Evaluation of Nasal Obstruction with Odiosoft-Rhino in Nasal Septal Deviation

Background: Evaluation of a recently developed method for measuring nasal obstruction. Objective: To investigate the reliability of a new software program called Odiosoft-Rhino (OR) as a presumptive diagnostic method to evaluate the nasal airflow of patients who have nasal septal deviation and to compare OR results with the acoustic rhinometry (AR) results and visual analogue scale (VAS) of nasal obstruction

Comparison of Odiosoft-Rhino and rhinomanometry in evaluation of nasal patency

Objective: To conduct a preliminary study testing the validity of the Odiosoft-Rhino (OR) in the evaluation of nasal patency in patients with nasal septal deviation and compare the results with visual analogue score ( VAS) of nasal obstruction and rhinomanometry (RMM)

Detection of the Nasal Cycle in Daily Activity by Remote Evaluation of Nasal Sound

Objectives: To detect the nasal cycle in healthy subjects while they were performing their daily activities, using the Odiosoft-Rhino (OR) software program and to investigate the ability of the OR program to perform this procedure

Efficacy of Odiosoft-Rhino in assessment of nasal obstruction: A comparative study with acoustic rhinometry after treatment with budesonide nasal spray in patients with perennial allergic rhinitis

Background: Odiosoft-Rhino (OR) is new software and equipment that can be used to measure changes in nasal obstruction after intranasal steroid treatment. OR is a promising method for measuring the degree of nasal obstruction. OR can precisely analyze nasal sound spectra in decibels, which is generated by nasal airflow. We studied the reliability of OR for assessing declining nasal obstruction after budesonide nasal spray treatment

Computed tomography findings in chronic rhinosinusitis patients with and without allergy

The purpose of this study was to compare the paranasal sinus mucosal thickenings, bony changes consistent with chronic sinusitis, and bony anatomic variations detected by computed tomography (CT) in chronic rhinosinusitis patients with and without allergy. Three hundred and thirty-nine patients with chronic rhinosinusitis were analyzed for their allergic status by performing skin prick test. Two hundred and thirteen patients (62.8%) had at least one positive skin prick test (allergic patients, male/female: 85/128, mean age: 29.1 +/- 1.2). One hundred and twenty-six patients (37.2%) were included in the non-allergic group (male/female: 53/73, mean age: 31 +/- 2.2). Maxillary mucosal thickening and frontal hypoplasy were significantly more common in allergic chronic rhinosinusitis patients. Moreover, pneumatized uncinate process is apparently more common in the allergic group than non-allergic group, and statistical analysis revealed marginal significance (p = 0.0535). In conclusion CT findings of allergic chronic rhinosinusitis patients are comparable to the CT findings of chronic rhinosinusitis patients without allergy. However, presence of maxillary mucosal thickening, frontal hypoplasia or pneumatized uncinate process in the CT scan of a patient with chronic rhinosinusitis could be of clinical significance, and might guide the otolaryngologist for the evaluation of the presence of allergy

Nasal expiratory sound analysis in healthy people

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the practicability of Odiosoft-Rhino (OR), a new experimental method for assessing the nasal airflow and resistance, in normal subjects and to compare the results with acoustic rhinometry (AR) findings

Long-term efficacy of sublingual immunotherapy in patients with perennial rhinitis

Background: Sublingual immunotherapy has a documented clinical efficacy, but only a few long-term studies have been performed in people with perennial rhinitis

The contribution of erectile elements to nasal patency: an examination with nasal sound analysis

BackgroundThe objective of this work was to determine the role of nasal sound analysis using a software called Odiosoft-Rhino (OR) in evaluation of nasal erectile elements as a cause of nasal obstruction. Comparisons of nasal resistance, amplitude of the nasal sound frequency spectra, and visual analogue score (VAS) were made

The accuracy of symptom-based definition of chronic rhinosinusitis

Objective: Currently, the diagnosis of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a symptom-based definition. This study aims to study, verify and evaluate the predictive value of the symptom-based definition of CRS and compare this with objective tests

Expiratory nasal sound analysis as a new method for evaluation of nasal obstruction in patients with nasal septal deviation: Comparison of expiratory nasal sounds from both deviated and normal nasal cavity

Background: The reliability of nasal obstruction measurements could be improved, and several new techniques are being developed. Our objective was to investigate the use of a new software program, Odiosoft-Rhino, in the assessment of nasal obstruction via analysis of the sounds of nasal expiration