[Guided home-based vestibular rehabilitation assisted by audiovisual media].

Introduction: To describe the creation and validation process of a new audiovisual support model for the design of guided home-based vestibular rehabilitation programs (GHVR), we introduce a prospective experimental study.

Patients And Methods: 89 patients who underwent vestibular rehabilitation (VR) were evaluated throughout 2009. For the model design, we built a video library with VR exercises that can be combined using DVD creation software to tailor VR protocols.

[Influence of non-neuronal factors on post-thyroidectomy dysphonia].

Objectives: We present a prospective study assessing the real incidence, aetiology, and evolution of vocal impairment following total thyroidectomy.

Patients And Method: Sixty-six patients who underwent total thyroidectomy between 2003 and 2006 were included, recording demographic and analytic variables, with emphasis on subjective vocal changes observed after surgery, measured by means of the GRABS scale. A control group of 25 patients operated under general anaesthesia and oro-tracheal intubation was chosen using random sampling.