Original Papers: Common

• Bitar MA, Macari AT, Ghafari JG. Correspondence between subjective and linear measurements of palatal airway on lateral cephalometric radiographs. Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 136:43-47, 2010.

• Macari A., Kassab A., Aoun H., Abouchacra K. Evaluation of Hearing in Children Treated with Palatal Expansion. Journal of the Lebanese Dental Association. 2010;47(1):93-95

• Macari AT., Bitar MA., Ghafari JG. New insights on age-related association between nasopharyngeal airway clearance and facial morphology. Orthodontics and Craniofacial Research. (Submitted January 2011).

• Tabri D, Abouchacra KS, Pring T. (2010). Speech Perception in Noise by Monolingual, Bilingual, and Trilingual Listeners. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders (VOL. 00, NO. 0, 1–12).

• Abouchacra KS, Sinno S, Letowski T. (2010). 3D Audio Interface: A User’s Survey. Proceedings of the 26th National Conference on Noise Control Engineering (NOISE-CON), nc10_079, 1-12.

• Hamdan AL, A Sibai, L Mahfoud, D Oubari, N Fuleihan. Short term effect of hubble bubble on voice. J Laryngology Otology.

• Hamdan AL, Mokarbel R, Natout M. Angiofibroma of the nasal septum.Middle East Journal Of Anesthesiology

• Hamdan AL, Sibai A, Oubari D, Ashkar J, Fulaihan N. Laryngeal findings and acoustic changes in Hubble Bubble smokers. Eur Arch J.

• Hamdan AL, Mokarbel R, Hadi U. Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma.Middle East Journal Of Anesthesiology

• Hamdan AL, Barazi A , Tabri D, Saade R , Kutkut I , Sinno S, Nassar J. Relationship between Acoustic Parameters and Body Fat Mass Analysis in Young Males. Journal of Voice

• Hamdan AL, Barazi A , Kanaan A , Sinno S, Hussari A. Effect of Snoring on Voice . Ear, Nose & Throat Journal

• Hamdan AL, Moukarbel R, Tawil A, El-Khatib MF, Hadi U. Tracheal Shwannoma: a misleading entity. Middle East Journal Of Anesthesiology . 2010 feb;29(4):611-3

• Natout M. , Fuleihan N., Sabra O., Aburizk I., Hamdan AL. Primary malignant melanoma of the trachea. Middle East Journal of Anesthesiology. 2010 Feb;20(4):607-9

• Natout M.,Fuleihan N., Sabra O., Aburizk I., Hamdan AL. Primary malignant melanoma of the trachea. Middle East Journal of Anesthesiology. 2010 Feb;20(4):607-9.

• Abouchacra KS, Koehnke J, Besing J, Letowski T (2011). Sentence Recognition in the Presence of Competing Speech Messages Presented in Audiometric Booths with Reverberation Times of 0.4 and 0.6 Seconds. Archives of Acoustics, 36(1):3-14.

• Abouchacra KS,, Letowski T, Besing J, Koehnke J. (2009). Clinical Application of the Synchronized Sentence Set (S3). Proceedings of the 16th International Congress on Sound & Vibration (ICSV16), 1-8.

• Bassim MK,, Berliner KI, Fisher LM, Brackmann DE, Friedman RA “Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Vestibular Schwannoma: A Critical Evaluation of the State of the Literature” Otol Neurotolo. 2010 Mar 18 ( Epub ahead of print)

• Roche JP, Huang BY, Castillo M, Bassim MK,, Adunka OF, Buchman CA. “Imaging characteristics of children with auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder.” Otol Neurotol. 2010 Jul;31(5):780-8

• Souccar NM, Chakhtoura M, Ghafari JG, Abdelnoor AM. Porphyromonas gingivalis in dental plaque and serum C-reactive protein levels in pregnancy. Journal of Infections in Developing Countries. 30;4:362-366, 2010.

• Chebel NA, Ziade D, Achkouty R. Bilateral pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum after treatment with continuous positive airway pressure after orthognathic surgery. British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2010 Jun;48(4):e14-5

• Anhoury PS. Nonsurgical treatment of an adult with mandibular asymmetry and unilateral posterior crossbite. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2009 Jan;135(1):118-26.

• Sabri R. Treatment of a severe arch length deficiency with anteroposterior and transverse expansion: Long-term stability. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 2010; 137: 401-11.

• Chidiac JJ, Al-Asmar B, Rifai K, Jabbur SJ, Saadé NE. Inflammatory mediators released following application of irritants on the rat injured incisors. The effect of treatment with anti-inflammatory drugs. Cytokine. 2009 May;46(2):194-200.

• Hamalian TA, Nasr E, Chidiac JJ. Impression Materials in Fixed Prosthodontics: Influence of Choice on Clinical Procedure. J Prosthodont. 2011 Feb 1.

• Hamdan AL, Barazi A ,Tabri D, Saade R ,Kutkut I ,Sinno S, Nassar J. Relationship between Acoustic Parameters and Body Fat Mass Analysis in Young Males. Journal of Voice 2012;26( 2): 144-147

• Hamdan AL, Barazi A ,Tabri D,Khneisser G ,Sinno S, Ashkar J, Hussari A. Effect of Snoring on Voice . Ear, Nose & Throat Journal. 2012;91(1):28-33

• Hamdan AL. Halawi A, Fuleihan N. Glottal configuration in Tongue trill in the Middle East. J Voice. 12 November 2011.

• Hamdan AL. , Barazi R, Kanaan A, Sinno S, Soubra A. Vocal Symptoms in Women undergoing In Vitro Fertilization . Am J Otolaryngol. 2012 Mar; 33(2):239-43. Epub 2011 Sep 29.

• Hamdan. AL, Mahfoud L, Rifai H, Rahmeh Ch, and Fuleihan N. Infiltrative Angiolipoma of the Neck. Middle East Journal of Anesthesiology 2011 Oct ;21 (3):433-4.

• Hamdan AL. A Sibai, L Mahfoud, D Oubari, N Fuleihan. Short term effect of hubble bubble smoking on voice. J Laryngology Otology. 2011;125(5): 486-91

• Farhat F.S., Geara F., Natout, M. , Serhal, J., Daya, W. Tongue carcinoma in an adult Down's syndrome patient: A case report World Journal of Surgical Oncology 7 2009 , art. no. 26

• Department Faculty Members
  
  

  • American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Certificate of Honor for exceptional services in the Scientific Programs , Exhibits , Continuing Education Courses and Instructional Courses of this Society (Sep 2010) (Dr. Alain Sabri)

• Otology
  
  

  • Recognition for Service, AUB Institutional Review Board (2010) (Dr Abouchacra)

  • North American Scholar Consortium (NASC) Honor Society (2009) (Dr Abouchacra)

• Orthodontics
  
  

  • 1st price for best poster : Lebanese University dental meeting, Beirut- Lebanon Evaluation of hearing in children treated with palatal expansion (Dr Macari)

  • The Habib Rihan Award for best poster presentation Beirut International Dental Meeting (BIDM)- Lebanese Dental Association Maxillary-mandibular interdependence during growth: a field theory (Dr Macari and Dr Haddad and Dr Ghafari)