EDITORIAL

Importance of the Neurootological and Equilibriometric Society. Abraham Shulman

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SECTION: ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Response of Human Skull to Bone-Conducted Sound in the Audiometric-Ultrasonic Range.
Zhi Cai, Douglas G. Richards, Martin L. Lenhardt, and Alan G. Madsen

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Measurement of Bone Conduction Levels for High Frequencies . Martin L. Lenhardt, Douglas G. Richards, Alan G. Madsen, Barbara A. Goldstein, Abraham Shulman, and Robert Guinta

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SECTION: AUDIOLOGY

Effects of Discotheque Music on Audiometric Results and Central Acoustic Evoked Neuromagnetic Response. Edeltraut Emmerich, Frank Richter, Halgund Hagner, Frank Giessler, Sabine Gehrlein, and Hans-Georg Dieroff

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Tinnitus in Childhood. Gottfried Aust

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SECTION: CLINICAL SCIENCE

The Early Kinetics of Gentamicin Uptake into the Inner Ear. Michael E. Hoffer, Keith Allen, Kim Gottshall, Robert Moore, Richard D. Kopke, Derin Wester, and Carey Balaban

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GABAA - Benzodiazepine - Chloride Receptor - Targeted Therapy for Tinnitus Control: Preliminary Report. Abraham Shulman, Arnold M. Strashun, and Barbara A. Goldstein

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SECTION: NEUROTOLOGY AND ABNORMAL SENSORY PHENOMENA

Characteristics of Tinnitus and Etiology of Associated Hearing Loss: A Study of 123 Patients. Cécile Nicolas-Puel, Ruth Lloyd Faulconbridge, Matthieu Guitton, Jean-Luc Puel, Michel Mondain, and Alain Uziel

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Psychiatric Disturbances and Psychotropic Drugs in Tinnitus Patients. Ales Hahn and Petr Smolik

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Clonazepam in the Pharmacological Treatment of Vertigo and Tinnitus. Mauricio Malavasi Ganança, Heloisa Helena Caovilla, Fernando Freitas Ganança, Cristina Freitas Ganança, Mário Sérgio Lei Munhoz, Maria Leonor Garcia da Silva, and Flávio Serafini

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A New Therapeutic Procedure for Treatment of Objective Venous Pulsatile Tinnitus. Tanit Ganz Sanchez, Márcia Murao, Italo Roberto Torres de Medeiros, Márcia Kii, Ricardo Ferreira Bento, José Guilherme Caldas, Carlos Alberto Alvarez, and Carlos Henrique Raggiotto

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SECTION: MEDICOLEGAL ISSUES

Slow Auditory Evoked Potentials: The End of Malingering in Audiology. Raymond Boniver

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SECTION: MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Meetings and Events

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Invitation to the International Tinnitus Forum

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Invitation to the Neurootological and Equilibriometric Society Thirtieth Annual Meeting

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Erratum

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EDITORIAL

On the 100th Birthday of Prof. Dr. med. Juan Manuel Tato: Pioneer in Advancing Otorhinolaryngology into Modern Neurootology. Claus F. Claussen

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In Memoriam: Jean Bernard Causse, M.D. Abraham Shulman, Barbara Goldstein, Claus-F. Claussen, and Michael D. Seidman

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SECTION: ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Computerized Ultrasonographic Craniocorpography and Abnormal Psychomotor Activity in Psychiatric Patients. Svetlozar Haralanov, Claus-Frenz Claussen, Evelina Haralanova, and Diana Shkodrova

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SECTION: CLINICAL SCIENCE

Quantitative Electroencephalography: Preliminary Report—Tinnitus. Abraham Shulman and Barbara Goldstein

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Neurofeedback and Quantitative Electroencephalography. Elmar W.J. Weiler, Klaus Brill, Ken H. Tachiki, and Dieter Schneider

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Effects of Noise on the Intensity of Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions. Attila L. Nagy, Ferenc Tóth, Róbert Vajtai, Zoltán Gingl, József Jóri, and József Géza Kiss

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Computerized Analysis of Established Craniocorpography. Flavio Serafini, Heloisa Helena Caovilla, and Mauricio Malavasi Ganança

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SECTION: NEUROTOLOGY AND ABNORMAL SENSORY PHENOMENA

Evaluation of Oculomotor Tests in Patients with Tinnitus. Magdalena Józefowicz-Korczyska and Anna Pajor

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Cognitive Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment. Julia M. Bergmann and Guillermo O. Bertora

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How Does Cochlear Implantation Affect the Contralateral Vestibular System? Ottó Ribári, Ágnes Szirmai, Marianna Küstel, and Gábor Répássy

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Intratympanic Dexamethasone Treatment for Control of Subjective Idiopathic Tinnitus: Our Clinical Experience. Antonio Cesarani, Saverio Capobianco, Daniela Soi, Davide Antonio Giuliano, and Dario Alpini

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Fixed Combination of Cinnarizine and Dimenhydrinate Versus Betahistine Dimesylate in the Treatment of Méničre’s Disease: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel Group Clinical Study.
Miroslav Novotny and Rom Kostica

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Doppler Ultrasonography in Tinnitus Patients. Guillermo O. Bertora and Julia M. Bergmann

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Vertigo as a Prognostic Sign in Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss. Jacob Ben-David, Michal Luntz, Ludwig Podoshin, Edmond Sabo, and Milo Fradis

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SECTION: TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT/OROFACIAL AND HEAD PAIN

Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction in Whiplash Injuries: Association with Tinnitus and Vertigo.
Raymond Boniver

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SECTION: MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Meetings and Events

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Invitation to the Neurootological and Equilibriometric Society Thirtieth Annual Meeting

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Contents to Volume 8, Issues 1–2, 2002

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