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Design and modelling of a compliant constant-force surgical tool for objective assessment of ossicular chain mobility
Simon Nessim Henein, Charles Baur, Loïc Benoît Tissot-Daguette
Surgeons generally assess the mobility of the ossicle chain by manual palpation using rigid elongated hooks inserted through the ear canal. As the applied forces are in the range of a few grams equivalent force, the measurement remains subjective and its r ...
IEEE2021Inner ear cellular imaging through scattering bone
Demetri Psaltis, Marilisa Romito
Inner ear imaging is important for the assessment of hearing disorders. A major cause of hearing loss is the damage to the sensory hair cells, which are located inside the cochlea, a spiral-shaped bone in the inner ear. Imaging of intracochear hair cells i ...
SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING2019Bulged Eardrum Detection From 3D Data
Pascal Frossard, Ivana Tosic, Sofia Karygianni
Bulging is a medical characteristic of the eardrum that is crucial for the diagnosis of acute otitis media. This work proposes a novel classification method for distinguishing bulged eardrums from non-bulged ones. The method uses novel key features extract ...
IEEE2018Characterization of a B16-F10 melanoma model locally implanted into the ear pinnae of C57BL/6 mice
Witold Waldemar Kilarski, Esra Güç
The common experimental use of B16-F10 melanoma cells focuses on exploring their metastatic potential following intravenous injection into mice. In this study, B16-F10 cells are used to develop a primary tumor model by implanting them directly into the ear ...
2018Surgical Anatomy of the Human Round Window Region: Implication for Cochlear Endoscopy Through the External Auditory Canal
Demetri Psaltis, Simon Nessim Henein
Objective: To enable development of an endoscope for cellular-level optical imaging of the inner ear. Study Design: A prospective study of 50 cadaveric human temporal bones to define detailed surgical anatomy of the round window (RW) region and the range o ...
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins2016Objective and subjective validation of an active control approach to reduce the occlusion effect in hearing aids
Hervé Lissek, Thomas Stefan Zurbrügg
The occlusion effect refers to the altered perception of one's own voice when the ear canal is fully or partially obstructed. Conventional countermeasures include the use of large vent bores or open fittings on the one hand and fittings reaching as deep as ...
S Hirzel Verlag2015Abrogation of HMX1 Function Causes Rare Oculoauricular Syndrome Associated With Congenital Cataract, Anterior Segment Dysgenesis, and Retinal Dystrophy
PURPOSE. To define the phenotypic manifestation, confirm the genetic basis, and delineate the pathogenic mechanisms underlying an oculoauricular syndrome (OAS). METHODS. Two individuals from a consanguineous family underwent comprehensive clinical phenotyp ...
Assoc Research Vision Ophthalmology Inc2015Investigations on the physical factors influencing the ear canal occlusion effect caused by hearing aids
Hervé Lissek, Thomas Stefan Zurbrügg
The occlusion effect refers to the altered perception of one's own voice when the ear canal is fully or partially obstructed. While the loudness increase due to body conducted sounds requires an assessment by psychoacoustic methods, the ratio of sound pres ...
Hirzel Verlag2014Active Control mitigating the Ear Canal Occlusion Effect caused by Hearing Aids
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates the prevalence of a disabling hearing loss to be above 5% world-wide 1. A treatment with a hearing aid - be it behind-the-ear (BTE), in-the-ear (ITE) or receiver-in-canal (RIC) - involves some degree of occlusi ...
EPFL2014Normal Dendritic Cell Mobilization to Lymph Nodes under Conditions of Severe Lymphatic Hypoplasia
Melody Swartz, Joseph Rutkowski
To address the requirement for lymphatic capillaries in dendritic cell (DC) mobilization from skin to lymph nodes (LNs), we used mice bearing one inactivated allele of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 3 (VEGFR3) where skin lymphatic capillaries ...
Amer Assoc Immunologists2013