AIM To evaluate the use of multimedia enhancements, using a computerised microscope, in the training of microscope skills. METHODS The HOME microscope provides facilities to highlight features of interest in conjunction with either text display or aural presentation. A pilot study was carried out with 10 individuals, eight of whom were at different stages of pathology training. A tutorial was...

A 19-year old male presented with melena and anemia. A duodenoscopy revealed no abnormalities, but a small bowel X-ray series demonstrated a large jejunal polyp. This 4 cm large polyp was visualised during peroperative small bowel endoscopy and was subsequently surgically removed. The polyp had the characteristic histologic appearance of a Peutz-Jeghers type polyp, but the patient had no other ...

OBJECTIVES The study goal was to evaluate the hearing follow up results in patients who underwent surgery for congenital aural atresia. We studied hearing results and correlated them with Jahrsdoerfer prognostic classification. Protocols management of unilateral and bilateral atresia auris are written considering to our results and other authors. METHODS We conducted a retrospective review of...

Myiasis is a disease caused by fly larvae and aural myiasis is a rare clinic condition often occuring in children or mentally retarded people. We report the case of an unusual presentation of a bilateral aural myiasis in a mentally retarded patient with bilateral chronic otitis media caused by the third instar larvae of Wohlfahrtia magnifica. Two larvae were located on the other ear canal while...

This study forms part of a research programme to investigate the relationships between the rise in core temperature and the environmental temperature in soldiers exercising at a constant rate. The measurement of core temperature is a fundamental requirement for this research. The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of an infra-red tympanic thermometer (IVAC Corecheck) for use in thermal p...

Clinical confusion, treatment failure and recurrence commonly plague the Management of Otitis Externa. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical attitudes and habits of army general practitioners and to review the recent literature. The results of a questionnaire survey showed that although all the respondents agreed that aural toilet was important, only 50% felt confident in perfor...

Visual and aural modes are two main manners that human utilize to senses the world. Their relationship is investigated in this work. EEG experiments involving mixed aural and visual modes are designed, utilizing HilbertHuang Transform (HHT) and electroencephalogram (EEG) signal processing techniques. During EEG data processing, I-EEMD method of similar weighted average waveform extension is pro...

Auditory applications are systems that communicate content, navigation capabilities and functionality mainly via the aural channel, or via a combination of the aural and visual channels, and can support the user interaction in a multimodal fashion as well (e.g. through touch or speech). In this paper, we present the preliminary results of an exploratory research effort aimed at establishing a d...

BACKGROUND The temporomandibular joint is a unique bi-condylar joint involved in mastication and speech. Temporomandibular joint disorders (TMD) have a range of symptoms, including aural symptoms, and are present in approximately 75% of normal populations. The present study examined the relationship between signs and symptoms of TMD and mouth opening, gender, joint and aural symptoms, and heari...

This paper describes the OmniEye, an omnidirectional vision system developed to track mobile robots in AURAL, i. e., in a computational structured environment. AURAL aims to control the interaction between visual, sound and robotic information in a research for automatic and semi-automatic processes of artistic production. Different convex mirrors can be used to achieve an omnidirectional syste...