Decrement in ABR wave V amplitude was measured the presence of simultaneous tonal maskers. Probe stimuli were 1.0, 4.0, and 8.0-kHz third-octave-filtered clicks. Adults 3-month-old infants served as subjects. The resultant amplitude-decrement functions for each masker fit with regression lines. sound pressure level (SPL) required to reduce 50% unmasked probe plotted develop tuning curves. curves quantified by calculations tip-to-tail difference, Q10, SPL at maximum frequency (MMF). Tuning...

Abstract Objectives In this investigation, we report the outcomes of 14 adults (age >18 y) and 9 children <18 with radiographically proven large vestibular aqueduct syndrome (LVAS) who received cochlear implants at Indiana University School Medicine. Study Design This is a retrospective case‐control study detailing 23 patients LVAS 46 control implanted Nucleus (Cochlear Corp., Englewood, CO), Clarion (Advanced Bionics Sylmar, CA), or Med‐El (MED‐EL Innsbruck, Austria) implants. Methods...

To identify risk factors for postoperative complications in patients undergoing diverticulectomy and cricopharyngeal (CP) myotomy Zenker's diverticulum.Retrospective.A chart review was conducted of all with a diverticulum who were treated at three tertiary care centers central Indiana between 1988 1998.Of the 24 identified, 9 developed (2 medical 7 surgical). Statistical analysis multiple potential revealed that only size greater than 10 cm2 surgery placed patient increased surgical...

Abstract The use of directional microphones is one the few methods available for hearing aids to increase signal-to-noise ratio. smaller with today's technology have increased viability their application in-the-ear (ITE) aids. This study evaluated an ITE aid containing two nondirectional that provides wearer-selectable omnidirectional/directional operating modes. Ten sensorineural hearing-impaired patients were fitted binaurally. During first trial period, low-frequency gain decrease...

Objective A group of 20 patients with large vestibular aqueduct syndrome was identified at the Indiana University School Medicine. The major objective this study to explore improvements in quality life associated cochlear implantation syndrome, as well cost-utility group. Setting total 70 were through analysis thin-section computed tomography temporal bone over past 6 years medical center. Data collected from records for each patient included demographic data, hearing-related statistics, and...

(1) Background: Recent studies report high accuracies when using machine learning (ML) algorithms to classify prostate cancer lesions on publicly available datasets. However, it is unknown if these trained models generalize well data from different institutions. (2) Methods: This was a retrospective study multi-parametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging (mpMRI) our institution (63 mpMRI lesions) and the ProstateX-2 challenge, annotated image set (112 lesions). Residual Neural Network (ResNet)...

To discuss the various symptoms and causes of objective tinnitus in children.Retrospective case review.Five children who had audible signals emanating from their ears caused by spontaneous otoacoustic emissions, palatal myoclonus, arteriovenous malformation, acoustic trauma.The reported patients was linked to that could be measured objectively or heard examiner.Four five essentially normal hearing. The one child demonstrated a hearing loss audiometrically thought have sensitivity, but his...

The frequency contribution to the click-evoked ABR wave V was examined in adults and 3-month-old infants through use of notch-filtered broadband noise. Notch center frequencies were set at 1.0, 4.0, 8.0 kHz. Responses obtained 20, 40, 60 dBnHL during simultaneous presentation each notched-noise masker as well an unmasked condition. analyzed for absolute latency amplitude, amplitude changes resulting from introduction masking. Analyses showed values be similar within 1.0-kHz notch....

We sought to quantify patient demand for urologists on a state-by-state basis in the United States.Google Trends data were analyzed from 2004-2019 determine average relative search volume term "urologist" each state. The 2019 American Urological Association Census was used number of practicing per A capita concentration calculated by dividing providers estimated population state as reported Bureau. Relative values then divided estimate physician index scaled 0-100.The highest Mississippi...

The Synthetic Sentence Identification - Ipsilateral Competing Message (SSI-ICM) test at a -20-dB message-to-competition ratio was used to investigate central auditory function of fluent and disfluent, normally speaking, male college students. disfluent group consisted 10 subjects who demonstrated part-word repetitions while speaking extemporaneously. matched had extemporaneous speech containing no with times those the group. All intact peripheral hearing skills known history stuttering. As...

An individualized phonological cycles remediation plan was designed and implemented for a highly unintelligible 4-year-old child with an unusual hearing loss. At the age of 6:3 (yrs:mos), client fit aids that were worn during sessions also speech-practice periods at home. Phonological deviation percentage-of-occurrence scores decreased markedly 2-year period remediation, associated severity level changed from severe to mild. assessment specific target patterns phonemes each cycle are...

Abstract When taking an impression of the external ear canal and ear, audiologist is engaged in invasive procedure whereby a foreign body first placed into then removed. There always element risk for significant medical problems when clinician performing procedure. Although some minor patient discomfort and, at times, slight trauma to occur impressions, incidence or middle appears be low. The purpose this report provide illustrative cases as result impressions ear. Audiologists are advised...

The purpose of this study was to compare the repair behaviors used by children with hearing loss, between 4 and 9 years age, as they responded a stacked sequence requests for clarification during two different tasks (art game task). Ten 20 subjects were taught communication strategy (showing) before 10 not strategy. samples collected transcribed children’s post-question responses classified into one nine categories strategies. An analysis data indicated no statistically significant...

The loudness growth in 1/2-octave bands (LGOB) procedure has been shown previously to provide valid estimates of for adults with normal hearing and those loss (Allen, Hall, & Jeng, 1990), it widely incorporated into fitting strategies adult aid users by a manufacturer. Here, we applied simple modification LGOB children then compared the functions (as obtained from end-point data) between two age groups. In addition, reliability data within single session test sessions were Large...

Brachytherapy can be employed in the primary or salvage treatment of head and neck cancer. The advantage brachytherapy is stereotactic limitation radiation exposure to noninvolved tissues. Wound complications associated with have been discussed only sporadically literature. This retrospective study examines 28 patients, 20 for initial eight salvage, varying site stage cancer treated addition external beam therapy and/or surgery. overall complication rate was 50% (14/28), infection minor flap...

Partial cystectomy (PC) offers potential benefits for select patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). However, the oncologic efficacy of PC may be compromised due to underutilization standard-of-care modalities, such as neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) and pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND). We aimed assess factors influencing incorporation NAC PLND evaluate their impact on overall survival (OS).

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You have accessThe ASHA LeaderFeature1 Dec 2001Sudden Hearing Loss Michael K. Wynne, Allan O. Diefendorf and H. Fritsch Wynne Google Scholar More articles by this author , https://doi.org/10.1044/leader.FTR2.06232001.6 SectionsAbout ToolsAdd to favorites ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Radio personality Rush Limbaugh recently brought public attention sudden hearing loss when he revealed his own millions of listeners subsequently announced that won’t be deaf for long, as will receive a cochlear...

In this study, ten normal-hearing adult listeners were asked to identify CUNY nonsense syllables presented auditorily and bimodally (audition vision) via video tape in two conditions: Low-pass filtered spectrum compressed by means of nonlinear sampling the frequency domain [L. D. Paarmann, M. Guiher, K. Wynne, J. Comp. Users Speech Hear. 7, 257–281 (1991)]. The data collected analyzed using a 2×2 ANOVA determine if significant differences exist across main effects interaction between...