The Journal of laryngology and otology
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Multicenter Study
The 14-item Paediatric Throat Disorders Outcome Test: a valid, sensitive, reliable, parent-reported outcome measure for paediatric throat disorders.
We modified and abbreviated a pre-existing research questionnaire, the Tonsil and Adenoid Health Status Instrument, to make it suitable for rapid completion as a disease-specific, health-related quality of life research tool for children with tonsil and adenoid disease in the UK. We determined the main psychometric properties of the resulting 14-item Paediatric Throat Disorders Outcome Test. ⋯ The 14-item Paediatric Throat Disorders Outcome Test is an appropriate, disease-specific, parent-reported outcome measure for children with throat disorders, for which we have demonstrated internal consistency, reliability, responsiveness to change and two forms of construct validity.
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We report a case of a multinodular goitre developing in a lingual thyroid. ⋯ Lingual thyroids have an incidence of one in 3,000 to 10,000. There has not previously been a reported case of such an ectopic gland undergoing multinodular changes and presenting in later life.
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(1) To compare audiometric parameters in patients with vestibular schwannoma and in those with asymmetric hearing loss from other causes; and (2) to assess proposed screening criteria by comparing published protocols. ⋯ As regards vestibular schwannoma screening protocols, the best compromise between sensitivity and screening rate was offered by a criterion comprising either: (1) > or =20 dB asymmetry at two neighbouring frequencies, or unilateral tinnitus, or (2) > or =15 dB asymmetry at two frequencies between 2 and 8 kHz.