Abstract Objective Epilepsy is a common condition associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and costs. Poor documentation of seizures is a major challenge in epilepsy care. Objective seizure counting with mobile devices may mitigate this challenge and improve patient management.
Matthew McWilliam +8 more
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Hearing Preservation Rates After Cochlear Implantation Using Soft Surgery Techniques. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Objectives To determine if hearing preservation rates after cochlear implantation varied over time with soft surgery techniques. Methods The hearing preservation rate over time in adult cochlear implant patients over 10 years was analyzed. The association between hearing preservation rate and sex, age, perioperative steroid dose, and type of ...
Huang TC, Lunos S.
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Types of stress placed on parents of deaf children when deciding on cochlear implantation [PDF]
Plan BParents need to make complex, tough decisions about their children’s welfare all of the time. This is especially true for parents of deaf children.
Hoffman, Amber L.
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Bone‐Anchored Implant Survival in Oncologic Facial Prosthetic Rehabilitation
ABSTRACT Background Published survival rates for bone‐anchored craniofacial implants exceed 85%, but derive largely from mixed populations. Whether these apply to head and neck oncologic surgery remains uncertain. Methods Retrospective survival analysis of implants placed for prosthetic rehabilitation following extirpative surgery at a UK center (2005 ...
Oliver Blanshard +3 more
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Cochlear Implantation for Patients with a Vestibular Schwannoma:Effect on Tinnitus Handicap
BACKGROUND: Tinnitus is a common symptom among individuals with a vestibular schwannoma. In recent years, cochlear implantation, often combined with tumor resection, is an increasingly used option in the management of these patients.
Bunne, Marie +7 more
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The outcome of cochlear implantation in otoferlin-related cochlear synaptopathy
Objectives Auditory neuropathy is a hearing disorder characterized by disruption of the temporal coding of acoustic signals in the auditory fibers, which results from alterations at pre- and post-synaptic sites. The most well- known pre-synaptic form of
Michela Calegaro +7 more
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Intervention Outcomes for Meniere's Disease: An Umbrella Review
ABSTRACT Objective To assess and summarize the outcomes of major pharmacologic, device‐based, and surgical interventions reported in systematic reviews and meta‐analyses for the treatment of Meniere's disease. Data Sources CINAHL, Cochrane, PubMed, Scopus.
Warren B. Chun +7 more
wiley +1 more source
Patient Experience of Undergoing MRI With a New Active Transcutaneous Bone‐Anchored Hearing Implant
Active transcutaneous bone‐anchored hearing implants belong to a class of devices that may pose challenges in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) settings. In this prospective study, all MRI scans in patients (n = 15) with the Sentio Ti implant were completed without complications, and patients reported generally positive experiences with low levels of ...
Carine Hajema +10 more
wiley +1 more source
Association of Area Deprivation Index With Cochlear Implant Candidacy and Outcomes
This retrospective study of 515 adult CI recipients (2017–2022) found that greater neighborhood‐level deprivation (higher ADI) independently predicted poorer pre‐implant speech recognition and quality of life, but had no association with post‐CI outcomes.
Barak M. Spector +5 more
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Multicenter Study Results on Expanded Indications in Med‐EL Pediatric Cochlear Implant Population
ABSTRACT Objectives To demonstrate safety and efficacy of MED‐EL cochlear implants (CIs) in children aged < 12 months and in children aged 12–71 months with residual hearing. Methods This was a multicenter, nonrandomized, single‐subject, repeated‐measures study with prospective (N = 38; 26 < 12 months of age) and retrospective (N = 209; 70 < 12 months ...
Nancy M. Young +11 more
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