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This digital document is an article from Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 1008 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Written by experts in the field, this encyclopedia covers surgical procedures and related topics, such as anesthetics, medications, and postoperative care. Entries include definition, purpose, demographic information, diagnosis/preparation, aftercare, risks, morbidity, and mortality rates, alternatives, and more. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Ear, Nose and Throat Journal, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2007. The length of the article is 4229 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Endolymphatic sac tumor: a report of 3 cases and discussion of management.(Case study)
Author: Joni K. Doherty
Publication: Ear, Nose and Throat Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 86Issue: 1Page: 30(6)

Article Type: Case study

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Cassie Wagner has everything she wants out of life: a good husband, a lovely daughter and another baby on the way.  Then seemingly out of nowhere she feels the dark embrace of disease.  Cassie begins to suffer dizzy spells that cause a constant ringing in her ears.

She moves forward with life, but during the birth of her son her ailment reaches a crescendo, causing her to lose consciousness in the delivery room.

What happens next shatters her perfect world and forces her to grapple with her own vulnerability.  Through Cassie, we gain fascinating insight into the silent, misunderstood world of the hearing impaired. Loosely based on one woman’s quiet suffering, Sugar House Hill is a novel that will linger with readers forever. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (3)

Good story, quick read
Cassie Wagner is a young mom looking forward to the birth of her second baby when she starts experiencing some weird symptoms. After several scary episodes, she finally gets a devastating diagnosis - Meniere's disease, a disease of the inner ear which will eventually leave her deaf. Cassie is stunned and angry. Her struggles to cope with her new life become the focus of the book.

I enjoyed this book and read it in about an hour. I hadn't heard anything about the author, just stumbled on the book at the library. I would recommend it to others and I wouldn't mind reading more by this same author.

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Superbly written from first page to last
Cassie Wagner is a woman married to a good husband, mother of a lovely dauther and there's another baby on the way. Cassie has everything she has ever wanted out of life. Then she begins to suffer dizzy spells that cause a constant ringing in her ears. Her perfect world begins to come apart at the seams as she is compelled to deal with her own vulnerability. Journalist and author Heather Simonsen has drown loosely on a true story to write this engaging novel with fully developed characters that the reader comes to care about. Superbly written from first page to last, Sugar House Hills is a welcome and accomplished novel that will touch the heart and linger in the mind long after it is finished and set back upon the shelf.

Another Great Read by Heather Simonsen
This is Heather's second title to be published in 2004 (her first, Horseshoe Bay, available at Amazon, was released in June, 2004). It is a deep and moving story of a young mother coming to terms with her gradual hearing loss. Heather's incredible attention to detail, and her gripping emotional narratives, bring the characters to life. Reading Sugar House Hill, your life will be forever changed. ... Read more

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This book is a comprehensive atlas of the clinical conditions that commonly involve the inner ear and lateral skull base. Each disorder or disease is meticulously and beautifully illustrated, with accompanying informative text. An important feature of the book is that no disorder is described from a single point of view. Instead, the clinical features are linked with both radiologic and pathologic findings to provide an all-encompassing picture of the condition in question. This is feasible because the book is the result of years of intense collaborative teamwork between departments at the University of Toronto and the Tehran University of Medical Sciences, and includes many clinical and pathologic images that could only be acquired in major referral units. It is anticipated that this atlas will assist greatly in improving collaboration between clinicians and surgeons in the diagnostic, therapeutic, and surgical management of disorders in this challenging area.