Literature review does not support routine use of tomography (CT) prior to planned primary stapedotomy in patients with adult-onset CHL/MHL.

Literature review does not support routine use of tomography (CT) prior to planned primary stapedotomy in patients with adult-onset CHL/MHL.
Otolaryngology experts examined important clinical questions in five areas—from antivirals for newborn hearing to tonsillar cancer—during the Triological Society’s “Best Practices” session.
Systemic corticosteroids are the firstline treatment of autoimmune inner ear disease, with intratympanic steroids as a possible adjuvant or alternative.
Newer studies assess the effect of cochlear implants on independent risk factors for dementia associated with hearing loss, including cognition, depression, and physical activity.
Extensive research points toward a progressive sensorineural hearing loss due to lead intoxication as the most probable cause of Ludwig van Beethoven’s hypoacusis.
Based on studies of the previously available bivalent and quadrivalent HPV vaccines, the current HPV vaccine is safe and proves efficacious in both adult women and men aged over 26 years.
A look at whether the expansion of secondary diagnosis codes in January 2011 and incentive payments for health information technology is associated with changes in measured severity of illness.
There was an improvement in health-related quality of life and a reduction of tinnitus and cognitive distress in patients with SSD after cochlear implantation.
Many adult patients who are good candidates for cochlear implants are missed because of significant variation among audiologists in how patients are preoperatively assessed and unfamiliarity with the most current […]
Over the years, several Nobel Prizes have been awarded for research changing the understanding of vestibular organs and the inner ear.