Appendix A. List of Publications

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1 Appendix A List of Publications 1. Sukesh Kumar A., Jyothiraj V.P. and Subin T.K., "Automated diagnosis system for temporal bone abnormalities," AMSE Journal of Modeling, Measurement and Control (C), vol. 70, no. 2, 2009, pp Jyothiraj V.P. and Sukesh Kumar A., "Diagnosis of hearing disorders and screening using artificial neural networks based on distortion product otoacoustic emissions," in Proceedings of International Conference of Biomedical Engineering, Singapore, vol. 23, 2008, pp ,(also available online at Q4) 3. Jyothiraj V.P. and Sukesh Kumar A.,"' Mapping of hearing profile through evoked otoacoustic emissions," in Proceedings of International Conference on Modeling and Simulation (MS08), Port said, Egypt, 2008, pp Jyothiraj V.P. and Sukesh Kumar A.,"Effect of stimulus parameters, age and gender on cubic difference distortion product otoacoustic emission measurement for hearing screening and diagnosis," in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, Communication and Networking, Chennai, India, 2008, pp (available in IEEE Xplore digital library) 5. Jyothiraj V.P. and Sukesh Kumar A.,"Detection and analysis of otoacoustic emissions for diagnosis of hearing disorders," in Proceedings of 15 th Kerala Science Congress, Kozhikkode, India, 2004, pp

2 6. Jyothiraj VP. and Sukesh Kumar A.," Distortion product otoacoustic emissions in human ear, response characteristics and clinical utility," in Proceedings of International Conference on Computer Controls and Communication, Chennai, 2004, pp Sukesh Kumar A., Jyothiraj VP. and Su bin T.K.," Diagnosis of temporal bone abnormalities by neural networks from CT images," in Proceedings of 8 th National Conference on Technological Trends, Trivandrum, vol. 2, 2007, pp Jyothiraj VP. and Sukesh Kumar A.," Computer based investigation of hearing disorders through transient evoked otoacoustic emission analysis," in Proceedings of International Conference on Modeling and Simulation, Coimbatore, vol.13, Jyothiraj VP. and Sukesh Kumar A.,"Computer based investigation of hearing disorders through distortion product otoacoustic emission analysis," in Proceedings of International Conference on Modeling and Simulation, MS 07,Kolkata, India, vol. 1, 2007, pp Sukesh Kumar A. and Jyothiraj VP.,"Effect of stimulus parameters and spontaneous otoacoustic emissions on transient evoked otoacoustic emission measurement for hearing screening," in Proceedings of International Conference on Modeling and Simulation (MS07), Kolkata, vol 2, 2007, pp Jyothiraj VP., Sukesh Kumar A. and Vinod Chandra S.S.,"Clinical expert system for management, diagnosis and treatment of human auditory system diseases," in Proceedings of International Conference on Modeling and Simulation MS09, India, 2009, pp

3 Appendix B Diseases.and Symptoms (EDMx) A list of few symptoms in connection with the External Ear, Middle Ear and Internal Ear problems are shown in Table B.1 and a list of few diseases and their symptoms are shown in Table B.2 and Table B

4 External Ear Middle Ear Inner Ear Problems Problems Problems Ear pain/ear ache Ear pain/ear ache One side hearing loss Ear discharge Irritability Loss of hearing clarity Ear itching Sleeping Difficulty Vomiting, Nausea Ear sensitive to pressure Listlessness Fluctuating hearing loss Ear lobe sensitive to touch Pulling at the ears Tinnitus, Headache Nasal discharge Crying (infants) Giddiness, Vertigo Reduced hearing Screaming (infants) Sweating, Dizziness Fever Balancing Problems High pitch sound hearing loss Ear redness Fever Facial symptoms Ear swelling Ear fluid draining Sensation of pressure in ears Continuous irritation Hearing loss Sensation of Scaling fullness in ears Blocked sensation in ear Diarrhoea Abdominal discomfort Diarrhoea Boils on the ear canal Vomiting Sudden hearing loss Accumulation of wax Ear drum budge out Discomforts at varying frequencies and intensities Disturbance of Genetic ear Sensation that the balancing bone disorder room or person is moving Temperature Hearing problem Unsteadiness during pregnancy Tinnitus Tinnitus Conversion and difficult to understand Table B.l: Symptoms of external ear, middle ear and internal ear problems 126

5 -- Otitis Externa Infection of the skin of outer ear canal Symptoms: Ear pain-mild/moderate, Ear discharge-sticky yellow, Ear itching, Ear sensitive to pressure, Ear lobe sensitive to touch, Reduced hearing, Conductive hearing loss, Nasal discharge, Fever low grade Perichorchitis of auricle Inflammations of the tissue surrounding the ear cartilage Symptoms: Ear redness, Ear ache, Fever, Fluid seeping from wound, Ear lobe sensitive to touch, Ear swelling Otomycosis A fungal infection of the ear in the external auditory canal Symptoms: Continuous irritation, Scaling, Itching, Pain, Blocked sensation in ear, Discharge-whitish Furunculosis Acute skin disease in the ear canal Symptoms_. Severe pain, Itching, Irritation, Hearing loss, Discharge-yellow with out mucus, Boils in the ear canal, Fever(rnild), Blocked sensation, Nasal discharge Ruptured ear drum Symptoms: Sudden severe pain, Bloodily drainage, Hearing loss, Temperature, Ringing in the ear, One side hearing loss, Loss of hearing clarity, Thick puss filled drainage Impacted wax Symptoms:Deafness, Discomfort, Ringing in the ear, Disturbance of balance, Ear pain, Reduced hearing, Sensation of Ear fullness Acute otitis media Inflammation in the middle ear Symptoms: Ear pain, Dis..:omfort, Pressure in the ear, Conductive hearing loss, Temporary hearing loss, No response to soft sound, Talks louder, Ear drum budge out, Ear drum retract inward, Pain during lying, Chewing and sucking Otosclerosis An abnormal bone growth in the middle ear Symptoms:Progressive hearing loss, Hearing better in noisy environments than quite, Ringing in the ear, Hearing problem during pregnancy Meniere's diseases Abnormality of the inner ear Symptoms: Vomiting, One side hearing low, Swtating, Loss of hearing clarity, Severe dissiness, Progressive hearing loss, Tinnitus, Vertigo, Sensation of ear pressure, Giddiness, Nausea Table B.2: List of diseases and symptoms 127

6 Acoustic neuroma A benign tumor Symptoms: Progrresive hearing loss, Ringing in one ear, Loss of hearing loss in one ear, Dizziness, Facial symptoms, Headache, Paillodema, Sensation of pressure in ears, Sensation of fullness in ears, Unsteadiness, Tinnitus Tinnitus Noises or buzzing in the ear Symptoms: Ear wax, Humming noise, Noise like water running, Whistling noise, Air escaping, Musical notes, Ringing, Hearing loss Vertigo Sensation of sound Symptoms: Sensation that room is moving, Spinning, Person is moving or spinning within the environment, Balance problems, Ear wax, Nasal congestion, Otosclerosis Prebycusis Symptoms:Hearing loss, Age above years, Hereditary, High pitch sound such as S and th are difficult to hear, Tinnitus, Conversation is difficult to understand with background noise Mastoiditis Inflammation of bone behind the ear Symptoms: Headache, High fever, Pain behind the ear, Redness behind the ear, Local swelling Labrynthitis Symptoms: Deafness, Nausea, Vomiting, Falling, Loss of balance, Ringing ears, Ear pain, Hearing loss, Jerky eye movements, Dizziness, Vertigo, One side hearing loss Table B.3: List of diseases and symptoms( contd.) 128