Convergence of central and peripheral signals on vestibular cells.

abstract：CONCLUSION:Endoscopic surgery improved facial pain/headache and physical-psychosocial impacts in patients with nasal polyposis. However, one fifth of patients still experienced residual pain after surgery, requiring neurologic counseling to look for the non-sinonasal cause of their symptoms. OBJECTIVE:Considering the ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Nguyen DT,Felix-Ravelo M,Arous F,Nguyen-Thi PL,Jankowski R

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On-line measurement of ME gas composition in normal middle ears of 5 anesthetized guinea pigs at an established steady state was performed by mass spectrometry. The mean values for the gas composition of the middle ear were found to be: PN2: 82.4%, PO2: 7.6% and PCO2: 10.0%. This composition is very different from tha...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Sadé J,Luntz M

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:Given the phonetic balancing across lists and the validation with spectrally degraded speech, the present Mandarin disyllable recognition test (DRT) materials may be useful for assessing speech performance of Mandarin-speaking cochlear implant (CI) users. If combined with the previously developed sentence ma...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Zhu M,Wang X,Fu QJ

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparison was made between polysomnographic recordings and recordings of airflow pressures in the pharynx and respiratory pressures in the esophagus of 10 adult sleeping subjects with differing degrees of apnea. Pressure measurements were obtained by microsensors mounted on a 7F gauge flexible catheter which sited ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Tvinnereim M,Cole P,Haight JS,Hoffstein V

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis and management of spontaneous otogenic pneumocephalus with literature review is described. A young sportsman experienced headache and fluctuating mass in his occiput during increased physical activity. A large extradural intracranial pneumocephalus with corresponding emphysema was imaged on a CT scan. Tr...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Mohammed el R,Profant M

更新日期：2011-06-01 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：:A new generation of cochlear implant electrodes has been designed to position the stimulating contacts close to the modiolus in order to reduce power consumption and increase stimulation selectivity. The purpose of this study was to assess electrode position in the cochlea for three recently designed electrodes. Fifte...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Balkany TJ,Eshraghi AA,Yang N

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author presents a study of the personality structure, youth development and the role of interhuman conflicts in the work situation and the family, in the causation and course of Menière's disease, the somatopsychic reactions of the patients to the illness, and the principles of a form of psychotherapy which was co...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Groen JJ

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred patients subjected to tonsillectomy because of recurrent acute tonsillitis or tonsillar hypertrophy were evaluated bacteriologically both with ordinary throat culturing and cultures from tonsillar cores. In 26% of the patients H. influenzae was isolated and in 20% beta-haemolytic group A streptococci. Grow...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Stjernquist-Desatnik A,Prellner K,Schalén C

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess paranasal sinus material histopathologically for the presence of fungus. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Paraffin-embedded archival biopsy samples of patients who underwent endonasal sinus surgery between 1992 and 2002 were retrospectively assessed for the presence of fungi. Hematoxylin-eosin-stained sections...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Erkiliç S,Aydin A,Bayazit YA,Güldür E,Deniz H,Bayazit N,Ozer E

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Earlier investigation did not show any clear distinctive pathological features that differentiate vocal polyps from vocal nodules. The light microscopic distinctive features between the two lesions point in the direction of a more pronounced epithelial reaction and a more fibrous stromal change in vocal nodules. In th...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Kotby MN,Nassar AM,Seif EI,Helal EH,Saleh MM

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The maculae sacculi and utriculi of the chinchilla vestibular labyrinth have been studied by freeze-fracture method. In the replicas extensive zonulae occludentes have been found between sensory and supporting cells at the endolymphatic surface. Gap junctions are located between the supporting cells. Some intramembran...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Laciano L,Franke K,Iurato S,Reale E

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:On average, adult CI recipients report a moderate sound quality using the Dutch version of the HISQUI19 questionnaire. These results are correlated with their age, speech perception scores, CI aided hearing thresholds, and the SSQ5 and the APHAB questionnaire. BACKGROUND:The general aim of the study was to ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Mertens G,Kleine Punte A,De Bodt M,Van de Heyning P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of the solitary avian middle ear muscle, the m. stapedius, on auditory sensitivity and sound transmission was investigated in the domestic chicken, Gallus gallus. Electrophysiological recordings of inner ear microphonic potentials (MP) were made in order to determine the effects of calibrated, mechanical...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Counter SA,Borg E

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dose-effect curves for inhibition of growth of P388/P mouse lymphoma cells by ethacrynic acid and kanamycin used alone and in combination were determined in vitro. Ethacrynic acid was 600 times more potent than kanamycin and combinations of the drugs resulted in overall additive effects. These results were compared wi...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Fox KE,Brummett RE

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is presumed to be a neurotransmitter candidate in the vestibular periphery of mammals. However, experimental reports about the localization of GABA in afferents or efferents of the vestibular systems are contradictory. It is an open question whether there are species differences in the a...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Kong WJ,Hussl B,Thumfart WF,Schrott-Fischer A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of the Substance P (SP) immunoreactive nerve fibres in the canine larynx and laryngeal nerves was studied by PAP immunohistochemistry. Many individual SP immunoreactive nerve fibres with varicosities were observed within the epithelial layer and in the connective tissue below the epithelium of the lar...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Hisa Y,Sato F,Fukui K,Ibata Y,Mizukoshi O

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Pathologic changes in the inner ears of 5 patients with Cogan's syndrome were studied by a combined application of MR imaging and CT scanning. We used T1- and T2-weighted MR imaging sequences and a special three-dimensional MR imaging technique which allows a very detailed imaging of the inner ear structures. By t...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Majoor MH,Albers FW,Casselman JW

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:Contrast enhancement of the inner ear by three-dimensional fluid-attenuated inversion recovery magnetic resonance imaging (3D-FLAIR MRI) taken 4 h after intravenous gadolinium (Gd) injection was better than when taken at 10 min. Using heavily T2-weighted 3D-FLAIR MRI, visualization of endolymphatic hydrops (...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Sano R,Teranishi M,Yamazaki M,Isoda H,Naganawa S,Sone M,Hiramatsu M,Yoshida T,Suzuki H,Nakashima T

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:The Esteem(®) device proved to offer beneficial results in subjects suffering from high frequency, severe bilateral sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) and may be considered as an alternative procedure to conventional hearing aids (HAs) or electroacoustic stimulation (EAS) systems. OBJECTIVES:Since the Esteem...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Barbara M,Biagini M,Monini S

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:The study showed that surgery in the maxillary sinus can affect its development. OBJECTIVE:To quantitatively evaluate the long-term impact of sinus surgery on its development in the rabbit. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This was an experimental study performed at an academic tertiary medical center using 20 4-week...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Bahadir O,Bahadir A,Kosucu P,Livaoglu M

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using electron microscopy and GABA immunohistochemistry we evaluated the effects on human embyronic organ of Corti tissue culture of exposure to the ototoxic aminoglycoside antibiotic neomycin at a dose of 1 mM for 48 to 96 hrs. Neomycin induces the formation of multilamellar myeloid structures. These lesions, found o...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Mu MY,Pao X,Jie T,Yu YJ

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 33 consecutively operated aural cholesteatomas were analysed with regard to preoperative findings and correlated with the morphology of the cholesteatoma tissue. Patients were found in all age groups, 9/33 of the patients were operated at an age below 15 years. A persistent ear discharge had occurred in all...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Anniko M,Mendel L

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:Transforming growth factor β1 gene (TGFβ1) genotype is a potential p16 independent prognostic factor predicting response to chemoradiotherapy in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). OBJECTIVES:Expression of p16 and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) has been reported to be associated with sur...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Lundberg M,Leivo I,Saarilahti K,Mäkitie AA,Mattila PS

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional (visual) analysis of EMG was compared to a computerized quantitative method (turns/amplitude). Ten patients with a clinical history of peripheral nerve lesion were examined in order to investigate whether quantitative analysis of EMG increased the diagnostic sensitivity of peripheral nerve lesions to the ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Lindestad PA,Persson A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSIONS:Protocol limitations were identified and accounted for in the analysis. Percent gradient equilibrated (PGE) was affected by driving gradient direction in a similar manner to other efficiency measures. A finer resolution of possible age-related changes in eustachian tube opening efficiency is expected with t...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Swarts JD,Casselbrant ML,Teixeira MS,Mandel EM,Richert BC,Banks JM,El-Wagaa J,Doyle WJ

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:The addition of transoral robotic surgery (TORS) in the diagnostic management of patients classified with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma of unknown primary (SCCUP) is promising and appears to improve detection rates of the primary tumour. The approach presented in this first Scandinavian study could p...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Channir HI,Rubek N,Nielsen HU,Kiss K,Charabi BW,Lajer CB,von Buchwald C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSIONS:Cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX-2) enzyme would not appear to be constitutively expressed in human perilymph while it is always induced in the perilymph of patients affected by sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). The COX-2 isoform may be involved in hearing loss and, therefore, pathological states of the inner ear sh...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Attanasio G,Viccaro M,Covelli E,De seta E,Minni A,Pizzoli F,Filipo R

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:Idiopathic otolithic vertigo (IOV) with relatively long duration of attacks might be caused by endolymphatic hydrops in the otolith organ. OBJECTIVES:To clarify the pathophysiology underlying IOV, episodic tilting or translational sensation attacks by unknown causes, especially the possibility of endolympha...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Murofushi T,Komiyama S,Hayashi Y,Yoshimura E

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:Our results suggest that patients with migraine or tension-type headache have subclinical deviations of the subjective visual vertical, which may be associated with their subjective imbalance. OBJECTIVES:Patients affected by migraine or tension-type headache often complain of unsteadiness. However, they rar...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Asai M,Aoki M,Hayashi H,Yamada N,Mizuta K,Ito Y

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00