Cochlear Implantation and Implantable Hearing Aids
Cochlear Implantation and Implantable Hearing Aids Joseph B. Nadol, Jr. Since early attempts at experimental electrical stimulation of the auditory nerve in deaf patients (1, 2, 3), there have been…
Congenital Cholesteatoma
Congenital Cholesteatoma Trevor J. McGill Reza Rahbar Congenital cholesteatoma of the middle ear is a rare clinical entity that classically presents as a white mass in the anterior superior quadrant…
Surgery for Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Perilymph Fistula
Surgery for Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Perilymph Fistula Steven D. Rauch Simply put, perilymphatic fistula is an abnormal communication between the perilymphatic space of the inner ear and the pneumatized space…
Congenital Aural Atresia
Congenital Aural Atresia Antonio De la Cruz Jose N. Fayad Congenital aural atresia is characterized by the absence or deformity of the pinna, aplasia, or hypoplasia of the external auditory…
Ossiculoplasty and Tympanoplasty in Chronic Otitis Media
Ossiculoplasty and Tympanoplasty in Chronic Otitis Media Saumil N. Merchant This work was supported in part by research grants from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders of…
Surgery for Otosclerosis and Fixation of the Stapes
Surgery for Otosclerosis and Fixation of the Stapes Joseph B. Nadol, Jr. Harold F. Schuknecht There are more than 20 genetically determined disorders that produce a conductive hearing loss that…
Otitis Media with Effusion
Otitis Media with Effusion Michael J. Cunningham Roland D. Eavey Otitis media is the most common diagnosis made by physicians who care for children. Eighty percent of children have experienced…
Malignant External Otitis
Malignant External Otitis Marlene L. Durand Malignant otitis externa (MOE) is an invasive bacterial infection of the external auditory canal and skull base. It involves the soft tissues adjacent to…
Osteoradionecrosis of the Temporal Bone
Osteoradionecrosis of the Temporal Bone Joseph B. Nadol, Jr. Although the effects of radiation on bone have been known for many years (1), its effects on the temporal bone and…
Complications of Chronic Otitis Media
Complications of Chronic Otitis Media Jeffrey P. Harris David W. Kim David H. Darrow A mastoid abscess was first opened. A sinus persisted; bony sequestra were then removed to expose…
