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The use of cochlear implants for selected individuals with bilateral severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss who derive limited benefit from conventional hearing aids is well established. There are situations where cochlear implantation is contraindicated. Auditory brainstem implantation (ABI) is the only solution to restore hearing when the cochlear nerve is disrupted together with pathologies […]

Background: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a syndrome characterized by increased intracranial pressure (ICP) without focal signs for neurological dysfunction except for occasional fifth, sixth, and seventh cranial nerve palsies. Presenting symptoms most commonly are headache and visual loss. These patients may also present with complaints about neuro-otological symptoms like hearing loss, and tinnitus. In […]

Objective: Pneumolabyrinth resulting from temporal bone trauma and stapes luxation has been associated with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). The principal purpose of this study was to determine the incidence and volume of pneumolabyrinth after stapedotomy in which iatrogenic perilymphatic fistula is created and to also correlate this with possible hearing loss and vertigo. Study design: […]

Amaç: Temporal kemik travmasından ve stapes luxation’dan kaynaklanan pnömolabrin, sensorinöral işitme kaybı (SNHL) ile ilişkilendirilmiştir. Bu çalışmanın temel amacı, iyatrojenik perilifatik fistülün oluşturulduğu stapedotomi sonrası pnömolabyrinth insidansını ve hacmini belirlemek ve bunu işitme kaybı ve vertigo ile ilişkilendirmektir. Çalışma tasarımı: Prospektif çalışma. Ayar: Tersiyer başvuru merkezi. Hastalar ve yöntemler: Elli stapedotomi hastası otoskleroz nedeniyle ameliyat edildi ve 50, 20’sine […]

Until last decade, use of auditory brainstem implant (ABI) was restricted to adults and children with severe inner ear malformations and cochlear nerve aplasia did not have any option for hearing rehabilitation. Use of ABI opened a new era for this group of patients. In this review article, definite and probable indications of ABI for […]

Objective: A case with sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) owing to multiple sclerosis (MS) who had clinical and dramatic radiological improvement just after medical therapy was reported in this article. Method: Case report and review of related literature. Results: A 22-year-old female patient with MS related SSNHL was presented in this article. Magnetic resonance imaging […]

Objective: A case with sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) owing to multiple sclerosis (MS) who had clinical and dramatic radiological improvement just after medical therapy was reported in this article. Method: Case report and review of related literature. Results: A 22-year-old female patient with MS related SSNHL was presented in this article. Magnetic resonance imaging […]

This study aims to investigate the incidence of otitis media with effusion and to report long-term clinical findings in children with cleft lip and palate types. Between March 2000 – October 2010, medical data of 175 patients (84 females, 95 males; mean age 8 years; range, 4 to 20 years) who were operated due to […]

The facial nerve usually occupies the oval window area in patients with oval window atresia. During exploration, if the facial nerve is discovered to lie in the oval window area, this is usually regarded as a contraindication for further surgical intervention. The aim of the present paper is to demonstrate the preoperative pathognomonic radiological sign […]

Intraoperative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakages from the cochleostomy site – known as gushers – are a serious complication of cochlear implantation surgery in cases of congenital deafness. They occur as the result of abnormal communication between CSF in the internal auditory canal and perilymph in the cochlea. Gushers are well recognized as occurring in a […]

Objective Gusher in inner ear malformations is common in patients with incomplete partition type I and type III. It is also common in less severe form as oozing in incomplete partition type II and large vestibular aqueduct. It is important to prevent cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) escape around the electrode to prevent meningitis. Methods The custom-made […]

Mutations in the POU3F4 gene cause X-linked deafness type 3 (DFN3), which is characterized by inner ear anomalies. Three Turkish, one Ecuadorian, and one Nigerian families were included based on either inner ear anomalies detected in probands or X-linked family histories. Exome sequencing and/or Sanger sequencing were performed in order to identify the causative DNA […]

This paper reports the authors’ technique of manubrio-stapedioplasty using glass ionomer cement for malleus and incus fixation due to tympanosclerosis. A retrospective case review was conducted of five patients with conductive hearing loss (mean pre-operative air-bone gap of 42.75 dB) treated in a tertiary referral centre. The hearing results of a manubrio-stapedial bone cement ossiculoplasty […]

Objective: The aim of this study is to describe the rehabilitative outcomes of pediatric auditory brainstem implant (ABI) users in the Department of Otolaryngology in the Hacettepe University. It was a retrospective study, and all patients’ files were reviewed. Materials and methods: The data was collected from 41 children who were fitted with ABI between […]

Objective: To investigate the histopathology of inner ear malformations (IEMs) in order to explain their pathophysiology. Method: Light microscopy was used to study 33 specimens exhibiting various IEMs in the collection of the Otopathology Laboratory at Harvard University’s Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. Results: The investigation found 18 incidences of cochlear hypoplasia (CH) (3 CH-I, […]

Background: Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) is still a complex and challenging process which requires clinical evidence regarding its etiology, treatment and prognostic factors. Therefore, determination of prognostic factors might aid in the selection of proper treatment modality. Aims: The aim of this study is to analyze whether there is correlation between SSNHL outcomes and […]