OBJECTIVE: To review the profile and outcome data on a large series of patients presenting with unilateral tinnitus and try to establish diagnostic algorithm for them. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cases and data base review. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: 416 patients presented to Sohag University hospitals, Audiology and Balance Unit from January 2005 to August 2010. All patients were complaining of unilateral ... Read more

BACKGROUND: While the effects of accelerative forces on the vestibular system have been thoroughly investigated, the effects of diminished oxygen tension in the blood in cases of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on vestibular functions have attracted less attention. The purpose of the study was to investigate if vestibular system is affected by chronic hypoxemia in patients with COPD_._ _ ... Read more

Migraine is a relatively common neurological disorder. Neuro-otological symptoms were common in patients with migraines. The aim of this work is to identify the frequency of neuro-otological affection in migraine. The study includes forty – one patients with migraine, and 20 healthy volunteers. Each subject was submitted to full neurological, medical and audiological history and examination. Pure tone audiometry, electronystagmography(ENG) ... Read more

_BACKGROUND:_ Secretory otitis media (SOM) is a pathologic condition of the middle ear in which an effusion is present behind an intact ear drum without signs of acute inflammation. Untreated cases might end in serious consequences as permanent anatomical abnormalities within middle ear cleft. Diagnosis of SOM depends mainly on audiological evaluation. Tympanometry is perhaps the most useful of all ... Read more

_BACKGROUND:_ Secretory otitis media (SOM) is a common otological disorder, that most of the time is left undiagnosed on account of unawareness and negligence in seeking early medical attention for trivial ailments. Untreated, it might end up in serious consequences in the form of poor speech and intellectual development and permanent anatomical abnormalities within middle ear cleft. _PURPOSE:_ Secretory otitis ... Read more