Real-world performance of a reverse-horn vent.

The present study compared differences in subjective and objective performance in completely-in-the-canal (CIC) hearing aids with conventional uniform 1.5 mm parallel vents and another with a reverse horn vent where the diameter increased from 1.5 mm on the lateral faceplate to 3 mm on the medial opening of the hearing aid.

[Cholangiocholecystitis, an acute attack with acarids in B bile].

The present paper reports on an acute febrile attack in a patient suffering from chronic non-lithiasis cholecystitis. Acarids and acarid eggs in various stages of development were found in bile B following duodenal intubation in the course of the attack. The administration of magnesium sulphate was followed by abundant biliary vomiting.