{"title":"Acknowledgement to the Reviewers","authors":"","doi":"10.1159/000512261","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000512261","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8624,"journal":{"name":"Audiology and Neurotology","volume":"82 1","pages":"345 - 346"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78381562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Front & Back Matter","authors":"","doi":"10.1159/000510230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000510230","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8624,"journal":{"name":"Audiology and Neurotology","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78062817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Front & Back Matter","authors":"","doi":"10.1159/000508774","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000508774","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8624,"journal":{"name":"Audiology and Neurotology","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75222637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Front & Back Matter","authors":"","doi":"10.1159/000506215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000506215","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8624,"journal":{"name":"Audiology and Neurotology","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74753416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joan G. Hewitt, R. Labadie, A. Moberly, J. Purdy, I. Schrauwen, Kareem O. Tawfik, D. Cotanche
{"title":"Contents Vol. 24, 2019","authors":"Joan G. Hewitt, R. Labadie, A. Moberly, J. Purdy, I. Schrauwen, Kareem O. Tawfik, D. Cotanche","doi":"10.1159/000505674","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000505674","url":null,"abstract":"Ksenia Aaron – Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA Daniela Carvalho – UCSD Pediatric Otolaryngology, San Diego, CA, USA Wade W. Chien – National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA Maura K. Cosetti – New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA Justin S. Golub – Columbia University, New York, NY, USA Joan G. Hewitt – Project TALK, Inc., Encinitas, CA, USA Daniel Jethanamest – NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA Matthew Kircher – Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, USA Ruwan Kiringoda – Sutter Health, Fremont, CA, USA Robert F. Labadie – Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA Teddy McRackan – Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA Aaron C. Moberly – The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA Julie K. Purdy – Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, CA, USA Alejandro Rivas – Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA The Science of Hearing and Balance","PeriodicalId":8624,"journal":{"name":"Audiology and Neurotology","volume":"31 1","pages":"I - VI"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75025800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Á. Ramos Macías, Á. Ramos de Miguel, Isaura Rodriguez Montesdeoca, Silvia Borkoski Barreiro, J. C. Falcón González
{"title":"Chronic Electrical Stimulation of the Otolith Organ: Preliminary Results in Humans with Bilateral Vestibulopathy and Sensorineural Hearing Loss","authors":"Á. Ramos Macías, Á. Ramos de Miguel, Isaura Rodriguez Montesdeoca, Silvia Borkoski Barreiro, J. C. Falcón González","doi":"10.1159/000503600","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000503600","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Bilateral vestibulopathy is an important cause of imbalance that is misdiagnosed. The clinical management of patients with bilateral vestibular loss remains difficult as there is no clear evidence for an effective treatment. In this paper, we try to analyze the effect of chronic electrical stimulation and adaptation to electrical stimulation of the vestibular system in humans when stimulating the otolith organ with a constant pulse train to mitigate imbalance due to bilateral vestibular dysfunction (BVD). Methods: We included 2 patients in our study with BVD according to Criteria Consensus of the Classification Committee of the Bárány Society. Both cases were implanted by using a full-band straight electrode to stimulate the otoliths organs and simultaneously for the cochlear stimulation we use a perimodiolar electrode. Results: In both cases Vestibular and clinical test (video head impulse test, videonistagmography cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials, cVEMP and oVEMP), subjective visual vertical test, computerized dynamic posturography, dynamic gait index, Time UP and Go test and dizziness handicap index) were performed. Posture and gait metrics reveal important improvement if compare with preoperartive situation. Oscillopsia, unsteadiness, independence and quality of life improved to almost normal situation. Discussion/Conclusion: Prosthetic implantation of the otolith organ in humans is technically feasible. Electrical stimulation might have potential effects on balance and this is stable after 1 year follow-up. This research provides new possibilities for the development of vestibular implants to improve gravito-inertial acceleration sensation, in this case by the otoliths stimulation.","PeriodicalId":8624,"journal":{"name":"Audiology and Neurotology","volume":"15 1","pages":"79 - 90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87441611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of Glycerol Test on Resonance Frequency in Patients with Ménière’s Disease","authors":"I. Oz, E. Hızal, O. Çam, L. Ozluoglu","doi":"10.1159/000503845","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000503845","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: To evaluate resonance frequency (RF) values via dehydration effects in the inner ear caused by the glycerol test, which is used as a diagnostic method for Ménière’s disease (MD). Methods: Twenty adult patients with unilateral MD were included in the study. Before, and then at 1, 2, and 3 h after administration of glycerol (1 g/kg), pure-tone hearing levels (125–8,000 kHz) and multifrequency tympanometry tests were performed. As a control, the RF values of the ears of 25 healthy subjects (i.e., 50 ears) were compared to the affected and unaffected ears in the 20 MD patients. Results: There was a significant difference between the RF values of affected and healthy ears before glycerol administration (p = 0.047). The RF values before and after glycerol administration into affected ears were compared. The average RF values decreased significantly from 748.0 ± 402.1 to 808.0 ± 410.1 Hz at 1 h after glycerol intake, and this value increased during the subsequent hours. There were no statistically significant differences between the pure-tone levels before and 1 h after glycerol administration, but a significant decrease was observed at 3 h. Conclusion: We suggest that MD has different inner-ear dynamics and normal RF values when compared to healthy ears. Furthermore, decreased inner ear pressure causes reduction of the mass effect and a stiffening of the annular ligament. We conclude that pre- and post-RF tests should be added to the test battery for diagnosis of MD.","PeriodicalId":8624,"journal":{"name":"Audiology and Neurotology","volume":"52 1","pages":"285 - 292"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87513419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}