OBJECTIVE To analyze the association of insuflation maneuvers status before hyperbaric oxygen therapy with middle ear barotrauma. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fouty-one patients (82 ears) admitted to the Department of Hyperbaric Medicine from May 2011 to July 2012. Assessments occurred: before and after the first session, after sessions with symptoms. During the evaluations were performed: otoscopy ...

UNLABELLED Hearing aid fitting involves numerous issues that must be investigated - from the device supply all the way to results achieved with it in order to improve its results in planning Auditory Health Care. AIMS to verify difficulties related to device use, batteries and ear molds handling, the very characteristics of sound amplification, and to discuss factors that impact audiological ...

Abstract To improve the sound quality of hearing devices, equalization filters can be used to achieve acoustic transparency, i.e., listening with device in ear is perceptually similar open ear. The filter needs ensure that superposition equalized signal played by and leaking through into canal matches a processed version reaching eardrum Depending on processing delay device, comb-filtering arti...

Loss of mechanosensory hair cells in the inner ear accounts for many hearing loss and balance disorders. Several beneficial pharmaceutical drugs cause hair cell death as a side effect. These include aminoglycoside antibiotics, such as neomycin, kanamycin and gentamicin, and several cancer chemotherapy drugs, such as cisplatin. Discovering new compounds that protect mammalian hair cells from tox...

The Vibrant Soundbridge is a semi-implantable “direct drive” hearing system for the treatment of loss. People who are unsuccessful users acoustic aids or dissatisfied with their have been successfully fitted device. comprised an external audio processor and internal vibrating ossicular prosthesis, which together convert environmental sound into vibratory signal delivered to inner ear. This uniq...

OBJECTIVE To report preliminary results of a new closed-skin, transcutaneous bone conduction device (BCD) in 6 children with high-grade ear atresia. SETTINGS Tertiary care center; prospective study; we evaluated the gain with masking of the contralateral ear and the benefit of hearing rehabilitation with the transcutaneous BCD in noise: speech-in-noise tests, conducted in real life condition ...

Biometric has been implemented on numerous public facilities to enhance the security system. Fingerprint and face are the most popular biometric. Emerging technology has introduced potential biometric such as palm print, lips, teeth, vein and ear. However, most of this biometrics requires a special device to capture it. Thus, the implementation of such system will be costly. Iannarelli [1, 2] h...

OBJECTIVE To investigate objective and subjective effects of an adjunctive contralateral routing of signal (CROS) device at the untreated ear in patients with a unilateral cochlear implant (CI). DESIGN Prospective study of 10 adult experienced unilateral CI users with bilateral severe-to-profound hearing loss. Speech in noise reception (SNR) and sound localization were measured with and witho...