Turkish Validity and Reliability Study of the Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale.

Objective: The Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ) is a self-report scale that evaluates hearing in complex daily life situations in the areas of hearing quality, speech perception, and spatial perception. It is also frequently used in the follow-up of hearing-impaired people, hearing aid and cochlear implant users. It is aimed to translate and adapt SSQ into Turkish, and to investigate its test-retest reliability, and construct validity and reliability, and further to present associations of SSQ scores with the pure tone averages (PTA).

Turkish adaptation of quality of life questionnaire for children with hearing loss and the assesment of the effects of hearing loss on quality of life among children aged 7-12.

Monitoring the effects of Hearing Loss on Quality of Life, which is frequently seen on children and causes inefficiency in speech, education, and social development, is not only important for listening skills, using hearing devices, and linguistic and speech skills but also important for the treatment. And, if no treatment possible, then it is also critical for rehabilitation with different equipment. By making use of the Quality of Life Questionnaire, developed by Streufert at University of Washington in 2008 to Turkish and Turkish culture, this study was conducted in order to assess the effect of hearing loss of children between the age of 7 and 12 on their quality of life, as well as determining the effects of the hearing loss-related variables on the quality of life.

Impact of the demographic and aetiological factors and intraoperative findings on postoperative outcomes in chronic otitis media surgery.

Background/aim: Surgical success is related with many factors belonging to both the patient and the disease. This study aims to analyse the preoperative and intraoperative characteristics, the postoperative results, and the factors affecting the surgical success in different types of chronic otitis media (COM).

Materials And Methods: A total of 1510 ears of 1398 patients who underwent COM surgery were included in the study.

Evaluation of outer hair cell function and medial olivocochlear efferent system in patients with type II diabetes mellitus.

Aim: This study was designed to investigate the function of outer hair cells and medial olivocochlear efferents in type II diabetes mellitus (DM).

Materials And Methods: There were 50 patients with type II DM and 51 age- and sex-matched healthy controls included in the study. Both groups were compared in terms of transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs), distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs), and contralateral suppression of TEOAE.

Expression of cyclooxygenase-2, 12-lipoxygenase, and inducible nitric oxide synthase in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Aim: The objective of this study was to investigate whether cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), 12-lipoxygenase (12-LOX), and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) have a role in carcinogenesis of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC).

Materials And Methods: Twenty-two patients with HNSCC were included in the study. Cancer tissues and adjacent normal mucosa were obtained from each patient.

Surgical exposure in retrosigmoid approach: do we need cerebellar retractors?

Background: The aim of this study was to present our technique of posterior fossa surgery and to evaluate whether cerebellar retractors are needed.

Methods: Since March 1989, more than 500 surgeries were performed through retrosigmoid approach, and our surgical technique was described. The data were evaluated whether or not cerebellar retractors were used in the operations.

Practical use of MESNA in atelectatic ears and adhesive otitis media.

Objective: MESNA is a synthetic sulfur compound that produces mucolysis by disrupting disulfide bonds. This study aimed to address indications and technique of MESNA application in otologic surgery, especially in retraction pockets and adhesive otitis media.

Methods: MESNA application was performed in 42 ears of 39 patients.

Ultrastructural analysis of the chorda tympani nerve in chronic suppurative otitis media.

Objective: To compare ultrastructure of the chorda tympani nerve by light and electron microscopy in patients with otosclerosis and chronic suppurative otitis media.

Study Design: Comparative prospective study.

Setting: Tertiary care, referral medical center.

Immediate repair of the tympanic membrane to prevent persistent perforation after intentional removal of long-lasting tubes.

Objective: Our purpose was to evaluate efficiency of immediate repair of the tympanic membrane perforation after intentional removal of the long-lasting tubes.

Methods: This study was done in 36 ears of 27 patients who had either Goode-T or Paparella-II silicone tube insertion due to chronic OME or ROM and tube removal. Only the ears in which tube removal was performed due to no longer need for middle ear ventilation were included to the study.

Combined retrosigmoid retrolabyrinthine vestibular nerve section: results of our experience over 10 years.

Objective: We aimed to evaluate the results of our experience in vestibular nerve sectioning (VN), which was performed using combined retrosigmoid-retrolabyrinthine approach.

Study Design: Medical records of 280 patients who were consecutively operated on for incapacitating peripheral vertigo were retrospectively evaluated, and 210 patients who completed 2 years follow-up and had adequate follow-up data were found to be suitable for inclusion in the study.

Methods: Hearing results, vertigo control rates, and complications of the retrosigmoid-retrolabyrinthine VN were evaluated.

Evaluation of the results of endoscope-assisted acoustic neuroma surgery through posterior fossa approach.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the results of endoscope-assisted acoustic neuroma surgery in posterior fossa approach. Between 1996 and 2002, 60 consecutive patients with acoustic neuroma were operated via the retrosigmoid suboccipital approach. Standard 4-mm sinus endoscopes at different angles were used during the surgeries either for inspection or tumor endoscopic dissection.

Surgical treatment of peripheral vertigo and vertiginous diseases.

Although our understanding of the mechanisms of vertigo and pathophysiology of vertiginous disorders has increased, diagnosis and treatment of various vertiginous diseases is challenging. The objective for the treatment of a vertiginous disease is to eliminate the underlying pathology either with maneuvers or drugs. In vertiginous diseases, surgery is performed either to eliminate the underlying pathologic event or to create stability in the incoming vestibular signals.

Low dose sultamicillin in acute sinusitis.

Objectives: To study the effectiveness of low dose sultamicillin in the treatment of acute sinusitis.

Methods: A total of 108 patients, between 16-56 years of age (mean 32.8), suffering from acute sinusitis took part in the trial.

Progressive autosomal dominant optic atrophy and sensorineural hearing loss in a Turkish family.

Purpose: To describe the clinical features, mode of inheritance, and linkage analysis of ten affected members of a three-generation family with progressive optic atrophy and progressive hearing loss.

Materials And Methods: The proband, a 10-year-old boy, presented with progressive visual failure. Ten other members in his family, including his mother, half-sister, aunt, two uncles, grandfather, and some of the cousins, also had progressive visual loss and hearing loss.