The Journal of International Advanced Otology

Vol 5 Number 2 May 2009

 

Contents

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Superoxide dismutase and glutathione in otitis media with effusion: Relation with hearing loss
Hüsnü Özek, Gülnur Andican, Emin Karaman, Remisa Gelişgen, Kemal Tuskan, Hüseyin Işıldak, Gülden Burçak

Microbiology of middle ear effusions in 60 children undergoing tympanostomy tube placement
Isabel de Miguel Martínez, Ángel Ramos Macías, Silvia Borkosky Barreiros,
Juan L. Muñoz-Bellido

Non-surgical treatment of otitis media with effusion in children: Efficacy of middle ear inflation with a Politzerization device
Ozan Bağış Özgürsoy, Ahmet İhsan Tatarağası, Murat Mermerkaya, Muharrem Gerçeker

Meta-analysis of the role of corticosteroids in the management of otitis media with effusion
Hassan
A Wahba, Shereef K Fattoh, Ahmad M Asal

Surgery of sinus tympani cholesteatoma: Endoscopic necessity
Mohamed M.K. Badr-El-Dine

Is tympanosclerosis affected by risk factors for atherosclerosis?
Aydın Acar, Adil Eryılmaz, Celil Göçer, Umut Genç, Fatih Bakır, Süleyman Boynueğri, Muharrem Dağlı

The transmastoid decompression of labyrinthine-meatal segment of the facial nerve: A comparative radioanatomic study
Bahar Keleş, Dilek Emlik, Yavuz Uyar, Aynur Emine Çiçekçibaşı, Kayhan Özturk,

Does Meniere’s disease really increase traveling wave velocity of the basilar membrane? Estimation with frequency-specific electrocochleography
Deniz Şen, Bülent Satar, Sertaç Yetişer

Prognosis in sudden hearing loss: Is it the disease or the treatment that determines the prognosis?
Fikret Kasapoğlu, Gökhan Tüzemen, İbrahim Hızalan, Levent Erişen, Oğuz Basut, Selçuk Onart, Hakan Coşkun, Afşin Özmen,

Hearing characteristics and frequency discrimination ability in musicians and nonmusicians
Ozgül Akın,
Erol Belgin

Early dexamethasone treatment enhances hearing preservation after pneumococcal meningitis. An animal study
Orhan Demirbaş, Figen Başar, Sinan Atmaca, Atilla Tekat

Effects of intrauterine and extrauterine GSM-like radiofrequency on distortion product otoacoustic emissions in infant female rabbits
Gürer G. Budak, Nuray Bayar Muluk, Bilgehan Budak, Göknur Güler Öztürk, Alpaslan Apan, Nesrin Seyhan

Protective effect of erdosteine against amikacin-induced ototoxicity
Levent Onur, Hasan Umit Özçaglar, Alper Tunga Derin, Bülent Veli Ağırdır,Kenan Güney, Murat Turhan, Oktay Dinc, Sevilay Kılınçarslan

Intraoperative electrocochleography for monitoring during stapes surgery
SRM Freeman, H Sanli, WPR Gibson

Reliability, validity and sensitivity to change of Turkish dizziness handicap inventory (DHI) in patients with unilateral peripheral vestibular disease
Hale Karapolat, Sibel Eyigor, Yeşim Kirazlı, Neşe Celebisoy, Cem Bilgen, Tayfun Kirazlı

 

REVIEW:
Can a passive mechanical traveling wave be generated in superior canal dehiscence syndrome, cochlear implant, otosclerosis or atresia of windows?

Jean Yves Sichel, Ronen Perez, Cahtia Adelman, Haim Sohmer

 

SHORT REPORT:
Current concepts in otology and ear surgery in Russia. Comparative analysis of diagnostic and treatment approaches

Sergey Kosyakov,  Y. Rochshektayeva

 

CASE REPORTS:

Clinical efficacy of internal jugular vein ligation in the treatment of vascular tinnitus
Hyeog-Gi Choi, Shi-Nae Park, Beom Cho Jun, Dong Hee Lee, Sang Won Yeo, Kyoung Ho Park

Bone anchored hearing aids in children with cleft palate
Miguel Bebiano Coutinho, António Magalhães, Carla Matos

Congenital cholesteatoma in the mastoid cavity
Kai-Chieh Chan, Jen-Liang Su, Che-Ming Wu

Chondroblastoma of the temporal bone removed by utilizing a replicated model as a navigator.
Mamoru Suzuki, Taro Yamaguchi, Eriko Shinada, Minoru Endo, Hiroyuki Ito, Akihiko Saida

Arachnoid cyst of the cerebellopontine angle: a case report
Hasan Yerli, Leyla Kansu, Celil Cabbarpur, Erdinc Aydin

Benign intracraneal hypertension: a rare complication
Rosa Perez-Mora, Luis Lassaletta, Javier Gavilan,

Primary cholesteatoma within the stenotic ear canal: report of two cases, one with extra-temporal complications
Nadir Yıldırım, Murat Şahan, Abdullah Akkaya

Lateralization of the epithelium due to false epithelial migration within open mastoidectomy cavities
Salim Doğru,
Safter Arif Ulubil, Atila Güngör, Zafer Küçükodacı, Hakan Cıncık