MB11 BERAphone and auditory brainstem response in newborns at audiologic risk: comparison of results.

Objective: To compare the diagnostic effectiveness of Automated Auditory Brainstem Responses (MB11 technique) with that of standard Auditory Brainstem Responses (ABR) in a sample of newborns evaluated after the second month of life.

Methods: From October 2002 to February 2005, audiologic evaluations were performed in full-term newborns who presented altered otoacoustic emissions and in newborns considered at audiologic risk admitted to the ENT (Ear Nose Throat) Unit of Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy. Our sample included 201 children (104 males and 97 females) who underwent on the same day an audiologic test using MB11 BERAphone Maico and standard ABR test.

Safety of electronic molecular resonance adenoidectomy.

Adenoidectomy is one of the most frequent operations in children. In order to reduce hospital stay costs, today, this procedure is performed as day surgery. Even though adenoidectomy is not considered risky, some minor complications may occur, the most important being bleeding (0.

Benign positional paroxysmal vertigo of horizontal semicircular canal in the child: case report.

The authors report on a 10-year-old with benign positional paroxysmal vertigo (BPPV) of the horizontal semicircular canal (HSC). To date, no case of BPPV of HSC in the child has been reported in the literature. The authors define the features of the disease, describe its evolution, and compare it with the other vestibular diseases affecting children.

Acute mastoiditis: a 10 year retrospective study.

This retrospective study reviews our experience in the management of acute otomastoiditis over 10 years. During the study period we identified 40 cases in children aged 3 months-15 years with a peak incidence in the second year of life. Sixty per cent of them had a history of acute otitis media (AOM).

Monothermal air caloric test in children.

We compared the efficacy of bithermal (BAT) and monothermal cold (MCAT) and warm (MWAT) air caloric tests in identifying labyrinthine function anomalies in the child. At first, we established confidence intervals of normality for both monothermal tests in 40 children (22 males, 18 females) aged 6-14 years, clinically healthy and normal as previously shown by BAT. Subsequently, we compared the results of BAT with those of MCAT and MWAT performed in 46 children (22 males, 24 females) aged 6-14 years, affected by multiple labyrinthine diseases.