2026 June - 33 articles
Purpose: This study aimed to map publication trends, topical focus, study designs, and institutional concentration in otology research in Saudi Arabia from 1978 to 2024 to deduce any topical, regional, institutional, or funding disparities in the fie...
Background/Objectives: Recurrent acute otitis media (AOM) in children is known to cause cumulative cochlear and vestibular injury. Whether a single fulminant episode severe enough to require surgical intervention produces an analogous long-term audio...
Introduction: Teprotumumab (Tepezza®), an insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF-1R) antagonist, is the first FDA-approved targeted therapy for thyroid eye disease (TED). While effective for reducing proptosis and inflammation, increasing pos...
Background/Objectives: Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is a chronic condition with no established pharmacological treatment. Recent advances in drug-based therapies offer promising opportunities to prevent or treat SNHL. This scoping review summari...
Background/Objectives: Tinnitus is a prevalent auditory condition associated with significant psychological burden and limited treatment efficacy. While physical activity confers broad health benefits, its relationship with tinnitus remains understud...
Background/Objectives: Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) is a well-established hearing disorder in the pediatric population and is estimated to account for at least 10% of children with sensorineural hearing loss. Compared to auditory func...
Background: Hearing loss is highly prevalent among older adults and represents a growing public health burden. Increasing attention has been given to the associations between hearing loss, cognitive decline, and dementia risk. Cochlear implantation i...
Background/Objectives: The present study aimed to verify the importance of different components of aural rehabilitation and evaluate their relevance and acceptability among the Kannada-speaking population in India. This evaluation is intended to info...
Background/Objectives: Hearing loss is a leading cause of disability worldwide, with speech perception representing a key functional outcome of auditory rehabilitation. While hearing aids improve audibility, outcomes vary substantially across clinica...
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Background and Aims: Accuracy in speech perception in bilingual children is influenced by two phonological systems. This study compares phonological development in bilingual Urdu–English (UE) children with CIs with their hearing-age-matched pee...
Background/Objectives: This study investigated auditory perception and psychosocial well-being in long-term cochlear implant (CI) users, with a particular focus on the effects of auditory (re)habilitation on learned helplessness and speech-in-noise p...
Background/Objectives: Vestibular migraine is a common but often underrecognized cause of dizziness in otolaryngology practice. Although awareness has increased, variation in clinician training and management may contribute to inconsistent care. This...
Presbycusis, or age-related hearing loss (ARHL), is a multifactorial disorder characterized by a gradual, bilateral sensorineural decline in hearing sensitivity, predominantly affecting high-frequency sounds. It is one of the most common chronic cond...
Background/Objectives: Pregnancy involves significant hormonal, cardiovascular, and physiological shifts that may potentially affect the vestibular system. The utricle and saccule, the two primary otolith organs, are responsible for detecting linear...
Background: Vestibular migraine (VM) is a common cause of episodic vertigo, yet its diagnosis remains primarily clinical and is often complicated by the absence of reliable objective biomarkers. Pupillary nystagmus, reflecting spontaneous oscillation...
Objectives: This study aimed to analyse the effects of educational levels, sex, and residence on tinnitus-related distress, as well as the severity of depression and anxiety. Material and methods: A total of 235 patients with primary subjective tinni...
Background/Objectives: Hearing loss is frequently misunderstood by communication partners and healthcare providers of patients with hearing loss alike, leading to gaps in counseling, medical adherence, and empathy. Hearing loss simulation is a techni...
Background: Prolonged exposure to moderate and loud noise is known to impair hearing; however, the safety of long-duration exposure to low-level sound, such as that encountered during everyday conversation, remains unclear. This study aimed to determ...
Background/Objectives: This study describes the development and validation of the Danish Sentence Test (DAST), a Danish-language, adaptive speech-in-noise test constructed from a linguistically balanced corpus using a template-based method. This appr...
Background/Objectives: Cisplatin-exposed pediatric cancer patients are at increased risk of ototoxicity, particularly those under 5 years of age. In this group, audiological monitoring is challenging, as interpretation of otoacoustic emissions (OAEs)...
Background/Objectives: Spectral resolution is strongly associated with speech perception for adult cochlear implant users, but the developmental trajectory of spectral resolution in childhood is more complex and far less understood. Music-based train...
Background/Objectives: In a recent article we outlined how the vestibular efferent system connects the stereo/kinociliary complex at the apex of the macular vestibular hair cells of the inner ear and coordinates movement so that planned body movement...
Background/Objectives: To determine the effect of single-dose hemodialysis treatment on the inner ear in patients with normal hearing functions using the Distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAE) test. Methods: A total of twenty-four (24) pati...
Background: Eustachian Tube Dysfunction (ETD) presents significant diagnostic challenges, particularly in patients with chronic nasal disease, which often mimic or complicate ETD symptoms. Tubomanometry (TMM) is emerging as an objective tool for diag...
Background: Speech-language pathology (SLP) and audiology services are essential components of multidisciplinary rehabilitation, particularly for individuals with developmental, neurological, and communication-related disorders. National-level data d...
Vestibular schwannomas (VSs) are benign tumors of the vestibulocochlear nerve that often cause significant neurological and functional impairment, affecting patients’ overall quality of life (QoL). While clinical assessments have traditionally...
Introduction: This study aimed to systematically assess the impact of hearing interventions on cognitive function in older adults with presbycusis. Methods: A comprehensive search was conducted across PubMed, EMBASE, and Web of Science databases from...
Background: This study investigates the impact of initial head position prior to stimulus presentation on sound localization accuracy in children. The quadratic angular root mean square error (RMSE) and the linear mean-absolute-error (MAE) have been...
Background: This paper describes the development of speech materials in the Romani language intended for audiological and comprehension assessment of Romani-speaking children and adults living in Slovakia. The work responds to the documented lack of...
Background/Objectives: Tinnitus and reactions to the tinnitus are different dimensions that can be explored in research and in clinical settings. Notably, these dimensions can elucidate priorities and the most problematic areas for patient-centered a...
Objectives: This data-driven study aimed to explore the characteristics and initial hearing aid (HA) fitting parameters among older adults in Mainland China. Methods: Data were extracted from Oticon’s internal database, focusing on 82,834 older...
Background/Objectives: In addition to the clinical gold standard, tympanometry, several alternatives for middle ear diagnostics have evolved over the past decades. With the so-called pressureless acoustic impedance test, the Neuranix Medwave, another...
