Otolaryngologic clinics of North America
Jul 20, 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) studies show how to program computers to simulate human intelligence and perform data interpretation, learning, and adaptive decision-making. Within pediatric otolaryngology, there is a growing body of evidence for the ro...
International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery
Mar 11, 2023
Cleft palate is associated with a high prevalence of middle ear dysfunction, even after palatal repair. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of robot-enhanced soft palate closure on middle ear functioning. This retrospective study compar...
Patulous eustachian tube (PET) can have a significant negative impact on a patient's quality of life. Several methods of surgical management can be an option to treat PET, and our objective is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of autologous cartila...
OBJECTIVES: Diseases of the middle ear can interfere with normal sound transmission, which results in conductive hearing loss. Since video pneumatic otoscopy (VPO) findings reveal not only the presence of middle ear effusions but also dynamic movemen...
Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Jul 1, 2023
OBJECTIVE: We compared the diagnostic performance of human clinicians with that of a neural network algorithm developed using a library of tympanic membrane images derived from children taken to the operating room with the intent of performing myring...
European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Apr 1, 2023
BACKGROUND: This study aimed to develop and validate a deep learning (DL) model to identify atelectasis and attic retraction pocket in cases of otitis media with effusion (OME) using multi-center otoscopic images.
JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery
Jul 1, 2022
IMPORTANCE: Otitis media with effusion (OME) is one of the most common causes of acquired conductive hearing loss (CHL). Persistent hearing loss is associated with poor childhood speech and language development and other adverse consequence. However,...
BACKGROUNDS AND OBJECTIVE: Evaluating the tympanic membrane (TM) using an otoendoscope is the first and most important step in various clinical fields. Unfortunately, most lesions of TM have more than one diagnostic name. Therefore, we built a databa...