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Significance of the focal brain lesion in development of vestibular and acoustical disturbances in patients with multiple sclerosis

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Medicine, 2011
We have examined 72 patients aged from 18 till 62 with cerebral and cerebrospinal multiple sclerosis (MS) form. All patients have been underwent оtoneurologiс examination, electronystagmography (ENG), caloric tests, pure-tone audiometry, high frequency ...
I M Kirichenko   +5 more
doaj  

Labyrinthine Abnormalities on MRI in Untreated Otosclerosis: Prevalence and Clinical Relevance

open access: yesThe Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
In untreated otosclerosis with labyrinthine symptoms, delayed 3D FLAIR MRI rarely demonstrates endolymphatic hydrops but frequently reveals blood–labyrinth barrier (BLB) disruption. BLB enhancement is spatially associated with cochlear endosteal and round window involvement and increases with the severity of the hearing loss phenotype.
Héléna Pencroffi   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of Hearing Health Among Adults in Rural Health Clinics

open access: yesThe Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
Rural health clinics are a critical healthcare system tasked with improving health in rural communities. This study recruited 403 adults from 10 rural healthcare clinics throughout rural Kentucky, mostly within Appalachia, to screen for hearing loss and evaluate the utilization of diagnostic hearing healthcare and found that 70% of participants ...
Mit A. Patel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Análise da correlação entre limiares auditivos, questionários validados e medidas psicoacústicas em pacientes com zumbido Correlation analysis of hearing thresholds, validated questionnaires and psychoacoustic measurements in tinnitus patients

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2010
Uma das principais dificuldades nos estudos clínicos sobre zumbido reside na falta de consenso sobre os métodos de mensuração. OBJETIVO: Avaliar a correlação entre os limiares audiométricos, pitch matching (PM), minimum masking level (MML), Tinnitus ...
Ricardo Rodrigues Figueiredo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Radiotherapy‐Induced Otitis Media With Effusion in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesThe Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
This meta‐analysis of eight studies comprising 582 NPC patients provides the first quantitative synthesis of radiotherapy‐induced otitis media with effusion (OME), demonstrating a significant overall risk difference of 0.18 (95% CI: −0.06 to 0.42, p < 0.0001) in OME naive ears.
Nevin Yi Meng Chua   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cochlear Implantation in Autoimmune Inner‐Ear Disease: Outcome and Patient‐Reported Benefit

open access: yesThe Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
This study demonstrates that patients with secondary autoimmune inner‐ear disease (AIED) achieve significant improvements in speech perception and quality of life following cochlear implantation. Although AIED patients may show slightly lower performance in noisy environments compared to controls, their subjective hearing benefit converges with matched
Merete Hartmann   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The noise spectrum influence on Noise-Induced Hearing Loss prevalence in workers A influência do espectro de ruído na prevalência de Perda Auditiva Induzida por Ruído em trabalhadores

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2009
Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) is an insidious and cumulative disease that worsens over the years with work-related noise exposure. AIM: To evaluate the noise spectrum influence on NIHL prevalence in workers.
Marlene Escher Boger   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

RISIKO GANGGUAN PENDENGARAN PADA NEONATUS HIPERBILIRUBINEMIA [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Background. The prevalence of hearing impairment on the Indonesian population according to 2007 WHO data is estimated at 4.2 %, and one of the cause is neonatal hyperbilirubinemia.
Susanto, Susanto
core  

Comparative Study of Tympanic Membrane Regeneration Therapy for Chronic Otitis Media

open access: yesThe Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
This study compared tympanic membrane regeneration therapy (TMRT) with conventional tympanoplasty (CTP) for the treatment of chronic suppurative perforated otitis media (COM). TMRT has many advantages over CTP as a surgical treatment for COM. In particular, significant differences were observed in operative time, hearing improvement, and patient ...
Shin‐ichi Kanemaru   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mobile phones: a trade-off between speech intelligibility and exposure to noise levels and to radio-frequency electromagnetic fields [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
When making phone calls, cellphone and smartphone users are exposed to radio-frequency (RF) electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and sound pressure simultaneously. Speech intelligibility during mobile phone calls is related to the sound pressure level of speech
Aerts, Sam   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

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