Spatial release from masking (SRM) was tested within the first week of fitting and after 12 weeks hearing aid use for unilateral and bilateral adult hearing aid users. A control group of experienced hearing aid users completed testing over a similar time frame. The main research aims were (1) to examine auditory acclimatization effects on SRM performance for unilateral and bilateral hearing aid...

OBJECTIVE Determine the outcome of hearing in Meniere's Disease (MD) after antiviral treatment. STUDY DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING University Hospital. METHODS Thirty one new patients with a diagnosis of MD were treated with antiviral drugs during 2012. Acyclovir or valacyclovir was used depending on insurance coverage and cost. A standard dose of 800 mg (acyclovir) or 1g (valacyclov...

The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of intratympanic dexamethasone injections as a treatment for severe tinnitus in idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). We studied 37 patients who received intratympanic dexamethasone injections and 14 control patients who did not receive it, with severe tinnitus after onset of unilateral sudden SNHL. Hearing level did not chan...

OBJECTIVES We compared the extent of healing and hearing improvement following tympanoplasties performed with the use of cartilage-perichondrium composite grafts and temporalis muscle fascia grafts. PATIENTS AND METHODS Fifty consecutive patients (22 males, 28 females; mean age 30+/-14 years; range 11 to 63 years) with chronic otitis media were divided into two groups to receive cartilage-per...

After participation in a research study involving 7 Tesla-MRI scan, long-term deaf patient reported sudden improvement his hearing abilities. This was first validated by aid specialist who checked and adjusted the patient’s after an audiometry. Afterwards appeared University Clinic of Otolaryngology, Head Neck Surgery for further testing. Here we diagnosed bilateral based on pure tone audiogram...

For persons with moderate bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, binaural dichotic presentation of speech has helped in improving speech perception by reduction the effect of increased spectral and temporal masking. Speech processing schemes, which split the speech into two for binaural dichotic presentation, are evaluated on normal subjects with simulated hearing loss, and on hearing-impaired s...

Thirty patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss who presented to the University Hospital between January 1985 to January 1992 are presented. The combined regime of bed rest, intravenous dextran 40, vasodilator and steroid therapy produced good improvement in 63.4% of patients. Unfavourable prognostic factors were found to be, hearing loss of more than two weeks duration, verti...