29:453-60. 2008Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (ISSNHL), commonly defined as greater than 20 dB of unilateral hearing loss in at least 3 frequencies occurring within 3 days, has a reported incidence of 5 to 20 per 100,000 patients per year...
[Acoustic neuroma: clinical-functional finding, results and surgical complication]A Quaranta
Clinica Otorinolaringoiatrica I, Dipartimento di Oftalmologia e Otorinolaringoiatria,
Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital 21:1-20. 2001..At times AN presents atypical symptoms and can even be asymptomatic. Sudden onset of unilateral hearing loss, acute vertigo, persistent monolateral tinnitus and even isolated symptoms of the V or VI cranial nerve ..
Unilateral hearing losses alter loud sound-induced temporary threshold shifts and efferent effects in the normal-hearing earR Rajan
Department of Physiology, Monash University, Monash, Victoria 3800, Australia
J Neurophysiol 85:1257-69. 2001..Here I demonstrate that when there is a chronic unilateral hearing loss, effects of loud sounds, and efferent effects on loud sound, in the normal-hearing ear differ markedly ..
Classification of childhood hearing impairment: implications for rehabilitation in developing countriesBolajoko O Olusanya
Department of Paediatrics, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria
Disabil Rehabil 26:1221-8. 2004..To ascertain the rehabilitation needs of hearing impaired school entrants in developing countries based on current criteria for evaluating classification of childhood hearing impairment...
Acute vestibular neuritis visualized by 3-T magnetic resonance imaging with high-dose gadoliniumMikael Karlberg
Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 130:229-32. 2004..that reactivation of human herpes simplex virus 1 could cause vestibular neuritis, Bell palsy, and sudden unilateral hearing loss. Enhancement of the facial nerve on gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a common ..
Basilar membrane nonlinearity and loudnessR S Schlauch
Department of Communication Disorders, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA
J Acoust Soc Am 103:2010-20. 1998..were made also between BM I/O functions and ones derived from loudness matches for persons with unilateral hearing loss simulated by broadband noise...
Etiologic and audiologic evaluations after universal neonatal hearing screening: analysis of 170 referred neonatesFrank Declau
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, and Communication Disorders, University Hospital Antwerp, Wilrijkstraat 10, B 2650 Edegem, Belgium
Pediatrics 121:1119-26. 2008..The goal was to clarify the audiologic aspects and causes of congenital hearing loss in children who failed universal neonatal hearing screening...
Traces of perilymph detected in epipharyngeal fluid: perilymphatic fistula as a cause of sudden hearing loss diagnosed with beta-trace protein (prostaglandin D synthase) immunoelectrophoresisG Bachmann
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Neurology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
J Laryngol Otol 115:132-5. 2001..We present a case with sudden unilateral hearing loss associated with a positive beta-trace protein test of an epipharyngeal fluid sample...
Surgical management of facial neuromas: lessons learnedMobeen A Shirazi
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, USA
Otol Neurotol 28:958-63. 2007..Primary tumors of the facial nerve are rare, representing 1% of all intrapetrous lesions. We analyzed the management and surgical outcomes of 16 patients with multisegment facial neuromas treated at our institution during a 16-year period...
Two cases of trisomy 16 mosaicism ascertained postnatallyClaudine Rieubland
Genetic Health Services Victoria, Royal Children s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Am J Med Genet A 149:1523-8. 2009..2 was born with IUGR, significant craniofacial and body asymmetry, asymmetric skin hyperpigmentation, unilateral hearing loss, scoliosis, VSD, unexplained dilated cardiomyopathy, feeding difficulties, failure to thrive, and ..
Diagnosis and management of intralabyrinthine schwannomasJ D Green
Jacksonville Hearing and Balance Institute, Florida 32207, USA
Laryngoscope 109:1626-31. 1999....
[Long-term results of stapedectomy in pediatric patients]I Krzeska-Malinowska
Katedra i Klinika Otolaryngologii Akademii Medycznej, Warszawie
Pol Merkur Lekarski 19:420-2. 2005..Material is based on 14 pediatric patients, age 7-14 y. 12 of them had bilateral, 2 unilateral hearing loss. Together 26 ears...
Antiphospholipid inner ear syndromeDebbie Aviva Mouadeb
Department of Otolaryngology, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, USA
Laryngoscope 115:879-83. 2005..This study was initiated to clarify the possible association between antiphospholipid antibodies, mediators of microthrombus formation, and sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) of unknown origin in a large cohort of patients...
Atypical incus necrosis: a case report and literature reviewN Choudhury
Department of Otolaryngology, Southend University Hospital Foundation Trust, UK
J Laryngol Otol 122:1124-6. 2008..We report an atypical case of ossicular necrosis affecting the incus, in the absence of any history of chronic serous otitis media. We also discuss the current theories of incus necrosis...
[Unilateral hearing loss in childhood. An empirical analysis comparing bilateral hearing loss]C Kiese-Himmel
Abteilung Phoniatrie Padaudiologie, Georg August Universitat Gottingen
Laryngorhinootologie 80:18-22. 2001..Unilateral cochlear hearing loss is considered as a risk factor for auditory, verbal-communicative, behavioral and academic development. An early diagnosis is therefore necessary...
Evaluation of pediatric sensorineural hearing loss with magnetic resonance imagingJohn E McClay
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Texas at Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 73235 9035, USA
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 134:945-52. 2008..To evaluate the incidence and type of intracranial and inner ear abnormalities in children with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) identified with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and stratified by the degree and type of SNHL...
Prognostic value of initial electronystagmography findings in idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss without vertigoMakiko Junicho
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
Otol Neurotol 29:905-9. 2008..We used electronystagmography (ENG) to characterize recurrent hearing loss and its progression to definite Ménière's disease in patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) without subjective vertigo...
Vestibular schwannoma in the only hearing ear: cochlear implant or auditory brainstem implant?Richard Ramsden
Department of Otolaryngology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK
Otol Neurotol 26:261-4. 2005....
Primary temporal bone secretory meningioma presenting as chronic otitis mediaT A T Marcelissen
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Maastricht, P O Box 5800, 6202 AZ, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 265:843-6. 2008..A 56-year old female patient presented to us with a history of a chronic otitis media and unilateral hearing loss. Diagnostic investigations revealed a tumor arising from the temporal bone without signs of intracranial ..
Autism and hearing lossU Rosenhall
Department of Audiology, Karolinska Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
J Autism Dev Disord 29:349-57. 1999..Mild to moderate hearing loss was diagnosed in 7.9% and unilateral hearing loss in 1.6% of those who could be tested appropriately...
Clinical variability of Waardenburg-Shah syndrome in patients with proximal 13q deletion syndrome including the endothelin-B receptor locusBeyhan Tuysuz
Department of Pediatric Genetics, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
Am J Med Genet A 149:2290-5. 2009..had hypopigmentation of the irides and HSCR, Patient 2 had prominent bicolored irides and mild bilateral hearing loss, and Patient 3 had only mild unilateral hearing loss. These data contribute new insights into the pathogenesis of WS4.
Anterior inferior cerebellar artery syndrome: fact or fictionA L McDermott
Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Clin Otolaryngol Allied Sci 28:75-80. 2003..There was a statistically significant association with unilateral hearing loss and type II and III AICA loops (P = 0.016 and P = 0.006 respectively)...
Primary T-cell CNS lymphoma presenting with leptomeningeal spread and neurolymphomatosisNetta Levin
Leslie and Michael Gaffin Center for Neuro Oncology, Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
J Neurooncol 90:77-83. 2008..pressure with 6th nerve palsy; headache and bilateral 3rd nerve palsy; mononeuritis multiplex and unilateral hearing loss; bilateral 7th nerve paralysis and bilateral uveitis...
Bone-anchored hearing aids for unilateral hearing loss in teenagersLisa Christensen
Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, Arkansas Children s Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Otol Neurotol 29:1120-2. 2008Outside of classroom interventions, treatment for unilateral hearing loss in children has been limited...
[Glomus tumor of the temporal bone]M N Skøtt
Odense Universitetshospital, Øre naese halsafdelingen
Ugeskr Laeger 160:5194-5. 1998..The most frequent symptoms are pulsatile tinnitus, unilateral hearing loss, aural fullness and paresis of the vagal nerve or other lower cranial nerves...
Is microvascular compression of the vestibulocochlear nerve a cause of unilateral hearing loss?Femke van der Steenstraten
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 116:248-52. 2007....
Using otoacoustic emissions to screen for hearing loss in early childhood care settingsWilliam D Eiserman
Utah State University, United States
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 72:475-82. 2008..The aim of this study was to screen underserved children <or=3 years of age for hearing loss using otoacoustic emissions (OAE) technology and to systematically document multi-step screening and diagnostic outcomes...
Modulation detection interference in listeners with normal and impaired hearingSid P Bacon
Department of Speech and Hearing Science, Arizona State University, Tempe 85287 1908, USA
J Speech Lang Hear Res 45:392-402. 2002..Nine listeners had normal hearing, 4 had a bilateral hearing loss, and 4 had a unilateral hearing loss; those with a unilateral loss were tested in both ears...
Susac syndrome: retinocochleocerebral vasculopathyJarmila Szilasiova
Medical School, Department of Neurology, FNsP, Trieda SNP 1, 040 11 Kosice, Slovak Republic
Croat Med J 45:338-43. 2004..We report a case of a 30-year-old man with Susac syndrome. The patient initially suffered from unilateral hearing loss associated with peripheral vestibular syndrome, and followed with recurrent arterial retinal occlusions ..
Untreated vestibular schwannomas: vertigo is a powerful predictor for health-related quality of lifeErling Myrseth
Department of Neurosurgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Jonas Lies vei, Bergen, Norway
Neurosurgery 59:67-76; discussion 67-76. 2006....
Diagnostic delays in vestibular schwannomaH Teppo
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kanta Hame Central Hospital, Hameenlinna, Finland
J Laryngol Otol 123:289-93. 2009..We evaluated such diagnostic delays and their impact on tumour size and on pre- and post-treatment morbidity, in a relatively recent patient series...
[Epidemiological data of patients with sudden hearing loss -- a retrospective study over a period of three years]E A Ziegler
Universitätsklinik für Hals, Nasen und Ohrenheilkunde, Mainz
Laryngorhinootologie 82:4-8. 2003..11- 6 years; 52 % male, 48 % female) admitted during the last three years for treatment of sudden unilateral hearing loss are statistically evaluated...
[Mondini dysplasia: traumatic cerebrospinal fluid otorrhea with meningitis]H Kaftan
Klinik und Poliklinik Fur Hals, Nasen und Ohrenkrankheiten, Kopf und Hals Chirurgie, Ernst Moritz Arndt Universitat Greifswald
HNO 54:624-7. 2006..If there is no CSF leak but a unilateral hearing loss, the condition may go undiagnosed for years...
A mutational analysis of the SLC26A4 gene in Spanish hearing-impaired families provides new insights into the genetic causes of Pendred syndrome and DFNB4 hearing lossAlejandra Pera
Unidad de Genetica Molecular, Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
Eur J Hum Genet 16:888-96. 2008..could be characterized in 18 families (27%), whereas a single mutated allele was found in a patient with unilateral hearing loss and EVA in the same ear...
Bilateral hearing results of 751 unilateral stapedotomies evaluated with the Glasgow benefit plotV Kisilevsky
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Laryngol Otol 124:482-9. 2010..We also aimed to analyse the effect of pre-operative hearing impairment type on post-stapedotomy hearing.Study design:Retrospective chart review...
Vestibular influence on human auditory space perceptionJ Lewald
Institute for Occupational Physiology at the University of Dortmund, D 44139 Dortmund, Germany
J Neurophysiol 84:1107-11. 2000..5 dB after 5 min. As shown by an additional control experiment, this effect cannot be attributed to a unilateral hearing loss induced by cooling of the auditory periphery...
Tonotopic changes in GABA receptor expression in guinea pig inferior colliculus after partial unilateral hearing lossS Dong
Discipline of Physiology M311, School of Biomedical Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
Brain Res 1342:24-32. 2010..The results strengthen the notion of a causal link between reduced GABRA1 expression and neural hyperactivity in central auditory nuclei and provide a possible mechanism for the development of phantom auditory sensations, or tinnitus...
Vascular loops causing otological symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysisN K Chadha
Department of ENT, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, Devon, UK
Clin Otolaryngol 33:5-11. 2008..To determine evidence for a relationship between vascular loops in contact with the vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII) and otological symptoms...
Research Grants
- Central responses to reversible unilateral deafeningDavid Gooler; Fiscal Year: 2007..The hypothesis is that hearing sensitivity and frequency selectivity will be poorer with unilateral hearing loss than with intact binaural hearing; responses to monaural stimulation but with intact hearing are expected ..
- Unilateral Hearing Loss in ChildrenJUDITH LIEU; Fiscal Year: 2007b>Unilateral hearing loss (UHL) in school-aged children has an estimated prevalence of 1/1000 to over 5%. The prevalence of UHL in newborns is estimated to be 0.4/1000 to 3.4%...
- Adaptation to Unilateral Hearing Loss in Humans: Cortical and Perceptual EffectsPeter Gordon; Fiscal Year: 2007..Increased understanding of cortical adaptation also has the potential to shed light on how higher-level neural processes influence the benefits and limitations of interventions that restore (or partially restore) lost sensory input. ..
- AUDITORY DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY-AMPLIFIED CHILDRENYvonne Sininger; Fiscal Year: 2004....
- MOLECULAR BASIS OF VESTIBULAR EFFERENT FUNCTIONP Wackym; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- GENES INVOLVED IN INNER EAR DEVELOPMENTSUZANNE MANSOUR; Fiscal Year: 2001..developed from these gene traps cell lines, and in one case, the lacZ insertion gave rise to dominant unilateral hearing loss. In t his appliation, it is proposed to refine and expand the in vitro portion of the gene trap screen by ..
- CENTRAL AUDITORY FUNCTION IN ADULTS WITH HEARING LOSSJill Firszt; Fiscal Year: 2006....
- EFFECTS OF ASYMMETRIC HEARING IN ACOUSTIC LISTENERS AND COCHLEAR IMPLANT USERSJill B Firszt; Fiscal Year: 2010..1, we test the hypothesis that auditory processing in the intact (normal) ear is disrupted in adults with unilateral hearing loss. Specifically, we predict decreased processing of spectrally and temporally modulated sounds in ..
- Early Development of Auditory Temporal ProcessingLincoln Gray; Fiscal Year: 2004....
- EFFECTS OF ASYMMETRIC HEARING IN ACOUSTIC LISTENERS AND COCHLEAR IMPLANT USERSJill Firszt; Fiscal Year: 2009..1, we test the hypothesis that auditory processing in the intact (normal) ear is disrupted in adults with unilateral hearing loss. Specifically, we predict decreased processing of spectrally and temporally modulated sounds in ..
- Understanding the benefits of electric-acoustic stimulationSID BACON; Fiscal Year: 2009..The goal of this project is to gain a better understanding of the cues present in the low-frequency region that provide this benefit. ..
- Lateral Asymmetry in the Human Auditory SystemYvonne S Sininger; Fiscal Year: 2010..Subjects will be normally hearing, right handed, young adults and those with unilateral hearing loss (UHL). An equal number of males and females will be evaluated...
- Cortical Reorganization in Children with Unilateral Sensorineural Hearing LossVincent Schmithorst; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- EFFECTS OF ASYMMETRIC HEARING IN ACOUSTIC LISTENERS AND COCHLEAR IMPLANT USERSJill Firszt; Fiscal Year: 2009..1, we test the hypothesis that auditory processing in the intact (normal) ear is disrupted in adults with unilateral hearing loss. Specifically, we predict decreased processing of spectrally and temporally modulated sounds in ..
- Understanding the benefits of electric-acoustic stimulationSid P Bacon; Fiscal Year: 2010..The goal of this project is to gain a better understanding of the cues present in the low-frequency region that provide this benefit. ..
- Understanding the benefits of electric-acoustic stimulationSID BACON; Fiscal Year: 2009..The goal of this project is to gain a better understanding of the cues present in the low-frequency region that provide this benefit. ..
- Stimulus Uncertainty in a "Cocktail Party" EnvironmentPatti Johnstone; Fiscal Year: 2005..It is hypothesized that masking and SRM will increase when informational masking is maximized. ..
- TEMPORAL PROPERTIES OF AUDITORY MASKINGSID BACON; Fiscal Year: 2000....
- TEMPORAL PROPERTIES OF AUDITORY MASKINGSID BACON; Fiscal Year: 1993....
- TEMPORAL PROPERTIES OF AUDITORY MASKINGSID BACON; Fiscal Year: 2005..The primary goal of this line of research is to gain a better understanding of the processing underlying this change in response growth. ..
