Challenges in the Management of Symptomatic Fallopian Canal Meningoceles: A Multicenter Case Series and Literature Review.

Objective: To describe the presentations, the diagnosis, our treatment approaches, and the outcomes for 11 patients with fallopian canal meningocele (FCM).

Study Design Multicenter: Retrospective case series.

Setting: Tertiary referral centers.

Congenital Cytomegalovirus Testing Outcomes From the ValEAR Trial.

Objective: To determine the positivity rate of congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) testing among universal, hearing-targeted CMV testing (HT-cCMV) and delayed targeted dried blood spot (DBS) testing newborn screening programs, and to examine the characteristics of successful HT-cCMV testing programs.

Study Design: Prospective survey of birth hospitals performing early CMV testing.

Setting: Multiple institutions.

The Intersection Between Meritocracy and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Embracing meritocracy and diversity, equity, and inclusion is critical to the future of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery. Understanding the intersection of these two concepts is particularly important. Meritocracy, a key principle utilized in academic medicine and surgery, rewards individual achievement.

Music and Speech Perception in Prelingually Deafened Young Listeners With Cochlear Implants: A Preliminary Study Using Sung Speech.

Purpose: In the context of music and speech perception, this study aimed to assess the effect of variation in one of two auditory attributes-pitch contour and timbre-on the perception of the other in prelingually deafened young cochlear implant (CI) users, and the relationship between pitch contour perception and two cognitive functions of interest.

Method: Nine prelingually deafened CI users, aged 8.75-22.

Centralized Otolaryngology Research Efforts: Stepping-stones to Innovation and Equity in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

The Centralized Otolaryngology Research Efforts (CORE) grant program coordinates research funding initiatives across the subspecialties of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery. Modeled after National Institutes of Health study sections, CORE grant review processes provide comprehensive reviews of scientific proposals. The organizational structure and grant review process support grant-writing skills, attention to study design, and other components of academic maturation toward securing external grants from the National Institutes of Health or other agencies.

Rising Costs of Otic Drops: Review of a National Database.

Objectives: US prescription drug prices have increased substantially during the past decade and now account for approximately 17% of total US health expenditures. Otic drop prices are of particular interest given their common use in otolaryngologic clinical practice. We hypothesized that otic drop prices increased at a rate significantly higher than the overall inflation rate.

Documenting immunization of children in a cochlear implant program.

Purpose: Assess the effectiveness of an immunization verification protocol (IVP) to achieve and document pneumococcal vaccination of patients with cochlear implants.

Study Design: Chart review.

Setting: Academic tertiary medical center.

Juvenile xanthogranuloma of the tympanic membrane: a case report.

Juvenile xanthogranuloma (JXG) is a benign, non-Langerhans cell histiocytic lesion that generally affects infants and children. These lesions characteristically appear as a solitary, yellow, cutaneous nodule of the head, neck, or trunk. Subcutaneous and extracutaneous forms can involve the gastrointestinal tract, kidney, lung, gonads, pericardium, central nervous system, temporal bone, larynx, and eye.

Improved speech perception in adult congenitally deafened cochlear implant recipients.

Objective: To determine whether congenitally deafened adults achieve improved speech perception when auditory and visual speech information is available after cochlear implantation.

Study Design: Repeated-measures single subject analysis of speech perception in visual-alone, auditory-alone, and audiovisual conditions.

Setting: Neurotologic private practice and research institute.

Hearing outcome after concurrent endolymphatic shunt and vestibular nerve section.

Objective: To determine if endolymphatic shunt surgery concurrent with vestibular nerve section improves hearing outcome compared with vestibular nerve section alone.

Study Design: Retrospective observational study with cross-sectional survey.

Setting: Tertiary otologic private practice.

Endoscopically placed expandable metal tracheal stents for the management of complicated tracheal stenosis.

Background: Metal stents have been advocated to manage complicated tracheal stenosis.

Objective: The purpose of this investigation is to review the effectiveness of endoscopic placement of tracheal expandable metal stents for complicated tracheal stenosis.

Methods: The charts of 6 patients who have undergone placement of metal expandable stents between 1998 and 2000 were reviewed.

Daily home tympanometry to study the pathogenesis of otitis media.

A study was conducted to define the temporal relationship between a parent-identified cold episode and the diagnosis of otitis media. Forty children were studied in their homes with the use of daily tympanometry, symptom diaries and weekly otoscopy. A total of 136 patients identified colds, and 43 episodes of otitis media were recorded.

Effect of 10 pharmacologic probes on mRNA levels of inducible nitric oxide synthetase and selected inflammatory cytokines in a rat model of acute otitis media.

Ten drugs were screened for their ability to decrease inflammatory mediator (IL-6, inducible nitric oxide synthetase [iNOS], IL-1beta and monocyte chemotactic protein [MCP-1]) expression in a rat model of acute otitis media caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. Six adult rats were randomly assigned to each of 12 groups corresponding to uninfected controls and treatments with saline, aminoguanidine, anisomycin, dexamethasone, ketorolac, L-N(G)-nitroarginine methylester, methylprednisolone, mycophenolic acid, pentoxiphylline, tacrolimus or WEB2086. Forty-eight h after the start of treatment, the ears of the animals in the 11 treatment groups were challenged with S.