Otopathology Laboratory At The Massachusetts Eye And Ear Infirmary And Harvard Medical School

Publications in 2006

Lin MY, Timmer FC, Oriel BS, Zhou G, Guinan JJ, Kujawa SG, Herrmann BS, Merchant SN, Rauch SD.
Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMP) can detect asymptomatic saccular hydrops.
Laryngoscope. 2006 Jun;116(6):987-92.
PMID: 16735912 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Wang H, Northrop C, Burgess B, Liberman MC, Merchant SN.
Three-dimensional virtual model of the human temporal bone: a stand-alone, downloadable teaching tool.
Otol Neurotol. 2006 Jun;27(4):452-7.
PMID: 16791035 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Griffith AJ, Yang Y, Pryor SP, Park HJ, Jabs EW, Nadol JB Jr, Russell LJ, Wasserman DI, Richard G, Adams JC, Merchant SN.
Cochleosaccular dysplasia associated with a connexin 26 mutation in keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness syndrome.
Laryngoscope. 2006 Aug;116(8):1404-8.
PMID: 16885744 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Rapin I, Weidenheim K, Lindenbaum Y, Rosenbaum P, Merchant SN, Krishna S, Dickson DW.
Cockayne syndrome in adults: review with clinical and pathologic study of a new case.
J Child Neurol. 2006 Nov;21(11):991-1006. Review.
PMID: 17092472 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Wang H, Merchant SN, Sorensen MS.
A downloadable three-dimensional virtual model of the visible ear.
ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec. 2007;69(2):63-7. Epub 2006 Nov 23.
PMID: 17124433 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Robertson NG, Cremers CW, Huygen PL, Ikezono T, Krastins B, Kremer H, Kuo SF, Liberman MC, Merchant SN, Miller CE, Nadol JB Jr, Sarracino DA, Verhagen WI, Morton CC.
Cochlin immunostaining of inner ear pathologic deposits and proteomic analysis in DFNA9 deafness and vestibular dysfunction.
Hum Mol Genet. 2006 Apr 1;15(7):1071-85. Epub 2006 Feb 15.
PMID: 16481359 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Merchant SN, Burgess B, O'Malley J, Jones D, Adams JC.
Polyester wax: a new embedding medium for the histopathologic study of human temporal bones.
Laryngoscope. 2006 Feb;116(2):245-9.
PMID: 16467713 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Khan AM, Levine SR, Nadol JB Jr.
The widely patent cochleovestibular communication of Edward Cock is a distinct inner ear malformation: implications for cochlear implantation.
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2006 Aug;115(8):595-606.
PMID: 16944658 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Nadol JB Jr, Eddington DK.
Histopathology of the inner ear relevant to cochlear implantation.
Adv Otorhinolaryngol. 2006;64:31-49. Review.
PMID: 16891835 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Handzel O, Burgess BJ, Nadol JB Jr.
Histopathology of the peripheral vestibular system after cochlear implantation in the human.
Otol Neurotol. 2006 Jan;27(1):57-64.
PMID: 16371848 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Stankovic KM, McKenna MJ.
Current research in otosclerosis.
Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2006 Oct;14(5):347-51. Review.
PMID: 16974150 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Publications in 2007

Li PM, Wang H, Northrop C, Merchant SN, Nadol JB Jr.
Anatomy of the round window and hook region of the cochlea with implications for cochlear implantation and other endocochlear surgical procedures.
Otol Neurotol. 2007 Aug;28(5):641-8.
PMID: 17667773 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Bahmad F Jr, Merchant SN, Nadol JB Jr, Tranebjaerg L.
Otopathology in Mohr-Tranebjaerg syndrome.
Laryngoscope. 2007 Jul;117(7):1202-8.
PMID: 17471106 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Bahmad F Jr, Merchant SN.
Histopathology of ossicular grafts and implants in chronic otitis media.
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2007 Mar;116(3):181-91.
PMID: 17419521 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Bahmad F Jr, Merchant SN.
Paget disease of the temporal bone.
Otol Neurotol. 2007 Dec;28(8):1157-8. No abstract available.
PMID: 17195769 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Wang H, Merchant SN, Sorensen MS.
A downloadable three-dimensional virtual model of the visible ear.
ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec. 2007;69(2):63-7. Epub 2006 Nov 23.
PMID: 17124433 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Li PM, Somdas MA, Eddington DK, Nadol JB Jr.
Analysis of intracochlear new bone and fibrous tissue formation in human subjects with cochlear implants.
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2007 Oct;116(10):731-8.
PMID: 17987778 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Somdas MA, Li PM, Whiten DM, Eddington DK, Nadol JB Jr.
Quantitative evaluation of new bone and fibrous tissue in the cochlea following cochlear implantation in the human.
Audiol Neurootol. 2007;12(5):277-84. Epub 2007 May 23.
PMID: 17536196 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

McKenna MJ, Kristiansen AG.
Molecular biology of otosclerosis.
Adv Otorhinolaryngol. 2007;65:68-74. Review.
PMID: 17245026 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Publications in 2008

Merchant SN, McKenna MJ, Adams JC, Nadol JB Jr, Fayad J, Gellibolian R, Linthicum FH Jr, Ishiyama A, Lopez I, Ishiyama G, Baloh R, Platt C.
Human temporal bone consortium for research resource enhancement.
Otol Neurotol. 2008 Apr;29(3):271-4. No abstract available.
PMID: 18364572 [PubMed - in process]

Merchant SN, McKenna MJ, Adams JC, Nadol JB Jr, Fayad J, Gellibolian R, Linthicum FH Jr, Ishiyama A, Lopez I, Ishiyama G, Baloh R, Platt C.
Human temporal bone consortium for research resource enhancement.
J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 2008 Mar;9(1):1-4. Epub 2008 Feb 5. No abstract available.
PMID: 18247091 [PubMed - in process]

Merchant SN, Durand ML, Adams JC.
Sudden deafness: is it viral?
ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec. 2008;70(1):52-60; discussion 60-2. Epub 2008 Feb 1. Review.
PMID: 18235206 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Bahmad F, O'Malley J, Tranebjaerg L, Merchant SN.
Histopathology of nonsyndromic autosomal dominant midfrequency sensorineural hearing loss.
Otol Neurotol. 2008 Aug;29(5):601-6.
PMID: 18665028 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Nadol JB Jr, Eddington DK, Burgess BJ.
Foreign body or hypersensitivity granuloma of the inner ear after cochlear implantation: one possible cause of a soft failure?
Otol Neurotol. 2008 Dec;29(8):1076-84.
PMID: 18997635 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Publications in 2009

O'Malley JT, Merchant SN, Burgess BJ, Jones DD, Adams JC.
Effects of fixative and embedding medium on morphology and immunostaining of the cochlea.
Audiol Neurootol. 2009;14(2):78-87. Epub 2008 Oct 1.
PMID: 18827478 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]