We conducted a retrospective study to compare poststapedectomy hearing gain in study-eligible patients who had received a Teflon (fluoroplastic ASTM F 754) prosthesis (study group; n = 76) with hearing gain achieved in a matched group (by age, sex, and degree of hypoacusis) of patients who had received a Schuknecht-type wire/Teflon prosthesis (control group; n = 70). All procedures had been per...

A two and half year old female was admitted at the emergency room suffering from gradually worsening headache followed by nausea. The child presented with reduced level of consciousness and bilateral hypoacusis. The patient was lethargic. Ophthalmic examination showed branch retinal artery occlusion (BRAO). This finding was crucial to the diagnosis of Susac's syndrome (SS), a rare autoimmune di...

This was a 9-year-old female patient from a rural area, admitted to emergency service due to rapidly progressing deterioration of the state of consciousness. In the clinical examination, she was comatose, with bilateral nonreflective mydriasis, grade IV (House-Brackmann scale) right facial paralysis, absence of right corneal reflex and bilateral extensor motor responses to pain. When asked, the...

INTRODUCTION Incidence of upper respiratory tract ailments among children between 2 and 9 years old is very common. Discreet symptoms, like low grade conductive hypoaccusis or articulation's disorders are ignore or imperceptible by parents. The survive of these disorders in the child's development stage has a direct influence on cognitive functions, speech and social development and progress in...

Sudden hearing loss is a sensorineural hypoacusis, unilateral in most of the cases, with an incidence peak in young adult. This article is the result of a four years retrospective study, in which we have tried to see how age, severity of hearing loss, presence or absence of vertigo, the timing of treatment initiation can influence the hearing recovery. 47 patients were included in this inpatien...

Materials & Methods; The patient had experienced a head injury 26 years previously which resulted in recurrent episodes of meningitis. Previous surgeries, one neurosurgical operation and three middle ear operations were ineffective. The patient constantly complained about headaches, dizziness, balance disorder, hypoacusis in the right ear and visual dysfunction. During the middle ear surgery, i...

We read with interest the article by de Souza et al 1 about the use of susceptibilityweighted imaging (SWI) for the evaluation of patients with cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs). In this regard, we would like to report the following case: In November 2008, a 38-year-old woman presented with a history of left tinnitus and hypoacusis. The usual MR imaging sequences showed a left acoustic ne...

BACKGROUND Despite an increased scientific interest in musical hallucinations over the past 25 years, treatment protocols are still lacking. This may well be due to the fact that musical hallucinations have multiple causes, and that published cases are relatively rare. OBJECTIVE To review the effects of published treatment methods for musical hallucinations. METHODS A literature search yiel...

Introduction. Chromosomal aberrations are rare but important causes of various movement disorders. In cases disorders associated with dysmorphic features, multiorgan involvement and/or intellectual disability, the identification causative chromosomal should be considered. Aim study. The purpose this article was to summarise clinical findings in six patients dystonia and two parkinsonism identif...

Introduction: Medical students are poorly prepared in health services management due to the use of traditional teaching methods, developed theoretical environments with poor active participation. Virtual simulated training is an innovative alternative learning process. Objective: This study aimed determine knowledge improvement managerial decision-making amongst medical at Universidad Nacional ...