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IFOS Dubai 2023

3 November 2022 |
Hussain Abdul Rahman Al Rand, Msc (Cairo), German Board (Facharzt), FRCS (Edin), President, IFOS World Congress Dubai, 2023; Assistant Under Secretary Public Health, Ministry of Health and Prevention, UAE; Vice President, IFOS; President, ARABFOS, GCC ORL Head and Neck Society,...

The degree of barbecue rotation matters in horizontal canal BPPV

1 September 2019 | | Neurotology, Vestibular Disorders | HSC-canalithiasis, barbecue rotation
Treatment of horizontal canal BPPV (Hc-BPPV) is not without controversy due to the several repositioning manoeuvres advocated for its treatment. Among the many, barbecue rotation (Br) is perhaps the most commonly used for canalithiasis of Hc-BPPV. Should the rotation be...

VACANCY: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Audiology

4 September 2023 | Recruitment & Personnel
You would work as part of a team and primarily deliver high quality teaching and training across a range of programmes based on your area of specialism

Consequences of Meniere’s Tumarkin crises

1 March 2019 | | Neurotology, Vestibular Disorders | Tumarkin attacks, Vasovagal attack, drop attacks, unconsciousness, vestibular syncope
Many will be familiar with reports of frightening drop attacks without loss of consciousness experienced by some Meniere’s disease (MD) patients. This study analysed data from an electronic survey of over 600 members of a national Meniere’s society. The aim...

BPPV and bone mineral density

1 September 2018 | | 25-hydroxyvitamin D, Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, bone mineral density, osteoporosis
Over the years, attempts have been made to identify modifiable risk factors for BPPV. Due to the chemical composition of otoconia, the role of calcium metabolism and its associated conditions have been studied with no firm conclusions. The authors studied...
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Can tympanometry be used to diagnose Ménière’s disease?

3 November 2023 | | Audiology - Diagnostic, Neurotology, Otology, Vestibular Disorders | Multifrequency Tympanometry, Ménière’s disease
The authors proposed multifrequency tympanometry (MFT) as an in-office test which may be able to diagnose Ménière’s disease (MD) that is quicker and more cost-effective than other methods. MFT measures the acoustic admittance of the middle ear and external ear...

Static positional nystagmus

1 March 2018 | | Static, VNG, balance, nystagmus, positional, vestibular
This study aimed to clarify the interpretation of positional nystagmus (PN) by looking at the current criteria for significance of PN, comparison of PN in symptomatic patients with normative data, prevalence of PN among participants with balance problems and assessing...

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Type 2 diabetes and BPPV

1 July 2016 | | Type 2 Diabetes, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, hypertension
Previous research has shown an association between BPPV and certain medical conditions such as hypertension, hyperlipidaemia and type 1 diabetes. The authors in this retrospective observational study investigated the interaction between BPPV and type 2 diabetes by examining the ‘role...

Cochlear implantation in SSD

1 July 2016 |
There are currently several trials for cochlear implantation (CI) in single-sided deafness (SSD) being undertaken to answer some of the questions this paper from New York raises. Who is best suited to receive one? What are their outcomes and how...

EEG as a measure of neuroplasticity in children

6 January 2023 | | Audiology - Paediatric, Auditory Implants, Audiology - Diagnostic
Measuring changes in neural activity can teach us a lot about hearing loss and the effect of gained functional hearing. In this article, the authors describe how electroencephalography (EEG) is being used to effectively measure such changes in children with...

Robotic surgery for squamous cell cancer: the new frontiers

4 November 2021 | | ENT, Head and Neck
Although the da Vinci platform was FDA approved for early-stage oropharyngeal cancers, the indications have expanded. In this article, John Hardman explains how surgeons, with greater understanding of the strengths and limitations of robotic surgery, have systematically set out to...