简介：Gapinducedpie-pulseinhibition(Gap-PPI)ofacousticstartlereflexhasbeenusedasameasurementoftinnitusinanimalmodels.However,whetherthistestissensitivetodetecttinnitusinhumansisstillunclear.Basedonthetestingprocedureusedinanimalstudies,ahumansubjecttestingmethodwasformulatedandconductedtoinvestigateifasimilarresultcouldbefoundintinnituspatients.Audiologicandtinnitusassessmentsandacousticstartlereflexmeasurementswereperformedonseventinnitussubjectsandnineagematchedsubjectswithouttinnitus.TherewasnosignificantdifferencefoundbetweenthecontrolandtinnitusgroupontheGap-PPlacrossthefrequenciesevaluated.Theamplitudeofthestartleresponseinthetinnitusgroupwithnormalhearingthresholdswassignificantlyhigherthanthecontrolgroupandthosewithtinnitusandhearingloss.Thispreliminaryresultsuggeststhathyperexcitabilityinthecentralauditorysystemmaybeinvolvedintinnitus.Therewasnocorrelationbetweenhearingthresholdsandtheincreasedamplitudeofstartleresponse.

简介：Objective:Toreportasurgicalmethodforthetreatmentofpre-auricularfistulatolowerpost-operativerecurrencerate.Methods:Clinicaldataof187patientswithpre-auricularfistulawhounderwentenblocresectionattheAffiliatedHospitalofLuzhouMedicalCollegefromAugust2006toNovember2012wereretrospectivelyreviewed.FactorsthatmightaffecttheprognosisfollowingEnblocfistularesectionborderedbythesuperficialtemporalisfascia,helixperichondriumandauriculocephalicsulcuswereinvestigated.Results:Ofthe187patients,181achievedprimaryhealingand6endedupwithdelayedhealing.Duringthefollow-upperiod(onetosevenyears),therewere4casesofrecurrence(2.1%).Conclusions:Cleardemarcationofsurgicalresectioncanfacilitateeasyandthoroughresectionofpreauricularfistulaandleadtolowrecurrencerate.Propertimingandcarefulsearchforpotentialfistulabranchesarethetwocrucialfactorsaffectingprognosis.

简介：Objective:Totestforpre-attentiveauditorydiscriminationskillsinIndianclassicalvocalmusiciansandnon-musicians.Design:Mismatchnegativity(MMN)wasrecordedtotestforpre-attentiveauditorydiscriminationskillswithapairofstimuliof/1000Hz/and/1100Hz/,with/1000Hz/asthefrequentstimulusand/1100Hz/astheinfrequentstimulus.Onset,offsetandpeaklatenciesweretheconsideredlatencyparameters,whereaspeakamplitudeandareaunderthecurvewereconsideredforamplitudeanalysis.Studysample:Exactly50participants,outofwhichtheexperimentalgrouphad25adultIndianclassicalvocalmusiciansand25age-matchednon-musiciansservedasthecontrolgroup,wereincludedinthestudy.ExperimentalgroupparticipantshadaminimumprofessionalmusicexperienceinIndianclassicvocalmusicof10years.However,controlgroupparticipantsdidnothaveanyformaltraininginmusic.Results:Descriptivestatisticsshowedbetterwaveformmorphologyintheexperimentalgroupascomparedtothecontrol.MANOVAshowedsignificantlybetteronsetlatency,peakamplitudeandareaunderthecurveintheexperimentalgroupbutnosignificantdifferenceintheoffsetandpeaklatenciesbetweenthetwogroups.Conclusion:Thepresentstudyprobablypointstowardstheenhancementofpre-attentiveauditorydiscriminationskillsinIndianclassicalvocalmusicianscomparedtonon-musicians.ItindicatesthatIndianclassicalmusicaltrainingenhancespre-attentiveauditorydiscriminationskillsinmusicians,leadingtohigherpeakamplitudeandagreaterareaunderthecurvecomparedtonon-musicians.