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... which is successful in 90–95% of cases. Tympanostomy tubes allow the prompt return of normal hearing Chapter 030. Disorders of Smell, Taste, and Hearing (Part 13) Evoked Responses Electrocochleography ... equally capable of identifying inner-ear malformations and assessing cochlear patency for preoperative evaluation of patients for cochlear implantatio...

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... conductive hearing loss due to rupture of the tympanic membrane or disruption of the ossicular chain. Chapter 030. Disorders of Smell, Taste, and Hearing (Part 10) Presbycusis (age-associated hearing ... peripheral and central auditory system pathology and is associated with sensorineural hearing impairment. A finding of conductive and sensory heari...

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... Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 30. Disorders of Smell, Taste, and Hearing Smell The sense of smell determines the flavor and palatability of food and drink and serves, along with the ... potential spatial map of how we receive odor stimuli, much like the tonotopic organization of how we perceive sound. Chapter 030. Disorders of Smell,...

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... Chapter 030. Disorders of Smell, Taste, and Hearing (Part 2) Disorders of the Sense of Smell These are caused by conditions that interfere with the access of the odorant ... gliomas of the frontal lobe. Occasionally, pituitary adenomas, craniopharyngiomas, suprasellar meningiomas, and aneurysms of the anterior part of the circle of Willis extend forwa...

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... sensation and find it necessary to hyperflavor food, usually by increasing the amount of salt in their diet. Taste Compared with disorders of smell, gustatory disorders are uncommon. Loss of olfactory ... spontaneous recovery often occurs. Zinc and vitamin therapy (especially with vitamin A) are advocated by some. Profound zinc deficiency can produce loss and distortio...

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... margin and dorsum of the tongue; at the junction of the dorsum and the base of the tongue; and in the palate, epiglottis, larynx, and esophagus. Figure 30-2 Chapter 030. Disorders of Smell, Taste, ... Taste, and Hearing (Part 4) Definitions Disturbances of the sense of taste may be categorized as total ageusia, total absence of gustatory functi...

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... Chapter 030. Disorders of Smell, Taste, and Hearing (Part 5) Disorders of the Sense of Taste Disorders of the sense of taste are caused by conditions that interfere with the access of ... to the oral cavity and pharynx; viral infections; endocrine disorders; neoplasms; and aging. Neural gustatory losses occur with neoplasms, trauma, and surgical pr...

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... variety of forms of xerostomia. Appropriate treatment of bacterial and fungal infections of Chapter 030. Disorders of Smell, Taste, and Hearing (Part 6) Approach to the Patient: Disorders of ... common sensory disorders in humans and can present at any age. Nearly 10% of the adult population has some hearing loss, and one-third of individuals &...

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... homozygous and affected. The hearing loss can also vary Chapter 030. Disorders of Smell, Taste, and Hearing (Part 7) Ear anatomy. A. Drawing of modified coronal section through external ear and ... and temporal bone, with structures of the middle and inner ear demonstrated. B. High-resolution view of inner ear. Stereocilia of the hair cells of the o...

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... Delayed rectifier K + channel Delayed rectifier K + Chapter 030. Disorders of Smell, Taste, and Hearing (Part 8) The contribution of genetics to presbycusis (see below) is also becoming ... organification defect and hearing loss), Alport syndrome (renal disease and hearing loss), Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome (prolonged QT interval and hearing...

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