Hearing impairment following surgically repaired congenital heart disease in children: a prospective study.

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) in children who underwent congenital cardiac surgery (CCS) by using a pre- and postoperative hearing test, a conventional audiometry, an extended high-frequency audiometry (HFA) or auditory steady-state response (ASSR), and distortion-product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAE).

Study Design: This prospective study enrolled children with CCS in Siriraj Hospital, Thailand, between 2019 and 2023. Conventional audiometry including HFA or ASSR and DPOAE were performed pre- and postoperatively.

Destructive foreign body granuloma: A case report.

External auditory canal polyps are predominantly inflammatory processes but occasionally indicate more severe pathology. Prolonged conservative management may postpone accurate diagnosis and appropriate therapeutic intervention. This case report presents a 37-year-old woman, previously healthy with a normal ear, who underwent a right myringotomy with the insertion of a pressure-equalizing tube in one hospital after an upper respiratory tract infection.

Ototoxicity and long-term hearing outcome in pediatric patients receiving cisplatin.

Background: Hearing is essential in child development. Cisplatin which is a common chemotherapy used in many pediatric solid-tumor protocols cause various degrees of ototoxicity. Several risk factors for cisplatininduced ototoxicity have been reported, including race and age.

Multicentre cohort study of cochlear implantation outcomes in Thailand.

Objectives: To report the status and outcomes of cochlear implantation in Thailand.

Design: Cohort study.

Setting: Tertiary care and university hospitals.

A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Notched Music Therapy for Tinnitus Patients.

Objective: To compare the tinnitus treatment outcomes of tailor-made notched music therapy and ordinary music.

Methods: A double-blind, randomized, controlled trial was conducted on 104 Thai patients with chronic subjective tinnitus. Tinnitus matching was done on all subjects before they were randomly allocated to one of 2 groups: a treatment group (listening to tailor-made notched music) and a control group (listening to ordinary music).

Video head impulse test and caloric test in definite Ménière's disease.

Purpose: The objective of the study was to compare the results of caloric reflex tests and video head impulse tests (vHITs) of lateral semicircular canals (SCCs).

Methods: Patients aged over 18 years diagnosed with definite Ménière's disease (MD) according to the AAO-HNS 1995 criteria were recruited. Audiological tests, caloric tests and vHITs were conducted on all participants.

Sensorineural hearing loss after concurrent chemoradiotherapy in nasopharyngeal cancer patients.

Background: Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is one of the major long term side effects from radiation therapy (RT) in nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) patients. This study aims to review the incidences of SNHL when treating with different radiation techniques. The additional objective is to determine the relationship of the SNHL with the radiation doses delivered to the inner ear.

Midfacial degloving surgical approach: experience at Siriraj Hospital.

Midfacial degloving surgical approach is an excellent alternative to the lateral rhinotomy in exposure to the nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses and the nasopharynx. By lifting the soft tissue from the midportion of the face, many extensive benign tumors such as inverted papilloma, nasopharyngeal angiofibroma and some limited malignant lesions could be safely removed. This procedure could be combined with other approaches such as transtemporal, intracranial approach to resect more extensive tumors around the orbit, central skull base, as well.