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Defenition of Otoscopes and Video Otoscopes:

Video Otoscope is an optical device that trasfer image from the ear canal to the internal CCD and outputs it to the Video Monitor or to Image-Video Capturing devices.

A critical piece of equipment used in cerumen management is the light source. Many of us interchange our light sources depending on the clinical presentation. Common light sources include video-otoscopes, traditional hand-held otoscopes and Hotchkiss otoscopes. Video otoscopes give us the advantage of an ear canal image the size of the video monitor and the ability to simultaneously allow the patient to view the ear canal. Additionally, audiologists often use disposable attachments at the end of the camera to remove cerumen.

(“Issues in Cerumen Management” Rita R, Chaiken, M.M.S., Audiologist, Atlanta Audiology Services, Inc., Atlanta, GA) Read all article here

VIDEO OTOSCOPY LINKS TO OTHER SITES OR REFERENCES

· JOURNAL REFERENCES

• · Sullivan, R., "Video Otoscopy in Audiologic Practice", JOURNAL AMERICAN ACADEMY OF AUDIOLOGY, Volume 8, #6, December, 1997 pp 447-467.
• · Sullivan, R., "Video otoscopy in hearing aid fitting", HEARING JOURNAL Volume 50, 1996, p.40
• · Short, L.,"Hey, Scope this out!", HEARING HEALTH Volume 12, #3, May / June, 1996, p 43.
• · Trace, R., "Video otoscopy: Applications in Audiology", ADVANCE Volume 6, #9, March 4, 1996, pp 6-7.
• · Buck, R.,"Marketing applications of video otoscopy", HEARING REVIEW Volume 2, #10, 1995, pp 20-22.
• · --------, "A buyer's guide to video otoscopes", HEARING REVIEW Volume 2, #10, 1995, pp18-19.
• · Sullivan, R.F., "Video Otoscopy: Basic and advanced systems", HEARING REVIEW Volume 2, #10, 1995, pp 12-16.
• · Sullivan, R.F., "Audiologic applications of video otoscopy", HEARING JOURNAL Volume 48, #8, 1995, pp 10-ff.
• · Austin, G., "Seeing is believing", AUDECIBEL Volume 44, #3, 1995, pp 12-14.
• · Sullivan, R. F., "How video otoscopy benefits hearing health care practice", HEARING INSTRUMENTSVolume 44, #4, 1993, pp 14-17.
• · Anderson, C., "Video otoscopy", HEARING INSTRUMENTS Volume 43, #11, 1992, p 39.
• · INTERNET REFERENCES
• · France-based otoscopic images of Pr. A. Robier Atlas D'Otoscopie.
• · ~Video otoscopy applied to telemedicine An abstract on Remote Hearing Diagnosis: Evaluation and Assessment in Remote Settings [EARS]. A project at the University of Maine reported by Amy Sechrest, Marge Peacock and Al Yonovitz, Ph.D. (Communication Disorders).
• · Summary description of Alaska Native Health Board / Alaska Telemedicine Test Project on video otoscopy equipment. Complete (82 page) report is available in .pdf (Adobe Acrobat) format. Dated January, 1999, the latest digital VO technology is not represented.http://www.appliedsci.uaa.alaska.edu/nlm/video.html

OTOSCOPY

· TEXT REFERENCES

• · Wormald, P.J. and Browning, G.G..:OTOSCOPY: a structured approach Singular Publishing Group, Inc., San Diego, 1996.
• Canal, TM and ME pathology captured with 35mm photography through a rod otoscope producing perspectives identical with video otoscopy. Chapters include: General Principles of structured otoscopy; The normal ear; More common otoscopic diagnoses; Hearing impairment in adults; Hearing impairment in children; The painful ear; The discharging ear; Ear trauma and Techniques of examination.
• · Hawke, M.: Clinical Pocket Guide to Ear Disease. Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, 1987. [out of print]
• · Hawke, M., Keene, M. and Alberti, P.:Clinical Otoscopy, An introduction to ear diseases. Churchill, Livingstone, Edinburgh, 1990.
• · Hawke, M.: Otitis Media: A pocket guide. Smith, Kline Beecham; Decker Periodicals, Toronto, 1994.
• · Hawke, M. and McCombe, A.: Diseases of the Ear: a pocket atlas. Starkey; Manticore Communications, 1995.
• The textbook references above authored and co-authored by ENT physician Michael Hawke, M.D. provide the viewer with excellent examples of otic pathology as documented through his internationally acclaimed 35mm color photography. Color accuracy is an important hallmark of these works
• · Habif, T.: CLINICAL DERMATOLOGY: A Color Guide to Diagnosis and Therapy; Third Edition. Mosby, 1996.
• A comprehensive and definitive treatise on dermatological disorders. Examples of otic pathology are integrated within the general context.
• · JOURNAL REFERENCES
• · Pulec, J. and DeGuine,C.: "ENT Otoscopic Clinic"; ENT-Ear, Nose and Throat Journal. This monthly feature, provided for the last several years by journal editor Jack Pulec, M.D., presents an interesting otoscopic case study with an excellent color image and succinct description of the pathology.
• · INTERNET REFERENCES
• · How to use an otoscope. A reprint (without images) from the Student British Journal of Medicine by ENT physicians A. Simon Carney and John P. Birchall; Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, U.K.
• · Online pneumatic otoscopy review course from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Department of Pediatrics http://sibyl.uchsc.edu/vc/ear/rvw/rvw1.cfm
• · Otoscopy page from Family Practice Notebook.com

OTO ANATOMY

• · ANATOMY, NEUROANATOMY & EMBRYOLOGY OF THE EAR
• · INTERNET REFERENCES
• · Highly recommended graphic tutorial on auditory neuroanatomy by J. Sundstrom, Ph.D. and K. Mulligan, Ph.D.; University of Washington. Neuroanatomy Interactive Syllabus; Chapter 7: Auditory System.
• · See also the auditory anatomy tutorial ~EAR WORKSfrom the Department of Neurophysiology of the University of Wisconsin.
• · Ear structure and funtion; CT appearance. A tutorial for technologists created in 1988, and updated since that time, from South Bank University, U.K. ~http://www.sbu.ac.uk/~dirt/museum/ear_ct.html .
• · Virtual endoscopy is a three-dimensional reconstruction of otic anatomy based on the individual's CT and MRI data. Virtual Otoscopy c/o Ron Kikinis, MD; Surgical Planning Laboratory, Department of Radiology; Brigham and Women's Hospital; 75 Francis Street; Boston, MA 021150.
• · Excellent basic French/English site on otic anatomy from the University of Montpelier, France: "Promenade 'round the cochlea". http://www.iurc.montp.inserm.fr/cric/audition/english/start.htm

• · TEMPORAL BONE
• · INTERNET REFERENCES
• · Microscopic Anatomy of the Temporal Bone by Barbara A. Bohne, Ph.D. & Gary W. Harding, M.S.E. Dept. of Otolaryngology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. annotated HE-stained serial sections of the temporal bone.
• · Virtual reality views of the temporal bone from the University of Illinois Virtual Reality in Medicine Lab.
• · Interactive Overview of Temporal Bone Anatomy and Pathology Radiology Central Resource contribution by David K. White, MD, Capt, USAF Michael W. Freckleton, MD, Maj, USAF Richard T. Dahlen, MD, Maj, USAF Ralph B. Evans, MSgt, USAF. A detailed on-line radiological atlas of the temporal bone.
• · The Temporal Bone: A Digital Study Guide by John E. Buenting, M.D. presents an introduction to temporal bone dissection. (images missing in website transfer; author considering image reinsertion)
• · EXTERNAL EAR
• · TEXT REFERENCES
• · Ballachanda, Bopanna.;The HUMAN EAR CANAL Singular Publishing Group, Inc., San Diego, 1995.
• A comprehensive hard cover treatise edited and with chapters by audiologist Bopanna Ballachanda, Ph.D. on the external auditory canal from an audiologist's perspective. Chapter topics include anatomy, examination, pathology, dynamic ear canal, canal acoustics, deep canal / CIC fitting, cerumen, cerumen managment and infection control. Twenty pages of color plates are included.
• · Perry, E., The Human Ear Canal. C.C. Thomas, Springfield, 1957. [out of print]
• · Lucente, F., Lawson, W., Novick, N., The External Ear W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, 1995.

HEARING HEALTH-RELATED TOPICS

• · INTERNET LINKS TO HEARING HEALTH-RELATED TOPICS
• Viewers may find the following hearing health-related Internet links relevant to the VO topics illustrated in this tutorial website. Use the BACK button on your browser to return to these pages.
• · The Duke University Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery site presents a bibliography of faculty publications on ears and hearing as well as a program description and links to other ENT-relevant sites.
• · University of Toronto Medical School provides an interesting resource of ENT-based information for PCPs: Practical ENT for Primary Care Physicians.
• · The Baylor College of Medicine Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Communicative Sciences has made available its Grand Rounds Archives in Otology / Neurotology
• · The University of Texas Medical Branch Department of Otolaryngology has made available a series of text-based Grand Rounds proceedings including monographs by resident and staff ENT physicians on various ENT subjects.
• · Family Practice Notebook section on ear diseases, worthy of a visit. Explore other chapters and pages under Otolaryngology "book".
• · Judith Kuster, M.S., M.S. of Mankato State University has created an excellent, comprehensive site for Internet connections on Communication Disorders and Sciences:
• · www.communicationdisorders.com Categorically arranged home page connections to Communication Disorder-Related Sites including links to Audiology and Hearing Disability.