[Tympanophonia as a topical problem of practical medicine].

This paper contains the data suggesting the necessity and importance of the comprehensive treatment of tympanophonia on an individual basis including the rational choice of the combination of pharmacotherapeutic and non-medicamental modalities, such as classical acupuncture and the like. The special emphasis is laid on the importance of compliance with the prescribed hygienic procedures for the organs of hearing and prophylaxis of cochlear disorders.

[The principles of differential diagnostics and combined treatment of tinnitus].

The authors emphasize the importance of the problem of differential diagnostics and combined treatment of tymanophonia with special reference to the widespread, multiple, and diverse causative factors behind this condition as well as the great variability of its clinical signs and symptoms, and difficulty of recoding tympanophonia. The relative significance of various methods in the system of combined treatment of tympanophonia is discussed. It is concluded that the choice of therapy of this condition including the rational combination of pharmacotherapy and non-medicamental modalities, such as classical acupuncture, should be made taking into consideration individual characteristics of the concrete patients.

[Reflex therapy in the treatment of cochleo-vestibular and olfactory disorders]. / Refleksoterapiia v lechenii kokhleo-vestibuliarnykh i oboniatel'nykh narushenii.

The authors have performed combined therapy of 300 patients with acute and subacute neurosensory hypoacusis varying in etiology, 45 patients with acute and subacute disorders of the olfactory analyzer caused by previous infections, emotional stress, inhalation of irritants. The treatment included a 10-day course of reflex therapy, antihypoxic and vasoactive drugs. As a result, a positive trend was observed in acoustic, vestibular and olfactory functions in the majority of cases. The scheme is proposed for routine otorhinolaryngological practice.