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Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
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September 2016
Cochlear implant (CI) surgery in the setting of an open mastoid cavity is evolving. Two strategies are commonly pursued: a staged approach, clearing the disease, closing the meatus or the external auditory canal (EAC), and reevaluating in 3 to 6 months pri ...
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Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
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September 2016
OBJECTIVES: Melanin pigmentation is present in the human inner ear. In this study, we quantify the melanin pigmentation in the vestibular system and examine racial differences of vestibular melanin pigmentation using human cadaveric temporal bone specimens ...
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Otol Neurotol
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February 2016
Only a small fraction of patients with profound sensorineural hearing loss have access to cochlear implantation with the majority of these affected people living in developing countries. Cost effectiveness analysis (CEA) is an important tool to demonstrate ...
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Laryngoscope
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December 2013
OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: This study explores the influence of selected factors on achievement of competency in mastoid surgery. STUDY DESIGN: A prospective study of surgical performance and a retrospective survey of learner and training factors. METHODS: The ...
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Laryngoscope
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January 1, 2011
OBJECTIVES:/Hypothesis: The purpose of our study was to explore factors that might influence the trajectories in residents' learning curves of surgical performance in the mastoidectomy procedure. Study Design: Retrospective-cohort study. Methods: Mastoidec ...
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Laryngoscope
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January 1, 2011
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of our study is to identify the potential roles of a virtual reality (VR) temporal bone simulator in the Otolaryngology residency program. Study Design: Cross-sectional educational design Methods: Five residents ranging from PGY-1 t ...
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Otol Neurotol
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October 2010
BACKGROUND: Bacterial meningitis represents a substantial concern for individuals with cochlear implants (CIs). METHODS: Chart review and direct patient and family correspondence to ascertain vaccination status. INTERVENTION: Information dissemination via ...
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J Neurosci Methods
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January 30, 2006
The afferent synapse between the auditory nerve fiber and the inner hair cell (IHC) represents a critical junction for hearing. Elucidation of the structure at this site will help establish the substrate for normal sound encoding as well as pathologic proc ...
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Ear Hear
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August 2005
OBJECTIVES: This study tested the hypothesis that patients with residual hearing in the nonimplanted ear had the same cochlear implant benefit whether the implanted ear had profound or severe hearing loss. DESIGN: A retrospective chart review of adult coch ...
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Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
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May 2004
BACKGROUND: This study explored factors associated with speech recognition outcomes in postmeningitic deafness (PMD). The results of cochlear implantation may vary in children with PMD because of sequelae that extend beyond the auditory periphery. OBJECTIV ...
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Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
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July 2001
OBJECTIVE: To assess the utility of a previously proposed staging system for patients with primary squamous cell carcinoma of the temporal bone. METHODS: Retrospective chart review of 15 patients treated for squamous cell carcinoma of the temporal bone ove ...
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Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
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September 1997
We have tracked patterns of use of educational and rehabilitative resources as part of an initial assessment of cost-benefit ratios of cochlear implants in children. Forty-two children with cochlear implants in the Listening Center at Johns Hopkins program ...
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