Postoperative radiation performed at the same surgical facility associated with improved overall survival in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma.

Background: The purpose of this analysis is to evaluate whether postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) at the same facility as surgery portends to better survival outcomes compared to PORT given at a different facility.

Methods: Patients underwent upfront surgery at the National Cancer Database reporting facility followed by PORT. PORT was coded as performed at either the same facility or at a different facility as surgery.

Middle cranial fossa facial nerve decompression before two years of age.

We present a case report of a 17-month old patient who underwent serial bilateral total facial nerve decompression procedures for complete bilateral facial paralysis in the setting of craniometaphyseal dysplasia via combined middle cranial fossa and transmastoid approaches. The surgical decision-making process and procedures were reviewed. The patient recovered without complications from the staged surgical procedures, and developed partial return of function of both facial nerves postoperatively, with symmetric House-Brackmann grades of II-III.

Psychoacoustic abilities associated with music perception in cochlear implant users.

Objectives: This study was designed to determine what acoustic elements are associated with musical perception ability in cochlear implant (CI) users and to understand how acoustic elements, which are important to good speech perception, contribute to music perception in CI users. It was hypothesized that the variability in the performance of music and speech perception may be related to differences in the sensitivity to specific acoustic features such as spectral changes or temporal modulations, or both.

Design: A battery of hearing tasks was administered to 42 CI listeners.

Clinical assessment of music perception in cochlear implant listeners.

Objective: Cochlear implants (CI) have provided tremendous benefit for speech recognition in quiet for patients with severe and profound hearing impairment, but implant users still have great difficulty perceiving music. The purpose of this study was to develop a test to quantify music perception by CI listeners in a clinically practical manner that could be standardized for administration at any implant center.

Study Design: Prospective convenience sample.