Help-seeking behaviour of hearing-impaired persons aged > or = 55 years; effect of complaints, significant others and hearing aid image.

abstract：CONCLUSION:Glucocorticoid (GC) administration enhanced apoptotic changes in mature olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs). GC administration may enhance regeneration of olfactory epithelium (OE). OBJECTIVES:The mechanism underlying olfactory epithelial cells turnover involves apoptosis replaced by new ORNs. On regeneration...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Takanosawa M,Nishino H,Ohta Y,Ichimura K

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the basic properties of the 2f2-f1 distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOEs) in 36 normally hearing subjects and to compare their characteristics with those of the 2f1-f2 DPOEs. The influence of stimulation parameters on 2f2-f1 DPOE behaviour was examined: i) stimulation l...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Erminy M,Avan P,Bonfils P

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascularization between vestibular schwannomas and the adjacent eighth cranial nerve was examined in order to elucidate the angiogenic effect of these tumours. Specimens from 12 patients were examined by light microscopy and immunohistochemistry (series 1), while specimens from another 17 patients were examined by lig...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Matsunaga T,Kanzaki J,Hosoda Y

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The feasibility of furosemide test for the detection of endolymphatic hydrops has previously been discussed (Authors, 1973, 1975). The glycerol test also has been reported as being effective for the same purpose but only in Meniere patients with fluctuating hearing loss (Klockhoff & Lindblom, 1966). In 48 patients wit...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Futaki T,Kitahara M,Morimoto M

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histology, histogenesis, biology and treatment of the rare spindle cell carcinoma of the larynx are presented. The histogenesis of spindle cell tumours has been much debated, but electron microscopic investigations have shown that most of the laryngeal lesions are squamous epithelial carcinomas that have undergone tra...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Katholm M,Krogdahl A,Hainau B,Bretlau P

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of House Brackmann and Yanagihara grading were compared with electroneurographic (ENoG) data in 30 consecutive patients with Bell's palsy. The examinations were made on mean days 11, 36 and 99. Twenty-four patients had a favourable outcome (Yanagihara > or = 36 at three months). Based on our observations, ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Engström M,Jonsson L,Grindlund M,Stålberg E

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the role of cell proliferation neoplastic progression in the larynx and possibly derive criteria of clinical significance using automated quantitative image analysis. MATERIAL AND METHODS:In a retrospective study involving archival material, the occurrence and location, size, shape and staining ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Laitakari J,Harrison D,Stenbäck F

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSIONS:Sensorineural hearing loss must be considered within the clinical picture of systemic lupus erythematosus. The results confirm the usefulness of extended high-frequency audiometry in the audiologic testing of these patients, enabling the possibility of modifying or applying a preventive treatment for a poss...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Lasso de la Vega M,Villarreal IM,López Moya J,García-Berrocal JR

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Patients with chronic vestibular multi-canalicular canalithiasis (CVMCC) can have serious morbidities, for example, musculoskeletal pain, dizziness, fatigue, and cognitive difficulties. Involvement of the anterior semi-circular canal (SCC) is common in CVMCC. A mono-canalicular diseased anterior SCC is r...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Iglebekk W,Tjell C,Borenstein P

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSIONS:Increased expression of Dicer may be a prognostic biomarker for patients with laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC). OBJECTIVES:Recent studies have shown that many microRNAs (miRNAs) play an important role in the development and progression of human cancers. Dicer, one of the most important enzymes of t...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Gao C,Li X,Tong B,Wu K,Liu Y,Anniko M,Duan M

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSIONS:Nasal epithelial cells are constitutively equipped with all Toll-like receptors (TLRs) which are essential for innate immunity. Both mRNA and protein levels of TLR3 expression increased in more differentiated nasal epithelial cells. Considering that the ligand for TLR3 is viral dsRNA, this result is in good...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Lin CF,Tsai CH,Cheng CH,Chen YS,Tournier F,Yeh TH

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSIONS:Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) may represent a material that prevents adhesions when implanted in the middle ear. This characteristic can be used to improve the design of prostheses. OBJECTIVE:Prostheses in the middle ear have a relatively high failure rate due to extrusion, deformation and adhesion. Adhes...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Vicente J,Ramírez-Camacho R,Trinidad A,Ramón García-Berrocal J,Lobo D,Pinilla M

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preyer's reflex, the elicitation of startle response to auditory stimuli, has been widely used for the evaluation of hearing in rodents and other animals. Surprisingly, however, the sensitivity and specificity of Preyer's reflex in the assessment of hearing has not been adequately studied. The aim of this study was to...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Jero J,Coling DE,Lalwani AK

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:Cochlear implantation is a safe procedure in experienced hands, as the rate of severe complications is below 2%. Complications differ between children and adults, and transient disequilibrium/vertigo is the most common complication, followed by wound infection, haematoma/oedema and transient chorda tympani s...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Hansen S,Anthonsen K,Stangerup SE,Jensen JH,Thomsen J,Cayé-Thomasen P

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of symptoms from the upper airways in the furniture industry was studied by means of a questionnaire which was answered by 676 wood furniture workers from 50 different factories. Twenty per cent reported nasal hypersecretion and 40% nasal obstruction. A randomized sample of 61 workers was investigated f...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Wilhelmsson B,Drettner B

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:This study demonstrated that treatment with montelukast in combination with levocetirizine may have a beneficial effect on clinical improvement of middle ear fluid in children with otitis media with effusion (OME). OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of the combination of montelukast and levocetirizine on shor...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Ertugay CK,Cingi C,Yaz A,San T,Ulusoy S,Erdogmus N,Ertugay OC

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate pathological gait in patients with unilateral acoustic neuroma using tactile sensors placed under both feet. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Forty-three patients were enrolled in the study. They were categorized into two groups: the small tumor group had tumors < 2 cm from the porus acousticus without an...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Ishikawa K,Wang Y,Wong WH,Shibata Y,Itasaka Y

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSIONS:The distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) amplitudes in diabetics were significantly lower than those in controls when pure tone audiometry (PTA) was within normal limits, implying cochlear function impairment in the early stage of diabetes mellitus. Retrocochlear damage was suggested by elongated...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Hao J,Fu X,Zhang C,Zhang X,Zhao S,Li Y

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:The circling mouse (cir/cir) has phenotypes which follow the pattern of neuroepithelial defects of deafness from 10 days after birth. The cir mouse is defective in Tmie gene, the function of which should be further elucidated. OBJECTIVES:We previously reported a recessive mutation of deafness called circlin...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Chung WH,Kim KR,Cho YS,Cho DY,Woo JH,Ryoo ZY,Cho KI,Hong SH

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSIONS:Our results confirm that supracricoid laryngectomies (SL) are reliable techniques for glottosupraglottic tumors, even for selected T3 and T4 cases, if the indications are correct. These surgical techniques allow a good quality of life with the preservation of the larynx. OBJECTIVE:SL with cricohyoidoepiglo...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Laudadio P,Presutti L,Dall'olio D,Cunsolo E,Consalici R,Amorosa L,Cancellieri A,Bocciolini C

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study was carried out to assess the possible biochemical background of the AAm production by HVF in accordance with selected histological types and voice disorders. The mass of new tissue forming HVF in different clinical cases led us to suspect, according to our previous results, that PGs, LTs and other...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Vecerina-Volić S,Klapan I

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study on the effects of a frequency-dependent automatic gain control in hearing-aids, two experiments were carried out with hearing-impaired listeners. In the first experiment, the effect of varying the amplitude-frequency response on the speech-reception threshold (SRT) of sentences presented in noise was studie...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Van Dijkhuizen JN,Festen JM,Plomp R

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cochlear microphonics (CM) were recorded in the guinea pig using differential recording from the first and third cochlear turns as well as by using a 10-electrode array inserted in the scala tympani of the basal turn. The excitation profile as represented by the CM was quantified by amplitude and phase data, and was m...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： de Brey HB,Eggermont JJ

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of central vestibular neurons (Vn) of the horizontal canal system was recorded in chronically hemilabyrinthectomized cats and compared with that of labyrinth intact animals. In both groups the cerebellar vermis was removed in order to assess the efficacy of the vestibular brainstem commissure alone by mea...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Ried S,Maioli C,Precht W

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:Vasomotor symptoms (VMS) and especially hot flushes are negatively associated with recovery from menopause-related dizziness. A further study is justified to determine whether hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can shorten this recovery time. OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to compare the rate of recovery from d...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Owada S,Suzuki M

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: If the pulsatile tinnitus caused by sigmoid sinus diverticulum/dehiscence cannot be diagnosed and treated, it can lead to significant morbidity and mortality.Aim: To assess the sandwich surgical technique for sigmoid sinus wall reconstruction for the treatment of pulsatile tinnitus caused by sigmoid sinus ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Sun J,Sun J

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:Moxifloxacin was generally well tolerated and highly effective in the treatment of acute bacterial rhinosinusitis (ABS). The incidence of adverse events (AEs) and adverse drug reactions (ADRs) was low. The effectiveness, safety, and tolerability information collected in this study confirm the clinical safety...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Zhou B,Jiang X,Zhai L,Xiao S,Wang J,Xiao G,Ruan B,Liang C,Ye Q,Hu B,Wang H

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conclusion Eustachian tube (ET) dysfunction, which plays a role in the pathogenesis chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM), does not seem to be due to differences in paratubal structures. Objective The aim of this study was to compare the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of the paratubal structures of the ET...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Terzi S,Beyazal Çeliker F,Özgür A,Çeliker M,Beyazal M,Demirci M,Dursun E

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several reports indicate that disturbances of the vestibulo-oculomotor ability are a manifestation of the toxic action on the central nervous system exerted by some industrial solvents. The aim of the present investigation was to examine the vestibulo-oculomotor system during exposure to styrene, which is extensively ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Odkvist LM,Larsby B,Tham R,Ahlfeldt H,Andersson B,Eriksson B,Liedgren SR

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: A set of Chinese Mandarin monosyllable test lists has been widely used in clinical diagnosis, while the performance of the Mandarin-speaking patients with auditory neuropathy (AN) in the monosyllable tests was still unknown.Objectives: To analyze the characteristics of monosyllable recognition in Mandarin-...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Xu L,Chen W,Yuan S,Yang S,Ji F

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00