Auditory potentials in profoundly deaf subjects.

abstract：:The present study further assessed the role of the endolymphatic sac (E.S.) in the generation of inner ear immune responses. Guinea pigs underwent unilateral endolymphatic sac obliteration (Rt) and the opposite ears (Lt) served as controls. The animals were then systemi-cally sensitized to KLII and both inner ears wer...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Tomiyama S,Harris JP

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:Vibrant Soundbridge (VSB) application to the middle ear windows yields better functional outcomes than conventional hearing aids. However, speech discrimination scores obtained with VSB and conventional hearing aids are similar. OBJECTIVE:To assess audiological outcomes of round and oval window applications...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Gunduz B,Atas A,Bayazıt YA,Goksu N,Gokdogan C,Tutar H

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A family with early-onset vestibulopathy is presented. The 34-year-old father had experienced brief attacks of vertigo and currently suffers from unsteadiness and oscillopsia during head movements. His two young sons also experience brief attacks of spontaneous vertigo. In vestibular testing all three subjects showed ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Brantberg K

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is described for the intravital microscopic observations of rabbit tracheal mucosa microcirculation during compression with a thin, transparent high volume cuff. The cuff pressure (CP) required to cause complete ischemia in the mucosa over the cartilages was measured and a correlation was found to the mean ar...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Stenqvist O,Bagge U

更新日期：1979-01-01 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：:Glycerol (2 g/kg body weight), or 0.15 M NaCl for control animals, was administered to rats by i.v. injection. The dose was chosen in order to obtain an osmolarity increase in plasma of about 15 mosm/l 1 h after the glycerol administration, an increase which is similar to that observed in the human glycerol dehydratio...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Morrison GA,Teixeira M,Sterkers O,Amiel C,Ferrary E

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to assess the utility of otolith-ocular reflex testing in patients with complete unilateral peripheral vestibular deficits. Ten subjects were given a clinical vestibular test battery (ENG & vertical rotation) and research oriented tests of otolith function including dynamic posturography with h...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Payman RN,Wall C 3rd,Ash-Bernal R

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) lipooligosaccharide, the major component of H. influenzae endotoxin, was localized in the middle and inner ear subsequent to the resolution of experimental otitis media induced by this pathogen. A monoclonal antibody specific for the lipooligosaccharide of this strain was used...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Demaria TF

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A questionnaire was devised to quantify and measure four categories: the behavioral characteristics of Type A, self-restraint and escape; the causes of anxiety; means of relaxation; and symptoms incidental to anxiety. Questionnaire analysis was performed in patients (n = 60) with Meniere's disease and in a control pop...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Takahashi M,Ishida K,Iida M,Yamashita H,Sugawara K

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We established new cell lines from head and neck cancer patients for studies of adhesion molecules and cellular behavior in nine patients with primary or metastatic cancer treated at the Asan Medical Center. Explant cultures of fresh tumor tissue were used to develop new permanent tumor cell lines. Lines were tested f...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Kim SY,Chu KC,Lee HR,Lee KS,Carey TE

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is an inflammatory disease of the nose and the paranasal sinuses, often associated with an infection by Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). Disturbance in the function of ion channels is regarded as an etiological factor for pathogenesis of CRS. Aims: The study aims to measure t...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Saber A,Nakka SS,Hussain R,Hugosson S

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:Endolymphatic hydrops could be a reversible inner ear pathological condition. After sac surgery, hydrops was reduced and symptoms went into remission in some cases, although vertigo suppression was not always a result of the reduced hydrops. OBJECTIVE:To examine the changes in endolymphatic hydrops detected...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Uno A,Imai T,Watanabe Y,Tanaka H,Kitahara T,Horii A,Kamakura T,Takimoto Y,Osaki Y,Nishiike S,Inohara H

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：CONCLUSION:There are two modalities of dual electrode stimulation: a shifting, continuous excitation, which is the desired effect, and a split excitation with considerable variation in loudness. The first one most likely occurs in the basal turn, with adjacent contacts, stimulated simultaneously rather than sequentiall...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Frijns JH,Kalkman RK,Vanpoucke FJ,Bongers JS,Briaire JJ

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:The palatal implant method originally designed to reduce snoring can significantly reduce the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) in some patients with mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in a single office-based procedure. OBJECTIVE:An initial study designed to evaluate the short-term efficacy and safety...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Goessler UR,Hein G,Verse T,Stuck BA,Hormann K,Maurer JT

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrastructural changes of the extrasensory epithelium in the scala media of guinea pig cochleae were observed from 3 to 137 days after perilymphatic perfusion with 20% streptomycin. The degeneration started in the organ of Corti, progressed to the interdental cells and roots of the outer sulcus cells and finally invo...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Kaneko Y,Terayama Y,Kawamoto K,Kasajima K,Ise I

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular calcium concentrations ([Ca2+]i) in type I cochlear spiral ganglion cells (SGCs) of the guinea pig were measured by digital imaging microscopy and the Ca(2+)-sensitive dye Fura-2. Extracellular ATP induced elevation of [Ca2+]i in type I SGCs in a concentration-dependent manner. The ATP-induced elevation ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Cho H,Harada N,Yamashita T

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: It is beneficial for CI patients listen to music. However it is necessary to take steps to improve the musicality of CI patients.Objectives: The aims of the study were to evaluate the primary musicality of children with cochlear implants versus those with normal hearing.Material and methods: Children parti...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Wang M,Xu T,Zhong Y,Zheng Y,Lv J,Luo J,Meng C,Guo Q,Gong S,Chen X

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Temperature-controlled radiofrequency volumetric tissue reduction (RFVTR) is a minimally invasive technique used in the treatment of the tongue base, soft palate and turbinates. Complications seem to be rare, but the scope of previous studies was often limited by the small number of patients included. The aim...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Stuck BA,Starzak K,Verse T,Hörmann K,Maurer JT

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this prospective study was to assess the usefulness of nasal smear eosinophilia compared with a skin sensitivity test for the diagnosis of allergic rhinitis and to determine the degree of correlation between the tests. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Fifty patients with a clinical history suggestive of nasa...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Takwoingi Y,Akang E,Nwaorgu G,Nwawolo C

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:The results of this study give support to the theory that opening the middle ear (ME) to the atmosphere leads to a deterioration in its pressure regulation capacity. However, this is probably not the reason why a perforation of the tympanic membrane becomes chronic. OBJECTIVE:Direct, continuous measurement ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Brattmo M,Tideholm B,Carlborg B

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to establish the estimated incidence of symptomatic nasal polyps within a defined geographic area. Over a 6-year period all polyp patients diagnosed for the first time (n = 252; 174 males, 78 females) were prospectively registered at the study clinic. An estimated background popu...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Larsen K,Tos M

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transitional zone of the saccule and the utricle--has been studied by transmission electron microscope in rats, days before birth. A noticeable secretory activity has been observed in their cells as well as the presence of inorganic spicular bodies that have also been observed in the lumen, some of them integrated...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Ciges M,Campos A,Revelles F

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous studies, sinus secretions have been analysed concerning pO2, pCO2 and pH. In this study the energy metabolism in the maxillary sinus mucosa and secretion was studied in 33 New Zealand White rabbits. In freeze-dried samples, glucose and lactate were analysed by enzymatic assays and ATP by HPLC. In the purul...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Johansson P,Kumlien J,Söderlund K,Hultman E

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of posture on nasal cavity geometry was studied by acoustic rhinometry in 14 normal adult subjects. On adopting a supine position from sitting the volume of the initially more patulous nasal cavity decreased and the volume of the less patulous side increased. These changes in volume are statistically sig...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： O'Flynn P

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In this paper we test the concept of combining electrical stimulation for high-frequency sound with acoustic hearing for low-frequency information in the same ear. In addition, we test whether residual hearing can be preserved when an electrode is placed up to 10 mm into the inner ear, and whether the site o...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Gantz BJ,Turner C

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Increasing arterial stiffness is associated with atherosclerosis and there is an association between atherosclerosis and tinnitus may occur.Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between arterial stiffness and tinnitus using the central pulse-wave analysis method.Methods: Thi...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Gedikli Ö,Kemal O,Yıldırım U,Çeçen AB,Karabulut H,Akcay M,Terzi O

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSIONS:Available multichannel cochlear implants (CIs) provide effective tinnitus suppression. More sophisticated speech strategies are more effective than analogue or slow strategies. The mechanisms by which tinnitus is suppressed by CIs are unclear; however, both acoustic masking and reorganization of the right a...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Quaranta N,Fernandez-Vega S,D'elia C,Filipo R,Quaranta A

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The early development of human otoconial membranes was studied by scanning electron microscopy and X-ray microanalysis; 87 specimens, ranging from 7 to 12 weeks gestational age were examined. A few otoconia, which contained calcium, were present in the utricle by the end of the seventh week. By 8 weeks, both the saccu...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Wright CG,Hubbard DG

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this experimental study in the rat, compound 48/80--a potent degranulating drug of mast cells--was instilled in the external auditory meatus towards the tympanic membrane. Moreover, effusion material was produced in the attic space by blocking the tympanic isthmus with a piece of Gelfoam applied through the tympani...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Alm PE,Bloom GD,Hellström S,Salén B,Stenfors LE

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00