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      Management of Acute Otitis Media: Update 

      Shekelle, Paul G; Takata, Glenn; Newberry, Sydne J; Coker, Tumaini; Limbos, Mary Ann; Chan, Linda S; Timmer, Martha M; Suttorp, Marika J; Carter, Jason; Motala, Aneesa; Valentine, Di; Johnsen, Breanne; Shanman, Roberta (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US), 2010)
      Acute Otitis Media (AOM), a viral or bacterial infection of the ear, is the most common childhood infection for which antibiotics are prescribed in the United States. In 2001, the Southern California Evidence-based Practice ...
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      Surgical Management of Otitis Media with Effusion in Children 

      National Collaborating Centre for Women’s and Children’s Health (UK) (RCOG Press, 2008)
      Otitis media with effusion (OME) is a condition characterised by a collection of fluid within the middle ear without signs of acute inflammation. It is most common in young children, with a bimodal peak at 2 and 5 years ...
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      Vertigo and Dizziness 

      Brandt, Thomas; Dieterich, Marianne; Strupp, Michael (Springer, London, 2005)
      After headache, vertigo and dizziness is the second most common complaint of patients. Vertigo is not a disease entity, but rather an unspecific syndrome consisting of various disorders with different causes. Most syndromes ...
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      Compression: From Cochlea to Cochlear Implants 

      Bacon, Sid P.; Fay, Richard R.; Popper, Arthur N. (Springer, New York, NY, 2004)
      The Springer Handbook of Auditory Research presents a series of comp- hensive and synthetic reviews of the fundamental topics in modern au- tory research.The volumes are aimed at all individuals with interests in hearing ...
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      Cochlear Implants: Auditory Prostheses and Electric Hearing 

      Zeng, Fan-Gang; Popper, Arthur N.; Fay, Richard R. (Springer, New York, NY, 2004)
      Cochlear implants have instigated a popular but controversial revolution in the treatment of deafness. This book discusses the physiological bases of using artificial devices to electrically stimulate the auditory system ...
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      Cochlear Implants: Fundamentals and Applications 

      Clark, Graeme (Springer, New York, NY, 2003)
      Soun is nought but air y-broke —Geoffrey Chaucer end of the 14th century Traditionally, acoustics has formed one of the fundamental branches of physics. In the twentieth century, the ?eld has broadened considerably and ...
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      Diagnosis, Natural History, and Late Effects of Otitis Media With Effusion 

      Shekelle, Paul; Takata, Glenn; Chan, Linda S; Mangione-Smith, Rita; Corley, Pamela M; Morphew, Tricia; Morton, Sally (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US), 2003)
      The purpose of this evidence-based report is to review the evidence on the natural history of otitis media with effusion (OME), the late effects of early life otitis media on hearing and speech and language development, ...
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      Management of Acute Otitis Media 

      Marcy, Michael; Takata, Glenn; Shekelle, Paul; Chan, Linda S; Mason, Wilbert; Wachsman, Laura; Ernst, Richard; Hay, Joel W; Corley, Pamal M; Morphew, Tricia; Ramicone, Emily; Nicholson, Connie (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US), 2001)
      Our objective with this report was to analyze the evidence on the initial management of uncomplicated acute otitis media (AOM) in children. We assessed three questions: What is the natural history of AOM without antibiotic ...
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      Vertigo and Dizziness Rehabilitation 

      Cesarani, Antonio; Alpini, Dario (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 1999)
      This diagnosis and management guide opens up a new frontier both for medical specialists and physical therapists dealing with vertigo sufferers. It presents a new original approach to diagnosis and rehabilitative treatment ...
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      Cholesteatoma and Anterior Tympanotomy 

      Morimitsu, Tamotsu (Springer, Tokyo, 1997)
      Acquired aural cholesteatoma poses a unique procedural dilemma with regard to pathogenetic research and theory building. Because cholesteatoma spontane­ ously occurs only in the poorly pneumatized human ear, its pathogenesis ...
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      The Cochlea 

      Dallos, Peter; Popper, Arthur N.; Fay, Richard R. (Springer, New York, NY, 1996)
      Knowledge about the structure and function of the inner ear is vital to an understanding of vertebrate hearing. This volume presents a detailed overview of the mammalian cochlea from its anatomy and physiology to its ...
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      Otitis Media with Effusion in Young Children 

      Stool, SE; Berg, AO; Berman, S; Carney, CJ; Cooley, JR; Culpepper, L; Eavey, RD; Feagans, LV; Finitzo, T; Friedman, EM (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US), 1994)
      Otitis media with effusion is one of the most common problems of infancy and early childhood and is responsible for substantial morbidity and expense. Most children will have one or more episodes during early childhood, ...
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      Deafness, Deprivation, and IQ 

      Braden, Jeffery P. (Springer, Boston, MA, 1994)
      Deafness is a "low incidence" disability and, therefore not studied or understood in the same way as other disabilities. Historically, research in deafness has been conducted by a small group of individuals who communicated ...
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      The Mammalian Cochlear Nuclei 

      Merchán, Miguel A.; Juiz, José M.; Godfrey, Donald A.; Mugnaini, Enrico (Springer, Boston, MA, 1993)
      The presence of sophisticated auditory processing in mammals has permitted perhaps the most significant evolutionary development in humans: that of language. An understanding of the neural basis of hearing is thus a starting ...
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      Cochlear Implants: Models of the Electrically Stimulated Ear 

      Miller, Josef M.; Spelman, Francis A. (Springer, New York, NY, 1990)
      This volume describes a new direction in technological and biomedical developments for profoundly deaf individuals. The first section covers topics of tissue characteristics, such as responses to electrical stimulation and ...
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      Ménière’s Disease 

      Kitahara, Masaaki (Springer, Tokyo, 1990)
      A disease of unknown origin - this is the challenge presented by Ménière's disease and taken up by top clinicians and scientists, members and coworkers of The Vestibular Disorder Research Committee organized by The Ministry ...
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      Surgery of the Skull Base 

      Samii, Madjid; Draf, Wolfgang; Lang, Johannes (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 1989)
      The region of the skull base was long considered a surgical barrier because of its complex anatomy. With few exceptions, the region immediately beyond the dura or bony skull base constituted a "no man's land" for the surgeon ...
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      Cochlear Mechanisms: Structure, Function, and Models 

      Wilson, J. P.; Kemp, D. T. (Springer, Boston, MA, 1989)
      Great advances have been made in understanding hearing in recent years. In particular, the mechanical function of the cochlea has become the focus of intense interest. This started in one direction, with the discovery of ...
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      Atlas of Slices of the Temporal Bone and Adjacent Region 

      Sick, Henri; Veillon, Francis (J.F. Bergmann-Verlag, 1988)
      A very good knowledge of anatomical sections is necessary to be able to interpret fine imaging of the temporal bone. Both serial histological sections and CT material are presented in this volume. Three planes of space - ...
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      Clinical Aspects of Inner Ear Deafness 

      Lehnhardt, Ernst (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 1986)
      The work on clinical aspects of inner ear deafness started out in 1983/1984 as a general review conceived by the Deutsche Gesellschaft fUr Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf-und Hals-Chirurgie (German Society for ...