ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the hearing aid fitting of 179 regularly controlled, hearing-disabled children from the Silesian area, first time admitted to Phoniatric Outpatient Clinic in Zabrze in years 1986-1990. The mean age of provision of a hearing aid was high. Children were supplied with hearing aids at mean age of 4,9 years (losses > 60 dB) and of 9,3 years (losses < or = 60 dB). There was a delay from 8,4 up to 12,5 months (losses < or = 60 dB) between the age of fitting and the issue of the hearing aid. It was also stated that the total amount of children wearing their aids binaurally decreased significantly from 118 to 74 during 5 years' period. As for the utilisation of hearing aids, prevalence of full-time users (57.9%) was demonstrated in confrontation to non-users (5.6%).
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Hearing Loss, Sensorineural/therapy , Prosthesis Fitting , Adolescent , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Hearing Loss, Sensorineural/diagnosis , Humans , Infant , Male , Retrospective Studies , Severity of Illness IndexABSTRACT
The contemporary criteria of hearing aids fitting were presented. The several hearing aids selection procedures such as POGO, Berger, NAL etc. were described in details. They are based generally on audiometric hearing threshold measurements. Some of the main differences have been also discussed.
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Deafness/rehabilitation , Hearing Aids , Humans , Prosthesis FittingABSTRACT
Medical history was analyzed in an attempt to identify the etiology of 748 hard-of-hearing children treated at the Phoniatric Out-Patient Clinic in Zabrze between 1987-1992. In 198 cases, gentamicin was the major cause of bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. Ninety children had a hearing loss of less than 60 dB and 108 above 60 dB. The results obtained in our study are comparable to those of other authors.
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Gentamicins/adverse effects , Hearing Disorders/etiology , Child , Child, Preschool , Humans , Retrospective StudiesABSTRACT
Sternocleidomastoid myocutaneous flaps have been used for reconstructive procedures in 6 oncologic patients. In two of them, flaps were used after pharyngolaryngectomy. Healing was successful and feeding tube removed 14 days after operation. In the other cases, flaps was used for reconstruction of defects of the floor of mouth tongue and lateral wall of pharynx. The flap healed primarily in three out of four cases. All patients underwent radiotherapy.
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Clavicle/surgery , Head and Neck Neoplasms/surgery , Sternum/surgery , Surgical Flaps , Enteral Nutrition , Humans , Laryngectomy , Mouth/surgery , Pharyngectomy , Radiotherapy, Adjuvant , Wound HealingABSTRACT
The authors presented 11 cases of excessive and recurrent nose bleeding treated surgically in 2nd ENT Department. The vascular ligation of the internal maxillary artery or ethmoidal arteries was carried out. In the 3 years period of follow up no bleeding hasn't been reported.
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Epistaxis/surgery , Maxillary Artery/surgery , Adult , Craniocerebral Trauma/complications , Epistaxis/etiology , Female , Humans , Hypertension/complications , Male , Placebos , PolandABSTRACT
The authors presented 11 cases trauma to the larynx. Surgical treatment was applied. It dependent on kind of injury of the larynx and other organs. In 90% of cases the larynx was reconstructed and free passage obtained.
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Larynx/injuries , Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Larynx/surgery , Male , Middle AgedABSTRACT
The authors present elbow support for endolaryngeal microsurgery. Which prevents fatigue of the surgeons arms during operation. The advantages of this device are that it provides precision and shorten time of operation.
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Elbow , Equipment Design , Larynx/surgery , Microsurgery , Fatigue/prevention & control , HumansABSTRACT
Six patients with of frontal sinus was presented. The causes of injury, diagnostic methods and treatment based of our and other authors experience was compared.
