Jeong Won-ho

The fault detection process is approximated with a disturbance attenuation problem. The solution to this problem, for both linear time-varying and time-invariant systems, leads to a game theoretic filter which bounds the transmission of all exogenous signals except the fault to be detected. In the limit, when the disturbance attenuation bound is brought to zero, a complete transmission block is achieved by embedding the nuisance inputs into an unobservable, invariant subspace. Since this is the

The incidence of HC-BPPV was higher than reported; however, it significantly decreased according to the duration of symptoms.

Extratympanic electrocochleography may play an important role, especially in patients with less definite symptoms, but the diagnosis should also be anchored in the patient's clinical history, symptoms, and audiogram.

The purpose of this study was to prove the hypothesis that caloric response in Ménière's disease (MD) is reduced by hydropic expansion of the vestibular labyrinth, not by vestibular hypofunction, by evaluating the correlation morphologically using an intravenous Gadolinium (IV-Gd) inner ear MRI. In study I, the prevalence of abnormal video Head Impulse Test (vHIT) results among the patients with definite unilateral MD (n = 24) and vestibular neuritis (VN) (n = 22) were investigated. All patients

Ménière's Disease (MD) is difficult to diagnose and evaluate objectively over the course of treatment. Recently, several studies have reported MD diagnoses by MRI-based endolymphatic hydrops (EH) analysis. However, this method is time-consuming and complicated. Therefore, a fast, objective, and accurate evaluation tool is necessary. The purpose of this study was to develop an algorithm that can accurately analyze EH on intravenous (IV) gadolinium (Gd)-enhanced inner-ear MRI using artificial inte

Immunostaining with anti-caspase 3 antibody and caspase 3 assay showed that cisplatin induced apoptosis in HEI-OC1 cells. After cisplatin treatment, NF-kappaB (p65) was activated to translocate from the cytoplasm into the nucleus. Co-treatment with NF-kappaB inhibitors reduced the cisplatin-induced apoptosis of HEI-OC1 cells.

This study aimed to investigate the usefulness of the intravenous gadolinium enhanced inner ear magnetic resonance imaging (IV-Gd inner ear MRI) in diagnosing Ménière's disease(MD) and find a correlation between the degree of endolymphatic hydrops(EH) and the audiovestibular tests. Total 29 patients diagnosed with unilateral definite MD were enrolled. All patients underwent IV-Gd inner ear MRI and auditory and vestibular function tests such as pure tone audiometry (PTA), electrocochleography (EC

The pathology of the organ of Corti followed the pattern of neuroepithelial defects. Hair cells in organs of Corti had degenerated in circling mice at 10 days old, in a time-dependent manner. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) showed that stereociliary bundles were irregular in size and had shortened at 10 days, and that this degeneration was complete at 21 days. The number of spiral ganglion neurons significantly reduced with age. RT-PCR analysis indicated that the transmembrane inner ear gene

A high SP/AP ratio at the initial visit may be used as a predictor of poor hearing outcomes in subjects with Ménière's disease, especially with initial hearing Stage 1 and 2.

This study compared white matter development in prelingually deaf and normal-hearing children using a tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) method. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) was performed in 21 prelingually deaf (DEAF group) and 20 normal-hearing (HEAR group) subjects aged from 1.7 to 7.7 years. Using TBSS, we evaluated the regions of significant difference in fractional anisotropy (FA) between the groups. Correlations between FA values and age in each group were also analyzed using voxel-w

Sound localization performance improved significantly after canaloplasty. Canaloplasty could provide better localization benefit and subjective improvement in spatial sensation to unilateral CAA patients.