Analysis of the performance of post-lingually deafened patients with Nurotron(®) Venus™ cochlear implants.

abstract：:The ultrastructural pattern of the acoustic nerve Schwannoma was studied on surgically excised tumours and on explants cultured in vitro. The typical neoplastic cell is elongated, spindle-shaped, coated with basement membrane and numerous protruding cellular processes. Cells demonstrating numerous microfilaments are a...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Manolidis L,Baloyannis SJ

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Setting the optimal rate of stimulation for individual cochlear implant recipients is critical to the successful functional outcome of cochlear implantation. In the absence of an objective methodology, cochlear implants are currently fitted by means of a time-consuming (and therefore expensive) trial-and-erro...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Shpak T,Berlin M,Luntz M

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Basic scientific research has demonstrated that epidermal growth factor (EGF), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), platelet-derived growth factor-AA (PDGF-AA) and transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-alpha) are induced by acute tympanic membrane (TM) perforation. The expression of these growth factors peaks during...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Ma Y,Zhao H,Zhou X

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous communication, we demonstrated that the introduction of air into the scala tympani of the cochlea causes a decrease of cochlear potentials; however, the change in endocochlear dc potential (EP) was mild and the decreased cochlear microphonics (CM) and compound action potentials (CAP) were, at least parti...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Kobayashi T,Sakurada T,Ohyama K,Takasaka M

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:Chances of hearing preservation are better in patients with vestibular schwannoma (VS) from the superior vestibular nerve (SVN) than from the inferior vestibular nerve (IVN). Pathologic posturography and electronystagmography (ENG) findings are more common in schwannomas from the SVN compared with tumors fro...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Borgmann H,Lenarz T,Lenarz M

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cochlear blood flow is considered to be closely related to cochlear function. Among several etiologic factors implicated in inner ear diseases, disturbance of local blood flow is held to be one of the most important. With this in view, various pharmaceuticals are currently being used to increase local blood flow in pa...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Kawakami M,Makimoto K,Yamamoto H,Takahashi H

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tonsils are mucosa-associated lymphoid organs. Several details regarding their normal function and pathological alteration are still unknown. In this review the relationship of the tonsils to similar lymphoid organs is discussed, the possibilities of antigen uptake (M cells and micropores of the crypt epithelium) ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Surján L Jr

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on a single-chip DSP (TMS320C25, Texas Instruments) a programmable battery-operated sound processor with a digital encoder interface for the Nucleus-22 cochlear implant (CI) was built. The number of quasi-simultaneously addressed electrodes is only limited by the selected pulse width and the maximum rate of stim...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Dillier N,Senn C,Schlatter T,Stöckli M,Utzinger U

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant laryngeal tumours with spindle-cell morphology are relatively rare. Differential diagnosis of spindle-cell carcinoma, leiomyosarcoma, fibrosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, malignant melanoma and inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour may be particularly difficult. Ambiguous and indeterminate diagnoses are also possib...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Marioni G,Bottin R,Staffieri A,Altavilla G

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:Ear, nose and throat (ENT) involvement is common in Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS), usually manifesting as allergic rhinitis and chronic rhinosinusitis with or without polyps. Otolaryngologists may play a pivotal role in making an early diagnosis of this disease. OBJECTIVES:CSS is a systemic vasculitic disord...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Bacciu A,Bacciu S,Mercante G,Ingegnoli F,Grasselli C,Vaglio A,Pasanisi E,Vincenti V,Garini G,Ronda N,Ferri T,Corradi D,Buzio C

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Dynamic Illegible E (DIE) test measures visual acuity with head held still while reading a specially designed visual acuity chart of E's. The head is then moved passively and the change in visual acuity is recorded. The DIE test has previously been shown to be very useful for assessing patients with aminoglycoside...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Longridge NS,Mallinson AI

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSIONS:We suggest that age-induced changes of serotonin, N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR), and glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) expression in rats are dependent on the specific location in the central auditory system (CAS). OBJECTIVES:Despite the importance of understanding changes in neurotransmitters during p...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Shim HJ,Lee LH,Huh Y,Lee SY,Yeo SG

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most epidemiological surveys concerning populations exposed to occupational noise or random populations have shown that the left ear is slightly but significantly poorer than the right ear, especially at frequencies most susceptible to noise damage. To experimentally study the possible left-right asymmetry in response...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Pirilä T

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSIONS:The present study revealed that miR-21 promotes the proliferation and invasion of cholesteatoma keratinocytes. These results provide a partial explanation for the more aggressive clinical behavior observed in cholesteatoma. OBJECTIVE:This study aims to investigate the post-transcriptional regulatory effect...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Chen X,Li X,Qin Z

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study was carried out on repeated audio-vestibular examinations in 53 patients with unilateral Meniere's disease, between the vertiginous spells. Most patients showed no change in the caloric response reduction of the afflicted ear in the subsequent tests compared with the first one. These patients had...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Hulshof JH,Baarsma EA

更新日期：1981-11-01 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：:Background: The development of hearing and plasticity of brain after cochlear implantation (CI) for prelingually deaf children with white matter changes (group A) is unclear.Objective: To investigate the development of hearing for children in group A during 1 year after CI activation, compared with non-complicated pee...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Shen M,Li Y,Long M,Wang L,Liang W,Chen Z,Ma Y,Guo Y,Bi Q,Zhang Y

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The blowing of chilled (14 degrees C) air into the external auditory canal (EAC) resulted in a profuse middle ear fluid production. The stimulation caused marked changes in the pars flaccida of the tympanic membrane. A slight vasodilatation was noted in the oedematous loose connective tissue layer of the pars flaccida...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Goldie P,Hellström S

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:These findings indicate a strong protective effect of ALCAR and NAC on impulse noise-induced cochlear damage, and suggest the feasibility of using clinically available antioxidant compounds to protect the ear from acute acoustic injury. OBJECTIVE:Reactive oxygen species have been shown to play a significant...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Kopke R,Bielefeld E,Liu J,Zheng J,Jackson R,Henderson D,Coleman JK

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSIONS:A new method for noninvasive standard evaluation of normal endolymphatic space and endolymphatic hydrops using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is indicated. OBJECTIVE:To standardize the evaluation of endolymphatic space in the cochlea and the vestibule in healthy volunteers by applying noninvasive intraty...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Liu F,Huang W,Wang Z,Chen Q,Liu X,Li S,Wang S

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first systematically performed study concerning the size variation of the mastoid air cell system was measured on the X-ray film in a lateral projection, as exposed on the skull table. A new type of equipment (Orbix) with an isocentric motion of the roentgen tube and the film cassette and a different magnification...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Lindeman P,Haglund M

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Localization of elements at the cellular and sub-cellular levels was performed with the energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis technique, using shock-frozen, freeze-dried and araldite-embedded mouse (CBA/CBA) cochleae sectioned dry. Anatomical identification occurred in the STEM (scanning transmission electron microsco...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Anniko M,Lim D,Wróblewski R

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case-control design was used to assess eye-head-trunk coordination for community-dwelling elders performing a stand-walk task. Eighteen elders with a high risk of falling were matched to 18 subjects with low risk on the basis of age, living status (living alone or with someone) and category of residence (independent...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Di Fabio RP,Emasithi A,Greany JF,Paul S

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of vestibular receptor surfaces was studied during the postnatal period in the rat on the 1st, 7th, 13th, 32nd and 75th days after birth. Cristae and utricles increase and change their shapes, up to day 13 for the cristae and day 32 for the utricles. Cristae hair bundles are less developed than those o...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Dechesne C,Mbiene JP,Sans A

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied three-dimensional arrangement of collagen fibers and elastic fibers in the human vocal fold by scanning electron microscopy after digesting cellular elements and collagen fibers with formic acid treatment and cellular elements and elastic fibers with 10% sodium hydroxide. The superficial layer consisted of ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Ishii K,Zhai WG,Akita M,Hirose H

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:The curative effect in the group where facial-facial anastomosis (FFA) was delayed for 7 days was similar to that in the immediate FFA group and had a better repair within 60 days. OBJECTIVE:Due to the uncertainty about optimal timing of delayed facial nerve repair, we designed an experimental study in guin...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Hu J,Zhou L,Ma Z

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Incidence of thyroid gland invasion in advanced laryngeal cancers is low. Ipsilateral or total thyroidectomy along with total laryngectomy has been controversial and there has been no consensus over the management of thyroid gland in advanced laryngeal cancers.Objective: To determine the frequency of thyro...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Muhammad T,Dhanani R,Mohtasham S,Hussain M,Faisal M,Malik KI,Jamshed A,Hussain R

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The facial nerve of the albino rat was compressed by inserting a thin nylon thread in the facial canal. After a survival period of 1-60 days, the animal was perfused with Ringer's solution followed by a 2% periodate-lysine-paraformaldehyde fixative. Frozen sections from the brain stem containing the facial motor nucle...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Ruan RS,Leong SK,Yeoh KH

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate whether the crossed olivo-cochlear bundle (COCB) functions in a protective manner, albino guinea pigs were exposed to sounds of varying intensity (110-130 dB SPL, 3-30 min) with or without electric stimulation of COCB, and the threshold shifts of the compound action potential (CAP) were examined. A stat...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Takeyama M,Kusakari J,Nishikawa N,Wada T

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed in order to determine the immunohistochemical expression and distribution pattern as well as the electrophysiological actions of substance P in human vestibular ganglion cells. Substance P-like immunostaining was mainly found in the cytoplasm of small vestibular ganglion cells. In contrast, ne...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Felix H,Schickinger B,Felix D

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00