Evaluation of the Impact of Cochlear Implantation on Patients' Working Life: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Hearing loss that arises from various causes at different stages of life has a direct impact on individuals' physical and mental well-being. This paper aimed to evaluate the employment, workplace adaptation, productivity, and professional success of individuals who have hearing loss and whose hearing loss is corrected with a cochlear implant. In this cross-sectional study, data were collected between November 2022 and March 2023 with the participation of individuals with cochlear implants living in several settlements in all regions of Türkiye.

Cerebrospinal Fluid Gusher in Cochlear Implantation and Its Association with Inner-Ear Malformations.

Background: It is aimed to investigate the incidence of cerebrospinal fluid gusher in cochlear implantation and the association between cerebrospinal fluid gusher and inner-ear malformations in adult and pediatric patients.

Methods: A retrospective case review of 1025 primary cochlear implantation procedures was performed. Patients with inner-ear malformation or cerebrospinal fluid gusher during primary cochlear implantation were included and divided into 2 groups according to age: pediatric and adult groups.

Surgical Methods and Auditory Outcomes of Cochlear Implantation in Cochlear Ossification.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the surgical and auditory outcomes of cochlear implantation in patients with cochlear ossification.

Methods: This study comprised 54 patients with cochlear ossification who underwent cochlear implantation in the cochlear implant center of a tertiary care hospital between January 1998 and May 2019. Clinical data were evaluated including surgical findings and audiological performances.

The Relationship Between Degree of Nasal Septum Deviation With Sinonasal Structures and Variations.

We aimed to evaluate whether the nasal septum deviation affects the development of sinonasal structures. Patients who had undergone paranasal sinus computed tomography (PNS-CT) imaging due to nasal obstruction were divided into 3 groups according to the septal deviation angle; group I: 0° to 9°, group II: 10° to 15°, and group III: >15°. The features of sinonasal structures were recorded when evaluating PNS-CT.

Long term results and evaluation of device satisfaction in patients used the vibrant sound bridge (VSB).

Background: Patients' satisfaction with the device is as important as the audiological gains in patients using these devices.

Objective: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the hearing aid satisfaction of individuals using The Vibrant Sound Bridge (VSB) (Vibrant Med-El, Innsbruck, Austria) and to compare this result with audiologic results ​​with and without devices.

Material And Methods: Patients who were using VSB were included in the study.

Surgical considerations and audiological results of cochlear implantation in patients with otosclerosis.

Background/aim: To emphasize the role of cochlear implantation (CI) in the auditory rehabilitation of patients with otosclerosis (OS) and share our surgical experiences on this rare group of patients.

Materials And Methods: Retrospective analysis of the patients who have a diagnosis of otosclerosis and implanted between January 1998–May 2019 was performed. Preoperative and postoperative clinical, radiological, audiological and surgical findings are presented.

Parents' View on Quality of Life after Cochlear Implantation in Children with Auditory Neuropathy.

Objectives: The aim of this study is to evaluate the quality of life in pediatric patients with auditory neuropathy according to the perspective of their parents after cochlear implantation.

Materials And Methods: The pediatric patients, who underwent cochlear implantation with the diagnosis of auditory neuropathy at İzmir Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital ENT Clinic between January 1997 and May 2017, were included to the study. "Parents' Perspective Questionnaire" developed by Nottingham Pediatric Cochlear Implant Programme was used in the study.

Can MRI-induced silastic casing tear be repaired without the need for cochlear implant replacement?

Silastic magnet casing tear of cochlear implant (CI) due to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an uncommon complication. We report repair of a case with magnet dislocation due to MRI-induced silastic casing tear without re-implantation. We believe that this repair method, which has not been previously defined in the literature, will be interesting and guiding.

Anatomical and frequencies-specific hearing results of retrograde mastoidectomy.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term anatomical and frequency-specific hearing results of canal wall down (CWD) and canal wall up (CWU) mastoidectomy by retrograde mastoidectomy (RM) surgical method.

Materials And Methods: Patients underwent CWU and CWD procedures with method of RM, 53 and 59 patients between January 2010 and June 2015 were evaluated retrospectively. The pre- and post-operative pure tone average air-bone gap (ABG) values of these patients were recorded in detail at 0.

Auditory and Histopathological Effects of Topical Mercurochrome Treatment in Rats with Tympanic Membrane Perforation.

Objectives: Topical treatment is first choice in the treatment of uncomplicated chronic otitis media. It was intended to assess auditory and histopathological safety of ototopical use of mercurochrome solution in rats with induced tympanic membrane perforation.

Materials And Methods: The study was conducted on 21 female Wistar-Albino rats which were randomly assigned into 3 groups.

Role of N-acetyl cysteine and acetyl-l-carnitine combination treatment on DNA-damage-related genes induced by radiation in HEI-OC1 cells.

Purpose: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of acetyl-l-carnitine (ALC) and N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) on ionizing radiation (IR)-induced cytotoxicity and change in DNA damage-related genes in House Ear Institute-Organ of Corti 1 (HEI-OC1) cells.

Methods: HEI-OC1 cells were irradiated with 5 Gy radiation and treated by eight combinations of NAC and/or ALC: control, NAC, ALC, IR, NAC + IR, ALC + NAC, ALC + IR, and ALC + NAC + IR. Cell viability, apoptotic cell death, and DNA damage were measured at the 72nd hour.

Audiological Results of Total Ossicular Replacement Prosthesis with Cartilage Shoe Technique.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate functional results of total ossicular replacement prosthesis (TORP) shaft stabilization with a cartilage shoe in chronic otitis media patients with cholesteatoma who had undergone canal wall down tympanomastoidectomy (CWDT). In addition, it was determined whether the presence of granular and edematous mucosa in middle ear altered functional outcomes.

Methods: Sixty patients, who had undergone CWDT with the use of TORP for the reconstruction of ossicular chain, were divided into two groups.

Cochlear Implantation in Postmeningitic Deafness.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate long-term outcomes of cochlear implantation (CI) in patients with postmeningitic deafness.

Methods: Twenty-seven patients with severe to profound hearing loss due to bacterial meningitis and received CI were the subjects of this study. Surgical findings and long-term audiological performances were evaluated.

Novel pathogenic variants underlie SLC26A4-related hearing loss in a multiethnic cohort.

Objectives: The genetics of sensorineural hearing loss is characterized by a high degree of heterogeneity. Despite this heterogeneity, DNA variants found within SLC26A4 have been reported to be the second most common contributor after those of GJB2 in many populations.

Methods: Whole exome sequencing and/or Sanger sequencing of SLC26A4 in 117 individuals with sensorineural hearing loss with or without inner ear anomalies but not with goiter from Turkey, Iran, and Mexico were performed.

Waardenburg Syndrome: An Unusual Indication of Cochlear Implantation Experienced in 11 Patients.

Objective: The aim of this study was to present the surgical findings of children with Waardenburg syndrome (WS) and investigate speech development after cochlear implantation in this unique group of patients.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective chart review of the patients diagnosed with WS and implanted between 1998 and 2015 was performed. Categories of auditory performance (CAP) test were used to assess the auditory skills of these patients.

The Effect of Insulin Like Growth Factor-1 on Recovery of Facial Nerve Crush Injury.

Objectives: The aim of this study is to investigate the efficacy of locally applied insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) on the recovery of facial nerve functions after crush injury in a rabbit model.

Methods: The rabbits were randomly assigned into three groups. Group 1 consisted of the rabbits with crush injury alone; group 2, the animals applied saline solution onto the crushed facial nerve and group 3, IGF-1 implemented to the nerve in the same manner.

The new classification system for inner ear malformations: the INCAV system.

Conclusions: The proposed INCAV system standardizes reporting of inner ear malformations; gives adequate information about the structures of inner ear; defines the ears which could not be classified before; and helps in the selection of the ear as the cochlear implant candidate. Also it is easy-to-use for radiologists, and useful to the referring otolaryngologists.

Objective: This study was conducted to explore a more specific, definitive classification system which was based on radiological criteria for inner ear malformations.

Investigation of myringosclerosis development in different grafting materials after myringo-/tympanoplasty.

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the prevalence of myringosclerosis in tragal perichondrium (TP) and temporalis fascia (TF) grafts after myringo-/tympanoplasty.

Patients And Methods: Thirty patients, who were diagnosed with non-suppurative chronic otitis media and administered myringo-/tympanoplasty under general anesthesia using TP or TF as grafting material in our clinic between January 2012 and May 2013, were recruited in this retrospective case-control study. Patients were divided into two groups according to used graft material as group 1 (TP) (9 males, 6 females; median age 35.

Speech and language development after cochlear implantation in children with bony labyrinth malformations: long-term results.

The aim of this study was to investigate speech and language development after long-term cochlear implantation in children with bony labyrinth malformations (BLMs) and to present the surgical findings in this group of patients. The auditory and linguistic skills of 21 children who had BLM were assessed in this study. They were implanted between 1998 and 2009.

Pediatric cochlear implant revision surgery and reimplantation: an analysis of 957 cases.

Objective: In this study causes, risk factors, prevention strategies, diffuculties encountered during revision cochlear implant surgery, reimplantation in pediatric age group were evaluated.

Methods: Charts of 957 CI patients younger than 18 years of age implanted at Izmir Bozyaka Teaching and Research Hospital between 1998 and July 2012 and 18 referred CI complications at same age group were retrospectively evaluated. Revision and reimplantation surgeries were systematically reviewed.

Swelling around the implant body: A late complication of cochlear implantation. How to deal?

Objective: In this retrospective review, we aimed to determine the most appropriate management of the complication of late swelling around the implant body following cochlear implantation.

Methods: The medical records of 516 patients who underwent cochlear implantation between January 2008 and June 2013 were reviewed for a history of swelling around the implant body. RESULTS; Of the 516 patients, 16 (8 males and 8 females) had a history of swelling around the implant body following implantation.

Young cochlear implant users' auditory development as measured and monitored by the LittlEARS® Auditory Questionnaire: a Turkish experience.

Objective: This study aims to assess the usefulness of the LittlEARS(®) Auditory Questionnaire (LEAQ) in determining the audiological development of Turkish children who have received a cochlear implant.

Methods: 20 children received a cochlear implant before their 3rd birthday. Each child's progress was evaluated with the LittlEARS(®) Auditory Questionnaire at first device fitting and then at 3-month intervals for 2 years.

Multicentre investigation on electrically evoked compound action potential and stapedius reflex: how do these objective measures relate to implant programming parameters?

Objectives: The aims of this study were to collect data on electrically evoked compound action potential (eCAP) and electrically evoked stapedius reflex thresholds (eSRT) in HiResolution(TM) cochlear implant (CI) users, and to explore the relationships between these objective measures and behavioural measures of comfort levels (M-levels).

Methods: A prospective study on newly implanted subjects was designed. The eCAP was measured intra-operatively and at first fitting through neural response imaging (NRI), using the SoundWave(TM) fitting software.

Revision stapes surgery.

Objectives: Surgery for otosclerosis has a highly satisfactory hearing outcome, for both the patient and the otologic surgeon. However, subsequent conductive hearing loss, dizziness/vertigo, or sound distortion could necessitate revision surgery. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the surgical findings and hearing outcomes of 84 revision stapes surgeries.