OTOLARYNGOLOGY and HEAD AND NECK SURGERY

Publication Record

Abouchacra, K., J. Besing, J. Koehnke, and T. Letowski. 1999. Contemporary approaches to audiological assessment. Communication and Its Disorders: A Science in Progress.

Abouchacra, K. S., J. Breitenbach, T. Mermagen, and T. Letowski. 2001. Binaural helmet: Improving speech recognition performance using spatialized sound. Human Factors.

Abouchacra, K. S., and T. Letowski. 1999. Spatial audiometry: Detection of spondaic words in noise. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology.

Atiyeh, B., N. Fuleihan, and R. Musharafieh. 1999. Pharmacologic partial salvage of a failing free flap with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator. Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery 15 (8):585–590.

Fuleihan, N. 1999. The evaluation and management of nasal valve dysfunction. Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery.

Hamdan, A. L., and N. Fuleihan. 2001. Voice disorder, physiology, work up and assessment. Journal of the Arab Board of Medical Specializations.

Hamdan, A. L., N. Fuleihan, and J. Shreif. 2000. False aneurysm after rhinoplasty: An unusual complication. Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 122 (6):923–925.

Ishoo, E., S. Udayan, G. Gregory, J. Stram, and N. Fuleihan. 1999. Predicting airway risk in angioedema: Staging system based on presentation. Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 121 (3):263–268.

Kahwaji, G. H., A. L. Hamdan, A. Mufarrij, and N. Fuleihan. 2000. Plexiform neurofibroma of the sublingual gland. Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 122 (6):927.

Matar, G., R. Chahwan, N. Fuleihan, M. Uwaydah, and U. Hadi. 2001. PCR-based detection, restriction endonuclease analysis, and transcription of tonB in Haemophilus influenzae and Haemophilus parainfluenzae isolates obtained from children undergoing tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy. Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology 8 (2):221–224.

Musharrafieh, U., G. Araj, and N. Fuleihan. 1999. Viral supraglottitis in an adult: A case presentation and literature update. Journal of Infection 39 (2):157–160.

Shah, U., N. Fuleihan, S. Handler, J. Kallman, and D. Fear. 1999. Diagnosis pathologic quiz case 2: Cervical thymus. Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 125 (6):695.

Smith, G., and N. Fuleihan. 1999. Use of post-operative chest X-ray after elective adult tracheotomy. Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 120 (6):848–851.

Tran, T. V., T. Letowski, and K. S. Abouchacra. 2000. Evaluation of acoustic beacon characteristics for navigation tasks. Ergonomics 43 (6):807–827.

Abstracts, Conferences, and Proceedings

Abouchacra, K., and T. Letowski. November 2000. Speech recognition performance with non-spatialized and spatialized sound presented through helmets. National Council for Scientific Research and Lebanese Association for the Advancement of Science 14th Science Meeting, Beirut, Lebanon.

Ghossaini, S., K. S. Abouchacra, G. M. Zaytoun, and N. S. Fuleihan. February 2000. Distortion-product otoacoustic emissions: Findings in post-stapedectomy patients. Association for Research in Otolaryngology MidWinter Meeting, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.

Vause, N., K. S. Abouchacra, T. Letowski, and E. Resta. 2000. Spatial-audio (3-D) displays improve speech communication in the command and control (C2V) vehicle. Proceedings of the 22nd Army Science Conference, Washington, DC, USA.

Vause, N. L., T. R. Letowski, and K. S. Abouchacra. February 2000. The effect of 3D audio displays on communication ability in the command and control vehicle. Association for Research in Otolaryngology Mid Winter Meeting, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.

Research Projects

Otoacoustic emissions in post-stapedectomy patients

The purpose of this research is to determine whether distortion-product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) can be recorded in patients who have undergone successful stapedectomy surgery. Abouchacra, K. (PL), S. Ghussani, G. Zaytoun, and N. Fuleihan.

Completed or in progress at AUBMC

Selective and divided auditory attention

The purpose of this series of experiments is to evaluate the ability of listeners to hear and understand a target speech message in the presence of 1,2 or 3 competing speech messages.  The target and competing speech messages are presented diotically, dichotically, in 3-D audio, and through loudspeakers located at various azimuth locations, in an anechoic or reverberant environment. Abouchacra, K. S. (PL), J. Koehnke, J. Besing, and T. Letowski.

Supported by U. S. Army Research Laboratory Human Research & Engineering Directorate
Completed or in progress at U. S. Army Research Laboratory and University of South Alabama

Sound detection and localization in noise

The purpose of this research is to assess a listener's ability to detect and localize speech originating from various azimuth locations and in varying levels of background noise. Abouchacra, K. S. (PL), and T. R. Letowski.

Supported by U.S. Army Research Laboratory Human Research & Engineering Directorate Completed or in progress at U. S. Army Research Laboratory and Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, USA

Universal newborn hearing screening program-Phase I: Establishment of an optimal screening protocol and follow-up procedure

The proposed research will compare methods of infant hearing screening that are currently supported by the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).  Specifically, this study will compare 1) evoked otoacoustic emissions (OAE screening), 2) auditory brainstem response (ABR screening), and 3) OAE+ABR combination screening. Abouchacra, K. S. (PL), K. Younis, G. M. Zaytoun, and N. S. Fuleihan.

Completed or in progress at AUBMC