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Am J Otolaryngol 2021 Apr 16;42(5):103059. Epub 2021 Apr 16.

Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine, 219 N. Broad Street, 10th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107, United States of America; Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Philadelphia, PA 19107, United States of America. Electronic address:

Purpose: Compare outcomes of stapes mobilization and stapedectomy performed by a single surgeon for the otosclerosis.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective chart review of adult patients who underwent stapes mobilization or stapedectomy for otosclerosis was performed. Operative notes reviewed; patients included if diagnosed with otosclerosis without another otologic disease that could contribute to their hearing loss and all required data were available. Read More

Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2021 Apr 19;145:110718. Epub 2021 Apr 19.

Oslo University Hospital, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Department of Research and Innovation, Norway; University of Oslo, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Norway.

Objectives: To compare parent- and self-reported emotional and behavioral problems and quality of life (QoL) among youth with hearing loss (HL) to norms, and to investigate possible associations between emotional and behavioral problems and QoL among youth with HL.

Methods: We used the Strengths and Difficulties questionnaire (SDQ) and the Inventory of Life Quality in Children and Adolescents (ILC) to measure emotional and behavioral problems and QoL in youth with HL (n = 317, ages 6-18), where 78% had bilateral HL, 22% unilateral HL, 16% had cochlear implants, and 59% conventional hearing aids.

Results: The youth with HL had significantly more parent-reported (but not self-reported) emotional and behavioral problems and poorer parent- and self-reported QoL than hearing youth. Read More

Hear Res 2021 Apr 9;405:108245. Epub 2021 Apr 9.

Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, GGS Medical College and Hospital, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, Punjab 151203, India.

Hearing with one ear is associated with auditory deprivation leading to cortical neuronal reorganization. Despite evidence for substantial effects of unilateral input on cortical and sub-cortical structures, the functional consequences of such alterations on human hearing is underexplored. Unilateral hearing impairment offers a unique model to study the perceptual consequences of cortical reorganization. Read More

Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2021 Apr 19:109053. Epub 2021 Apr 19.

International Research Center for Marine Biosciences, Ministry of Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, China; Key Laboratory of Exploration and Utilization of Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Ocean University, China; Institute for Marine Biosystem and Neuroscience, International Center for Marine Studies, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China. Electronic address:

Ototoxicity of drugs is an important inducement for hearing loss. Anisomycin is a candidate drug for parasite, cancer, immunosuppression, and mental disease. However, the ototoxicity of anisomycin has not been examined. Read More

Codas 2021 16;33(1):e20190261. Epub 2021 Apr 16.

Departamento de Fonoaudiologia, Laboratório de Inovação Tecnológica em Saúde- LAIS, Hospital Universitário Onofre Lopes - HUOL, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte - UFRN - Natal (RN), Brasil.

Purpose: To adapt the Brazilian Functional Auditory Performance Indicators protocol to a short version including the production of material and an application manual.

Methods: Methodological, descriptive, cross-sectional study with a quantitative and qualitative approach conducted with seven speech-language therapists who applied the protocol to 34 children with hearing loss and their guardians. The analysis of content validity and the instrument reliability evaluated the semantic equivalence, analysis of satisfaction of speech therapists, and statistical tests of Cronbach's Alpha and Kappa coefficient. Read More