Hearing loss in the pediatric age group
Sahel Medical Journal, 2020 Background: Hearing loss is one of the preventable diseases listed by the WHO, even though the prevalence is decreasing in the developed countries. The pediatric age is very important in terms of hearing and therefore speech development.
Uju Matilda Ibekwe +1 more
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Patient satisfaction after auditory implant surgery. ten-year experience from a single implanting unit center [PDF]
, 2016 Conclusions: The satisfaction rate of the subjects with an auditory implant appears strictly related to the resulting auditory improvement, and the surgical variables would play a prevailing role in respect to the esthetic factors.
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Sequential critical periods for the development of binaural integration in the infant mouse auditory cortex [PDF]
, 2014 Early binaural experience can recalibrate central auditory circuits that support spatial hearing. However, it is not known how binaural integration matures shortly after hearing onset or whether various developmental stages are differentially impacted by
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Vowel production of Mandarin-speaking hearing aid users with different types of hearing loss.
PLoS ONE, 2017 In contrast with previous research focusing on cochlear implants, this study examined the speech performance of hearing aid users with conductive (n = 11), mixed (n = 10), and sensorineural hearing loss (n = 7) and compared it with the speech of hearing ...
Yu-Chen Hung, Ya-Jung Lee, Li-Chiun Tsai
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Audiometric evaluation in individuals with mucopolysaccharidosis
Clinics, 2018 OBJECTIVES: To characterize the audiometric evaluation and acoustic immittance measures in different types of mucopolysaccharidosis. METHOD: Fifty-three mucopolysaccharidosis patients were evaluated.
Marcela Rosana Maia da Silveira +4 more
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Bone conductive implants in single sided deafness [PDF]
, 2015 Conclusion: The Bone Conductive Implants (BCI) showed to partly restore some of the functions lost when the binaural hearing is missing, such as in the single-sided deafness (SSD) subjects.
ATTURO, FRANCESCA +4 more
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The validity of an isiZulu speech reception threshold test for use with adult isiZulu speakers
South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 2020 Background: This study continued the development of an isiZulu speech reception threshold (zSRT) test for use with first language, adult speakers of isiZulu. Objectives: The objective of this study was to determine the convergent and concurrent validity
Seema Panday +2 more
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Audiologic Assessment of Preschool Children with Hearing Loss in a Secondary Health Care Setting [PDF]
Human Research in RehabilitationThe study aimed to evaluate the audiologic profile of preschool children with hearing loss, i.e., to determine the type, degree, and configuration of hearing loss, amplitude of otoacoustic emissions, and word recognition performance. This retrospective
Lidija Ristovska +3 more
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Hearing Loss in Mucopolysaccharidoses: Current Knowledge and Future Directions
Diagnostics, 2020 Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) are a group of lysosomal storage disorders caused by a deficiency of one of the enzymes involved in the degradation of glycosaminoglycans. Hearing loss is a common clinical presentation in MPS.
Jeremy Wolfberg +3 more
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Decision support system for the selection of an ITE or a BTE hearing aid [PDF]
, 2013 The purpose of this research is to mine a large set of heterogeneous audiology data to create a decision support system (DSS) to choose between two hearing aid types (ITE and BTE aid).
Anwar, Muhammad Naveed +1 more
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