Acoustic measurements were made of the external and middle ear resonance in health and disease in patients after radical surgery on the ear and in chronic perforative otitis media. It is shown that the absence of the posterior wall of the acoustic meatus deteriorates hearing acuity in the frequency 4000 Hz. Reconstructive surgery of this wall normalizes acoustic resonance of the ear.
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December 2000
The paper presents the results of examination and treatment of patients with different traumatic injuries of ear structures. The most characteristic injuries were detected in different mechanisms of traumas: mechanical (direct, indirect), altitude-induced, and thermal injuries. Major diagnostic signs of traumatic perilymphatic fistulas were revealed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF25 patients with subjective noise in the ears, primarily in neurosensory hypoacusis, were exposed to pulse low-frequency electromagnetic field (PLFEMF) generated by INFITA unit with attached device ELEMAGS. The noise complaints began 1 to 10 years before. The previous conservative therapy failed.
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