Although American Academy of Audiology guidelines call for six to eight aftercare appointments, this criterion can strain in-clinic resources and pose hardships. Reducing to a four-appointment EBM approach delivered efficient and effective audiological aftercare to cochlear implant recipients in the first year.
How to: Positioning for Middle Cranial Fossa Repair of Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence
This novel method of positioning the patient for SCD repair allows for optimal head rotation, requires less set-up and patient manipulation, does not require surgical pins, and allows the surgeon to maintain an ergonomically ideal posture during microdissection.
How to: An Innovative Tympanoplasty—Sleeve and Tongue Technique
For patients who merely need perforation repair, this method spares a canal incision, which favors blood supply to the tympanic membrane and simplifies wound dressing.
Marketplace News: May 2023
Philips Respironics has recalled a second set of CPAP/BiPAP machines, identified as a Class I recall by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The 1,088 recalled DreamStation1 units, distributed between […]
The Lingering Effects of COVID-19
No Adverse Events from Monopolar Electrosurgery Use in Patients with Cochlear Implants
Monopolar electrosurgery is a versatile tool used to accomplish incision, dissection, or homeostasis during surgical procedures with no adverse events from monopolar eectrosurgery use in patients with cochlear implants
How To: Expanded Transcanal Transpromontorial Approach for Acoustic Neuroma Removal
Despite the accumulating evidence of feasibility, safety, and positive functional outcomes of the Expanded Transcanal Transpromontorial Approach, its spread has been restricted to few centers across the world.
Should Injection Laryngoplasty Be Performed for Acute Unilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis to Improve Swallowing Safety?
Outpatients with voice and swallowing complaints are often referred to otolaryngologists who diagnose UVFP and may perform injection laryngoplasty under local anesthesia in the office setting.
Does Surgery for Nasal Obstruction Improve Eustachian Tube Dysfunction?
Eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD) is often associated with nasal obstruction and inferior turbinate hypertrophy; is nasal surgery an option?
Novel Hearing Screening System Uses a Smartphone, Earbuds
University of Washington researchers have created a screening system for hearing that uses a smartphone and low-cost earbuds rather than the commercial devices currently in use. The system is detailed in an article published in Nature […]
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