The research described in this book represents important steps toward understanding the development of inner ear medicine and new perspectives in regenerative medicine, including efficacy in cochlear implants and various other treatments.
Hearing loss can vary in type ranging from conductive, mixed to sensorineural, as well as in degree from mild, moderate, severe to profound. While cochlear implants were devised for bilateral profound sensorineural hearing loss, various other devices have been invented for other types of hearing losses.
Swallowing difficulty or dysphagia is a common disorder and affects all age groups from the newborn to the elderly. Improved understanding of the physiology of swallowing, advances in endoscopic and radiological techniques along with an increasing elderly population has resulted in development of a separate swallowing disorders discipline.
Second edition presenting latest advances in ENT and head and neck surgery. Covers many new topics and summarises key points for each chapter. Previous edition published in 2008.
A six-volume compendium and a practical guide for otolaryngologists of all levels. The volumes in this work include Atlases of Otologic and Neurotological Surgery, Rhinologic and Sinus Surgery, Laryngeal Surgery, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Pediatric Otolaryngologic Surgery, and Head and Neck Surgery.
This book, built on the latest internationally recognized classification system to which the volume editor contributed, offers a unique and comprehensive reference guide to the clinical presentation, characteristics and proper treatment of the wide spectrum of congenital malformations of the inner ear (IEM).