Resident Education in Laryngeal Stroboscopy and Perceptual Voice Evaluation: An Assessment.

Objectives: To evaluate otolaryngology residents' level of confidence and understanding in interpreting laryngeal stroboscopy.

Methods: Otolaryngology residents from three residency programs with fellowship-trained laryngologists on faculty were invited to participate. An assessment consisting of a survey and five stroboscopic exams was administered.

Medical Referral Patterns and Etiologies for Children With Mild-to-Severe Hearing Loss.

Objectives: To (1) identify the etiologies and risk factors of the patient cohort and determine the degree to which they reflected the incidence for children with hearing loss and (2) quantify practice management patterns in three catchment areas of the United States with available centers of excellence in pediatric hearing loss.

Design: Medical information for 307 children with bilateral, mild-to-severe hearing loss was examined retrospectively. Children were participants in the Outcomes of Children with Hearing Loss (OCHL) study, a 5-year longitudinal study that recruited subjects at three different sites.

Cell-Specific Transcriptome Analysis Shows That Adult Pillar and Deiters' Cells Express Genes Encoding Machinery for Specializations of Cochlear Hair Cells.

The mammalian auditory sensory epithelium, the organ of Corti, is composed of hair cells and supporting cells. Hair cells contain specializations in the apical, basolateral and synaptic membranes. These specializations mediate mechanotransduction, electrical and mechanical activities and synaptic transmission.

Priorities in the Neurotology Fellowship Match: A Survey Study of Program Directors and Fellows.

Objectives: To ascertain motivations and priorities for neurotology fellowship applicants and program directors during the match process.

Methods: Anonymous online survey distributed to 20 fellowship program directors and 40 current and incoming neurotology fellows. A 5-point Likert scale was used to assess the priorities of fellowship applicants and program directors in the match process.

Impact of Target Distance, Target Size, and Visual Acuity on the Video Head Impulse Test.

The video head impulse test (vHIT) assesses the vestibulo-ocular reflex. Few have evaluated whether environmental factors or visual acuity influence the vHIT. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of target distance, target size, and visual acuity on vHIT outcomes.

Professional Disappointment as a Cause of Burnout.

Burnout is common among physicians. Chronic sources of burnout have been previously examined, but little is known about the impact of acute stressors on physician burnout. Otolaryngology residents applying for competitive fellowships provide a good example for how professional disappointment may cause burnout.

Does Surgical Volume Influence the Need for Second Surgery? A Pilot Study.

Objective: To examine outcomes of pediatric thyroidectomy in the context of training background, institution, and experience of the surgeon.

Study Design: Case series with chart review.

Setting: A tertiary academic medical center and a pediatric hospital.

Inpatient Rounding Practices in Otolaryngology Residency Programs.

Inpatient rounding is an agelong tradition in the field of medicine. Among recent changes in health care, rounding is understudied as an area of research. The purpose of this study was to assess current methods of inpatient rounding in otolaryngology residency programs and assess satisfaction with current practices.

Can the Video Head Impulse Test Define Severity of Bilateral Vestibular Hypofunction?

Objective: The objective of the study was to compare rotary chair and video head impulse test (vHIT) findings in patients with bilateral vestibular hypofunction (BVH) to determine whether vHIT can: 1) define severity of BVH and 2) accurately predict rotary chair findings in patients with BVH.

Study Design: Retrospective chart review.

Setting: Research hospital.

Transcription Factors Expressed in Mouse Cochlear Inner and Outer Hair Cells.

Regulation of gene expression is essential to determining the functional complexity and morphological diversity seen among different cells. Transcriptional regulation is a crucial step in gene expression regulation because the genetic information is directly read from DNA by sequence-specific transcription factors (TFs). Although several mouse TF databases created from genome sequences and transcriptomes are available, a cell type-specific TF database from any normal cell populations is still lacking.

Snoring and carotid artery intima-media thickness.

Objectives/hypothesis: A growing body of evidence indicates that primary snoring (PS) may be the initial presentation of sleep-disordered breathing and can adversely affect an individual's health. Individuals with the sole diagnosis of PS were evaluated to determine if a relationship exists between snoring and thickening of the intima media of the carotid arteries.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study.