Association of Subjective Hearing Loss and Apolipoprotein E ε4 Allele on Alzheimer's Disease Neurodegeneration.

Objective: Hearing loss (HL) and apolipoprotein E ε4 (ApoE4) allele are both dementia risk factors. No research has investigated the association of these variables regarding dementia, specifically Alzheimer's disease. Our goal was to evaluate HL and ApoE4 allele positivity toward degree of Alzheimer's neurodegeneration.

Opioid Prescribing Patterns and Usage Following Cochlear Implantation.

Objective: To evaluate opioid prescribing patterns following cochlear implantation (CI) and assess factors associated with recurrent opioid use.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: National pharmaceutical database recording opioid fulfillment (Truven Health Marketscan Commercial Claims and Encounters and Medicare Claims and Encounters database) PARTICIPANTS:: CI recipients who filled opioid prescriptions between January 2011 and December 2016.

Trends in Opioid Usage Following Tympanoplasty and Mastoidectomy.

Objective: Evaluate opioid prescribing patterns following tympanoplasty/mastoidectomy and assess factors associated to recurrent opioid use.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: National pharmaceutical database recording opioid fulfillment (Truven Health Marketscan Commercial Claims/Encounters and Medicare Claims/Encounters database).

Middle Cranial Fossa Encephalocele and Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage: Etiology, Approach, Outcomes.

 To compare outcome data for surgical approaches in the management of a middle cranial fossa encephalocele or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak and, secondarily, to evaluate the role of obesity and the etiology of the defect.  Retrospective  Quaternary referral center  The study included 73 patients who underwent surgical repair of middle cranial fossa tegmen defects, two of which underwent bilateral repair.  Demographic characteristics, clinical presentation, etiology, imaging, audiometry, surgical findings, method and material for repair, and postoperative course.

Neuropathological Findings of Dementia Associated With Subjective Hearing Loss.

Objective: The relationship between hearing loss and cognitive decline is of great importance with growing evidence of hearing loss as an independent modifiable risk factor for dementia. Our goal was to evaluate for differences in dementia neuropathology between subjective normal hearing and hearing loss subjects, as well as subjects who wore hearing aids.

Study Design: Retrospective database.

Facial Nerve Schwannomas Mimicking as Vestibular Schwannomas.

 The objective of this study was to identify preoperative and intraoperative findings that may aid in distinguishing facial nerve schwannomas (FNS) from vestibular schwannomas (VSs), particularly in cases limited to the internal auditory canal (IAC) and cerebellopontine angle (CPA).  This was a retrospective study.  This study was set at a Tertiary Referral Center.

Disparities in access to pediatric hearing health care.

Purpose Of Review: There are significant disparities in care facing children with hearing loss. The objective of this review is to assess the current disparities in pediatric hearing healthcare delivery, describe the barriers of efficient and effective pediatric hearing health care, and explore the innovations to improve pediatric hearing healthcare delivery.

Recent Findings: Children with hearing loss from certain geographic regions or ethnic background are significantly delayed in diagnosis and treatment.