Cutaneous digital blood flow (CDBF) during electrical promontory stimulation was measured by laser Doppler flowmetry in 46 tinnitus patients. In patients with tinnitus suppression. CDBF was increased. In contrast, patients in whom treatment did not suppress tinnitus experienced no change in digital blood flow. The cutaneous digital blood flow of patients who experienced slight relief did not di...

Adult canaries (Serinus canarius) from a closebred colony of the Belgian "Waterslager" strain were trained with operant techniques to respond to pure tones. A psychophysical tracking procedure was used to measure absolute auditory thresholds in quiet and in noise. Absolute thresholds in the middle- to high-frequency region of the audiogram were between 30 and 40 dB higher (4-5 standard deviatio...

OBJECTIVES To share results and recommendations for management of penetrating cochlear injury. METHODS A patient underwent repair of a penetrating cochlear injury after a projectile led to a traumatic cochleostomy with a narrow miss of the facial nerve and intracranial carotid artery. RESULTS Postoperatively, the patient's audiogram demonstrated a pure tone average of 47.5 dB for air conduc...

BACKGROUND There is very little knowledge about alcohol-induced hearing loss. Alcohol consumption and tolerance to loud noise is a well observed phenomenon as seen in the Western world where parties get noisier by the hour as the evening matures. This leads to increase in the referrals to the "hearing aid clinic" and the diagnosis of "cocktail party deafness" which may not necessarily be only d...

OBJECTIVES Age-related hearing impairment, or presbycusis, is the most common communication disorder and neurodegenerative disease in the elderly. Its prevalence is expected to increase, due to the trend of growth of the elderly population. The current diagnostic test for detection of presbycusis is implemented after there has been a change in hearing sensitivity. Identification of a pre-diagno...

OBJECTIVES To determine the range and prevalence of otologic disorders in patients with ectodermal dysplasia (ED) and provide a general review of its multiple otolaryngological manifestations. DESIGN Case series. SETTING Ectodermal dysplasia family conference. PATIENTS Sixty-nine individuals with ED were evaluated. The average age was 11 years (range, 1-56 years). Most were male patients ...