Hearing rehabilitation in children with malformed ears: The endoscopic-assisted approach for cochlear implantation.

Background: Cochlear implantation (CI) in children with malformed ears can be challenging through the standard surgical technique. Several alternative approaches have been described. The endoscopic-assisted approach can be chosen as an effective and safe surgical technique, overcoming the drawbacks of the traditional approach.

Personal experience with the remote check telehealth in cochlear implant users: from COVID-19 emergency to routine service.

Purpose: To critically illustrate the personal experience with using the "Remote Check" application which remotely monitors the hearing rehabilitation level of cochlear implant users at home and further allows clinicians to schedule in-clinic sessions according to the patients' needs.

Methods: 12-month prospective study. Eighty adult cochlear implant users (females n = 37, males n = 43; age range 20-77 years) with ≥ 36 months of cochlear implant experience and ≥ 12 months of stable auditory and speech recognition level volunteered for this 12-month long prospective study.

Frequency reallocation based on cochlear place frequencies in cochlear implants: a pilot study.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate speech perception outcomes after a frequency reallocation performed through the creation of an anatomically based map obtained with Otoplan, a tablet-based software that allows the cochlear duct length to be calculated starting from CT images.

Methods: Ten postlingually deafened patients who underwent cochlear implantation with MED-EL company devices from 2015 to 2019 in the Tertiary referral center University Hospital of Verona have been included in a retrospective study. The postoperative CT scans were evaluated with Otoplan; the position of the intracochlear electrodes was obtained, an anatomical mapping was carried out and then it was submitted to the patients.

The Management of Tympanic Membrane Perforation With Endoscopic Type I Tympanoplasty.

Objective: The objective of this study is to describe what we consider to be the state-of-the-art procedure for the treatment of tympanic membrane perforations, and to present the results attained in our institution.

Study Design: A retrospective cohort study, using data of Verona University Hospital, Italy. This medical record includes the data of 98 patients who underwent 100 transcanal endoscopic type I tympanoplasties from November 2014 to October 2017.