“Can you hear me now?”: Insurance Coverage for Hearing Benefits in the United States [PDF]
, 2015 Public and private insurance coverage for hearing benefits underscores the gaps in coverage for treating hearing loss in the U.S. The commodification of the hearing benefits sector of healthcare in this country has detrimental consequences for personal ...
Whipple, Reegan
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Prenatal Diagnosis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the cost‐effectiveness of first trimester single‐step universal cytomegalovirus (CMV) serological screening with valacyclovir as vertical transmission prophylaxis versus routine ultrasound‐directed testing. Methods A payer perspective cost‐utility analysis was conducted on a hypothetical population of 100,000 pregnant ...
Zhi Zhen Lim +10 more
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Update on Gene Therapy in the Treatment of Hereditary Hearing Loss
Sensory Neuroscience, EarlyView.Gene therapy is a promising therapeutic approach for genetic disorders, including three major gene therapy strategies: gene replacement, gene suppression, and gene editing. After transmitting genes to the inner ear through appropriate pathways, repair the cochlea in order to achieve the goal of treating hereditary hearing loss.
Weiwei He +7 more
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Assessment of outcomes of hearing and speech rehabilitation in children with cochlear implantation
Journal of Otology, 2019 Objectives: This study aimed to assess the effect of hearing and speech rehabilitation in patients with Nurotron® cochlear implants. Design: Ninety-eight paediatric patients with bilateral severe-to-profound sensorineural deafness who received cochlear ...
Shaofeng Liu +7 more
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Auditory performance of children with cochlear ossification and partial implant insertion [PDF]
, 1992 John L. Kemink +4 more
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Why a diagnosis of neurofibromatosis calls for the attention of a deaf educator [PDF]
, 2016 This paper will seek to describe neurofibromatosis (NF), the scope of its impact, how NF relates to hearing loss, and why someone with a teacher of the deaf’s expertise may have information to offer the intervention team for a child diagnosed with ...
López, Lydia Marie
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Conductive Materials and Electrical Stimulation for Auditory Restoration
Sensory Neuroscience, EarlyView.Applications of electroconductive biomaterials and electrical stimulation in cochlear tissue engineering.(1) Enable auditory neural repair through conductive materials and electrical stimulation, enhancing neuron survival and synaptic plasticity.(2) Integrate optogenetic‐electrical systems and cochlear organoid platforms for frequency‐specific ...
Menghui Liao +8 more
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Simulation of vowels through multi-electrode cochlear implant.
, 1988 Kazuhiko Shoj +5 more
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Determination and evaluation of clinically efficient stopping criteria for the multiple auditory steady-state response technique [PDF]
, 2009 Background: Although the auditory steady-state response (ASSR) technique utilizes objective statistical detection algorithms to estimate behavioural hearing thresholds, the audiologist still has to decide when to terminate ASSR recordings introducing ...
D'Haenens, Wendy +2 more
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Types of Struggles in Disrupted Interaction: A Case of Hard‐of‐Hearing Employees
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.Everyone experiences disrupted interactions in their everyday life. However, research indicates that people with functional impairments are particularly exposed to patterns of interactional inequality at work. Despite this, little is known about the specific disrupted interactions in everyday life and the various types of interactional struggles this ...
Ida Friis Thing
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