Importance The association between hearing impairment and cognitive decline has been
established; however, the effect of cochlear implantation on cognition in profoundly deaf …

Objectives: To assess audiological performance, satisfaction rate, and side effects of 100
patients who have been using the middle ear implant Vibrant Soundbridge (VSB) for 5 to 8 yr …

Background Oral appliances (OAs) have been used for the treatment of obstructive sleep
apnea syndrome (OSAS), with different degrees of effectiveness having been shown in …

The effect of a dental appliance (DA) is usually evaluated in a single mandibular position
reached after several weeks and corresponding to either improvement of symptoms or …

Repeated requests have prompted the writing of this shorter and more condensed version
of Plant physiology by the first two authors which appeared in 1940 and has since been a …

Joseph Conrad once voiced the hope that from the reading of his pages might" emerge at
last the vision of a personality: the man behind the books... a coherent justifiable personality …

Objective: The pathogenesis of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSHL) remains
unknown, but vascular involvement is one of the main hypotheses. The main objective of …

Alkaloids, tobacco, developmeimt of some recemit concepts in the physiological chemistry of
the, 115 ALTSCHUL, AM, An apparatus and method for the measurement of the respirationi …

The cochlear implant (CI), by enabling oral communication in severely to profoundly deaf
subjects, is one of the major medical advances over the last fifty years. Despite the globally …

Corrosive chemical substance ingestions are a major problem, especially in developing
countries, but also in developed countries such as the United States, France, and Belgium. …