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Analysis of the Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Hearing Loss in Korean Adolescents.

PLoS ONE, 2016
BackgroundHearing loss can lead to a number of disabilities, subsequently reducing the quality of life. In general, hearing thresholds of adolescents are better than adults and the elderly.
Seok Min Hong, Il-Seok Park, Yong Bok Kim, Seok Jin Hong, Byungho Lee   +4 more
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Age at diagnosis of paediatric unilateral and bilateral permanent hearing loss in Eastern Switzerland: a retrospective cohort study

Swiss Medical Weekly
STUDY AIM: Undiagnosed and therefore untreated permanent paediatric hearing loss can have a detrimental impact on a child’s speech, language, social and educational development, and quality of life.
Samuel P. Hofmann, Sandro J. Stoeckli, Jochen Rosenfeld   +2 more
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Language ability after early detection of permanent childhood hearing impairment

, 2006
Background: Children with bilateral permanent hearing impairment often have impaired language and speech abilities. However, the effects of universal newborn screening for permanent bilateral childhood hearing impairment and the effects of confirmation ...
Petrou, S, Law, CM, Watkin, P, Kennedy, Colin R., Campbell, MJ, Yuen, HM, Law, Catherine M., Petrou, Stavros, Worsfold, Sarah, Stevenson, J, Watkin, Peter, Worsfold, S, Yuen, Ho Ming, Campbell, Michael J., Stevenson, Jim, McCann, DC, McCann, Donna C., Mullee, M, Kennedy, CR, Mullee, Mark   +19 more
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Audiological and Subjective Benefits in a Child with Microtia and Atresia After Sequential Bilateral Implantation with Active Bone Conduction Devices: A Case Study

Children
Background: With bilateral hearing loss, the main problems for the patient are speech understanding in noise and, especially in asymmetrical hearing loss, an inability to correctly localize sound sources.
Katarzyna Cywka, Anna Ratuszniak, Piotr Henryk Skarżyński   +2 more
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Acute otitis media associated bilateral sudden hearing loss: case report and literature review

, 2017
Background:Sudden sensorineural hearing loss is a rare otological condition with potential for dire outcomes including permanent hearing loss. Although the majority of cases are deemed idiopathic, bilateral sudden sensorineural hearing loss represents a ...
A Smith, D Elliott, Smith, A, Gutteridge, I, I Gutteridge, Cronin, M, M Cronin, Elliott, D   +7 more
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Interaction between audiology and genetics in the study of a family: the complexity of molecular diagnosis and genetic counseling

Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2008
Summary: Hearing loss is a multifaceted condition with many etiologies, among which genetic mutation is. Therefore, it is important to connect audiological investigation to etiological diagnosis.
Flavia Maria Rodrigues Hoffmann, Patrícia Fernandes Rodrigues, Teresa Maria Momensohn dos Santos, Edi Lucia Sartorato, Andréa Trevas Maciel-Guerra, Carla Gentile Matas, Vanessa Cristine Sousa de Moraes   +6 more
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HEARING DISTRIBUTION OF IDIOPATHIC BILATERAL SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS

Nippon Jibiinkoka Gakkai Kaiho, 1993
We investigated the mode of progression of idiopathic bilateral sensorineural hearing loss diagnosed in patients seen in the Hearing Loss Clinic at the Department of Otolaryngology of Kitasato University Hospital. Entered into the study were 105 patients whose courses could be observed for more than 3 years.
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Speech processing for hearing aids for moderate bilateral sensorineural hearing loss [PDF]

2004 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, 2004
Binaural dichotic presentation can be used for reducing the effects of increased temporal and spectral masking associated with sensorineural loss and for improving speech perception by persons with moderate bilateral loss. Speech processing schemes were implemented based on adjustable gain filtering, spectral splitting with perceptually balanced comb ...
CHEERAN, AN, PANDEY, PC
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Diffusion Spectrum Imaging Maps Early Axonal Loss and a Unique Progressive Signal in Neuronal Intranuclear Inclusion Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To delineate specific in vivo white matter pathology in neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease (NIID) using diffusion spectrum imaging (DSI) and define its clinical relevance. Methods DSI was performed on 42 NIID patients and 38 matched controls.
Kaiyan Jiang, Yixiu Pei, Xiaobao Hu, Ying Xiong, Fang Wang, Yanyan Yu, Min Zhu, Dandan Tan, Meihong Zhou, Daojun Hong, Fuqing Zhou   +10 more
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Hearing Loss due to Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Case Reports in Otolaryngology, 2013
Carbon monoxide poisoning is one of the rare causes of hearing loss which may cause reversible or irreversible, unilateral or bilateral hearing loss after acute or chronic exposure.
Amir Houshang Mehrparvar, Mohammad Hossein Davari, Abolfazl Mollasadeghi, Mohammad Reza Vahidi, Mehrdad Mostaghaci, Maryam Bahaloo, Pedram Shokouh   +6 more
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