We propose to design a small-size transmission-coupled antenna array, and corresponding radiation pattern, having high performance inspired by the female Ormia ochracea's coupled ears. For reproduction purposes, the female Ormia is able to locate male crickets' call accurately despite the small distance between its ears compared with the incoming wavelength. This phenomenon has been explained b...

OBJECTIVE To explore treatments for postirradiation otitis media with effusion (OME) in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma. STUDY DESIGN This study is a prospective quasi-randomized clinical trial. METHODS Ninety-six patients (135 ears) with OME after the first course of radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma were divided into three groups: simple auripuncture plus aspiration, tympan...

Listeners usually have no difficulties telling the difference between speech and song. Yet when a spoken phrase is repeated several times, they often report perceptual transformation that turns into There great deal of variability in perception speech-to-song illusion (STS). It may result partly from linguistic properties phrases be due to individual processing listeners exposed STS. To date, e...

Understanding the origin of spontaneous otoacoustic emissions (SOAEs) in mammals has been a challenge for more than three decades. Right from the beginning two mutually exclusive concepts were explored. After 30 years this has now resulted in two well established but incompatible theories, the global standing-wave theory and the local oscillator theory. The outcome of this controversy will be i...

CONCLUSION Blockage of the endolymphatic duct is a significant finding in Meniere's disease. The position of the utriculo-endolymphatic valve (UEV) and blockage of the ductus reuniens in the temporal bones were not found to be directly indicative of Meniere's disease. OBJECTIVE Comparison of blockage of the longitudinal flow of endolymph between ears affected by Meniere's disease and normal e...