Resources

There are a variety of detailed references to our research which include:

Books

Non-invasive perilymphatic pressure measurement with special emphasis on Meniere’s disease. Author Rosingh, HJ. Publisher Rijksuniversiteit Groningen ISBN 90 367 0769 2, 1997.

Measurement of inner ear fluid pressure and clinical applications. Marchbanks RJ (2003) Chapter 17, pp 289-307. In ‘Textbook of Audiological Medicine: Clinical aspects of hearing and balance’. Ed L.Luxon. Martin Dunitz Ltd. 2003, ISBN 1-90186-534-7.

book reviews 1996

book 1998

Downloads

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Reports

We have the following reports available in pdf format to download:

  • ISVR Tech Rep 135 – The effect of changes in cerebrospinal fluid on the labyrinth in terms of tympanic membrane displacement
  • The Search for Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension – REP21-final

Scientific Papers

Scientific Papers

Ayache D, Plouin-Gaudon I, Bouzerar K, and Elbaz P. (2002) Perilymphatic pressure measurement in Meniere’s disease. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 111(7 Pt 1): 653-6

Bouccara, D. Ferrary, E.  El-Garem, H.  Couloigner, V. Coudert, C. and   Sterkers, O. (1998)  Inner ear pressure in Meniere’s disease and fluctuating hearing loss determined by tympanic  membrane displacement analysis.  Audiology. 1998 Sep-Oct; 37(5): 255-61

Burge, D., Flynn, S. and Marchbanks, R. (1996)  Assessment of the Clinical Value of the Tympanic Membrane Displacement (TMD) Test in Children with Shunted Hydrocephalus:  From ‘Intracranial and Intralabyrinthine Fluids: Basic Aspect and Clinical Applications’.  Editors A.Ernst, R Marchbanks, M.Samii.  Springer Verlag, ISBN 3-540-60979-2, 1996.

Ernst, A.,  Bohndorf, M.  and Lenarz, T. (1994) The Non-invasive Assessment of Intracochlear Pressure and patency of the cochlear aqueduct in normal probands with TMD (Tympanic Membrane Displacement) Analysis.  Laryngo-Rhino-Otol.  73(10): 545-50.

Ernst, A., Bohndorf, M. and Lenarz, T. (1995) The Non-invasive Assessment of Intracochlear Pressure – I: Basic Aspects and Normal Findings. Laryngo-Rhino-Otol.  73/4(1): ———

Ernst, A., Issing, P.R. and Bohndorf, M. (1995) The Non-invasive Assessment of Intracochlear Pressure – II: Findings in Patients Suffering from Ménière’s Disease, Fluctuating Deep Tone Hearing and Peripheral-Vestibular Attacks of Vertigo. Laryngo-Rhino-Otol.  74(1): 13-20.

Ernst, A., Bohndorf, M. and Lenarz, T. (1995) ) The Non-invasive Assessment of Intracochlear Pressure – III:  Case Reports on Patients Suffering from Intracochlear Hypertension and Hypotension. Laryngo-Rhino-Otol.  74(1): 150-154.

Ernst, A., Snik, A., Mylanus, I. and Cremers, C.  (1995)  Noninvasive Assessment of the Intralabyrinthine Pressure:  A New Technique Applied to Patients with X-linked Progressive Mixed Deafness Syndrome with Perilymphatic Gusher during Stapes Surgery.  Arch. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 121, 926-929.

Gosepath, K., Maurer, J., Pelster, H., Thews, O. and Mann, W. (1995)  Pressure Relation between Intracranial and Intracochlear Fluids in Patients with Disease of the Inner Ear. Laryngo-Rhino-Otol. 74: 145-149.

Holme Nielsen, L. (1995)  Tympanic Membrane Displacement Measurement for Intracochlear Pressure Assessment:  Principles, instrumentation and applications.   From Ménière’s Disease:  16th Danavox Symposium ISBN 87-982422-5-3.

Howell, P, Marchbanks, RJ, Elyaniv, N (1986)  Middle-ear muscle activity during vocalisation in normal speakers and stutterers. Acta Oto-Laryngol. 102 (5-6): 396-402.

Konrádsson, KS (1999).  Influence of middle ear pressure changes on labyrinthine hydromechanics and hearing physiology.  Doctorate Dissertation submitted to Lund University, Sweden. ISRN LUMEDW/ME RL-1045-SE.
Konrádsson KS, Carlborg B, Grenner J and Tjernström (1999).

Electrocochleographic and audiometric evaluation of  hypobaric effect in Meniere’s Disease.  Laryngoscope 109, 59-64.

Konrádsson, K.S., Nielsen, L.H., Carlborg, B.I.R. and Borgkvist, B. (2000)  Pressure Transfer Between Intracranial and Cochlear Fluids in Patients with Meniere’s Disease.   Laryngoscope 110(2,Part1), 264-268.
Lancet  Editorial  (1992)  Ear-wave  to  ventricular  shunts.  Lancet  Editorial  339,  1573-1574.

Lin JP,  Rosenthal E,  Marchbanks R. (2005).  Non-invasive assessment of intracranial arterial and respiratory pressure waves via the trans aural route in man. Proc. Physiological Society Kings College London (2005) J Physiol  565P C19.

Magnano, M., Albera, R.,  Lerda, W., Usai, A.,  Milan, F., Giordano, L., and Tondolo, E. (1997) Cochlear Aqueduct Patency: Comparison of Two Non-invasive Evaluation Techniques: Valutazione della pervietà dell’acquedotto cocleare: comparazione tra due tecniche non invasive.  Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital 17 (6), 403-408.

Marchbanks,  R.J.  (1980)  A Study of Tympanic Membrane Displacement’ PhD Brunel University – British Lib. Ref. D34215/80

Marchbanks, RJ (1984) Measurement of tympanic membrane displacement arising from aural cardiovascular activity, swallowing, and Intra-aural muscle reflex. Acta Ota-Laryngol. 98 (1-2): 119-129.

Marchbanks,  R.J.,  Reid,  A.,  Martin,  A.M.,  Brightwell,  A.P.  and  Bateman,  D.  (1987)  The  effect  of  raised  intracranial  pressure  on  intracochlear  fluid  pressure:  three  case  studies.  British  Journal  of  Audiology,  21,  127-130.
Marchbanks, R.J (1989) Spina Bifida and congenital Hydrocephalus. The UK Incidence and number of shunt insertions. .  Zeitschrift  fÜr  Kinderchirurgie  (Surgery  in  Infancy  and  Childhood).  44, Suppl 1. 13-13.

Marchbanks,  R.J.  and  Reid,  A  (1990)  Cochlear  and  cerebrospinal  fluid  pressure:  their  interelationships  and  control  mechanisms.  British  Journal  of  Audiology,  24,  179-187.

Marchbanks,  R.J.  (1991)  Implications  of  Measuring  Intracranial  Pressure:  Emerging  technology  provides  new  challenges  for  Audiological  practice.  Hearing  Instruments  42,  9,  30-31.

Marchbanks, R.J. (1996)  Why Monitor Perilymphatic Pressure in Ménière’s Disease? Acta Otolaryngol (Stockholm) Suppl 526: 27-29.

Marchbanks, R.J. (1996)  Hydromechanical Interactions of the Intracranial and Intralabyrinthine Fluids: From ‘Intracranial and Intralabyrinthine Fluids: Basic Aspect and Clinical Applications’.  Editors A.Ernst, R Marchbanks, M.Samii.  Springer Verlag, ISBN 3-540-60979-2, 1996.

Marchbanks,  R.J.  (1999 ) Intracranial pressure as a generator of aural noises: Improved differential diagnosis will facilitate effective treatments.  In Proceeding of the Sixth International Tinnitus Seminar, Cambridge 1999.Marchbanks RJ (2003).  Tinnitus and dizziness with underlying neurological and cardiovascular pathology.   British Tinnitus Association,  Quiet 14,1, 12-13.

Marchbanks R.J. (2005)  Intracranial Pressure Waves and Inner Ear Homeostasis Disorders.
5th International Symposium on Meniere’s Disease & Inner Ear Homeostasis Disorders.  April 2005. Symposium publication Section 19:  Epidemiology/Genetics/Pathology; in press

Moss,  S.M.,  Marchbanks,  R.J.,  Reid,  A.,  Burge,  D.,  and  Martin,  A.M.  (1989)  Comparison  of  intracranial  pressure  between  Spina  Bifida  patients  and  normal  subjects  using  non-invasive   pressure  assessment  technique.  Zeitschrift  fÜr  Kinderchirurgie  (Surgery  in  Infancy  and  Childhood)  44,  Suppl  I.  29-30.

Moss,  S.M.,  Marchbanks,  R.J.  and  Burge,  D.M.  (1990)  Non-invasive  Assessment  of  Ventricular  Shunt  Function  using  the  Tympanic  Membrane  Displacement  Measurement  Technique.  Zeitschrift  fÜr  Kinderchirurgie  (Surgery  in  Infancy  and  Childhood)  45,  Suppl  I. 26-28.

Moss,  S.M.,  Marchbanks,  R.J.  and  Burge,  D.M.  (1991)  Long  term  assessment  of  intracranial  pressure  using  the  Tympanic  Membrane  Displacement  Measurement  Technique.  European  Journal   of  Paediatric  Surgery,  Supp  I,  25-26.

Munro, K.J., Benton, C.L. and Marchbanks R.J. (1999) Sonotubometry findings in children at high risk from middle ear effusion.  Clinical Otolaryngology, 24, 223-227.

Murthy,  G,  Marchbanks,  R.J.,  Watenpaugh,  D.E.,  Meyer,  U.,  Eliashberg,  N.  and  Hargens,  A.R.  (1992).  Increased  Intracranial  Pressure  in  Humans  during  Simulated  Microgravity.  The  Physiologist,  Vol  35,  No.  1,  Suppl.  S-184  to  S-185.

Phillips,  A.J.,  and  Marchbanks,  R.J.  (1989)  Effects  of  posture  and  age  on  tympanic  membrane  displacement.  Brit.  J.  Audiol.  23,  279-284.

Phillipps,  J.J.,  Reid,  A.,  Marchbanks,  R.J.  and  Jarrar,  R.  (1989)  Objective  tinnitus  and  tympanic  membrane  displacement  case  study.  J.  Laryngology  and  Otology.  103,  872-873.

Reid,  A.,  Marchbanks,  R.J.,  Bateman,  D.,  Martin,  A.M.,  Brightwell,  A.P.  and  Pickard,  J.  (1989)  Mean  intracranial  pressure  monitoring  by  a  non-invasive  audiological  technique  —  a  pilot  study.  J.  Neurology,  Neurosurgery  and  Psychiatry,  52, 610-612.

Reid,  A.,  Marchbanks,  R.  J.,  Burge,  D.  M.,  Martin,  A.  M.,  Bateman,  D.,  Pickard,  J.  D.  and  Brightwell,  A.  P.  (1990)  The  relationship  between  intracranial  pressure  and  tympanic  membrane  displacement.  British  Journal  of  Audiology.  24,  123-129.

Reid,  A.,  Cottingham,  C.A.  and  Marchbanks,  R.J.  (1993)  The  prevalence  of  perilymphatic  hypertension  in  subjects  with  tinnitus:  A  pilot  study.  Journal  of  Scandinavian  Audiology.  22,
61-63.

Reid,  A.,  Cottingham,  C.A.  and  Marchbanks,  R.J.  (1996)  The  prevalence  of  perilymphatic  hypertension  in  subjects  with  tinnitus:From ‘Intracranial and Intralabyrinthine Fluids: Basic Aspect and Clinical Applications’.  Editors A.Ernst, R Marchbanks, M.Samii.  Springer Verlag, ISBN 3-540-60979-2, 1996.

Rosingh, H.J.,  Wit, H.P. and Albers, F.W.J.  (1996)  Non-invasive Perilymphatic Pressure Measurement in Normal Hearing Subjects Using the MMS-10 Tympanic Displacement Analyser.  Acta Otolaryngol (Stockh) 116: 382-387.

Rosingh, H.J., Wit, H.P., and Albers, F.W.J. (1996)  Non-invasive perilymphatic pressure measurements in patients with Meniere’s Disease.  Acta Otolaryngol. 21, 335-338.

Rosingh, H.J., Wit, H.P., and Albers, F.W.J. (1998)  Perilymphatic pressure dynamics following posture change in patients with Meniere’s disease and in normal hearing subjects. Acta-Otolaryngol-Stockh. 1998 Jan; 118(1): 1-5.

Samuel, M.,  Marchbanks, R.J. and Burge, D.M. (1996)   Tympanic membrane displacement test in regular assessment of children with shunted hydrocephalus.  Eur. J. Pediatr. Surg; I (suppl) 47-51 (Abstract) — Presented at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research into Hydrocephalus & Spina Bifida, Utrecht, 1996.

Samuel, M.,  Marchbanks, R.J. and Burge, D.M. (1998)   Tympanic membrane displacement test in regular assessment of intracranial pressure in eight children with shunted hydrocephalus.  J Neurosurg 88:983-995.
Samuel, M.,  Marchbanks, R.J. and Burge, D.M. (1998)   Quantitative assessment of intracranial pressure by the Tympanic Membrane Displacement Audiometric Technique in children with shunted hydrocephalus.  Eur J Pediatr Surg 8, 1-9.

Schaffartzik, W., Hirsch, J., Frickmann, F., Kuhly, P. and Ernst, A. (2000).  Hearing loss after spinal and general anesthesia:  A comparative study.   Anesth Analg 2000; 91:1466-1472.

Schley, D., Billingham, J. and Marchbanks, R.J. (2004).   A model of in-vivo hydrocephalus shunt dynamics for blockage and performance diagnostics.  Mathematical Medicine and Biology 21,347-368.

Walsted A. (2001).   Unpredictable hearing loss after intratympanic Gentamicin treatment for vertigo.   A new theory.   Acta Otolaryngol 2001, 121; 42-44.

Walsted A., Wagner N. and Andersen K.M. (2001). Tympanic membrane displacement analysis after indomethacin: Can the decrease in cerebral blood flow be detected. A double blind cross- over study in healthy volunteers.  Submitted for publication to Audiology and Neuro-Otology.

Wagner N. and Walsted A. (2000). Postural-induced changes in intracranial pressure evaluated non-invasively using the MMS-10 tympanic displacement analyser in healthy volunteers. Acta Otolaryngol 2000; Suppl 543; 44-47.

Wunderlich, K.,Brinker T and Ernst A  (1995) The correlation of Tympanic Membrane Displacement Measurements to Direct Intracranial Pressure Recordings in Cat.  Submitted Hearing Research from ‘Intracranial and Intralabyrinthine Fluids: Basic Aspect and Clinical Applications’.  Editors A.Ernst, R Marchbanks, M.Samii.  Springer Verlag, ISBN 3-540-60979-2, 1996.

Wright, A. D., Imray, C.H.E.,  Morrissey, M.S.C., Marchbanks, R.J., and Bradwell, A.R. (1995)  Intracranial Pressure at High Altitude and Acute Mountain Sickness.  Clinical Science 89, 201-204.

Gwer S, Sheward V, Birch A, Marchbanks R, Idro R, Newton CR, et al. The tympanic membrane displacement analyser for monitoring intracranial pressure in children. Childs Nerv Syst. 2013.

Gwer S, Kazungu M, Chengo E, Ohuma EO, Idro R, Birch T, et al. Abnormal Intra-Aural Pressure Waves Associated with Death in African Children with Acute Non-Traumatic Coma. Pediatr Res. 2015.

Campbell-Bell CM, Birch AA, Vignali D, Bulters D, Marchbanks RJ. Reference intervals for the evoked tympanic membrane displacement measurement: a non-invasive measure of intracranial pressure. Physiol Meas. 2018;39(1):015008.

Finch LC, Marchbanks RJ, Bulters D, Birch AA. Refining non-invasive techniques to measure intracranial pressure: comparing evoked and spontaneous tympanic membrane displacements. Physiol Meas. 2018;39(2):025007.

Sharif SJ, Campbell-Bell CM, Bulters DO, Marchbanks RJ, Birch AA. Does the Variability of Evoked Tympanic Membrane Displacement Data (V m) Increase as the Magnitude of the Pulse Amplitude Increases? Acta Neurochir Suppl. 2018;126:103-6.

Watkins W, Hargens AR, Seidl S, Clary EM, Macias BR. Lower-body negative pressure decreases noninvasively measured intracranial pressure and internal jugular vein cross-sectional area during head-down tilt. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2017;123:260-266.