Greczka, Grażyna Zych, Monika Dąbrowski, Piotr Gasińska, Anna Król, Anna Szyfter-Harris, Joanna Szyfter, Witold
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Otolaryngologia polska = The Polish otolaryngology
Thanks to the Polish Universal Neonatal Hearing Screening Program (PUNHSP), all newborns in Poland undergo a free, screening hearing examination. Between 2006 and 2015, the average number of tested children per year was 373,477. According to the analysis of The Central Database (CDB), only 55.8% of the children attended the detailed hearing examina...
Poddębniak, Justyna Zielnik-Jurkiewicz, Beata
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Otolaryngologia polska = The Polish otolaryngology
Nasal obstruction caused by adenoid hypertrophy can lead to malocclusion. The research material consisted of children aged 7-12 years with adenoid hypertrophy qualified for adenoidectomy. On the basis of the conducted tests (laryngological, orthodontic, pediatric), the occurrence of open frontal bite in children with pharyngeal tonsil hypertrophy, ...
Owczarek, Kalina Niewiadomski, Piotr Olszewski, Jurek
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Otolaryngologia polska = The Polish otolaryngology
The aim of the study was to assess the acoustic and capacity analysis of singing voice using DiagnoScope Specialist software. The study was conducted in 131 adult subjects, including 74 women and 46 men aged 21-51, divided into 3 groups: I - 40 subjects (treatment group) - professional vocalists, II - 40 subjects (treatment group) - semiprofessiona...
Kosztyła-Hojna, Bożena Moskal-Jasińska, Diana Kraszewska, Anna Łobaczuk-Sitnik, Anna Zdrojkowski, Maciej Duchnowska, Emilia Biszewska, Jolanta
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Otolaryngologia polska = The Polish otolaryngology
Psychogenic dysphonia is defined as disturbances in voice and speech quality with emotional background with lack of organic changes in the larynx. Mental condition has significant impact on the process of producing voice, functioning of respiratoryphonatory- articulation mechanism and speech prosody. The aim of the study was visual, acoustic, perce...
Sobolewska, Aleksandra Claros, Pedro Pujol, Carmen Claros-Pujol, Astrid Claros, Andres
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Otolaryngologia polska = The Polish otolaryngology
The main goals of this study were to assess the most significant morphological changes and acoustic measures for the ageing process of a professional opera singer's voice. This investigation included 58 healthy professional opera singers, who were compared with 42 young opera singers from the control group. All participants underwent a voice assess...
Pietruszewska, Wioletta Barańska, Magda Wielgat, Jakub
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Otolaryngologia polska = The Polish otolaryngology
Acute infections of the upper respiratory tract and upper gastrointestinal tract (mouth and throat) are still the most common reason for reporting to the general practitioner or ENT specialist. Despite the fact that the most common causative agent of these diseases is a virus, antibiotics are still flavored in about 60-80% of patients who report to...
Leszczyńska, Joanna Stryjewska-Makuch, Grażyna Lisowska, Grażyna Kolebacz, Bogdan Michalak-Kolarz, Marta
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Otolaryngologia polska = The Polish otolaryngology
Fungal paranasal sinusitis can be either invasive or non-invasive. Saprophytic infections, fungus balls (FB) and allergic fungal rhinosinusitis are non-invasive (AFR). The present study examined 521 patients who underwent endoscopic sinus surgery between January 2016 and April 2017 due to chronic paranasal sinusitis at the Department of Laryngology...
Migacz, Ewa Proczka, Robert Krzeski, Antoni Kukwa, Wojciech
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Otolaryngologia polska = The Polish otolaryngology
Introduction The association between obstructive sleep apnea and atherosclerosis is confirmed for long time, but the pathomechanism is still not known. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of OSA in patients scheduled for endarterectomy and the influence of this procedure on the sleep study parameters and sleepiness. Materials an...
Kosztyła-Hojna, Bożena Moskal, Diana Łobaczuk-Sitnik, Anna Kraszewska, Anna Zdrojkowski, Maciej Biszewska, Jolanta Skorupa, Małgorzata
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Otolaryngologia polska = The Polish otolaryngology
Voice express the psyche and personality of a person. Psychogenic dysphonia is called Phononeurosis. Neurosis, depression or family, occupational and social conflicts are the cause of voice disturbances. The most frequent type of dysphonia is hyperfunctional dysphonia, rarer - hypofunctional type. The aim of this study is an analysis of voice quali...
Jackowska, Joanna Piersiala, Krzysztof Klimza, Hanna Wierzbicka, Małgorzata
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Otolaryngologia polska = The Polish otolaryngology
Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) is caused by human papilloma virus types 6 and 11 and occurs in both children and adults. It is characterized by the proliferation of benign squamous papillomas within the aerodigestive tract. The problem with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis treatment is the high recurrence of papilloma growth after s...
