[Dementia and otorhinolaryngologic practice].

abstract：:The megadolichobasilar artery is a rare vascular anomaly that can cause a variety of clinical symptoms but is usually asymptomatic. Not much attention has been given as yet to a possible sensorineural hearing loss caused by a megadolichobasilar anomaly. Vascular compression of the vestibulocochlear nerve must be assum...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Otterstedde CR,Tischendorf M,Reisser C

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hiccup is defined as involuntary contractions of the diaphragm and the auxiliary respiratory muscles, mostly in irregular series, followed by glottic closure, thereby producing a typical "hiccupping" inspiration. This is a physiologic phenomenon, which already exists in utero. Hiccup is believed to be a gastrointestin...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Federspil PA,Zenk J

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The influence of bilateral cochlear implants (CI) and unilateral CI on the self-reported listening effort in standardized situations is being assessed. SAMPLE AND METHODS:The sample consisted of 34 bilateral and 38 unilateral adult CI users. Unilateral CI users had at least severe hearing loss in the non-implanted...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Schnabl J,Bumann B,Rehbein M,Müller O,Seidler H,Wolf-Magele A,Sprinzl G,Windfuhr J,Weichbold V

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Classical prognostic factors for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (HNSCC) are based on general parameters such as tumor stage or histological grading and only allow for a rough estimation of the clinical course. However, predicting individual responses to treatment remains challenging and diverging clinica...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Lehnerdt G,Hoffmann TK,Mattheis S,Brandau S,Zeidler R,Lang S

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We treated 64 patients with the diagnosis of laryngitis gastrica with Antra (Omeprazol) in doses of 10, 20, and 40 mg. To determine the success of the therapy, pH monitoring of the esophagus and hypopharynx, the voice status and measurement of vocal penetrating capacity were used. The results prove that a 20-mg dose o...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Pahn J,Schlottmann A,Witt G,Wilke W

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathological auditory brainstem responses (lack of responses, elevated thresholds and perturbed waveforms) in combination with present otoacoustic emissions are typical audiometric findings in patients with a hearing impairment that particularly affects speech comprehension or complete deafness. This heterogenous grou...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Moser T,Strenzke N,Meyer A,Lesinski-Schiedat A,Lenarz T,Beutner D,Foerst A,Lang-Roth R,von Wedel H,Walger M,Gross M,Keilmann A,Limberger A,Steffens T,Strutz J

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contradictory histological findings in patients with deafness following mumps led us to conduct electrophysiological investigations. Promontory testing (PT) and measurement of cochlear microphonics (CM) enabled us to distinguish between neural and sensory deafness. On the basis of a careful history and serological tes...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Laszig R,Lehnhardt E,Battmer RD

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with CSF-rhinorrhea following frontobasal skull and brain injury were treated with lumbar CSF drainage. Rhinorrhea was successfully stopped in one patient few hours after onset of the drainage while a pneumatocephalus developed in each of the remaining patients during the first post-trauma week. We beli...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Schmitt HE,de Preux J,Spoerri O

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We carried out a transnasal insufflation test according to Blom and Singer on 27 laryngectomy patients as well as a speech communications test with the help of reverse speech audiometry, i.e. the post laryngectomy telephone test according to Zenner and Pfrang. The combined evaluation of both tests provided basic infor...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Böhme G,Clasen B

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increase in the incidence of thyroid cancer is accompanied by a mortality rate that is stable or perhaps even slightly decreasing. This phenomenon is due to the increased frequency of papillary microcarcinomas (thyroid tumors with a diameter of less than 1 cm), which is presumably attributable to the improved diag...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Plzák J,Astl J,Psychogios G,Zenk J,Laštůvka P,Betka J

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The larynx serves as part of a muscular system that guards the lower airways and generates the voice. Psychosomatically determined interference of the protective with the phonatory function can lead to spastic dysphonia. ...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Berendes J

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Immunoglobulin (Ig)G4-related disease is classified as an immune-mediated disease. The etiology of this condition has not been explained to date. Manifestations of the disease are diverse, and simultaneous involvement of multiple organs is not unusual. CASE REPORT:We report the case of a patient referred to...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Jurkov M,Olze H,Klauschen F,Bertelmann E,Schneider U,Arens P

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracranial meningiomas are rare tumors of the lateral skull base. A 37-year-old woman presented with tinnitus und progressive hearing loss of her right ear. A painful mass lesion was also palpable in her mandibular angle. CT and MRI scans revealed an intracranial mass with extension to the lateral skull base. These ...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Knipping S,Neumann K,Burkert W,Krause U,Berghaus A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prion diseases are histologically characterized by a spongiform encephalopathy. The early symptoms of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) are unspecific. To date, the definite diagnosis can only be made by histological examination of central nervous tissue, i.e. brain biopsy or...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Federspil PA,Federspil P,Plinkert PK

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conservative treatment of idiopathic sudden deafness generally shows good results. There are, however, some cases resistant to therapy which may be treated surgically by vestibulotomy. Reports are made on personal experiences as well as those of other authors. Vestibulotomy is recommended for those patients in who...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Tiedemann R,Börger U

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concluding from audiometrical practice using hearing aids unilaterally we could find an inactivity of the unused contralateral ear. We have investigated if it is possible to measure this inactivity by common psychoacoustic methods. We tested 92 persons with advanced combined hearing loss. We had to state that the inac...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Dieroff HG,Meissner W

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Up to 80 % of children can develop otitis media with effusion (OME) between birth and school age. Responsible are longstanding impairments of tubal ventilation which are based primarily on mechanical or functional obstructions. A quarter of the subjects affected by OME show either recurrent episodes over 3 months or p...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Damm M,Jayme KP,Klimek L

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In facial palsy, return of mimetic movement can be preceded or accompanied by temporary pathologic decrease or absence of nerve excitability. Fifteen patients are reported in whom electromyography was able to determine reversibility of nerve lesion and prevent unnecessary nerve decompression. ...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Nessel E

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reconstructive middle ear surgery was introduced in the early fifties. Kley was one of the first to investigate the applicability of grafts and the functional restoration of the middle ear transformer. He also practiced a combined approach with anterior tympanoplasty and posterior mastoidectomy. On the occasion of his...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Wigand ME

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Juvenile and hormonal dysphonias are classified according to organic and functional etiologies. The clinical characteristics of each are described by emphasizing differential diagnostic and therapeutic aspects. ...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Pascher W,Johannsen HS

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Freiburg speech intelligibility test according to DIN 45621 was introduced around 60 years ago. For decades, and still today, the Freiburg test has been a standard whose relevance extends far beyond pure audiometry. It is used primarily to determine the speech perception threshold (based on two-digit numbers) and ...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Hoth S

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Improvement of speech perception in quiet is an important goal of hearing aid provision. In practice, results are highly variable. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between type and extent of hearing loss (audiogram type), maximum word recognition score, and aided speech perception. ...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Dörfler C,Hocke T,Hast A,Hoppe U

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nowadays the cochlear implant (CI) offers a new method of hearing, especially for deaf patients who do not benefit from conventional hearing aids. However, it may be difficult to get used to this kind of hearing advice. CI users have special problems in interpreting strange acoustic sensations and relating them to aud...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Bucher PO,Mathis A,Arnold W

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 50-year-old male patient demonstrated an existing left proptosis for several weeks. The patient was suffering from physical exhaustion and had lost considerable weight. Furthermore, we observed greatly enlarged parotid and submandibular glands on both sides. MRI of the neck showed multiple, sharply circumscribed les...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Hirt R,Krause U,Knipping S

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen cadavers were examined bilaterally for the topography of the superior thyroid artery and vein an lower cervical ansa as an axial bundle of vessels and nerves for the infrahyoid myofascial flap. Using injections of methylene blue, the vascular territories of the superior thyroid artery were demonstrated. The su...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Remmert S,Majocco A,Gehrking E

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sound transduction in the cochlea critically depends on the circulation of potassium ions (K(+)) along so-called "K(+) recycling routes" between the endolymph and perilymph. These K(+) currents generate high ionic and osmotic gradients, which potentially impair the excitability of sensory hair cells and thre...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Eckhard A,Löwenheim H

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this case study, we report on a patient complaining of headache who, after CT and MRI, was found to have a neoplasia of the left sphenoid sinus. After a transnasal biopsy and histological examination, a prolactinoma was diagnosed. Based on this case, we discuss important aspects of tumor biology, diagnostic procedu...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Burkert S,Bilkenroth U,Agha-Mir-Salim P,Kunze C,Holzhausen HJ,Fröhlich J,Berghaus A

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alongside evidence-based medicine, quality assurance has becoming increasingly important in daily medical practice during the last decade. The introduction of a specific quality assurance questionnaire in connection with hearing aid fitting represents the first large-scale assessment of certain elements of patient sat...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Löhler J,Akcicek B,Wollenberg B,Schönweiler R

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pectoralis major myocutaneous flap (PMMF) is an important reconstructive tool for lesions in the head and neck region. Using the supraclavicular route, the PMMF reliably transfers large amounts of well-vascularized skin and muscle into defects of the upper aerodigestive tract. However, limited length and...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Hoffmann TK,Balló H,Hauser U,Bier H

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemangioma originating in the paranasal sinuses are a rare entity. In the case of unilateral sinusitis the differential diagnosis should include tumors. The following case of a 30-year-old female patient with a therapy-resistant sinusitis showed bone destruction and a maxillary shadow on computed tomography. The hist...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Louza JP,Gürkov R,Weiler C,Krause E

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00