Influence of Age and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Vestibular Neuritis: Retrospective Cohort Study.

Unlabelled: To analyze the influence of age and cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs) in the evolution of vestibular neuritis (VN).

Methods: Retrospective cohort study. VN-diagnosed patients were included and divided into two groups: those with and without CVRFs.

Use of Skull Vibration-Induced Nystagmus in the Follow-up of Patients With Ménière Disease Treated With Intratympanic Gentamicin.

Objectives: Ménière disease (MD) is an idiopathic disorder that affects hearing and inner ear balance. Intratympanic gentamicin (ITG) is recognized as an effective treatment for uncontrolled MD characterized by persistent vertigo attacks despite therapy. The video head impulse test (vHIT) and skull vibration-induced nystagmus (SVIN) are validated.

Early Diagnosis of Central Disorders Mimicking Horizontal Canal Cupulolithiasis.

Background: Horizontal Canal Cupulolithiasis (hc-BPPV-cu) can mimic a pathology of central origin, so a careful examination is essential to prevent misdiagnosis.

Methods: Retrospective cross-sectional cohort study of 45 patients suffering from suspected hc-BPPV-cu. We recorded whether patients first presented through an ENT Emergency Department (ED) or through an Outpatient Otolaryngology Clinic (OC).

Intelligibility in speech maskers with a binaural cochlear implant sound coding strategy inspired by the contralateral medial olivocochlear reflex.

We have recently proposed a binaural cochlear implant (CI) sound processing strategy inspired by the contralateral medial olivocochlear reflex (the MOC strategy) and shown that it improves intelligibility in steady-state noise (Lopez-Poveda et al., 2016, Ear Hear 37:e138-e148). The aim here was to evaluate possible speech-reception benefits of the MOC strategy for speech maskers, a more natural type of interferer.

Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex Stabilization after Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery: A Story Told by Saccades.

Objective: To evaluate vestibular compensation measurement of the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) following vestibular schwannoma surgery and its relationship with changes in saccades strategy after surgery.

Patients: Thirty-six consecutive patients with vestibular schwannomas, without brainstem compression, underwent surgical resection. Patients were recruited from University Hospital of Salamanca, Spain.

The map of dizziness in vestibular schwannoma.

Introduction: Dizziness is a frequent complaint in patients with vestibular schwannoma (VS). An abnormal vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) can explain this dizziness in patients with VS. The video Head impulse test (vHIT) offers a chance to describe specifically the VOR findings in such patients.

[Peripheral vertigo versus central vertigo. Application of the HINTS protocol].

Introduction: One of the most important dilemmas concerning vertigo in emergency departments is its differential diagnosis. There are highly sensitive warning signs in the examination that can put us on the path towards finding ourselves before a case of central vertigo.

Aim: To determine how effective the application of the HINTS protocol is in the diagnosis of cerebrovascular accidents that mimics peripheral vertigo.

Germinoma in the internal auditory canal mimicking a vestibular schwannoma.

The appearance of a primary germinoma in the central nervous system but not on or near the midline or within the brain is exceptional. It may occur at any age; however, it is rare in patients over 50 years old. Only a handful of cases of germinomas located in the cerebellopontine angle were presented, but to our knowledge, there has been no description of an isolated germinoma in the internal auditory canal.

NF2 genetic alterations in sporadic vestibular schwannomas: clinical implications.

Hypothesis: NF2 gene alterations may have a clinical impact in non-NF2 vestibular schwannomas (VSs).

Background: It has been suggested that NF2 mutations might correlate with clinical expression of VS in NF2 patients. The aim of this study was to analyze the impact of genetic alterations in the NF2 gene on epidemiologic, clinical, and radiologic features of patients with sporadic VS.

Vertigo as the first sign of chronic myeloid leukemia: a case report and literature review.

Acute vestibular deficit as the first sign of leukemia is extremely rare. The literature shows some cases of sudden hearing loss accompanied by instability and associated with hyperviscosity syndrome. We present the case of a patient who presents a harmonic vestibular deficit of the right ear.

Is benign paroxysmal vertigo of childhood a migraine precursor?

Introduction: Benign Paroxysmal Vertigo of Childhood (BPVC) is a common cause of vertigo in children and it is characterized by recurrent attacks of vertigo without warning resolving spontaneously after minutes to hours. It has been considered the equivalent of migraine in childhood.

Methods: Twenty-seven patients diagnosed with BPVC were recruited between 1991 and 1997 with a follow up of at least 15 years.

[Treatment of severe to profound mixed hearing loss with the BAHA Cordelle II].

Goals: Evaluation of the audiological outcome and subjective satisfaction of BAHA Cordelle II in the treatment of patients with severe to profound bilateral mixed hearing loss.

Material And Method: Retrospective study of 12 patients suffering a severe to profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, using pure tone audiometry (PTA), speech audiometry and subjective evaluation before and after the implantation of a BAHA Cordelle II (Cochlear(®)).

Results: The average gain in conversational frequencies (0.

[PANDAS Syndrome: a new tonsillectomy indication?].

PANDAS Syndrome (Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcus) is a rare disease described in 1998. In this disease, there is a relationship between group A beta haemolytic streptococcal tonsil infections and the exacerbation of neuropsychiatric disorders. A case report of a 9-year-old child with PANDAS syndrome is presented.

[Facial paralysis of infectious origin in patients receiving cochlear implants].

Peripheral facial paralysis during cochlear implant surgery appears in 0.43 % of adults and 0.39 % of children.

[Aorto-oesophageal fistula in patient with Montgomery salivary bypass tube].

Aorto-oesophageal fistula is a well-reported pathology with several known causes. The co-existence of this pathology associated with the use of a Montgomery salivary bypass tube (MSBT) is exceptional and only one case is described in the literature. We present here a case report about an 81-year-old patient with an MSBT who died because of a massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding caused by an aorto-oesophageal fistula at the site of the MSBT.

[Phobic orthostatic insecurity].

Background And Objectives: The authors attempt to expand knowledge about a subjective balance disorder they have called phobic orthostatic insecurity, a condition representing the second cause of medical visits (22.3 %) to their ENT and neuro-otology clinic, and attempt to identify relationships with similar conditions described in psychiatry (agoraphobia, somatoform vertigo, and space-phobia) and in neurology (phobic postural vertigo). They also propose a simple diagnostic method and present their therapies and results.