Gauri Mankekar

Assistant Professor

Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery, Louisiana State University Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.

Latest Contribution

Importance of face-to-face communication in clinical practice

1 November 2017 | | audiology, conversation analysis, face-to-face communication, gaze, hearing rehabilitation, other-initiated repair

Breakdowns in communication with patients who have difficulty in understanding, speaking or hearing may occur during a consultation. The authors of this paper studied the hearing-related breakdowns in communication especially amongst older adults with hearing impairment (HI) using conversational analysis...

Healthcare economics and device approvals

9 October 2017 | | Cervical total disc arthroplasty, Clinical trial design, Noninferiority, Randomized controlled trial, Statistical review, Superiority

We use several FDA-approved devices in our clinical practice but are rarely aware about the stringent procedures followed by manufacturers, as well as the FDA, before the devices become commercially available. The authors of this paper undertook a comprehensive review...

Novel wax solvent

6 October 2017 | | Cerumen removal, Cerumenolytic, Topical earwax removal

This paper describes an open label, prospective study undertaken by the authors to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of a novel topical wax solvent. This new product has a dual action using a bicarbonate system to disrupt the esters and...