In this issue, we have an interesting review article by Dr. Mario Zernotti and his team in Cordoba on the Bonebridge bone conduction implant. Bone conduction implants are indicated for patients with conductive, mixed, or unilateral hearing loss. The transcutaneous technology employed avoids common complications such as cutaneous reactions, skin covering the abutment, local infection, or extrusi...

otosclerosis is the most frequent cause of conductive hearing loss in patients with intact tympanic membrane. it can be treated by surgery with various techniques. because of limited manipulation and comparably similar results, stapedotomy at present is preferred over other surgical techniques by most surgeons. here we present the operative results of 114 otosclerotic patients who underwent sta...

OBJECTIVE This report presents data from four studies to examine standard bone-conduction reference equivalent threshold force levels (RETFL), especially at 4 kHz where anomalous air-bone gaps are common. DESIGN Data were mined from studies that obtained air- and bone-conduction thresholds from normal-hearing and sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) participants, using commercial audiometers and...

Results: ABR threshold for air and bone conduction were 66.53 ± 7.12 and 12.55 ± 6.96 dBnHL, respectively, in children with congenital EACA, as well as 25.32 ± 2.66 and 10.71 ± 4.51 dBnHL, respectively, in children with normal hearing. The two groups showed statistical difference in air-conduction ABR thresholds. Meanwhile, air–bone ABR threshold gap was greater in children with EACA than in ch...

BACKGROUND Postoperative hearing improvement is measured as Air-Bone gap changes. Changes in bone conduction threasholds as a results of otosurgery is also discussed. AIM We discuss factors that have influence on bone conduction threasholds changes in individuals operated due to chronic otitis media. MATERIAL AND METHODS The prospective analysis involves the patients operated on middle ear ...