Tumours of the glomus jugulare expanding into the posterior fossa are of the utmost rarity. Most such tumours originate primarily in the middle ear and later tend to expand in the direction of the external auditory canal. They are, therefore, recognized as a rule at an otoscopic examination and, consequently, most references to this tumour are found in the oto-laryngological literature. Accordi...

Tympanometric measures were obtained in 1240 adults (2147 ears) ranging in age from 48 to 90 years. All subjects reported a negative history of otic disease, passed an otoscopic examination, and did not present a significant air-bone gap based on pure-tone audiometry. Relative to findings for younger adults, tympanometric measures for older adults in the present study showed greater variability...

Tuberculous Otitis Media: Diagnosis and Treatment Generoso T. Abes, MD, MPH Director, Philippine National Ear Institute Manila, Philippines Objective: To emphasize the importance of early detection and treatment of tuberculous otitis media by providing information on various clinical presentations of the disease, results of diagnostic procedures and clinical and audiologic outcomes after medica...

Otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) are currently used as a valuable audiological test or hearing screening tool. There many commercially available OAE recording systems that both for clinical practice and research. However, there is little information in the literature comparing their performance detecting loss. The purpose of this prospective, nonrandomized, controlled study was to evaluate obtained...

Abstract Background As the aeration and drainage entrances in both ears are same, factors that produce otitis media one ear may also affect other. Also, unsolved debate is long-standing turns into chronic (COM). Hence, this study was conducted with objective of assessing incidence abnormal findings contralateral (CLE) to find association between type COM diseased CLE. Materials Methods A hospit...

Abstract Background Sphenochoanal is a rare benign sinu-nasal lesion. It arises from the sphenoid sinus and passes to choana then nasopharynx. usually presents with nasal obstruction, discharge, snoring, headache. has been reported—only once in English literature—to cause Eustachian tube dysfunction middle ear effusion (MEE) an adult male. In this report, we described 8-year-old child sphenocho...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency atticoantral/unsafe chronic suppurative otitis media in patients with ear discharge. Materials and Methods: This Cross-sectional conducted department ENT Head Neck Surgery, Hayatabad Medical Complex Department ENT, Naseerullah Khan Babar memorial Hospital, Peshawar from August 2018 February 2019. In 199 were enrolled consecutiv...

120 cases of iranian soldiers complaining of hearing loss, were studied over a period of three years at the ghaem medical center in mashad,iran. there was adequate information in iii cases that their engagement in different types of explosions had caused their hearing impairment. the following aspects were evaluated: 1- categorization of their hearing impairment. 2- the otoscopic findings. 3- t...

120 cases of Iranian soldiers complaining of hearing loss, were studied over a period of three years at the Ghaem Medical Center in Mashad,Iran. There was adequate information in III cases that their engagement in different types of explosions had caused their hearing impairment. The following aspects were evaluated: 1- Categorization of their hearing impairment. 2- The otoscopic findings...