Surgical labyrinthectomy in the treatment of unilateral Meniere disease: a Belgian retrospective study.

Purpose: Meniere's disease (MD) is a disabling condition with symptoms, such as hearing loss, dizziness, and tinnitus. Surgery is the last resort option for managing MD when other treatments are not effective. Surgical labyrinthectomy (SL) is less commonly performed than vestibular neurectomy or chemical labyrinthectomy.

Hearing Results in 151 Primary Stapedotomies for Otosclerosis: The Effects of Using Different Audiologic Parameters and Criteria on Success Rates.

Objective: To describe the 151 hearing results of primary stapedotomy for otosclerosis using different criteria of success rates.

Design: Retrospective case series of 151 patients with a diagnosis of otosclerosis and operated on by the same surgeon with the same technique, using a CO2 laser. Patients with revision surgery were excluded.

Multidisciplinary Management of Chronic Tinnitus in Audiophonology Centre: Survey of Psychiatric Comorbidities and Psychotropic Medications Use Over 10 Years of Activity.

Background: The multidisciplinary management of disabling chronic tinnitus in the audiophonology centre demonstrates its relevance. The detection and treatment of overlapping psychiatric pathologies is a crucial issue in the work of liaison psychiatry.

Subjects And Methods: A 10-year retrospective review of the activities of a university audiophonology centre with 166 patients who consulted for disabling chronic tinnitus and who underwent a Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview.

Cochlear Implants and Psychiatric Assessments: a Norrie Disease Case Report.

Background: It is important to perform psychiatric assessments of adult patients who are candidates for cochlear implants both to screen them for psychiatric disorders and to assess their understanding and compliance with the procedure. Deafness is a factor of difficulty for conducting in-depth psychiatric interviews, but concomitant blindness may make it impossible.

Subjects And Method: After a description of Norrie disease, a rare disease in which blindness and deafness may occur together, we propose a case report of a patient suffering from the disease and who consulted in view of a cochlear implant.

Our auditory results using the Vibrant Soundbridge on the long process of the incus: 20 years of data.

Objective: After 20 years of experience with different types of middle ear implants, we analyzed our database about the Vibrant Soundbridge (VSB) to know the rate of complications, the effect on the residual hearing and the audiometric gain in our center.

Method: The study was retrospective and included all VSB implants bound to the long process of the incus in our tertiary medical center between january 1999 and february 2015. We observed the effect of surgery on residual hearing by comparing bone and air conduction thresholds before and after implantation.

Pulsatile tinnitus associated with dehiscent internal carotid artery: An irremediable condition?

Dehiscent internal carotid artery (ICA) in the middle ear is a rare condition, with conservative treatment primarily recommended. We report the case of a 63-year-old patient referred to the Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) ward for unbearable pulsatile tinnitus. Otoscopy revealed a normal right tympanic membrane, with pulsatile tinnitus but without hearing impairment.

Tinnitus and psychiatric comorbidities in liaison psychiatry analysis of three years in an audiophonology centre.

Introduction: Patients who are suffering from tinnitus are rarely directly referred to an audiophonology centre. Often, they have tried several medications and met with several doctors. Sometimes, they are also referred too quickly to a psychiatrist without a complete ENT assessment.

Short- and long-lasting tinnitus relief induced by transcranial direct current stimulation.

A significant proportion of the population suffers from tinnitus, a bothersome auditory phantom perception that can severely alter the quality of life. Numerous experimental studies suggests that a maladaptive plasticity of the auditory and limbic cortical areas may underlie tinnitus. Accordingly, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been repeatedly used with success to reduce tinnitus intensity.

Bilateral vibrant soundbridge implantation: audiologic and subjective benefits in quiet and noisy environments.

Conclusions: The results support bilateral sequential implantation for patients who are not completely satisfied after implantation of one side.

Objective: To evaluate the benefit of bilateral Vibrant Soundbridge middle ear implantation as compared with unilateral implantation in quiet and noisy environments.

Methods: This was a multicentric and retrospective study of 15 patients with symmetrical sensorineural hearing loss who were implanted sequentially in both ears.

High prevalence of SDHB mutations in head and neck paraganglioma in Belgium.

Background: Recent reports have found genetic mutations in up to one quarter of patients harbouring pheochromocytoma and/or paraganglioma. This high prevalence was mainly due to the discovery of the role of SDH genes. While SDHD has been more frequently associated with the pathogenesis of head and neck paragangliomas, SDHB mutations were mainly associated with malignant and/or extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma.

Hearing outcome following laser-assisted stapes surgery.

This article reports the postoperative results of 76 operations addressing otosclerosis. All procedures were performed by the same surgeon and took place within a 4-year period. We compared the postoperative audiometric results of 54 laser-assisted procedures with those of 22 nonlaser operations.