Howard P. House

Stapedectomy Versus Stapedotomy: Comparison of Results With Long-Term Follow-up

Objective/Hypothesis To compare the effectiveness and long‐term stability of hearing results between stapedectomy and small fenestra stapedotomy in patients with conductive hearing loss due to otosclerosis.

Revision stapedectomy: A review of 258 cases†

We reviewed the records of 258 revision stapedectomy operations performed at the Otological Medical Group during an eight year period.

The slipped strut problem. A review of 52 cases.

The initial enthusiasm for a surgical procedure is often dampened with the accumulation of cases when the incidence of complications becomes apparent. Some are as predicted. Other predicted complications are found to be unfounded or exaggerated. Occasionally, however; a new symptom-complex arises following a procedure whose true nature and relationship to the surgery is not immediately apparent. Such was the case in a syndrome now known as the slipped strut.

THE RELATIONS OF HEARING LOSS TO NOISE EXPOSURE

Abstract : Contents: Definition of Variables: hearing loss, noise, exposure; The Human Problems of Industrial Noise; Presbycusis; Requirements for Field Data; Continuous Exposure to Steady Noise: The Relation of Hearing Loss at Certain Frequencies to Octave Band Levels; Average Net Hearing Loss Contours; Trend Curves: Estimates of Average Net Hearing Loss; Confirmation of the Trend Curves; Limitations of Trend Curves: Spectra and Extrapolations; Limitations of Trend Curves: Intermittent Exposure and Non-Steady Noise; Limitations of Trend Curves: Temporary Threshold Shift; Reduction in Temporary Threshold Shift after Cessation of Exposure; Exposure to Low-Frequency Noise; Gross Hearing Losses in Three Hypothetical Groups; Intermittent Exposure to Steady Noise: Airplane Noise; Jet-Engine Noise; Intermittent Exposure: Riveting Noise; Impulsive Noise: Proof-firing; Impact Noise: Drop Forge; Relation of Threshold Shifts to Initial Audiograms.