Preoperative Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Cannulation in Inferior Vena Cava Tumor Thrombus: A Case Report.

Intravascular tumor thrombus can occur in different tumor types, but it is most common in renal cell carcinoma (RCC). This can extend into the renal vein and inferior vena cava (IVC), increasing the risk of pulmonary embolism. In cases of massive pulmonary embolism, the use of venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is lifesaving, allowing time for hemodynamic stability and definitive treatment.

Is the spread of excitation different between adults and children cochlear implants users?

Purpose: While cochlea is adult size at birth, etiologies and bone density may differ between children and adults. Differences in neural response thresholds (tNRT) and the spread of excitation (SOE) width may impact the use of artificial intelligence algorithms in speech processor fitting.

Aim: To identify whether neural response telemetry threshold and spread of excitation width are similar in adults and children.

Is the spread of excitation width correlated to the speech recognition in cochlear implant users?

Purpose: To assess whether there is an interference of the spread of excitation (SOE) on speech recognition.

Methods: Retrospective cross-sectional study, approved by the institution's ethics committee (CAAE03409212.8.

Satisfaction and quality of life in users of auditory brainstem implant.

Purpose To evaluate satisfaction and quality of life of users of Auditory Implant Brainstem. Methods This is a cross-sectional and descriptive study conducted at Divisão de Clínica Otorrinolaringológica of Hospital das Clínicas of Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. For the research, 19 users of an Auditory Brainstem Implant answered the following questionnaires: KINDLR (Questionnaire for Measuring Health-Related Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents), for children and adolescents, their parents and/or caregivers; WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire, for adult participants; and the Satisfaction with Amplification in Daily Life (SADL) questionnaire culturally adapted to Brazilian Portuguese.

Residual Hearing Preservation with the Evo® Cochlear Implant Electrode Array: Preliminary Results.

 The preservation of residual hearing is currently an important challenge for cochlear implant surgeries. Indeed, if patients exhibit functional hearing after cochlear implantation, they can benefit from the combination of acoustical stimulation, usually in the low-frequencies and electrical stimulation in the high-frequencies. This combined mode of stimulation has proven to be beneficial both in terms of speech perception and of sound quality.

Minimally Invasive Surgery for Intracochlear Schwannoma Removal and Simultaneous Cochlear Implantation.

Introduction: Hearing preservation has not yet been reported in patients undergoing resection of intracochlear schwannomas. This study describes a minimally invasive procedure for intracochlear schwannoma resection with simultaneous cochlear implantation that resulted in good hearing.

Objective: This study aims to describe a minimally invasive procedure for intracochlear schwannoma resection with simultaneous cochlear implantation.

Important factors in the cognitive development of children with hearing impairment: case studies of candidates for cochlear implants.

Introduction The factors that affect the development of children with and without hearing disabilities are similar, provided their innate communication abilities are taken into account. Parents need to mourn the loss of the expected normally hearing child, and it is important that parents create bonds of affection with their child. Objective To conduct a postevaluation of the development and cognition of 20 candidates for cochlear implants between 1 and 13 years of age and to observe important factors in their development.

Converted and upgraded maps programmed in the newer speech processor for the first generation of multichannel cochlear implant.

Objective: To identify the technological contributions of the newer version of speech processor to the first generation of multichannel cochlear implant and the satisfaction of users of the new technology. Among the new features available, we focused on the effect of the frequency allocation table, the T-SPL and C-SPL, and the preprocessing gain adjustments (adaptive dynamic range optimization).

Study Design: Prospective exploratory study.

Audiological outcomes of cochlear implantation in Waardenburg Syndrome.

Introduction:  The most relevant clinical symptom in Waardenburg syndrome is profound bilateral sensorioneural hearing loss.

Aim:  To characterize and describe hearing outcomes after cochlear implantation in patients with Waardenburg syndrome to improve preoperative expectations.

Method:  This was an observational and retrospective study of a series of cases.

Cochlear implants and bacterial meningitis: A speech recognition study in paired samples.

Introduction:  Cochlear implants may guarantee sound perception and the ability to detect speech at a close-to-normal hearing intensity; however, differences have been observed among implantees in terms of performance on discrimination tests and speech recognition.

Objective:  To identify whether patients with post-meningitis deafness perform similarly to patients with hearing loss due to other causes.

Method:  A retrospective clinical study involving post-lingual patients who had been using Nucleus-22 or Nucleus-24 cochlear implants for at least 1 year.

Research ethics in animal models.

Unlabelled: The use of animals in scientific experiments has been described since the fifth century BC. A number of scientific advances in health are attributed to animal models. The issue of the moral status of animals has always been debated.

Result on speech perception after conversion from Spectra® to Freedom®.

Unlabelled: New technology in the Freedom® speech processor for cochlear implants was developed to improve how incoming acoustic sound is processed; this applies not only for new users, but also for previous generations of cochlear implants.

Aim: To identify the contribution of this technology-- the Nucleus 22®--on speech perception tests in silence and in noise, and on audiometric thresholds.

Methods: A cross-sectional cohort study was undertaken.

Auditory brainstem implant outcomes and MAP parameters: report of experiences in adults and children.

Unlabelled: The auditory brainstem implant (ABI) was first developed to help neurofibromatosis type 2 patients. Recently, its use has been recently extended to adults with non-tumor etiologies and children with profound hearing loss who were not candidates for a cochlear implant (CI). Although the results has been extensively reported, the stimulation parameters involved behind the outcomes have received less attention.

Neural response thresholds in the Nucleus Contour cochlear implant before and after stylet removal.

Conclusion: The study shows that there are differences in the measurement of the action potentials with and without the stylet in the Nucleus Freedom Contour Advance that are higher in the apex than in the base of the cochlea.

Objectives: To determine if there are differences in the intraoperative impedances and in the neural response telemetry threshold values in the Nucleus Freedom Contour Advance before and after stylet removal.

Subjects And Methods: This was a prospective clinical study.