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Ratlas-LH: An MRI template of the Lister hooded rat brain with stereotaxic coordinates for neurosurgical implantations (2021)
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Prior, M. J., Bast, T., McGarrity, S., Goldschmidt, J., Vincenz, D., Seaton, A., …Pitiot, A. (2021). Ratlas-LH: An MRI template of the Lister hooded rat brain with stereotaxic coordinates for neurosurgical implantations. Brain and Neuroscience Advances, 5,

There is currently no brain atlas available to specifically determine stereotaxic coordinates for neurosurgery in Lister hooded rats despite the popularity of this strain for behavioural neuroscience studies in the UK and elsewhere. We have created a... Read More about Ratlas-LH: An MRI template of the Lister hooded rat brain with stereotaxic coordinates for neurosurgical implantations.

Development and Critical Evaluation of a Condition-Specific Preference-Based Measure Sensitive to Binaural Hearing in Adults: The York Binaural Hearing–Related Quality-of-Life System (2021)
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Quentin Summerfield, A., Kitterick, P. T., & Goman, A. M. (2022). Development and Critical Evaluation of a Condition-Specific Preference-Based Measure Sensitive to Binaural Hearing in Adults: The York Binaural Hearing–Related Quality-of-Life System. Ear and Hearing, 43(2), 379-397. https://doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000001101

Objectives: The widely-used generic preference-based measures of health-related quality of life - the EuroQol Descriptive System (EQ-5D) and the Health Utilities Index (HUI3) - are limited in their response to technologies that improve hearing. The E... Read More about Development and Critical Evaluation of a Condition-Specific Preference-Based Measure Sensitive to Binaural Hearing in Adults: The York Binaural Hearing–Related Quality-of-Life System.

Changes in Orientation Behavior due to Extended High-Frequency (5 to 10 kHz) Spatial Cues (2021)
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Whitmer, W. M., McShefferty, D., Levy, S. C., Naylor, G., & Edwards, B. (2022). Changes in Orientation Behavior due to Extended High-Frequency (5 to 10 kHz) Spatial Cues. Ear and Hearing, 43(2), 545-553. https://doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000001113

Objectives: Current hearing aids have a limited bandwidth, which limits the intelligibility and quality of their output, and inhibits their uptake. Recent advances in signal processing, as well as novel methods of transduction, allow for a greater... Read More about Changes in Orientation Behavior due to Extended High-Frequency (5 to 10 kHz) Spatial Cues.

Improved survival outcomes despite older age at diagnosis: an era‐by‐era analysis of patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma treated at a single referral centre in the United Kingdom (2021)
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Kaji, F. A., Martinez‐Calle, N., Bishton, M. J., Figueroa, R., Adlington, J., O’Donoghue, M., …Fox, C. P. (2021). Improved survival outcomes despite older age at diagnosis: an era‐by‐era analysis of patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma treated at a single referral centre in the United Kingdom. British Journal of Haematology, 195(4), 561-570. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.17747

Observational studies with long-term follow-up of patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) are scarce. Patient data over a period of four decades were retrospectively analysed from databases at Not-tingham University Hospitals Tr... Read More about Improved survival outcomes despite older age at diagnosis: an era‐by‐era analysis of patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma treated at a single referral centre in the United Kingdom.

A Scoping Review of Studies Comparing Outcomes for Children With Severe Hearing Loss Using Hearing Aids to Children With Cochlear Implants (2021)
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Killan, C. F., Hoare, D. J., Katiri, R., Pierzycki, R. H., Adams, B., Hartley, D. E. H., …Kitterick, P. T. (2021). A Scoping Review of Studies Comparing Outcomes for Children With Severe Hearing Loss Using Hearing Aids to Children With Cochlear Implants. Ear and Hearing, 43(2), 290-304. https://doi.org/10.1097/aud.0000000000001104

Objectives: Clinical practice regarding children’s candidature for cochlear implantation varies internationally, albeit with a recent global trend toward implanting children with more residual hearing than in the past. The provision of either hearing... Read More about A Scoping Review of Studies Comparing Outcomes for Children With Severe Hearing Loss Using Hearing Aids to Children With Cochlear Implants.

Investigating tinnitus subgroups based on hearing-related difficulties (2021)
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Beukes, E. W., Baguley, D. M., Manchaiah, V., Andersson, G., Allen, P. M., Kaldo, V., …Maidment, D. W. (2021). Investigating tinnitus subgroups based on hearing-related difficulties. International Journal of Clinical Practice, 75(10), Article e14684. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcp.14684

Purpose Meaningfully grouping individuals with tinnitus who share a common characteristics (ie, subgrouping, phenotyping) may help tailor interventions to certain tinnitus subgroups and hence reduce outcome variability. The purpose of this study was... Read More about Investigating tinnitus subgroups based on hearing-related difficulties.

Cochlear implant user perceptions of magnetic resonance imaging (2021)
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Dewey, R. S., & Kitterick, P. T. (2022). Cochlear implant user perceptions of magnetic resonance imaging. Cochlear Implants International, 23(1), 11-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/14670100.2021.1954748

Objectives To characterise opinions about needing to undergo MRI within the population of current cochlear implant (CI) users. Background Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of CI users is often associated with severe discomfort and magnet disp... Read More about Cochlear implant user perceptions of magnetic resonance imaging.

Preferential Cochleotoxicity of Cisplatin (2021)
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Prayuenyong, P., Baguley, D. M., Kros, C. J., & Steyger, P. S. (2021). Preferential Cochleotoxicity of Cisplatin. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 15, Article 695268. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2021.695268

Cisplatin-induced ototoxicity in humans is more predominant in the cochlea than in the vestibule. Neither definite nor substantial vestibular dysfunction after cisplatin treatment has been consistently reported in the current literature. Inner ear ha... Read More about Preferential Cochleotoxicity of Cisplatin.

Prevalence of Hyperacusis and Its Relation to Health: The Busselton Healthy Ageing Study (2021)
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Smit, A. L., Stegeman, I., Eikelboom, R. H., Baguley, D. M., Bennett, R. J., Tegg-Quinn, S., …Atlas, M. D. (2021). Prevalence of Hyperacusis and Its Relation to Health: The Busselton Healthy Ageing Study. Laryngoscope, 131(12), E2887-E2896. https://doi.org/10.1002/lary.29768

Importance The prevalence of hyperacusis and its relationship with mental and general health is unknown in a nonclinical sample. Therefore, we aimed to determine the prevalence of hyperacusis and its relation with hearing, general and mental health... Read More about Prevalence of Hyperacusis and Its Relation to Health: The Busselton Healthy Ageing Study.

Quality of Life and Psychological Distress in Portuguese Older Individuals with Tinnitus (2021)
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Haider, H. F., Ribeiro, S. F., Hoare, D. J., Fialho, G., Hall, D. A., Antunes, M., …Paço, J. (2021). Quality of Life and Psychological Distress in Portuguese Older Individuals with Tinnitus. Brain Sciences, 11(7), Article 953. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11070953

Tinnitus is the perception of a sound without an external source, often associated with adverse psychological and emotional effects leading to impaired quality of life (QoL). The present study investigated QoL and psychological distress in tinnitus p... Read More about Quality of Life and Psychological Distress in Portuguese Older Individuals with Tinnitus.

Acceptance-based telephone support around the time of transition to secondary progressive multiple sclerosis: A feasibility randomised controlled trial (2021)
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Meek, C., Moghaddam, N. G., Evangelou, N., Oates, L. L., Topcu, G., Allen, C., & das Nair, R. (2021). Acceptance-based telephone support around the time of transition to secondary progressive multiple sclerosis: A feasibility randomised controlled trial. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 21, 158-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2021.07.001

Introduction Transitioning to secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS) is a difficult time for people, fraught with psychological uncertainty and an increase in physical disability. In parallel, healthcare appointments become less frequent, m... Read More about Acceptance-based telephone support around the time of transition to secondary progressive multiple sclerosis: A feasibility randomised controlled trial.

High risk of patient self-inflicted lung injury in COVID-19 with frequently encountered spontaneous breathing patterns: a computational modelling study (2021)
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Weaver, L., Das, A., Saffaran, S., Yehya, N., Scott, T. E., Chikhani, M., …Bates, D. G. (2021). High risk of patient self-inflicted lung injury in COVID-19 with frequently encountered spontaneous breathing patterns: a computational modelling study. Annals of Intensive Care, 11(1), Article 109. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13613-021-00904-7

Background: There is ongoing controversy regarding the potential for increased respiratory effort to generate patient self-inflicted lung injury (P-SILI) in spontaneously breathing patients with COVID-19 acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure. However,... Read More about High risk of patient self-inflicted lung injury in COVID-19 with frequently encountered spontaneous breathing patterns: a computational modelling study.

Parametric Assessment of the Effect of Cochlear Implant Positioning on Brain MRI Artefacts at 3 T (2021)
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Dewey, R. S., Dineen, R. A., Clemence, M., Dick, O., Bowtell, R., & Kitterick, P. T. (2021). Parametric Assessment of the Effect of Cochlear Implant Positioning on Brain MRI Artefacts at 3 T. Otology and Neurotology, 42(10), e1449-e1456. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAO.0000000000003281

Background:Brain magnetic resonance imaging in patients with cochlear implants (CIs) is impacted by image artefacts.Hypothesis:The optimal positioning of the CI to minimize artefacts is unknown. This study aimed to characterize the dependence of the... Read More about Parametric Assessment of the Effect of Cochlear Implant Positioning on Brain MRI Artefacts at 3 T.

Telehealth rehabilitation for adults with cochlear implants in response to the Covid-19 pandemic: platform selection and case studies (2021)
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Carter, J. M., Killan, C. F., & Ridgwell, J. J. (2022). Telehealth rehabilitation for adults with cochlear implants in response to the Covid-19 pandemic: platform selection and case studies. Cochlear Implants International, 23(1), 43-51. https://doi.org/10.1080/14670100.2021.1949524

Background Effective information giving and goal setting before cochlear implantation and individualised rehabilitation following implantation are both crucial for shaping patients’ expectations and optimising outcomes. The Covid-19 pandemic led to... Read More about Telehealth rehabilitation for adults with cochlear implants in response to the Covid-19 pandemic: platform selection and case studies.

Post-keratoplasty Infectious Keratitis: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Management, and Outcomes (2021)
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Song, A., Deshmukh, R., Lin, H., Ang, M., Mehta, J. S., Chodosh, J., …Ting, D. S. (2021). Post-keratoplasty Infectious Keratitis: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Management, and Outcomes. Frontiers in Medicine, 8, Article 707242. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.707242

Post-keratoplasty infectious keratitis (PKIK) represents a unique clinical entity that often poses significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. It carries a high risk of serious complications such as graft rejection and failure, and less common... Read More about Post-keratoplasty Infectious Keratitis: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Management, and Outcomes.

Nitric oxide for the prevention and treatment of viral, bacterial, protozoal and fungal infections [version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations] (2021)
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Bath, P. M., Coleman, C. M., Gordon, A. L., Lim, W. S., & Webb, A. J. (2021). Nitric oxide for the prevention and treatment of viral, bacterial, protozoal and fungal infections [version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations]. F1000Research, 10, 1-34. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.51270.1

Although the antimicrobial potential of nitric oxide (NO) is widely published, it is little used clinically. NO is a key signalling molecule modulating vascular, neuronal, inflammatory and immune responses. Endogenous antimicrobial activity is largel... Read More about Nitric oxide for the prevention and treatment of viral, bacterial, protozoal and fungal infections [version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations].

The Utility of Economic Measures to Quantify the Burden of Tinnitus in Affected Individuals: A Scoping Review (2021)
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Daoud, E., Caimino, C., Akeroyd, M. A., Noreña, A. J., & Baguley, D. M. (2022). The Utility of Economic Measures to Quantify the Burden of Tinnitus in Affected Individuals: A Scoping Review. PharmacoEconomics - Open, 6, 21-32. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41669-021-00273-8

Background and objectives Tinnitus is a chronic subjective condition that impacts patients’ health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and requires multidisciplinary interventions. In health economics, quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and willingness... Read More about The Utility of Economic Measures to Quantify the Burden of Tinnitus in Affected Individuals: A Scoping Review.

The effects of dual-task interference in predicting turn-ends in speech and music (2021)
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Fisher, N. K., Hadley, L. V., Corps, R. E., & Pickering, M. J. (2021). The effects of dual-task interference in predicting turn-ends in speech and music. Brain Research, 1768, Article 147571. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2021.147571

Determining when a partner’s spoken or musical turn will end requires well-honed predictive abilities. Evidence suggests that our motor systems are activated during perception of both speech and music, and it has been argued that motor simulation is... Read More about The effects of dual-task interference in predicting turn-ends in speech and music.

Comparison of continuous sampling with active noise cancelation and sparse sampling for cortical and subcortical auditory functional MRI (2021)
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Dewey, R. S., Hall, D. A., Plack, C. J., & Francis, S. T. (2021). Comparison of continuous sampling with active noise cancelation and sparse sampling for cortical and subcortical auditory functional MRI. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 86(5), 2577-2588. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.28902

Purpose Detecting sound-related activity using functional MRI requires the auditory stimulus to be more salient than the intense background scanner acoustic noise. Various strategies can reduce the impact of scanner acoustic noise, including “sparse... Read More about Comparison of continuous sampling with active noise cancelation and sparse sampling for cortical and subcortical auditory functional MRI.