Sentences with phrase «patient ear of»

Sometimes all a client really needs is the patient ear of their public defender.

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Wipe some of its blood on the patient's right ear, thumb, and big toe.

Among the specialized neurologic evaluations were videonystagmography (VNG), which is designed to test inner ear and central motor functions, and computerized dynamic postural studies (CAPS), which assess the interaction of vestibular, somatosensory and visual systems for patients undergoing neurorehabilitation

Doctors are also becoming aware of patients coming in with similar symptoms such as headaches, ringing in the ears, tingling, numbness, difficulty learning and memory loss and attributing them to digital devices.

Reports and recommendations in the past have fallen on deaf ears to the detriment of patients.

Ojaba also disclosed that a patient from the Guma Local Government Area of the state manifested late symptoms of Lassa fever when he started bleeding from the nose, ears and mouth.

In patients with middle - ear implants, the cochlea is functional, but one of the ossicles — the stapes — doesn't vibrate with enough force to stimulate the auditory nerve.

Two of their collaborators at MEEI — Konstantina Stankovic, an ear surgeon who co-led the study with Chandrakasan, and Don Eddington — tested it on four patients who already had cochlear implants and found that it had no effect on their ability to hear.

Existing versions of the device, however, require that a disk - shaped transmitter about an inch in diameter be affixed to the skull, with a wire snaking down to a joint microphone and power source that looks like an oversized hearing aid around the patient's ear.

Existing cochlear implants use an external microphone to gather sound, but the new implant would instead use the natural microphone of the middle ear, which is almost always intact in cochlear - implant patients.

UTSW Head and Neck Surgeons this summer removed acoustic neuromas through small incisions in the ear canals of two patients using an endoscope.

One of his patients, Ana Placencia of Temple, Texas, waited seven months to seek treatment after first experiencing muffled hearing in her left ear.

The potential seriousness of otitis media was first reported by the Greek physician Hippocrates in 460 B.C. «Acute pain of the ear with continued high fever is to be dreaded for the patient may become delirious and die,» Hippocrates wrote.

Ear - nose - throat surgeon Dr. Matthew Kircher of Loyola University Medical Center is giving patients Botox injections to treat facial nerve disorders that sometimes occur after Bell's palsy, including unwanted facial movements known as synkinesis.

Researchers from Massachusetts Eye and Ear / Harvard Medical School have found that patients who were prescribed corticosteroids as part of treatment for Lyme disease - associated facial paralysis had worse long - term outcomes of regaining facial function than those who were prescribed antibiotic therapy alone.

«Patients should write everything down or have a second pair of ears with them after surgery.

Medieval Welsh physicians in the town of Myddfai recommended that their patients take a freshly baked loaf of bread out of the oven, cut it in two, «and apply to both ears as hot as can be borne, bind and thus produce perspiration, and by the help of god you will be cured.»

To do so, they edited recordings of music, filtering out the frequencies of the ringing in the ears of their patients, who then listened to the filtered music an average of 12 hours per week.

The patient was part of a new study that links problems of the inner ear with eerie «out - of - body» experiences.

Maya Elzière, an ear, nose and throat specialist at Hôpital Européen in Marseille, France, and co-author of the study, enlisted patients who had experienced a range of issues, from recurrent vertigo and tinnitus to infections in the ear.

James Heathcote, a doctor from Kent, England, and several other doctors measured the length of the ear in 206 patients, male and female, between the ages of 30 and 93, from lobe to ear top.

«Cold water in the left ear significantly increased patients» insight and awareness of their schizophrenia, which we measured 30 minutes after the test, compared with the sham or placebo treatment using room temperature water,» says Dr. Gerretsen.

Researchers from Massachusetts Eye and Ear / Harvard Medical School have identified inflammatory factors that cause optic neuropathy in the back of the eye following implantation of a keratoprosthesis (KPro)-- similar to what glaucoma patients experience, without the rise of pressure in the eye — and have shown that blocking one of those factors, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFa), successfully halts the development of optic nerve damage in a mouse model.

«We found that intensive doses of statins carry the potential for clearing up the lipid debris that can lead to vision impairment in a subset of patients with macular degeneration,» said Joan W. Miller, M.D., the Henry Willard Williams Professor and Chair of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and Chief of Ophthalmology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Massachusetts General Hospital.

«Although these conditions are routinely treated in industrial societies, a number of patients choose not to receive treatment, particularly when their medical condition affects only one ear,» Dr. Maison said.

Researchers at Massachusetts Eye and Ear / Harvard Medical School and the University of Crete have conducted a phase I / II clinical trial investigating the efficacy of statins (cholesterol - lowering medications) for the treatment of patients with the dry form of age - related macular degeneration (AMD)-- the leading cause of blindness in the developed world.

Compared to currently approved treatment using an electrical cord connected at an abdominal site, this new method has a low risk of developing infectious diseases due to the power cable behind the ear and is anticipated to improve patients» quality of life; for example, patients with this new device can soak in a bathtub as most Japanese people do when taking a bath.

Patients with autism have more inflammatory disorders than average (such as digestive disorders, allergies, ear infections, or skin eruptions) and brain imaging and autopsies show more brain inflammation in individuals of all ages with autism.

If I get a patient with neck and shoulder tightness and I'm having trouble getting that person to realize they are holding their shoulders up by there ears, I might have them do shrugs to build awareness on the amount of tension they are holding in this muscle.

One of my former clients who was an ear - nose - throat doctor used to tell me that when he asks his patients to take a deep breath they just gulp the air in.

He did this by working on countless patients at the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, who he used to experiment with reflexology occidental works like iridology (iris - reading), endonasal reflexology (activation of pressure points near and around the nose), and auriculotherapy (ear acupuncture).

Its first miscalculation probably the implementation of a central character, World War Z follows the globetrotting derring - do of former U.N. hotspot navigator Gerry Lane (is in my ears and in my heart) as he's pulled back into action to suss out «patient zero» in the zombie pandemic.

In the end, students use the clues to diagnose the patient with Dengue Fever, advise Dr. Smallz on the best treatment, and find him the safest route out of her body (they usually decide to take him through her ear).

As a new teacher, I was entirely too «lucky» in many of my early placements — my success was almost entirely dependent on the availability of kind and patient colleagues who were willing to offer a consoling ear and words of advice.

The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) states that «ear cropping and tail docking are not medically indicated nor of benefit to the patient.

Jessica and Jamee from Pebble Creek Animal & Bird Hospital explain how to properly clean your dog's ears while demonstrating the procedure on Hope, one of their patients.

More and more of my feline patients were on one or more prescription drugs and / or diets to try to help them with the diseases I encountered day - to - day in feline practice: recurrent bladder (lower urinary) problems, obesity, diabetes, chronic vomiting and / or diarrhea, chronic constipation, asthma, skin and ear problems, to name a few.

Ear cropping and tail docking in dogs for cosmetic reasons are not medically indicated nor of benefit to the patient.

The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has offered only the following equivocal position statement: «Ear cropping and tail docking in dogs for cosmetic reasons are not medically indicated nor of benefit to the patient.

The red, hot skin (or ear) of the allergic patient is susceptible to invasion by bacteria and yeast.

For several of my patients, this form of treatment has dramatically improved their quality of life by decreasing their itchiness and skin and ear infections.

Our veterinary health examinations routinely include a check of the patients weight, temperature, ears for ear mites and fur for ring worm.

From mild inflammation or severe middle ear infection, approximately 15 — 20 % of canine patients and 6 — 7 % of feline... Continue reading →

Symptoms of allergies may include chronic itchy feet, face and ears, as well as secondary infections leading to increased patient discomfort.

The Dermatology department is able to address patients with chronic allergies, ear infections and other dermatological disorders by the use of diagnostic tools such as intradermal skin testing, video otoscopic examinations, skin biopsies and cultures and evaluation of blood panels.

Dr. Patti Gordon and her associates examine their patients from the tip of their ears to the tip of their tails so that you are assured to receive a complete and thorough exam.

Allergic skin and ear diseases are common problems in canine patients, and many of the clinical presentations are similar.

Says Suzanne Heath Boskovich, «When I worked in a practice in NE many of the outdoor dogs, even with thick double coats, had frost bitten ears that cauliflowered; and several of our patients had missing toes from frost bite.»

It's not uncommon for a cranky feline patient to receive a kiss on the top of his head from one of our veterinarians, or for a cuddly rottweiler to fall asleep while receiving a much - appreciated ear skritching session from a staff member.

Diseases of the Outer Ear Haar, G. Ter DVM The Patient with Otitis Externa R. S. Mueller Department of Clinical Sciences Coll.