Bell's palsy workup: Does audiometry add value?

Objective: To investigate if routine audiometry in Bell's palsy patients has prognostic value.

Methods: Retrospective case review was conducted on all Bell's palsy patients (n=191) seen at the tertiary otolaryngology specialist outpatient clinic from 2015 to 2017. Correlation of ipsilesional audiometric thresholds with patients' time-to-recovery and initial clinical severity (measured by House-Brackmann (HB) scoring) were used for the prognostic outcome measure.

Validation study of WatchPat 200 for diagnosis of OSA in an Asian cohort.

To validate a wrist-worn portable device (WatchPat 200) to diagnose OSA in an Asian cohort. To evaluate its cost-effectiveness. Twenty patients with suspected OSA were recruited and had simultaneous polysomnography (PSG) and WatchPAT assessments concurrently within the hospital's sleep laboratory.