A cross-cultural study of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment for people with hearing impairment.

Background: Cognitive screening tools enable the detection of cognitive impairment, facilitate timely intervention, inform clinical care, and allow long-term planning. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment for people with hearing impairment (MoCA-H) was developed as a reliable cognitive screening tool for people with hearing loss. Using the same methodology across four languages, this study examined whether cultural or linguistic factors affect the performance of the MoCA-H.

Understanding the Retention of Vaping Additives in the Lungs: Model Lung Surfactant Membrane Perturbation by Vitamin E and Vitamin E Acetate.

Deviations from the normal physicochemical and functional properties of pulmonary surfactants are associated with the incidence of lung injury and other respiratory disorders. This study aims to evaluate the alteration of the 2D molecular organization and morphology of pulmonary surfactant model membranes by the electronic cigarette additives α-tocopherol (vitamin E) and α-tocopherol acetate (vitamin E acetate), which have been associated with lung injury, termed e-cigarette or vaping-use-associated lung injury (EVALI). The model membranes used contained a 7:3 molar ratio of DPPC (1,2-dipalmitoyl--glycero-3-phosphocholine) and POPG (1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl--glycero-3-phosphoglycerol) to which α-tocopherol and α-tocopherol acetate were added to form mixtures of up to 20 mol % additive.

Hearing Rehabilitation in Patients With Neurofibromatosis Type 2: The Quebec's Experience With Auditory Implants.

Objective: To review a single-center experience with hearing rehabilitation in patients with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) and to describe the auditory outcomes of cochlear implants (CIs) and auditory brainstem implants (ABI) in this population.

Study Design: Retrospective case series.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.

Assessing the pool activity level (PAL) checklist for use with people with hearing and vision loss.

Background: The PAL is a career-completed assessment that indexes cognitive functional ability to inform individualised support. As hearing and vision loss are prevalent, we assessed the PAL for potential bias with hearing or vision impairment.

Methods: We collected PAL responses for 333 adults aged over 60 years in the UK, France, Canada, Greece and Cyprus.

Development and validation of the Montreal cognitive assessment for people with hearing impairment (MoCA-H).

Background: Hearing impairment is common among older adults and affects cognitive assessments for identification of dementia which rely on good hearing function. We developed and validated a version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) for people with hearing impairment.

Methods: We adapted existing MoCA 8.

The Correlation of Congenital CMV Infection and the Outcome of Cochlear Implantation.

Objectives: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is the most common intrauterine viral infection, affecting approximately 0.5-2.5% of all live births in the world.

A randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of trans-tympanic injections of a sodium thiosulfate gel to prevent cisplatin-induced ototoxicity in patients with head and neck cancer.

Background: Cisplatin-induced hearing loss is frequent and severe. Antioxidants such as sodium thiosulfate (STS) can neutralize the effects of cisplatin. The objective of the trial was to test the efficacy of trans-tympanic injections of a STS gel to prevent cisplatin-induced ototoxicity.

Comparative Impacts of Scala Vestibuli Versus Scala Tympani Cochlear Implantation on Auditory Performances and Programming Parameters in Partially Ossified Cochleae.

Objective: To compare scala vestibuli versus scala tympani cochlear implantation in terms of postoperative auditory performances and programming parameters in patients with severe scala tympani ossification.

Study Design: Retrospective case-control study.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.

Single-sided deaf tactical unit officer treated with cochlear implantation.

Objectives: To demonstrate the efficacy of cochlear implantation for management of a severe single-sided deaf tactical unit officer. Showing that hearing improvement provided by cochlear implantation was sufficient for him to return to work as a police tactical officer.

Methods: Case report.

Outcomes review of modern hearing preservation technique in cochlear implant.

Introduction: Preservation of residual hearing in cochlear implantation is a main concern for patients and otologists. New electrode arrays as well as development of minimally invasive technique have allowed the expansion of indication criteria for cochlear implantation. The loss of residual low-frequency hearing is thought to be the result of many factors.

Primary Larynx Cryptococcus neoformans Infection: A Distinctive Clinical Entity.

Cryptococcus neoformans can directly infect the vocal cords. Endoscopic findings were undistinctive from most infiltrative diseases. Tissue biopsy was essential for the diagnosis.

Improving Quality of Life With Nabilone During Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancers: A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial.

Objectives: Patients treated for head and neck carcinomas experience a significant deterioration of their quality of life during treatments because of severe side effects. Nabilone has many properties that could alleviate symptoms caused by radiotherapy and improve patients' quality of life. The aim of the present study was to compare the effects of nabilone versus placebo on the quality of life and side effects during radiotherapy for head and neck carcinomas.

Improving audiologic performance with partial insertion of a compressed array despite intracochlear retention of four electrodes during revision cochlear implant surgery: A case report.

Objective And Importance: To report a case of partial extraction of the electrode array during revision cochlear implant surgery and to discuss the surgical management of this rare complication. Clinical presentation The safety of revision cochlear implant surgery has long been demonstrated. Only five cases of partial extraction of the electrode array with intracochlear retention have been reported in the literature.

OCTO "Outcomes of cochlear implant for the octogenarians: audiologic and quality-of-life".

Objective: The aim of this study is to assess the impact on quality of life, hearing performance, and surgical complications among patients aged 80 years and older, at the time of cochlear implantation.

Design: Retrospective chart review and quality of life assessment.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.

Stapes surgery in profound hearing loss due to otosclerosis.

Objectives: This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of stapes surgery in patients with profound hearing loss related to far-advanced otosclerosis and if improvement in hearing is sufficient to avoid the need for cochlear implantation.

Study Design: Retrospective chart review.

Methods: We retrospectively studied the charts of 16 patients who had stapes surgery in 1 or 2 ears between 2005 and 2010 for far-advanced otosclerosis.

Cochlear reimplantations: technical and surgical failures.

Conclusion: Cochlear implant surgeons should have a good knowledge of how to diagnose device failures and how to deal with medical complications related to cochlear implantation. Electrode array misplacement may be due to unidentified inner ear malformation. Use of peroperative telemetry and radiographic examination should help to avoid such complications.

Bat rabies in the United States and Canada from 1950 through 2007: human cases with and without bat contact.

Background: Since the 1980s, rare cases of rabies in humans in Canada and the United States have been almost exclusively caused by the bat-variant virus.

Methods: We reviewed indigenously acquired cases of bat-variant rabies in humans in Canada and the United States from 1950 through 2007.

Results: Of 61 cases identified, 5 occurred after organ transplantation and were excluded from further analysis.

Cochlear reimplantation: causes of failure, outcomes, and audiologic performance.

Objectives/hypothesis: To review Quebec's experience with cochlear reimplantation in adults and children and describe failure rates, causes of revision, surgical findings, and the impact of reimplantation on audiologic performances.

Study Design: Retrospective analysis of all 45 cochlear implant revision surgeries (43 reimplantations) performed on 16 adults and 25 children at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec (Hôtel-Dieu de Québec) in Quebec City, between 1987 and 2005.

Methods: : Data on patient demographics, failure sources including review of manufacturer's investigation reports, surgical findings, and outcomes (electrode insertion, complications, and audiologic performances).