Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, Hearing and Balance Medicine, Volume 7, Issue 1

Horizontal nystagmus is still commonly interpreted at the bedside through a pragmatic peripheral-versus-central dichotomy. Although this heuristic is often clinically useful, it may be misleading because distributed brainstem–cerebellar disorde...

Background and Clinical Significance: Localized amyloidoma rarely affects the tongue base, a site far less commonly involved than the larynx. When it does occur at this location, the clinical and radiological presentation can closely mimic oropharyng...

Background/Objectives: Hyperventilation-induced nystagmus (HVIN) has been described as a sensitive clinical sign in vestibular schwannoma (VS), potentially reflecting a reversible conduction block in partially demyelinated vestibular nerve fibers. Ho...

Background/Objectives: Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) is a rare pathology that arises in the context of a known or suspected cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) leak. A key symptom of SIH is an orthostatic headache; however, additional neurologic...

Background/Objectives: Individuals with listening difficulties (LiD) report problems understanding speech despite normal hearing sensitivity. This study investigated how speech characteristics (clarity, speaking rate, and loudness) influence subjecti...

Background/Objectives: Patient understanding during healthcare appointments is essential for positive health outcomes and effective healthcare delivery. There is limited research exploring patient understanding for patients with swallowing difficulti...

Background: Endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) is a core operative technique in otolaryngology and is associated with a steep learning curve due to complex sinonasal anatomy, limited depth perception with two-dimensional endoscopy, and the requirement fo...

Background/Objectives: Spatial release from masking (SRM) refers to the improvement in speech understanding that occurs when a target talker is spatially separated from competing speech. Although normal-hearing (NH) listeners benefit substantially fr...

Background/Objectives: Nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) is prevalent in Southeast Asia, Southern China and North Africa. Up to 46% of NPC patients undergoing cisplatin chemoradiation treatment experience irreversible hearing loss. Prestin is a motor prote...

Background: Tracheal rupture is a rare, life-threatening condition that may follow blunt trauma, intubation, and, less commonly, esophageal instrumentation. The diagnosis may be challenging due to the subtle, delayed, and wide variety of symptoms. We...

Background: Localized susceptibility data supports development of a pediatric-specific antibiogram to guide empiric therapy for ear infections within the British Columbia community setting. The aim of the current student was to construct an antibiogr...

Background/Objectives: Traditional demonstrations are a common way to teach clinical skills, but they often feel unstructured and inconsistent. Peyton’s four-step approach provides a more organized, student-focused method that might help learne...

Background/Objectives: This prospective study aimed to assess noise levels in otolaryngology operating rooms (OR), explore noise variation across subspecialties, and examine the correlation between noise, verbal communication, and surgery complexity....

Background/Objectives: Three types of neuroplasticity that have been reported following hearing aid uptake include: cross-modal reorganization, homologue shifts, and neighbouring region restructuring. However, such evidence primarily stems from cochl...

Background/Objectives: Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is crucial for mitochondrial bioenergetics and redox balance and has been studied in hearing disorders. Its clinical use ranges from genetic mitochondrial deafness to acquired hearing loss associated with o...

Background/Objectives: Despite the high prevalence (around 4.1–37.2%) and highly debilitating adverse impact, there has been inconclusive evidence regarding the efficacy of treatment for tinnitus management, especially for those patients with t...

Background/Objectives: Dizziness is a symptom of many disorders across a wide range of etiologies. If dizzy patients are seen for vestibular evaluation with an audiologist and no vestibular reason for the patient’s dizziness is found, the medic...

Background/Objectives: The vestibular labyrinth is classically viewed as a sensor of low-frequency head motion—linear acceleration for the otoliths and angular velocity/acceleration for the semicircular canals. However, there is now substantial...

Otorhinolaryngology is at a pivotal moment of change [...]

Background: Paragangliomas of the head and neck are rare, benign and indolent to slow-growing tumors. Not all tumors require immediate active intervention, and surveillance is a viable management strategy in a large proportion of cases. Treatment dec...

Background: Narrow duplicated internal auditory canal (IAC) is a rare congenital malformation frequently associated with severe-to-profound sensorineural hearing loss. Case Presentation: We present a one-year-old girl with bilateral narrow duplicated...

Objective: This study aims to examine the frequency of emergency department (ED) visits and the occurrence of postoperative nasal symptoms (PNSs) following endonasal skull base surgery (EESBS). Methods: A retrospective cohort study of patients who un...