The Rock Garden: a preliminary assessment of how campus-based field skills training impacts student confidence in real-world fieldwork [PDF]
The Rock Garden is a new on-campus field skills training resource at Ghent University that was developed to increase the accessibility of geological field skills training and to provide students with more opportunities for such training.
T. W. Wong Hearing +5 more
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Discovery and Testimony of Unretained Experts: Creating a Clear and Equitable Standard to Govern Compliance With Subpoenas [PDF]
Hearing impairment is known to be one of the most frequent sensory impairments. This condition is known to be a hidden disorder which is under recognised and under treated all around the world.
Manchaiah, Vinaya K. C., Zhao, Fei
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Clinically important change in tinnitus sensation after stapedotomy
Background When measuring the treatment effect in tinnitus with multi-item outcome instruments, it is crucial for both clinical and research purposes to take into consideration clinical importance of the outcome scores. The aim of the present study is to
Henryk Skarżyński +5 more
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Resumption of Cochlear Implant Surgery under COVID-19 Pandemic Conditions
(1) Background: The novel coronavirus COVID-19 has been recognized by the World Health Organization as a public health emergency of international concern and has caused cancellation of elective cochlear implantation in many countries.
Henryk Skarzynski +6 more
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Background Many tinnitus scales are available, but all of them have certain limitations. The aim of the current study was to present a psychometric data of a new brief and reliable questionnaire that could be conveniently used for evaluating tinnitus ...
Henryk Skarżyński +3 more
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Persistent Stapedial Artery Encountered during Cochlear Implantation
Objectives. Persistent stapedial artery (PSA) is a rare congenital anomaly that can complicate middle ear surgery. Methods. We present the case of a 25-year-old male who underwent right-sided cochlear implantation.
Holly Jones +6 more
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Vestibular status in partial deafness
Introduction: The hair cells of the cochlea and the vestibulum are closely connected and may be susceptible to the same noxious factors. The relationship between their function has been a continuing field of investigation.
Magdalena Sosna +4 more
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Hearing through your eyes: neural basis of audiovisual cross-activation, revealed by transcranial alternating current stimulation [PDF]
Some people experience auditory sensations when seeing visual flashes or movements. This prevalent synaesthesia-like ‘visual-evoked auditory response’ (vEAR) could result either from over-exuberant cross-activation between brain areas, and/or reduced ...
Andrew Spicer +7 more
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Multi-Frequency Intraoperative Monitoring of Hearing Preservation during Cochlear Implantation
(1) Background: Current indications for cochlear implants (CIs) have expanded to include patients with appreciable low-frequency hearing. However, longitudinal results indicate that only one-third of these recipients retain full hearing preservation.
Piotr Henryk Skarżyński +4 more
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Hearing Conservation Program For Marching Band Members: A Risk For Noise-Induced Hearing Loss? [PDF]
Purpose: To examine the risk for noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) in university marching band members and to provide an overview of a hearing conservation program for a marching band.
Carney, Edward +3 more
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