Archives for Sensology and Neurootology in Science and Practice
Tinnitus is still a diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma and is very difficult to predict improvement in it. Authors use a modification of selective therapeutic electrostimulation (SET) to reduce or to subside tinnitus.. Studied population consisted of 34 patients with persistent tinnitus, among them 24 women and 10 men in age 20 -63 years. There are […]
Objective of this paper was registered of late component of acoustic evoked myogenic potentials (AEMPs), estimate its values of parameters and its usefulness to differencing between sensorineural hearing loss and extracochlear hearing loss and also compare results of ABR and AEMPs in differing perceptive hearing loss. A prospective analysis was done. One hundred twenty seven […]
A near location of anatomical structures in an inner ear and a possibility of impairment caused by the same ethiopathogenic factors implies that sensorineural hearing loss may be accompanied by vertigo or dizziness. The aim of the study was to determine an occurence of vestibular system dysfunction in patients with sensorineural hearing loss in relation […]
Over the last 28 years the author has been fascinated with both Meniere’s disease and patients with perilymphatic fistula (PLF), two conditions which at times closely resemble each other and at times may be indistinguishable. Both conditions manifest themselves with vertigo, tinnitus, pressure or fullness and hearing fluctuation or loss. All of these entities may […]
The aim of this study was to compare the clinical and ENG outcome in different time in patients with peripheral vestibular loss diagnosed as a vestibular neuronitis in order to establish compensation degree. Material and method. Clinical observations were made on 33 patients with peripheral vestibular loss diagnosed as a vestibular neuronitis in the last […]
The efficacy of ultrahigh frequency (UHF) and/or ultrasonic (US) external acoustic stimulation has been found to be directly related to residual neuronal function in the ultrahigh frequency/ultrasonic frequency range. Retrospective review of 26 patients has revealed a correlation between the efficacy of the UltraQuiet unit and the residual auditory threshold neuronal response established by ultrahigh […]
Fifteen subjects with subjective idiopathic tinnitus of the severe disabling type were stimulated twice weekly for either 10, 12 or 14 sessions with the UltraQuiet Therapy. Audiologic testing including comprehensive audiometry and tinnitus testing including outcome determinations, pitch and loudness matching, measurement of residual inhibition, Feldmann masking curves, and the Loudness Discomfort Level test was […]
Masking of tinnitus is possible using high audio frequencies and low-frequency ultrasound. The mechanisms involved in reception and perception of both audio frequencies and ultrasound are identical, with the exception that ultrasound interacts with an intermediary site, the brain. We proposed brain ultrasonic demodulation as the means of place-mapping ultrasound on the first few millimeters […]
PET of brain neuro-imaging was performed in six tinnitus patients pre and post ultrahigh frequency stimulation attempting tinnitus relief. Significant has been findings of alterations in metabolism as identified by perfusion asymmetries in multiple regions of interest in brain (primary auditory cortex, medial temporal lobe system, frontal, parietal lobes, and cerebellum. Statistical significance was identified […]
Outcome determinations are critical for evaluation of any methods for Tinnitus Targeted Therapy recommended to the tinnitus patient for relief. Multiple parameters of identification will be reviewed for outcome determinations. This update will present the Client Oriented Scale of Impairment (COSI), which has been adapted for use with tinnitus patients. The COSI has revealed significant […]
