Since the conception of the cochlear implant, the criteria for evaluating potential candidates has greatly expanded. We have seen a move to implanting a greater range of ages, including young children, implanting simultaneous ...

Cochlear implants having been widely used over the past few decades to restore or provide hearing to profoundly deaf individuals. Recently the benefit of combining electrical stimulation from a cochlear implant with low ...

Vestibular migraine (VM) is one of the most common causes of recurrent vertigo with significant effects on patients’ health-related quality of life measures and psychological well-being. It is widely accepted that VM is ...

For the last 30 years, cochlear implantation (CI) surgery has been successfully used for the treatment of severe to profound deafness. With improvements in cochlear implant technology, the surgical criteria have expanded ...

Cochlear implants have improved sound perception for thousands of people with severe and profound sensorineural hearing loss. To ensure a good quality sound signal, the implant must be individually programmed throughout ...

In current residency surgical training programs, residents learn by observing their mentor and practicing under his/her supervision. For patient safety, the mentor needs to ensure that residents have sufficient practice ...

This thesis uses an experimental model of cochlear implantation to examine the hearing protection afforded by the application of dexamethasone to the round window prior to surgery.

Patients with combined cerebellar and vestibular impairment were first identified in about 1979 and were studied as a pathophysiological model. The syndrome of Cerebellar Ataxia with Bilateral Vestibulopathy (CABV) and ...

Otitis media (OM) is one of the commonest infections of infants and young children, being second only to the common cold. Acute OM (AOM) is also the commonest illness of children for which medical attention is sought in ...

In mammals, overexposure to loud noise, ototoxic medication or even ageing can incur irreversible damage to the sensory hair cells and spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs) resulting in sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). Currently, ...