[Sudden deafness today--a review].

abstract：:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has a relatively high prevalence of 3-7% in the general population in western industrialized countries. The prevalence is higher in older patients and in patients with cardiac or metabolic disorders. In the general surgical population patients with OSA are often unrecognized prior to surg...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Lüer-Groel B,Stasche N,Bärmann M

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disease of the cervical spine may cause vestibular vertigo. The anatomical basis for this type of cervical vertigo are the proprioceptive stretch receptors of the upper cervical joints. These are connected to the vestibular nuclei, and, thus, to ocular reactions (nystagmus). Quantitative data about this cervico-ocular...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Reker U

更新日期：1985-09-01 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：:Electrical stimulation of the human olfactory mucosa was performed by means of an electrode, which was attached to a rhinoscope. Stimulations of the nasal mucosa did not evoke the sensation of smell, but suppressed smell sensations of presented odorants. When electrical stimulation followed the exposure to an odorant ...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Gorkisch K,Axhausen M,Straschill M

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review is made of the difficulties of audiometric diagnosis resulting from inadequate anatomical, physiological and pathological knowledge of the auditory system and from discrepancies in audiometric technique. Even with a broad battery of tests there is in 20-40% of cases an inconsistent audiometric pattern, which ...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Pirsig W

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are many benign and malignant tumors of the epipharynx, which makes differential diagnosis difficult. As a very rare differential diagnosis, a schwannoma is possible. The origin of the tumor is most likely a small branch of a sensitive nerve of the glossopharyngeal nerve or the trigeminus nerve. A clear differen...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Meyer MF,Anagiotos A,Lüers JC,Löser H,Wardelmann E,Beutner D

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microphone constructed for implantation in the posterior wall of the auditory canal and a piezoelectric transducer serving as the main components of an implantable hearing aid were temporally implanted in five patients during middle ear surgery under local anesthesia. The microphone was positioned beneath the skin o...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Zenner HP,Maassen MM,Lehner RL,Baumann JW,Leysieffer H

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVF) are intracranial vascular malformations which can cause severe complications, such as intracranial bleeding and neurological deficits. We report the case of a patient presenting with pulsatile tinnitus caused by a DAVF. The DAVF was endovascularly treated including transarterial emb...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Kupfer TJ,Aumann K,Laszig R,Meckel S

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:About 2-4% of adults suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), which is the most common sleep-related breathing disorder (SRBD). Repetitive obstructions of the upper airway mean that it is associated with hypertension and an elevated cardio- and cerebrovascular morbidity, which can be lowered by means of effective th...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Baisch A,Afshar S,Hörmann K,Maurer JT

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The A1555G mutation in mitochondrial DNA is the cause of hearing impairment in about 50% of all carriers. The severity and onset of this impairment is predominantly affected by the use of aminoglycosides. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A total of 391 patients displaying sporadic, non-syndromic, mild to severe hearing...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Kupka S,Bodden-Kamps B,Baur M,Zenner HP,Pfister M

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ionomeric bone bond cement (Ionocem) is a new alloplastic bone replacement material, which was used by us for functional and aesthetic purposes in surgery of the head and neck. We have used the cement 44 times (in 43 patients) for repair of skull and mid-face trauma, reconstruction of defects after tumor removal and f...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Thallemer J,Draf W

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1987 Lopez published the results of a survey of voice rehabilitation after total laryngectomy as carried out by 400 North American ENT surgeons. In order to obtain the same information on the current state of voice rehabilitation in the German Federal Republic we did a similar survey of 103 ENT clinics. Ninety-five...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Hagen R

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1975 we have treated nine patients with a malignant haemangiopericytoma. Three patients died 5, 9 and 14 years later of metastasis in the lung, liver, skeletal system and mastoid. However, five of the patients are still alive. Regular clinical and radiological follow-up is performed, the average period of follow...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Weber BP,Schrader M,Inniger R

更新日期：1990-09-01 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：:To facilitate the clinical understanding of Wegener's granulomatosis, the morphological changes involved are discussed. Such changes may be found in the entire respiratory tract or may be limited to either the upper or the lower respiratory tract with varying severity. When confronted with the nasopharyngeal course of...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Tute M

更新日期：1977-07-01 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：:The plasmocytoma is a tumor, which can only rarely be found in the oropharynx. In this respective case an asymmetria of the tonsils was caused by an extramedullary plasmocytoma. Even if the asymmetria of the tonsils has a harmless nature, a tumor growth always has to be considered when thinking of the differential dia...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Zehlicke T,Gramer L

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumoral lesions in the head and neck region represent a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge in otorhinolaryngologic routine. High-resolution ultrasound is usually able to guide diagnosis. Nevertheless, a definite differentiation between benign and malignant lesions can only be achieved by tissue biopsy. The various o...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Bozzato A,Neubert C,Yeter Y

更新日期：2021-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The work here presents the first part of a prospective study regarding the clinical use of evoked otoacoustic emissions (EOAE) in adults. Sixty subjects with normal hearing and 160 patients suffering from cochlear hearing loss were tested. The results were used to develop and optimize analysis criteria for the emissio...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Uppenkamp S,Neumann J,Aurbach G,Kollmeier B

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The horizontal vestibulo-ocular reflex was studied in normals and 35 patients with an acute or compensated unilateral peripheral vestibular deficit (PVD) in order to determine the efficacy of different response measures obtained from a rotating chair test in localizing the deficit side and defining its central compens...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Allum JH,Honegger F,Schicks H

更新日期：1992-08-01 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：: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 report two cases of chemodectoma of the larynx. A 70-year-old man underwent a laryngectomy in April 1984 for a tumor diagnosed as a squamous cell carcinoma but which postoperatively proved to be a chemodectoma. Ipsilateral cervical metastases appeared 2 years later and were removed by local excision. Shortly therea...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Bootz F,Helliwell TR,Gärtner HV

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a 24-year-old woman with a plunging ranula is reported. Primarily, the patient noticed extensive swelling of the neck, which had developed 3 months previously. The polycystic, firmly attached tumor and the sublingual and submandibular glands of the right side of the neck were surgically removed. Pathologic...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Vorpahl H,Schauss F

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to determine the test-retest variability of the Acoustic Voice Quality Index (AVQI) and to investigate the weighting of the test's two components (sustained vowel and continuous speech) with regards to the final AVQI score. PATIENTS AND METHODS:During this study, 43 test subjects w...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Barsties B,Maryn Y

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The symptom dysphagia is defined and an interdisciplinary team approach emphasized. A step like diagnostic approach in oropharyngeal dysphagia is described, including transnasal pharyngo-laryngo-fiber endoscopy, videofluoroscopy and the "modified barium swallow." First, all of the organic changes causing oropharyngeal...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Jahnke V

更新日期：1993-06-01 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：:Angioedema is characterized by subcutaneous or submucosal swelling, which often affects the lips, tongue and oral or pharyngeal sites. Laryngeal oedema can be potentially life-threatening. The pathogenesis of angioedema is thought to involve the release of histamine and other mediators with subsequent extravasation of...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Poniewierski M,Laubert A

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rupture of the round window membrane as a special cause of inner ear deafness is widely accepted after changing pressure levels, e.g. in diving. However, even without a barotrauma before, the spontaneous rupture of the round window membrane is suspected occasionally in patients with sudden hearing loss and/or vertigo ...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Kleemann D,Nofz S,Plank I,Schlottmann A

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) of the internal auditory canal or the cerebellopontine angle is an absolute rarity, even among the unusual lesions encountered there. Schwannomas or meningiomas account for approximately 90-95% of the tumors of the cerebellopontine angle and the internal auditory canal. Atypical sy...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Knapp FB,Rieh E,Spreer J,Klenzner T,Maier W

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00