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Hearing aid dispensing within an otolaryngological/audiological clinic is a well accepted fact, and offers total hearing care in a professional setting. The effectiveness of such a program as to wearing habits and acceptance of services rendered, to my knowledge, has not been studied. This paper discussed data obtained from a questionnaire sent out to 1100 hearing aid patients. The questionnaire was designed to study satisfaction with clinic services and costs, acceptance and adjustment, communication abilities and wearing habits. Statistical analysis was performed by the Department of Biometry at LSU Shreveport. The information received is valuable in determining when hearing aids are most helpful and least helpful and brings out some factors which should influence one in determining who should and should not be fitted with amplification.
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Audiologia , Comportamento do Consumidor , Auxiliares de Audição , Otolaringologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Criança , Comunicação , Estudos de Avaliação como Assunto , Feminino , Humanos , Louisiana , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Aceitação pelo Paciente de Cuidados de Saúde , Inquéritos e QuestionáriosRESUMO
The advantages of preservation of the bony posterior wall of the external auditory canal during surgery for chronic infection have been stressed by many authors. The superior canal wall is often partially destroyed by cholesteatoma, or must necessarily be removed, to insure adequate removal of attic pathology. Numerous techniques and grafting material will be reviewed. Our technique of using autogenous bone, cut with a thin chisel which curls to the shape of the ear canal, will be presented and illustrated.
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Transplante Ósseo , Meato Acústico Externo/cirurgia , Colesteatoma/cirurgia , Otopatias/cirurgia , Humanos , Processo Mastoide/cirurgia , Métodos , Transplante AutólogoRESUMO
Congenital anomalies of the middle ear have been considered rare. The tremendous volume of middle ear surgery performed during the last 15 years has brought attention to numerous anomalies of the facial nerve, ossicles, and middle ear cleft, suggesting that middle ear anomalies are not as rare as once believed. This paper discusses anomalies of the descending and horizontal facial nerve which have been previously reported. The literature of anomalies of the ossicles is reviewed. A very rare anomaly of the carotid artery presenting in the middle ear is described and its surgical treatment outlined. Two anomalies of the middle ear associated with other branchial arch anomalies are reported and their treatment results discussed.
