The possible side effects of ototopically applied ciprofloxacin on inner ear function were investigated. The hearing function of pigmented guinea pigs was evaluated by daily frequency-specific evoked response audiometry after repeated application of the drug to both ears. Ciprofloxacin appeared to have no statistically significant effect on the hearing thresholds of the experimental animals.

AUDIOLOGICAL medicine is a relatively new specialty in the British Isles and the editor of this two volume work is one of the outstanding British specialists in this field. He has gathered together most of the leading audiological physicians in this country and quite a few of distinction from overseas. In the preface he states that his plan is to cover all clinical aspects of this specialty, wi...

AUDIOLOGICAL medicine is a relatively new specialty in the British Isles and the editor of this two volume work is one of the outstanding British specialists in this field. He has gathered together most of the leading audiological physicians in this country and quite a few of distinction from overseas. In the preface he states that his plan is to cover all clinical aspects of this specialty, wi...

The present study evaluated how well auditory steady state response (ASSR) and tone burst cortical evoked response audiometry (CERA) thresholds predict behavioral thresholds in the same participants. A total of 63 ears were evaluated. For ASSR testing, 100% amplitude modulated and 10% frequency modulated tone stimuli at a modulation frequency of 40Hz were used. Behavioral thresholds were closer...

We analyse the neurootological data of patients attended in the Ear, Nose and Throat (E.N.T.) department of the Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia for a tinnitus problem. We submitted these patients to our neurootological routine evaluation. This approach is justified in a tinnitus patient because the cochleovestibular system is a unit and acts as a whole. We characterise the population tha...

We outline our routine approach to tinnitus patients, highlighting the different aspects of our examination: the clinical history, objective ear, nose, and throat and general examination, and audiovestibular testing. We emphasize the interest in testing not only the cochlear but the vestibular function of the inner ear. In our view, this testing is of paramount importance, for the cochleovestib...