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Background Superior canal dehiscence syndrome (SCDS) is a relatively rare neurotological disorder that is characterized by a heterogeneous clinical picture. Recently, vestibular evoked myogenic potential (VEMP) measurement was established for the diagnosis of SCDS. In the present study, a case series of patients with SCDS were analyzed, with a focus on VEMP. Methods Four patients with SCDS were...
Background Vestibular schwannoma (VS) is a benign tumor that develops in the internal auditory canal and the cerebellopontine angle, potentially diminishing hearing or balance. Most VS tumors arise from one of two vestibular branches: the superior or inferior vestibular nerve. Determining the specific nerve of origin could improve patient management in terms of preoperative counseling, treatment selection,...
Background As part of postoperative cochlear implant (CI) diagnostics, speech comprehension tests are performed to monitor audiological outcome. In recent years, a trend toward improved suprathreshold speech intelligibility in quiet and an extension of intelligibility to softer sounds has been observed. Parallel to audiometric data, analysis of the patients’ acoustic environment can take place by...
Background Tufted angiomas (TAs) are uncommon benign vascular tumors mostly located cutaneously or subcutaneously in the skin of the neck and upper trunk, which appear during childhood and grow slowly. TAs are a variant of lobular capillary hemangiomas. This is the first study to provide an overview of the current literature in combination with the authors’ own clinical experience on this rare entity...
Background Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) is a rare, chronic disease of viral etiology which is characterized by multiple, recurrent growth of papillomas in the aerodigestive tract. Materials and methods The surgical outcomes and the recurrence rates of 106 patients with RRP of the larynx were analyzed. The patients were treated at the University of Magdeburg between 1983 and 2014. The...
Despite impressive technical progress in the field of conventional hearing aids and implantable hearing systems, the hopes for the treatment of inner ear diseases such as hearing loss and tinnitus have become increasingly directed toward regenerative therapeutic approaches. This review discusses the currently most promising strategies for hair cell regeneration in the inner ear to treat hearing loss,...
Background We present 5‑year follow-up data for tinnitus-specific and comorbid depressive symptoms as well as stress-related outcome variables of an intensive multimodal 7‑day tinnitus therapy. Method Tinnitus burden (Tinnitus Questionnaire), stress (Perceived Stress Questionnaire), and depressive symptomatology (General Depression Scale) were measured at the 5‑year follow-up after a multimodal...
Zur Diagnostik mannigfaltiger Hörstörungen werden neben den subjektiven Hörprüfungen v. a. objektive Testverfahren eingesetzt. Zu den objektiven Hörprüfungen gehören die Impedanzmessung mit Tympanometrie und Stapediusreflexmessung, die otoakustischen Emissionen (OAE) sowie die akustisch evozierten Potenziale (AEP). Durch die Einführung von „auditory steady-state responses“ (ASSR) und in Verbindung...
Background Reshaping the nose can be achieved following 3 main concepts: preservation and reshaping of normal anatomy, resection of nasal deformities, reconstruction of nasal framework. Time, experience and nasal anatomic knowledge are keys to understand nasal biomechanics. Objectives To describe how experience and morphodynamic anatomy lead to a new concept of sequential primary rhinoplasty, resulting...
Background Over the years there have been numerous anecdotal reports of nasal tip enlargement and loss of tip definition post rhinoplasty. Subsequent revisionary procedures not only failed to reduce the tip size but aggravated the problem causing an even larger and less defined nasal tip. The final result was often worse than the preop condition and uncorrectable. Method/Results Six patients who...
Rhinoplasty is one of the main facial plastic procedures performed worldwide. Ethnic patients today are mainly mixed-race patients. Diagnosis is based on anatomical findings and surgery should be planned based on patients’ needs and what they define as beautiful. Different surgical techniques are presented where a structural approach to rhinoplasty is explained. Very little tissue is resected and...
Die Eustachische Röhre schützt gegen Sekret, Keimaszension und Schalldruck aus dem Nasenrachen, wirkt als Drainage und dient dem Druckausgleich in beide Richtungen, damit das Trommelfell und der Schallleitungsapparat optimal schwingen können. Tubenfunktionsstörungen haben bei Erwachsenen eine Inzidenz von etwa 1 %, bei Kindern von fast 40 %. Die Symptome sind oft unspezifisch. Zur Diagnostik kann...
Zum fachärztlichen Basiswissen gehören die hörstörungsspezifischen pathophysiologischen und psychoakustischen Defizite. Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden die sich daraus ergebenden notwendigen Wirkungen der Hörgeräte zum bestmöglichen Behinderungsausgleich definiert und kritisch diskutiert. Die wesentlichen Einschränkungen bestehen bei der Schallleitungsstörung in der pegelunabhängigen Dämpfung und dem...
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