The effect of age at time of cochlear implantation on the pragmatic development of the prelingual hearing impaired childrenThe Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology - Tập 37 - Trang 1-9 - 2021
Mona Sameeh Khodeir, Dina Fouad El Sayed Moussa, Rasha Mohammed Shoeib
Pragmatics is the social use of language that draws on understanding human interactions in specific contexts and requires engagement with a communicative partner or partners. The hearing-impaired children are known to have a pragmatic language delay as hearing impairment deprived of exposure to natural communication interactions, in addition to the language delay they have. Since the age of implan...... hiện toàn bộ
Dysphagia handicap index and fibre-optic endoscopic examination of swallowing in assessment of dysphagiaThe Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology - Tập 39 - Trang 1-7 - 2023
Nihal Hisham Abdelhamid, Iman Mohamed Elrouby
Oropharyngeal dysphagia is a swallowing disorder characterized by difficulty in transferring foods and/or liquids from the oral cavity to the stomach, affecting safe oral feeding. The main complications caused by dysphagia are tracheobronchial aspiration, pneumonia, malnutrition, and dehydration. Fibre-optic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) is the first choice for studying swallowing dis...... hiện toàn bộ
Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials and videonystagmography findings in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with and without polyneuropathyThe Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology - Tập 39 - Trang 1-10 - 2023
Rabab Ahmed Koura, Mohamed Mohamed El-Badry, Asmaa Mohamed Othman, Rehab Hassan El Anwar, Sara Ahmed Mahmoud Elsharkawy, Iman Mostafa Basiouny
Vestibular impairment is a common pathology in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) due to ischemia of the vestibular end organs and lysis of the myelin of the vestibular nerve. We aimed to evaluate function of the vestibular end organs and vestibular nerve in patients with type 2 DM with polyneuropathy and compare results to those of the patients without polyneuropathy. The participants co...... hiện toàn bộ
The value of frontal sinusotomy in cases of sinonasal polyposisThe Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology - Tập 39 - Trang 1-8 - 2023
Ahmed Yousef, Osama Abdelnaseer Elkadeem, Hossam Mohamed Ashry, Ahmed Fathy Eldehn
Chronic frontal sinusitis is being treated with less invasive transnasal endoscopic treatments. Surgery relieves illness and prevents recurrence. Our study was conducted on 80 patients who suffer from frontal opacity with sinonasal polyposis and divided randomly into 2 groups: group A: 40 patients candidate for anterior ethmoidectomy without identification of frontal sinus ostium and group B: 40 p...... hiện toàn bộ
Hemangioendothelioma of the nasal cavity: a rare case report and review of literatureThe Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology - Tập 39 - Trang 1-5 - 2023
Monica Patnaik, Hitendra Prakash Singh, Preeti Agarwal, Jyoti Singh
Hemangioendothelioma is a rare vascular tumor of the head and neck region characterized by proliferation of endothelial cells with epithelioid morphology. This is an indolent tumor known to appear during adult life, with potential for recurrence, but unlikely to metastasize. Although reports of endotheliomas affecting soft tissues, skin, viscera, bone, or lymph nodes have been reported, very few c...... hiện toàn bộ
Chitosan patch scaffold for repair of chronic safe tympanic membrane perforationThe Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology - Tập 30 - Trang 311-316 - 2014
Ahmed Shehata, Samira Mohamed
Abstract This study was designed to evaluate the performances of chitosan patch myringoplasty in patients with small and medium sized chronic safe tympanic membrane (T.M) perforations. After preparation of the chitosan patch scaffold (CPS), 60 consecutive dry small and medium sized(from <3 mm up to 5 mm) central tympanic membrane perforations were included in this study. Healing of T.M perforation...... hiện toàn bộ
An unusual indication of maxillectomy—a case presentation of sphenoid wing meningiomaThe Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology - Tập 39 - Trang 1-5 - 2023
Ishwar Singh, Raman Sharma, Anita Jagetia, Ashish Gopal, Pooja Nakhat Jain
Sphenoid wing meningiomas (SWMs) are named because of their site of origin which is in the vicinity of the sphenoid wing. They are further classified into globoid type and en plaque (aka spheno-orbital meningiomas). These tumours are known for their difficult management because of their invasion to various neurovascular structures and bones. Surgical removal of these tumours is challenging. Comple...... hiện toàn bộ
Assessment of nonsymbolic communication skills in children with Down syndrome and autismThe Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology - Tập 28 - Trang 136-141 - 2014
Mona Hegazi, Samira Ismail, Jilan Nasser, Mohammed Mamdouh
Abstract Communication is among the most basic of human needs. Verbal communication is the highest level of communication, whereas nonverbal (nonsymbolic) communication may remain the only mode of communication in individuals with significant cognitive limitation. Assessment of nonsymbolic skills of two categories of patients with limited verbal output, namely, those with autism [autistic disorder...... hiện toàn bộ
Acoustic and videoendoscopic effects of temporary vocal fold augmentation in an office-based setting: a quasi-experimental studyThe Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology - Tập 38 - Trang 1-7 - 2022
Yasmine Sabry, Teemu Kinnari, Yehia Ashry, Maged Naguib, Ahmed Geneid
Vocal-fold augmentation is a continuously developing treatment modality for glottic insufficiency. Patients with glottic insufficiency attend the phoniatrics clinics with increasing frequency. Glottic insufficiency may be due to vocal-fold paralysis, paresis, atrophy, sulcus vocalis, scarring, and vocal-fold deficiency after laryngeal surgery. A variety of materials exist for injection augmentatio...... hiện toàn bộ