Asymmetry in the Perception of Electrical Chirps Presented to Cochlear Implant Listeners.

Introduction: Although a broadband acoustic click is physically the shortest duration sound we can hear, its peripheral neural representation is not as short because of cochlear filtering. The traveling wave imposes frequency-dependent delays to the sound waveform so that in response to a click, apical nerve fibers, coding for low frequencies, are excited several milliseconds after basal fibers, coding for high frequencies. Nevertheless, a click sounds like a click and these across-fiber delays are not perceived.

Identification of Follow-Up Markers for Rehabilitation Management in Patients with Vestibular Schwannoma.

This study delves into the absence of prognostic or predictive markers to guide rehabilitation in patients afflicted with vestibular schwannomas. The objective is to analyze the reweighting of subjective and instrumental indicators following surgery, at 7 days and 1 month postoperatively. This retrospective cohort encompasses 32 patients who underwent unilateral vestibular schwannoma surgery at the Marseille University Hospital between 2014 and 2019.

Balloon dilation for persistent unilateral chronic obstructive Eustachian tube dysfunction is effective: a prospective multicentre study.

Purpose: Balloon dilatation of the Eustachian tube (BDET) is an option for treating chronic obstructive Eustachian tube dysfunction (COETD). In this prospective multicentric study, the main objective was to evaluate the results of BDET in unilateral COETD refractory to medical treatment.

Methods: Adults with unilateral COETD whose Eustachian Tube Score (ETS) was less than 5 despite medical pressure therapy were included.

Place of Tubomanometry in Patulous Eustachian Tube Diagnosis.

Objective: The aim of our study was to describe the diagnostic performances of tubomanometry (TMM) and to determine tubomanometric parameter thresholds for the diagnosis of patulous eustachian tube (PET).

Study Design: We performed a retrospective, monocentric study, including patients treated for PET vs control group.

Setting: This study was performed at the Otolaryngology Department of a tertiary-care hospital in the south of France.

Navigation strategies in patients with vestibular loss tested in a virtual reality T-maze.

During navigation, humans mainly rely on egocentric and allocentric spatial strategies, two different frames of reference working together to build a coherent representation of the environment. Spatial memory deficits during navigation have been repeatedly reported in patients with vestibular disorders. However, little is known about how vestibular disorders can change the use of spatial navigation strategies.