Hearing Improvement in A/J Mice via the Mouse Nerve Growth Factor [PDF]
Objectives To investigate the otoprotective effects of mouse nerve growth factor (mNGF) in A/J mice. Methods The mice at postnatal day 7 (P7) were randomly separated into a mNGF treated group (mNGF group) and a distilled water (for injection) treated ...
Lixiang Gao +7 more
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A novel mutation in TRIOBP gene leading to congenital deafness in a Chinese family
Background The autosomal recessive non-syndromic deafness DFNB28 is characterized by prelingual sensorineural hearing loss. The disease is related with mutations in TRIOBP (Trio- and F-actin-Binding Protein) gene, which has three transcripts referred to ...
Bingxin Zhou +6 more
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The neurophysiological approach to misophonia: Theory and treatment
Clinical observations of hundreds of patients who exhibited decreased tolerance to sound showed that many of them could not be diagnosed as having hyperacusis when negative reactions to a sound depend only on its physical characteristics. In the majority
Pawel J. Jastreboff +2 more
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How the Brain Understands Spoken and Sung Sentences
The present study investigates whether meaning is similarly extracted from spoken and sung sentences. For this purpose, subjects listened to semantically correct and incorrect sentences while performing a correctness judgement task.
Sonja Rossi +5 more
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Neural Processing of Cognitive Control in an Emotionally Neutral Context in Anxiety Patients
Impaired cognitive control plays a crucial role in anxiety disorders and is associated with deficient neural mechanisms in the fronto-parietal network. Usually, these deficits were found in tasks with an emotional context.
Nicola König +4 more
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Prevalence and characteristics of self-reported physical and mental disorders among adults with hearing loss in Denmark: a national survey [PDF]
PURPOSE: Existing research shows that people with hearing loss have a high risk of additional physical and mental disorders. However, only a few population-based studies have been conducted.
Chapman, M. +3 more
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Feasibility and acceptability of training community health workers in ear and hearing care in Malawi: a cluster randomised controlled trial. [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To assess the feasibility and acceptability of training community health workers (CHWs) in ear and hearing care, and their ability to identify patients with ear and hearing disorders. DESIGN: Cluster randomised controlled trial (RCT). SETTING:
Goplen, Frederik K +3 more
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Audio-vestibular symptoms in systemic autoimmune diseases [PDF]
Immune-mediated inner ear disease can be primary, when the autoimmune response is against the inner ear, or secondary. The latter is characterized by the involvement of the ear in the presence of systemic autoimmune conditions. Sensorineural hearing loss
Adelchi, Croce +7 more
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Unilateral enlarged vestibular aqueduct syndrome and bilateral endolymphatic hydrops [PDF]
Enlarged vestibular aqueduct (EVA) syndrome is a common congenital inner ear malformation characterized by a vestibular aqueduct with a diameter larger than 1.5 mm, mixed or sensorineural hearing loss that ranges from mild to profound, and vestibular ...
NOLA, GIUSEPPE +3 more
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ASSESSMENT OF PHYSICAL EFFICIENCY IN CHILDREN WITH HEARING DISORDERS [PDF]
Assessment of general physical efficiency in children with hearing organ impairment was researched with respect to the impairment degree. The research included 32 children suffering from hearing organ impairments of various degrees, in the Hearing ...
Bartosz Bolach, Tetyana Prystupa
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