[Rhinocerebral mucormycosis: report on eight cases].

Mucormycosis is a serious condition, usually acute and often fatal, It presents in its most aggressive form in debilitated hosts, usually with diabetic ketoacidosis or immunosuppression. As otolaryngologists, we must diagnose it as early as possible, establish early treatment with amphotericin B and perform a surgical manoeuvre to obtain infection-free margins. It is rare and largely unknown, contributing to delayed diagnosis.

[Study of the relationship of stapedial reflex thresholds induced during cochlear implant surgery and the highest hearing comfort of paediatric patients].

Introduction And Goals: We have studied the relationship between the minimum stapedial reflex thresholds induced by means of the intra-operative stimulation of the cochlear implant and the post-operative thresholds of highest auditory comfort level.

Methods: We have assessed the maximum auditory comfort at the end of the first and second quarters following activation of the cochlear implant, by which time the strategy for codification of the stimuli and the programming map are considered to be already stable. The study was carried out at our cochlear implants unit.