The pharyngeal arches form the face and neck of the developing embryo. The pharyngeal
tissue is divided into distinct arches by the formation of clefts and pouches in between the …

The fourth edition of Children With Hearing Loss: Developing Listening and Talking, Birth to
Six is a dynamic compilation of important information for the facilitation of spoken language …

With the focus on imaging, this paper gives a summarized view of the present knowledge on
fields, which are necessary to know for a profound understanding of congenital …

For the radiologist whose special interest is not head and neck imaging, analysis of temporal
bone anatomy and pathology often is difficult and confounding. A text that can teach this …

Objective To evaluate the relationships between temporal bone abnormalities and the
severity of microtia in Japanese patients using objective grading systems. Design …

PURPOSE: To evaluate multi–and single–detector row computed tomographic (CT)
depiction of anatomic landmarks of temporal bone. MATERIALS AND METHODS …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: In most children with conductive hearing loss, acquired
otitis media and/or middle ear effusion are ultimately diagnosed. Congenital conductive …

Objectives: Due to their embryologic developments, auricular atresia and severe microtia
are in most cases combined malformations. The aims of this study were to develop a …

The malleus, incus and stapes form an ossicle chain in the mammalian middle ear. These
ossicles are articulated by joints that link the chain together. In humans and mice, fusion of …

Objective Microtia is a congenital auricular malformation, often part of a syndromic form
(35%–55% of cases). The accurate prevalence of associated malformations remains to be …