Diagnostic test validation: cochlear hydrops analysis masking procedure in Ménière's disease.

Objective: To determine the diagnostic value of the cochlear hydrops analysis masking procedure (CHAMP) in patients with definite Ménière's disease.

Study Design: Prospective validation study for a diagnostic test, study phase 2.

Setting: Tertiary referral centers.

[Risk factors leading to failure in myringoplasty: a case-control study].

Introduction And Objectives: To determine the risk factors associated with myringoplasty failure among the study population, a case-control study was carried out in 2 tertiary hospital centers.

Patients And Method: Patients undergoing tympanic membrane perforation or atelectasis within 3 to 6 months following surgery were considered as cases, otherwise, they were considered to be controls. Patients having undergone any type of ossiculoplasty were excluded.

[First two years of experience with BAHA: results in 12 patients].

Objective: To describe our first 2 years' experience following implementation of the BAHA program at our hospitals with special emphasis on the benefits and complications of use in each patient.

Material And Method: Retrospective review since the beginning of the programme at two Teaching Hospitals in 2004. Twelve patients were implanted with BAHA, and their complications are described, along with hearing loss and their audiological gain with the hearing aid.