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Although tinnitus was the main sleep disrupting factor, hearing impairment among workers occupationally exposed to harmful noise, independently contributed to sleep impairment, especially to insomnia, regardless of age and years of exposure.

Primary and residual/recurrent cholesteatoma was accurately detected on non-EPI DWI with 98% clinical and radiologic concordance. Lesions less than 8 mm confined to the middle ear and its extensions can be eradicated with a minimally invasive endoscopic transcanal technique, whereas endoscope-assisted retroauricular mastoidectomy is preferred for larger lesions.

4. Laryngoscope, 127:E354-E358, 2017.

The ILA is narrower than that reported in the classic anatomy textbooks. In male patients, the upper part of the TC becomes narrower and projects anteriorly like a "jug's spout." The mean vertical dimension of the midline CTM was 10 to 11 mm.