FRONT MATTER
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| BASIC ASPECTS |
MEASUREMENT, VISUALIZATION AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF COMPLETE THREE-DIMENSIONAL KINEMATICAL DATA SETS OF HUMAN AND CAT MIDDLE EAR
W.F. DECRAEMER and S.M. KHANNA | 3 |
INTERSPECIES VARIATION IN CAT-FAMILY MIDDLE EARS
WILLIAM T. PEAKE and HELEN C. PEAKE | 11 |
NONLINEAR PROPERTIES OF THE MIDDLE EAR: SOME INFLUENCES ON HEARING AND DIAGNOSIS
ALBRECHT EIBER and CHRISTIAN BREUNINGER | 19 |
THE USE OF LASER - DOPPLER VIBROMETRY IN HUMAN MIDDLE - EAR RESEARCH: THE EFFECTS OF ALTERATIONS IN MIDDLE - EAR LOAD
J.J. ROSOWSKI, S.N. MERCHANT and H.H. NAKAJIMA | 27 |
THE EFFECT OF COMPLEX STAPES MOTION ON COCHLEAR RESPONSE
D SEQUEIRA, A EIBER, U WILLI and A HUBER | 35 |
MIDDLE-EAR TWO-PORT MEASUREMENTS IN HUMAN CADAVERIC TEMPORAL BONES: COMPARISON WITH MODELS
SUNIL PURIA | 43 |
TIME DELAY OF ACOUSTIC TRANSMISSION IN HUMAN MIDDLE EAR
NAOHITO HATO, KIYOFUMI GYO, STEFAN STENFELT, Joseph T. Welsh and Richard L. Goode | 51 |
THE MOBILITY OF THE INCUDO-MALLEOLAR JOINT AND ASSOCIATED MIDDLE-EAR TRANSMISSION LOSSES
U. WILLI, M. FERRAZZINI and A. HUBER | 56 |
THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENTS AND ANALYSIS OF THE ISOLATED MALLEUS-INCUS COMPLEX
Jae Hoon Sim, Sunil Puria and Charles R. Steele | 61 |
EFFECTS OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN SIZE AND STIFFNESS OF THE MIDDLE EAR ON ITS SOUND TRANSMISSION
TAKUJI KOIKE, HIROSHI WADA and TOSHIMITSU KOBAYASHI | 68 |
THICKNESS OF THE HUMAN EARDRUM IN FRESH AND PRESERVED SPECIMENS
L. C. KUYPERS, W. F. DECRAEMER and J. J. J. DIRCKX | 75 |
CALCULATIONS AND EXPERIMENTS ON THE INFLUENCE OF PROSTHESIS COUPLING TO THE MIDDLE EAR TRANSFER FUNCTION
THOMAS ZAHNERT, MATTHIAS BORNITZ and KARL-BERND HÜTTENBRINK | 83 |
MODELING FLEXIBILITY IN THE HUMAN OSSICULAR CHAIN: COMPARISON TO OSSICULAR FIXATION DATA
M.E. RAVICZ, W.T. PEAKE, H.H. NAKAJIMA, S.N. MERCHANT and J.J. ROSOWSKI | 91 |
HUMAN ROUND WINDOW MEMBRANE MOVEMENTS: ARE THEY REALLY PROXY MEASURES OF STAPES MOVEMENT?
M. BANCE, D. P. MORRIS, R.G. VAN WIJHE and A. CAMPOS | 99 |
ANALYSIS OF THE EAR’S IMPEDANCE THROUGH MULTIFREQUENCY IMMITTANCE MEASUREMENTS: ATTEMPTS AT MODELING THE STAPES’ ANNULAR LIGAMENT
MICHEL CAMICAS, PAUL AVAN and JACQUES JOUHANEAU | 107 |
TEMPERATURE –SENSITIVE SV40 IMMORTALIZED RAT MIDDLE EAR EPITHELIAL CELLS
KATSUHIRO TOYAMA, SHIZUO KOMUNE, JIZHEN LIN and MICHAEL M. PAPARELLA | 110 |
A COLUMELLA FORMATION IN THE MIDDLE EAR BY BMP-2/COLLAGEN COMPOSITES: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY USING TISSUE ENGINEERING
Yasushi Takeda, Hidetsugu Tsujigiwa, Kazunori Nishizaki, Tadashi Yoshino, Yorihisa Orita, Hitoshi Nagatsuka and Noriyuki Nagai | 116 |
EXPERIMENTAL MASTOID OBLITERATION BY BMP-2/COLLAGEN COMPOSITES
Kazunori Nishizaki, Hidetsugu Tsujigiwa, Yasushi Takeda, Tadashi Yoshino, Manabu Maeta, Kunihiro Fukushima, Hitoshi Nagatsuka and Noriyuki Nagai | 121 |
A GLIMPSE OF INTRACOCHLEAR PRESSURE THROUGH MIDDLE EAR ASSESSMENT, EXPERIMENTS AND MODELS
PAUL AVAN, LAURENT GILAIN, THIERRY MOM and BELA BÜKI | 126 |
A NEW AND IMPROVED MIDDLE EAR
MARIO A. RUGGERO, ANDREI N. TEMCHIN, LUIS ROBLES and EDWARD H. OVERSTREET, III | 134 |
| DISEASE AND RECONSTRUCTION |
FINITE-ELEMENT MODELLING THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE OSSICULAR CHAIN WITH AN ANATOMICALLY SHAPED INCUS PROSTHESIS
E. W. ABEL, R.W. LORD, C. MAO and R. P. MILLS | 145 |
DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR LENGTH VARIABLE PROSTHESES FINITE ELEMENT MODEL SIMULATIONS
MATTHIAS BORNITZ, THOMAS ZAHNERT, KARL-BERND HÜTTENBRINK and HANS-JÜRGEN HARDTKE | 153 |
IN VITRO INVESTIGATION OF THE MOTION OF A MALLEUS HEAD TO STAPES HEAD ‘INCUS REPLICA’ PROSTHESIS DURING CHANGES IN STATIC PRESSURE
ROBERT MILLS, MARCIN SYZMANSKI and ERIC ABEL | 161 |
HYDROXYL-APATITE PARTIAL OSSICULAR RECONSTRUCTION PROSTHESES: A COMPARISON OF TEMPORAL BONE PRESSURE GAIN MEASUREMENTS & CLINICAL AUDIOLOGICAL DATA
EUAN MURUGASU, SUNIL PURIA and JOSEPH B ROBERSON | 167 |
EFFECTS OF OSSICULAR RECONSTRUCTION ON THE THREE DIMENSIONAL MOVEMENTS OF THE STAPES FOOTPLATE
MANOHAR BANCE, DAVID P. MORRIS and RENE G. VAN WIJHE | 176 |
THE ROLE OF THE INCUDO-MALLEAR JOINT IN MIDDLE EAR RECONSTRUCTION
ROBERT A. GOLDENBERG and IAIN L GRANT | 184 |
THE EFFECTS OF OSSICULAR FIXATION ON HUMAN TEMPORAL BONES
HIDEKO HEIDI NAKAJIMA, MICHAEL E. RAVICZ, JOHN J. ROSOWSKI, WILLIAM T. PEAKE and SAUMIL N. MERCHANT | 189 |
EFFECTS OF STIFFENING THE ANTERIOR MALLEAL LIGAMENT
HIDEKO HEIDI NAKAJIMA, WILLIAM T. PEAKE, JOHN J. ROSOWSKI and SAUMIL N. MERCHANT | 197 |
THE ACOUSTIC EVALUATION OF STAPEDOTOMY USING A TEMPORAL BONE OTOSCLEROSIS MODEL
NOBUMITSU HONDA and RICHARD L. GOODE | 203 |
EFFECTS OF INTERPOSED MATERIALS IN THE INTERFACE BETWEEN THE EARDRUM AND PROSTHESIS IN OSSICULOPLASTY
DAVID P. MORRIS, MANOHAR BANCE and RENE G. VAN WIJHE | 209 |
TOPICAL APPLICATION OF B-FGF FOR TYMPANIC MEMBRANE RECONSTRUCTION IN CANAL WALL UP TYMPANOPLASTY
KATSUMI DOI, YOSHIO SUGIYAMA, HIROSHI NISHIMURA and TAKESI KUBO | 215 |
CLOSING TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATIONS USING BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR
NOBUHIRO HAKUBA and KIYOFUMI GYO | 219 |
COMPARISON IN POSTOPERATIVE HEARING BETWEEN THE OSSICULAR RECONSTRUCTION USING THE AUTOLOGOUS CARTILAGE AND OSSICLE
TAKENORI MIYASHITA, HIROSHI HOSHIKAWA, TERUSHIGE MORI, SEIKO FUJIWARA and NOZOMU MORI | 223 |
THE HEARING RESULTS OF OUR OPERATIVE METHOD USING A CARTILAGE CONNECTING HYDROXYAPATITE PROSTHESIS WITH A SPEARHEAD
TADASHI DOI, YASUO HOSODA, YASUNORI OHSUMI, SUSUMU BABA, YUMI MUNEMOTO, AKIHIRO KANEKO, MOTOTANE KOMEDA, MASAYUKI FURUKAWA, HIROMICHI KURIYAMA, MASANORI KITAJIRI and TOSHIO YAMASHITA | 227 |
SUPERIOR SEMICIRCULAR CANAL DEHISCENCE AND BONE CONDUCTION IN CHINCHILLA
J.E. SONGER, K.M. BRINSKO and J.J. ROSOWSKI | 234 |
| IMAGING |
THE VALUES OF DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING AND FUNCTIONAL MRI IN EVALUATING MIDDLE EAR LESIONS
SANG HEUN LEE, JI EUN LEE, YONGMIN CHANG and JIN HO CHO | 245 |
THE COMPARISON OF BRAIN FUNCTIONAL IMAGING BETWEEN CONDUCTIVE AND SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS
SANG HEUN LEE, JI EUN LEE, JAE HYUG KIM, YONGMIN CHANG and JIN HO CHO | 253 |
THREE-DIMENSIONAL MICRO-CT IMAGES FOR HUMAN OSSICLES
KEEHYUN PARK, JUN-HO LEE, MIN JUNG CHO, YE YEON WON, MYONG HYUN BAEK and Keehyun Park | 260 |
EVALUATION OF THE OSSICULAR CHAIN BY MSCT
SEIKO FUJIWARA, TAKENORI MIYASHITA, HIROSHI HOSHIKAWA, YOSHIHIRO TOYAMA and NOZOMU MORI | 271 |
| SURGERY |
HEARING RESULTS AFTER STAPES SURGERY
Hiromi Ueda, Takeshi Fujimoto, Tatsuya Hibi, Mikito Naiki and Atsusi Furuhasi | 279 |
SURGERY FOR TYMPANOSCLEROTIC STAPES FIXATION. A REPORT OF 6 CASES
HIROKAZU KAWANO, HARUKA NAKANISHI, YASUHIRO TSUBOI, TAKASHI KIMITSUKI, TETSUYA TONO and SHIZUO KOMUNE | 284 |
BILATERAL SAME DAY SURGERY FOR BILATERAL PERFORATED CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA (SECOND REPORT)
M. SAKAGAMI, H. KATSURA, N. SAEKI, K. TSUJI, M. SONE and Y. MISHIRO | 290 |
FACIAL NERVE DECOMPRESSION VIA COMBINED TRANSMASTOID AND TRANS MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA ROUTES FOR TRAUMATIC TOTAL FACIAL PARALYSIS
EIJI YUMOTO, MASAKO MASUDA, YOSHIHIKO KUMAI and MOTOHIRO MORIOKA | 294 |
ENDOSCOPIC STAPES SURGERY
HIDEO EDAMATSU, SHINTARO YAMAGUCHI, TOMO EGUCHI and KENSUKE WATANABE | 299 |
MIDDLE EAR AERATION AFTER TYMPANOPLASTY FOR MIDDLE EAR CHOLESTEATOMA
H. KAWAMOTO, N. FUKUSHIMA, Y. MORI, M. MIYASATO, T. FUKUIRI and T. OKUBO | 304 |
CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ANTERIOR TYMPANOTOMY IN CHOLESTEATOMA SURGERY
T Morimitsu, S Komune and T Tono | 310 |
| DIAGNOSIS |
DOES LASER DOPPLER INTERFEROMETRY HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC VALUE IN THE CLINICAL SPHERE?
ALEX HUBER | 319 |
DEVELOPMENT OF A HANDHELD OSSICULAR VIBRATION TESTER FOR SURGERY
Takashi Iwakura, Hideki Fujioka, Makoto Tateno, Hisashi Kohno, Naohito Hato, Hidemitu Sato and Kiyohumi Gyo | 324 |
A Handheld Ossicular Vibration Tester and its Application during Surgery
Kiyofumi Gyo, Hisashi Kohno, Naohito Hato, Takashi Iwakura, Hideki Fujioka and Makoto Tateno | 328 |
DEVELOPMENT OF AN APPARATUS FOR DIAGNOSIS OF OSSICULAR CHAIN MOBILITY
HIROSHI WADA, TAKUJI KOIKE, MICHIO MURAKOSHI, RYO YUASA, YU YUASA, NOBUMITSU HONDA and RICHARD L. GOODE | 333 |
HEARING LOSS IN PATIENTS WITH LARGE VESTIBULAR AQUEDUCT SYNDROME: AIR AND BONE CONDUCTION
TSUTOMU NAKASHIMA, EISUKE SATO, TAMIE MIMURA, MAKOTO SUGIURA, TAKAHIKO YOSHINO, SHINJI NAGANAWA and TSUTOMU NAKASHIMA | 340 |
EVALUATION OF TEMPORAL BONE MALFORMATIONS IN TREACHER COLLINS SYNDROME AND CONGENITAL AURAL ATRESIA USING HRCT FINDINGS
YASUHIRO CHIHARA, HIDEKI TAKEGOSHI, SHIN-ICHI ISHIMOTO, KEN ITO, TATUYA YAMASOBA and KIMITAKA KAGA | 347 |
POSSIBLE ASSESSMENT OF ACOUSTIC PATENCY IN PATIENTS WITH PATULOUS EUSTACHIAN TUBE: PRELIMINARY REPORT
S. KANO, T. KAWASE, Y. BABA, T. SATO and T. KOBAYASHI | 351 |
| HEARING DEVICES |
UTILIZATION OF THE MECHANICS OF THE MIDDLE EAR FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MICROPHONE
KARL-BERND HÜTTENBRINK, THOMAS ZAHNERT, MATTHIAS BLAU and GERT HOFMANN | 357 |
DEVELOPMENT OF A NON-IMPLANTABLE ELECTROMAGNETIC HEARING AID
SHINJI HAMANISHI, HIROSHI WADA, TAKUJI KOIKE, TOSHIMITSU KOBAYASHI, NOBUMITSU HONDA and RICHARD L. GOODE | 362 |
DESIGN OF MIDDLE EAR IMPLANT SYSTEM USING A DIFFERENTIAL ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSDUCER
B. S. SONG, J. H. CHO, M. K. KIM and S. H. LEE | 370 |
INDICATORS FOR EFFICIENT COUPLING OF THE OTOLOGICS MET™ OSSICULAR STIMULATOR
BERND WALDMANN, HANNES MAIER and RUDOLF LEUWER | 377 |
EVALUATION AND DEMONSTRATION OF SOUND QUALITY OF MIDDLE EAR HEARING DEVICES USING MEASURED TRANSFER FUNCTION FOR TEMPORAL BONES
HIDEKI FUJIOKA, TAKASHI IWAKURA, MAKOTO TATENO, NOBUYUKI HONDA and RICHARED L GOODE | 384 |
EFFICACY OF SURGERY USING IMPLANTABLE HEARING AID FOR PATIENTS WITH ADHESIVE OTITIS MEDIA OR ACQUIRED STENOSIS OF THE EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL
TAKEHISA SAITO, TAKESHI TANAKA, MASAHARU TOKURIKI, HIROSHI SUNAGA, SHIGEHARU FUJIEDA and HITOSHI SAITO | 389 |
BONE CONDUCTION AND BONE ANCHORED HEARING DEVICES
STEFAN STENFELT | 394 |
COMPARISON OF SPEECH PERCEPTION BETWEEN MONO-AND BINAURAL HEARING IN COCHLEAR IMPLANT SUBJECTS
T Kubo, N Matsushiro, T Sato, E Yasuoka, K Yamamoto, T Iwaki and S-R Ma | 402 |
A PROJECT ON HIGHQUALITYLOWCOSTHEARINGAID
JUN-ICHI SUZUKI | 406 |
| TREATMENT |
REGENERATION OF THE MASTOID AIR CELLS OF THE TEMPORAL BONE IN VITRO STUDY AND CLINICAL APPLICATION
SHIN-ICHI KANEMARU, TATSUO NAKAMURA, AKHMAR MAGRUFOV, MASARU YAMASHITA, KOICHI OMORI, YASUHIKO SHIMIZU, HARUO TAKAHASHI and JUICHI ITO | 411 |
RECONSTRUCTION OF MASTOID CORTEX DEFECT BY USE OF BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY IN GUINEA PIG
Akira Sugimoto, Nobuhiro Hakuba and Kiyohumi Gyo | 416 |
RENOVATION OF SURGICAL PROCEDURES AND HEARING RESULTS OF TYPE 1 TYMPANOPLASTY
A. KAKIGI, K. KOZAKURA, S. SAWADA, S. TAKEUCHI and T. TAKEDA | 421 |
UNILATERAL CHOLESTEATOMA AND HABITUAL SNIFFING
K. TSUJI, M. KAKIBUCHI, T. MUTO and M. SAKAGAMI | 425 |
TREATMENT STRATEGY FOR FACIAL NERVE NEURINOMA
MASAKO MASUDA, YOSHIHIKO KUMAI and EIJI YUMOTO | 430 |
USEFULNESS OF COLLAGEN SPONGE, TERUDERMIS®, FOR AN EXPERIMENTAL MYRINGOPLASTY
HIROAKI SHIMOGORI, KAZUMA SUGAHARA and HIROSHI YAMASHITA | 434 |
ROLE OF TYMPANIC MEMBRANE IN SYMPTOMS OF PATULOUS EUSTACHIAN TUBE SYNDROME: A NEW TREATMENT WITH USE OF ADHESIVE TAPE ON THE TYMPANIC MEMBRANE
Shingo Murakami, Masaya Nakazawa, Nobuhiro Watanabe, Mariko Takahashi, Nobumitu Honda and Richard L Goode | 438 |
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