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Ear, Nose and Throat Articles
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Mar 14th, 2007
Unlike most of our sensory systems that detect only one type of stimuli, our sense of smell works double duty, detecting both chemical and mechanical stimuli to improve how we smell.
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Mar 7th, 2007
All other patients with routine hearing loss should be assessed within 6 weeks by March 2008.
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Mar 1st, 2007
Farmers performed self-assessments of their hearing to assess a correlation between hearing loss in farmers and occupational injury.
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Feb 13th, 2007
Having two ears enhances hearing. University of Wisconsin Madison scientists are now examining whether this is also true for the growing numbers of deaf children who've received not one, but two, cochlear implants to help them hear.
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Feb 8th, 2007
Psychotherapy may help tinnitus sufferers cope with the life disturbances that sometimes accompany their condition.
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Feb 5th, 2007
Middle ear infection or otitis media (OM) is the most common childhood illness.
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Feb 2nd, 2007
By combining helium with 40 per cent oxygen allowed patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to increase their exercise capacity by an average of 245 per cent.
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Jan 31st, 2007
New equipment to be used in follow up services for infants born with potential hearing problems.
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Jan 19th, 2007
Early insertion of ear tubes in otherwise healthy infants and young children with persistent fluid in the middle ear does not improve developmental outcomes up to 9 to 11 years of age.
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Jan 16th, 2007
In a small series of patients who underwent closed reduction, the standard procedure to repair a broken nose, nearly one third reported dissatisfaction with the outcome and about one third said they would consider further surgery to correct their nasal deformities.