(n.) The branch of science which treats of the ear and its diseases.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is felt that otologic surgery should be done before the pinna reconstruction as it is very important to try and introduce sound into these children at an early age.
(2) Noise exposure and demographic data applicable to the United States, and procedures for predicting noise-induced permanent threshold shift (NIPTS) and nosocusis, were used to account for some 8.7 dB of the 13.4 dB average difference between the hearing levels at high frequencies for otologically and noise screened versus unscreened male ears; (this average difference is for the average of the hearing levels at 3000, 4000, and 6000 Hz, average for the 10th, 50th, and 90th percentiles, and ages 20-65 years).
(3) Prior to iontophoresis a complete audiologic, neuro-otologic and x-ray examination of the temporal bones was performed.
(4) Questionnaires assessing symptoms, disability and handicap, predisposition to anxiety, and current anxiety and depression were completed by 127 people attending neuro-otology clinics with a major complaint of vertigo or dysequilibrium.
(5) We used light microscopy to study 87 human temporal bones (from 47 cases) with no known otological disorders, and found that certain cases had sclerotic changes around the endolymphatic duct and sac.
(6) Exclusion criteria included history of chronic otitis media, recent antibiotic therapy, immunosuppressive illnesses, or prior otologic surgery.
(7) Otologic symptoms were infrequent, occurring only with temporal bone involvement.
(8) The results of 40 audiograms from otologically normal long-term underground train drivers were compared with the predicted values published by the National Physical Laboratory tables (Robinson and Shipton, 1977).
(9) The usefulness of labetalol, a new combined alpha and beta adrenoceptor antagonist as a hypotensive agent in otological operations was studied in 18 otherwise healthy patients.
(10) The compensatory process of vestibular neuronitis in 7 patients was followed up and evaluated using the Combined Galvanic Test (CGT) and other neuro-otological data.
(11) Autologous fibrin tissue adhesive is currently the most promising adhesive for otologic use with respect to strength and biocompatibility without the risk of transmissable disease that is of concern with the commercially prepared fibrin adhesive.
(12) We reviewed clinical findings in 740 patients over age 65 who consulted the Otological Medical Group, Inc., during a one-year period for dizziness.
(13) One hundred twenty-nine skull base operations were performed in 126 patients at the Otology Group, Nashville, Tenn., from January 1970 through May 1987.
(14) The Ménière's triad appeared in these patients six months to twenty nine years after the initial otologic or systemic lesion.
(15) The average respondent performed 4.6 fistula explorations among 197 otologic surgeries (some of these were myringotomies) per year.
(16) Otologic surgeons consider the action of sound pressure on the cochlear windows to be of major importance in certain cases of middle-ear pathology, yet previously published network models of mammalian middle ears do not include such a mechanism.
(17) The electrical recordings from the auditory nerve can, in combination with standard audiological, otological and neurological examinations, present a more accurate picture of the patient's condition.
(18) The head shaking test (HST) is an important test in neuro-otological diagnosis.
(19) We may conclude from our results that MR does not create any otological risks for patients with these prostheses in that none of them were dislocated during exposure.
(20) Further research is required to determine the efficacy of otologic homograft sterilization techniques against HIV and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Otoscopy
Definition:
(n.) The examination of the ear; the art of using the otoscope.
Example Sentences:
(1) This study supports the view that tympanometry should be interpreted as part of a battery of tests which includes otoscopy, audiometry, and acoustic reflex measurements.
(2) The ear health and state of hearing of 642 Aboriginal children living in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia in 1989 was assessed by audiometry, otoscopy and tympanometry in order to establish the efficacy of the existing ear health program.
(3) Two acoustic immittance screening procedures were evaluated in conjunction with pneumatic otoscopy, performed by a pediatric otolaryngologist.
(4) Twenty-five eardrums of 15 healthy children without past or present history of otological disease were examined using otoscopy; a photograph of each eardrum was obtained.
(5) Telescopic video otoscopy combined with the use of a video printer is a useful addition to the clinical practice of otology.
(6) A light output of 100 foot-candles or more was judged optimal for clinical otoscopy.
(7) A number (210) of children were followed longitudinally through the first two years of life with pneumatic otoscopy and electroacoustic immitance, tympanometry, at every physician encounter.
(8) All children received pneumatic otoscopy, tympanometry, pure tone audiometry, and a battery of language measures.
(9) Radiology and otoscopy were tested as means of antemortem screening for affected guinea pigs.
(10) When persistent middle ear effusion was analyzed by pneumatic otoscopy, 64 of 103 affected ears (62.1%) treated with cefprozil and 80 of 105 affected ears (76.1%) treated with amoxicillin clavulanate potassium were abnormal (P = 0.04).
(11) Tympanograms were combined with the specialist's otoscopy findings to determine whether effusion was present.
(12) This survey investigated the use of acoustic impedance measurement on a population of multiply handicapped children and correlated the results with otoscopy.
(13) Additionally, a combined otoscopy and tympanometry sensitivity and specificity were calculated for those otoscopy and tympanometry determinations in agreement, revealing both sensitivity and specificity above 90%.
(14) There was no significant difference (P greater than 0.05) between the predictive value of pneumatic otoscopy (88%) and tympanometry (89%).
(15) Comparing evidence of effusion by tympanometry with that by pneumatic otoscopy showed that using the appearance of the eardrum alone the sensitivity of otoscopy was 55%; the addition of mobility improved the sensitivity to 76% with little reduction in specificity.
(16) There are limitations to observer reliability with otoscopy, which has good sensitivity but poor specificity, in contrast to immitance audiometry.
(17) A chi-square was performed to compare the sensitivity and specificity to tympanometry to otoscopy, revealing tympanometry significantly better at determining non-effusion states.
(18) A simple and economical method of telescopic pneumatic otoscopy (pneumatic teleotoscopy) is also described.
(19) Clinical efficacy was determined by pneumatic otoscopy and tympanometric testing 3 to 5, 11 to 14, and 22 to 26 days after the initiation of therapy.
(20) Otoscopy was performed in all patients and tympanogram was done in two patients.