Vol 7 No 3 Contents

1. Laser versus drill-assisted stapedotomy for the treatment of otosclerosis: A randomizedcontrolled trial
Maurizio Barbara, Antonio Ivan Lazzarino, Carmelo Murè, Claudio Macrì, Luigi Volpini, Simonetta Monini

2. The 10-year disease-free rate of attic cholesteatoma based on a new staging system
Misako Hashimoto-Ikehara, Yasuo Mishiro, Tadashi Kitahara, Masafumi Sakagami

3. Tympanic atelectasis in children and early surgical approach: The ferrara experience
Claudia Aimoni, Lucia Cappiello, Andrea Ciorba, Roberto Bovo, Alessandro Martini

4. Effects of absorbable gelatine sponge on middle ear mucosa alone and with corticosteroids and antibiotics: An animal study
Muzaffer Kiris, Togay Muderris, Murat Icli, Sami Bercin, Suleyman Ozen, Alper Yazici

5. Result of mastoid obliteration according to the graft materials: Autogenous bone, allogeneic bone, hydroxylapatite
Ji Sang Park, Min Young Kang, Jong Chul Hong, Byung Gun Park, Myung Koo Kang

6. Facial nerve dehiscence at mastoidectomy for cholesteatoma
Kai-Chieh Chan, Pa-Chun Wang, Yen-An Chen, Che-Ming Wu

7. Topical insulin for treatment of small central perforations – a pilot study
Parul Pujary, Kailesh Pujary, Balakrishna Ramawamy, Sarita Kanth

8. Intratympanic steroids for sudden sensorineural hearing loss
Sergey Kosyakov, Arusyak Atanesyan, Alexandr Gunenkov, Edgar Ashkhatunyan, Alexandra Kurlova

9. Effect of low-level laser and fm1-43 on prevention of ototoxicity in postnatal organotypic cultures of rat utricles
Jae Yun Jung, Yong Won Chung, Young Saeng Kim, Jin-Chul Ahn, Myung-Whan Suh, Phil-Sang Chung, Chung-Ku Rhee

10. The role of homocysteine in tinnitus etiology
Hasan Mete Inancli, Serap Soytac Inancli, Ahmet Ural, Murat Enoz, Ahmet Kutluhan

11. Risk factors for hearing loss and results of newborn hearing screening in rural area
Gonca Sennaroglu, Pelin Pistav Akmese

12. Auditory screening program of newborns with risk and well babies in Turkey
Gokce Serin, Melek Kezban Gurbuz, Cem Kecik, Armagan Incesulu, Neslihan Tekin

13. Genetic non-syndromic hearing loss in Turkey
Yildirim A. Bayazit

14. GJB2 35delG and mitochondrial A1555G mutations and etiology of deafness at the gelibolu school for the deaf in Turkey
Fatma Silan, Oguz Guclu, Laliz Esin Kadıoglu, Coskun Silan, Sinem Atik, Ahmet Uludag, Asli Demiray, Ozturk Ozdemir, Fevzi Sefa Derekoy

15. Connexin 26 (GJB2) and connexin 30 del(GJB6-D13S1830) mutations in Sloveniansc with prelingual non-syndromic deafness
Saba Battellino, Gorazd Rudolf, Miha Zargi, Katarina Trebusak Podkrajsek, Borut Peterlin

16. Perception of spectrally shifted speech: Implications for cochlear implants
Pitchai Muthu Arivudai Nambi, Subramaniam Manoharan, Jayashree Sunil Bhat, Ankmnal Veeranna Sangamanatha

17. Researching auditory perception performances of children using cochlear implants and being trained by an auditory verbal therapy
Ayse Sanem Sahli, Erol Belgin

18. Envelope expansion of sine wave vocoded speech
Pitchai Muthu Arivudai Nambi, Jayashree Sunil Bhat, Haralakatta Shivananjappa Somashekara

19. Changes over time of the refractory properties measured from ECAP in pulsar CI100 cochlear implant recipients
Isaac Alvarez, Angel de la Torre, Joaquín Valderrama, Roldán, Manuel Sainz, José Carlos Segura, José Luis Vargas

20. Nodular fasciitis of the external auditory canal
Ahmet Varis, Cem Bilgen, Tayfun Kirazli, Taner Akalin

21. Tuberculous otitis media
Mercêdes Fabiana Araújo, Thaís Gonçalves Pinheiro, Igor Teixeira Raymundo, Vítor Yamashiro Rocha Soares, Pedro Ivo Machado Araújo, Ricardo Luiz de Melo Martins, Carlos
Augusto Costa P Oliveira

22. Dead ear following stapedotomy: Case report and literature review
George Psillas, Iosiz Vital, Elena Beretouli, Konstantinos Markou, Jiannis Constantinidis, Victor Vital

23. Secondary endolymphatic hydrops following sudden deafness detected by MRI after intratympanic administration of gadolinium
Arata Horii, Junji Miyabe, Yasuhiro Osaki, Tadashi Kitahara, Takao Imai, Atsuhiko Uno, Suetaka Nishiike, Norihiko Fujita, Hidenori Inohara

24. Pulsatile tinnitus caused by an unusual dural arteriovenous fistula
Sung Won Chae, Hyun-Woo Lim, Sang Il Suh, Moo Kyun Park.