Outcome measures following tele-rehabilitation and conventional face to face rehabilitation in paediatric cochlear implant users during COVID-19 pandemic: A pilot study in a tertiary care setup.

Background: Following the COVID-19 pandemic, majority of paediatric cochlear implantees (CI) lost follow ups for rehabilitation and tele-therapy was initiated. Present study thus compared the outcome measures of paediatric CI users on tele-therapy versus conventional face to face therapy following COVID-19 pandemic.

Method: Twenty seven unilateral paediatric cochlear implantees in the age range of 2-11 years were divided into two groups based on the therapy modality, viz, tele- and face-to-face therapy.

Normalisation of voice parameters in patients with unilateral vocal fold palsy: is it realistic?

Background: Disorders of voice can limit an individual's participation and impair social interaction, thus affecting overall quality of life. Perceptual and objective evaluations can provide the clinician with detailed information regarding voice disorders.

Methods: This study comprised 40 subjects aged 34-46 years, 20 of whom (10 male, 10 female) had unilateral vocal fold palsy.

Parental Expectation and Perception of CI Benefits in Their Implanted Wards.

Parents of implanted children develop a set of expectations prior to implantation about future performance and outcomes of their child. This set of expectations has an important impact on post-implant satisfaction levels. The position of the parent in the household makes them uniquely placed to assess the impact of implantation in the context within which the child grows up.

Efficacy of Intralesional Steroid Injection in Small Benign Vocal Fold Lesions.

Objectives: The present study was conducted to study the efficacy of intralesional steroid (ILS) injection in small benign vocal fold lesions and compare the outcomes with microlaryngeal surgery in terms of improvement in symptoms and reduction in lesion size.

Methods: The current randomized control trial was conducted in the Department of Otolaryngology at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh between 2014 and 2015. The clinical diagnosis was based on appearance of the lesion during endoscopy and the mucosal vibration pattern.

Oropharyngeal exercises in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea: our experience.

Introduction: Oropharyngeal exercises are new, non-invasive, cost effective treatment modality for the treatment of mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnoea. It acts by increasing the tone of pharyngeal muscles, is more physiological, and effects are long lasting.

Aim Of The Study: The aim of our present study was to evaluate the effect of oropharyngeal exercises in the treatment of mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnoea.

Communication outcomes following cochlear implantation in a child with cystic cochleovestibular anomaly.

Cochlear implantation is one of the best amongst the various management options available for children and adults with severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss. Inner ear and internal auditory canal (IAC) malformations accounts to approximately 25% of congenital sensorineural hearing loss in children. The primary goal of this report was to evaluate the communication outcomes after cochlear implantation in a child with cystic cochleovestibular anomaly (CCVA).

Deeper insertion of electrode array result in better rehabilitation outcomes - Do we have evidence?

Objective: To study the outcome analysis in cochlear implantees in relation to depth of insertion.

Methods: 30 patients of non-syndromic congenital profound hearing loss in the age range of 2-12 years received cochlear implantation by a posterior tympanotomy round window approach. Depth of insertion was calculated using post-operative X-rays (modified Stenver's view) and categorized into four groups, viz.