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... Geraldo Pereira Jotz, MD, PhD, Department of Morphological Sciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil (e-mail: [email protected]). THIEME[r] ... See full document

... Objective The objective of this study is to assess major comorbidities associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and prevalence in a group of patients diagnosed clinically and polyso[r] ... See full document

... This is a prospective study done in our center from January 2013 to December 2014. This study was comprised of 20 patients divided into two groups. The study group consisted of 10 otosclerotic patients and the ... See full document

... The aim of the study was to monitor the hearing handicap and the recognition threshold of sentences in quiet and in the presence of noise in a patient with ANSD using a hearing aid (HA).[r] ... See full document

... As this review shows, the diode laser can be a useful tool for treatment of different laryngeal pathologies, such as suprastomal granuloma, laryngomalacia, ventricular dyspho- nia, vocal[r] ... See full document

... According to some authors, the phenomenon of contact point headache is controversial. Abu-Bakra and Jones 22 stim- ulated nasal structures with mechanical probe and substance P and caused local pain, but could not elicit ... See full document

... 1 Coronal CT of a neonate with bilateral choanal atresia with soft tissue density in nasal cavity appeared continuous with brain paren- chyma due to lack of ossi fi cation along the fl oor[r] ... See full document

... This step resulted in 14 subjects, five males and nine females who were invited to participate in the research. An interview was conducted to collect identification data and in- depth information on their history of ... See full document

... Another 2% of our patients had stenosis of the laryngeal vestibule after extensive laser resection of supraglottic tumor, a higher inci- dence compared with 0.4% stenosis found in Canis [r] ... See full document

... Non-mastoidectomy CI approaches include the suprameatal approach (SMA) and its modi fi cations, the transcanal approach and its modi fi cations and the pericanal ap- proach for electrode i[r] ... See full document

... performed only for SOHND. Selective nerves were dissected and preserved for other the procedures, as needed. Closed aspirative drains (Blake, Ethicon Inc., Somerville, U.S.A.) were placed in all cases. The medical team ... See full document

... In one study, 16 the authors evaluated 76 patients 20–83 years old with cervical alterations and the main complaints reported in the medical history were dizziness (96.0%), tinnitus (81.6%), and hearing loss ... See full document

... Conclusion Although there was a low incidence of audiograms compatible with NIHL in the records of the pilots examined, the disorder still occurs despite the doubled use of individual he[r] ... See full document

... This study demonstrates that the protocol for speech stimuli described produces similar results from different stimuli, albeit the latency of N2 was higher for /ba/ x /di/, while the P30[r] ... See full document

... vestibular end organ, causing asymmetric input to the brain. This will disrupt the resting tone of the vestibular system and will manifest itself as vertigo, dizziness, and disequilibri- um. 2,3,18 Normally, the brain ... See full document

... dence. 20 Furthermore, the physically active elderly show improvement of dizziness and vertigo symptoms, 21–23 de- creasing, as a result, the risk of falls and associated ... See full document

... ► Table 6 shows the presence and absence of tracheal aspiration during the video fl uoroscopic swallowing study, relating these data with the occurrence of aspiration pneumonia.. after th[r] ... See full document

... - 20 kHz) has discovered that noise exposure induces activation of mitochondria-mediated cell death pathways in outer hair cells of the cochlea through activation of Bad by ... See full document

... Bismuth subgallate (BS) is a yellow and odorless powder. The compound is stable in air, but suffers discoloration under the influence of sunlight. 2 Its homeostatic and astringent properties have led to increasing use by ... See full document

... The Receptor for Advanced Glycation End-products Four studies evaluated RAGE in head and neck cancer patients 31–34 ( ►Table 2 ). The earliest study to be included 31 analyzed samples from 20 patients with OSCC. ... See full document