Preservation of Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions in OTOF -Related Hearing Impairment.

Objectives: Attenuation of otoacoustic emissions over time has been reported for many patients with hearing impairment harboring mutations in the OTOF gene. In this study, the time course of changes of distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) has been analyzed in a cohort of patients in the light of tympanometry results.

Design: The changes of DPOAEs in 16 patients with OTOF -related hearing impairment were retrospectively analyzed.

OTOPLAN in Cochlear Implantation for Far-advanced Otosclerosis.

Aim: To evaluate OTOPLAN software in the surgical planning of far-advanced otosclerosis (FAO) candidates to cochlear implant (CI) were considered. We aimed to preliminarily investigate if this software could influence the electrode length choice, or predict surgical difficulties.

Methods: We reviewed the outcome of five consecutive FAO patients that underwent unilateral CI.

A panel of jitter/shimmer may identify functional dysphonia at risk of failure after speech therapy.

Background: There are no reliable outcome predictors for functional dysphonia (FD) patients.

Objectives: To investigate if any clinical or phoniatric characteristics could identify FD patients at risk of negative outcome after speech therapy.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the results of 78 FD patients treated with the proprioceptive elastic method.