Change of phonation control after cochlear implantation.

Objective: To assess the influence of acquired auditory control on some voice parameters in deaf children and adults after cochlear implantation.

Study Design: Prospective clinical study.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.

The role of allergy in the etiopathogenesis of laryngeal mucosal lesions.

The results of this study showed that allergy is an important factor in the etiopathogenesis of laryngeal mucosal lesions. Despite adequate treatment, no other unfavourable factors appeared to have significant influence on the results of the treatment. It seems that hypersensitivity to different inhalatory and nutritional allergens make laryngeal mucosa more susceptible for adverse action of other factors: vocal misuse, gastroesophageal reflux (GER), smoking, irritants in the surrounding microclimate, endocrinologic disorders, etc.

Alterations in the laryngeal mucosa after exposure to asbestos.

The laryngeal mucosa of 195 workers in an asbestos cement factory (Salonit Anhovo, Yugoslavia) and in a control group was examined. The factory manufactures asbestos cement products containing about 13% of asbestos (8% amosite, 12% crocidolite, and 80% chrysotile) of different provenance. Alterations in the laryngeal mucosa were more frequent in the factory workers than in the control group.

[Anatomical markers of Reinke's space and the etiopathogenesis of Reinke edema].

On the basis of histological examination of normal human larynges, the authors have defined the anatomical and histological features of Reinke's space. It is sharply demarcated by dense fibrous tissue in the anterior commissure, along the vocal process of the arytenoid and beneath the free margin of the vocal cord. The upper limit is not always sharply demarcated, and on the upper surface Reinke's space varies considerably in size.

[The role of the otolaryngologist in the treatment of children with clefts].

Cheilognathopalatoschises are a complex therapeutic problem not yet completely solved and demanding collaboration of a number of medical and paramedical branches. In a therapeutic team, an otorhinolaryngologist has an important role since he has to deal with impaired hearing, impaired nasal breathing, as well as with disturbed speech development. On the basis of an analysis of the state of hearing in children who were treated at the University Clinic for Otorhinolaryngology and Cervicofacial Surgery in Ljubljana, it was found that more than 76% of them suffered from hearing loss of different levels.