Audiovisual Temporal Processing in Postlingually Deafened Adults with Cochlear Implants.

For many cochlear implant (CI) users, visual cues are vitally important for interpreting the impoverished auditory speech information that an implant conveys. Although the temporal relationship between auditory and visual stimuli is crucial for how this information is integrated, audiovisual temporal processing in CI users is poorly understood. In this study, we tested unisensory (auditory alone, visual alone) and multisensory (audiovisual) temporal processing in postlingually deafened CI users (n = 48) and normal-hearing controls (n = 54) using simultaneity judgment (SJ) and temporal order judgment (TOJ) tasks.

Surgical techniques in cochlear implants.

Cochlear implants have a remarkable history and a promising future. As the cochlear implant has evolved, so has the surgical technique. This review encompasses a history of the cochlear implant, a summary of the evolution of the implant incision and the methods used to secure the device and the electrode, the cochleostomy versus round window debate, and a discussion of the validity of intraoperative tests.

Management of cerebrospinal fluid leaks after vestibular schwannoma surgery.

Objective: To evaluate the incidence and treatment of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks after resection of vestibular schwannomas and to propose a treatment algorithm for their management.

Study Design: Retrospective chart review.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.

Complications of alloderm and dermamatrix for parotidectomy reconstruction.

Background: AlloDerm and DermaMatrix are 2 acellular dermal implants currently used by reconstructive surgeons at our institution for reconstruction of parotidectomy defects. We looked at the postoperative complication rates following subcutaneous implantation of these acellular dermal implants for parotid bed reconstruction.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted following approval by the Institutional Review Board at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Salvage laryngectomy for failed conservative treatment of laryngeal cancer.

Objectives/hypothesis: To determine the rate of salvage laryngectomy after failure of radiation or chemoradiation over 10-year course, identify factors associated with increased risk of treatment failure, assess survival after salvage laryngectomy.

Study Design: Retrospective review.

Methods: Twenty patients who underwent salvage total laryngectomy were studied.