Auditory Exostoses and Evidence for Fishing at Vlasac

Exostoses of the external auditory canal.

An incidental post-mortem finding is reported. Its clinical relevance is discussed. It is suggested that some EAC exostoses may have a similar origin and thus an association with IAC exostoses.

Evidence of Double Dissociation in Auditory Agnosia: Implications for Rehabilition

Prevalence of external auditory canal exostoses in surfers.

OBJECTIVE To determine (1) the prevalence of external auditory exostoses in a population of surfers and (2) the relationship between the length of time spent surfing and the prevalence, severity, and location of the exostoses. DESIGN Cross-sectional epidemiological study. SETTING General community. PATIENTS Three hundred seven avid surfers (93.5% males and 6.5% females; age distributions:...

Surfer's ear: exostoses of the external auditory canal.

A 56-year-old white male physician presented with a 5-year history of recurrent and intermittent hearing loss. The symptoms were predominantly right-sided and were increasing in frequency. Hearing loss was interfering with his ability to perform auscultatory examinations. He was able to temporarily restore hearing with the frequent use of carbamide peroxide drops. There was no history of prior ...

Frugal fishing at hand

Outlook Following the first gene catalogue for the human gut microbiome, a rapidly growing volume of research has suggested that bowel flora could be very helpful in curing diseases that still pose challenges. Beyond the obvious metabolism-linked diseases like diabetes, some researchers have also suspected the bowel to be involved in neurological conditions such as autism. It is perhaps an unhe...