Outcomes of cochlear implantation in children with Usher syndrome: a long-term observation.

Purpose: To evaluate auditory performance and speech intelligibility of children with Usher syndrome up to 10 years after cochlear implantation.

Methods: Thirty-five children with USH were compared to 46 non-syndromic patients regarding age at implantation. Auditory performance and speech intelligibility was assessed with standard tools.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy as a therapeutic option in cochlear implants extrusion treatment in infected wounds.

Cochlear implant extrusion as a result of infection is an uncommon, but serious complication, which can lead to implant removal as the ultimate solution. (1) to identify the incidence of cochlear implant extrusion and its causes, (2) to report our management of patients presenting skin complications after cochlear implant surgery (3) to propose new therapeutical options with hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). A retrospective analysis of medical documentation of 1250 patients who were operated on with cochlear implants in our department between 1993 and 2015.

Long-term Outcomes in Down Syndrome Children After Cochlear Implantation: Particular Issues and Considerations.

Objective: The aim of the study was to analyze the long-term outcomes after cochlear implantation in deaf children with Down syndrome (DS) regarding age at the first implantation and refer the results to preoperative radiological findings as well as postoperative auditory and speech performance. Additionally, the influence of the age at implantation and duration of CI use on postoperative hearing and language skills were closely analyzed in children with DS.

Study Design: Retrospective analysis.

Aspects of ageing on professional opera singer's voice - preliminary findings.

Objectives: The main goals of this study were to assess the most significant morphological changes and acoustic measures for the ageing process of a professional opera singer's voice.

Design: This investigation included 58 healthy professional opera singers, who were compared with 42 young opera singers from the control group.

Methods: All participants underwent a voice assessment protocol: ENT specialist examination and speech therapist evaluation.

An Opera Singer's Voice Mutation over Time Due to Acromegaly.

Acromegaly is a rare disease with vocal changes being a common clinical finding. The authors present a very rare case of an opera singer with undetected acromegaly for years, whose tessiture progressively changed from tenor, to baritone, to bass. We analyze the evolution of vocal parameters over the years and the outcome after surgical treatment.

Association Between the Development of Pediatric Voice Disorders and Singing in Children's Choir.

Importance: Pediatric vocal fold pathology is important because having a healthy voice free from disorders is crucial in a child's emotional and educational development.

Objective: To determine whether there is an association between singing in a children's choir and the development of voice disorders.

Design, Setting, And Participants: Prospective cohort study of children (aged 8 to 14 years) singers selected from local children's choirs and nonsingers selected from local schools evaluated at Clarós Otorhinolaryngology Clinic in Barcelona, Spain, from October 2016 through April 2018.

CT-based Morphometric Analysis of Professional Opera Singers' Vocal Folds.

Purpose And Study Design: Our work aimed to study the relationship between the length of vocal folds and classical voice type among professional opera singers. Also, the present paper attempts to assess if individual features such as height and body mass index are associated with the vocal folds length (VFL) and the vocal range. Our research compared VFL and voice type by evaluation of neck computed tomography imaging of professional opera singers obtained between 2009 and 2015.