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Parasympathetic Nervous System Dysfunction, as Identified by Pupil Light Reflex, and Its Possible Connection to Hearing Impairment [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
Context Although the pupil light reflex has been widely used as a clinical diagnostic tool for autonomic nervous system dysfunction, there is no systematic review available to summarize the evidence that the pupil light reflex is a sensitive method to ...
Yang Wang   +7 more
semanticscholar   +6 more sources

Comparison of health related quality of life of primary school deaf children with and without motor impairment [PDF]

open access: yesItalian Journal of Pediatrics, 2010
Objective To compare the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of primary school-age deaf children with or without motor impairment to that of typically developing peers. Methods This study was a prospective, cross sectional study.
Roy Finita, Rajendran Venkadesan
doaj   +5 more sources

Hearing Impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Dementia: A Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies

open access: yesDementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra, 2017
Background: To estimate a pooled association between hearing impairment and risk of mild cognitive impairment and dementia. Methods: PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science were searched for prospective cohort studies that examined the association between ...
Jingkai Wei   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Hearing Impairment Is Associated with Smaller Brain Volume in Aging [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2017
Although recent studies show that age-related hearing impairment is associated with cerebral changes, data from a population perspective are still lacking.
Aurel Popa-Wagner   +12 more
semanticscholar   +5 more sources

Hearing Impairment Affects Dementia Incidence. An Analysis Based on Longitudinal Health Claims Data in Germany. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
Recent research has revealed an association between hearing impairment and dementia. The objective of this study is to determine the effect of hearing impairment on dementia incidence in a longitudinal study, and whether ear, nose, and throat (ENT ...
Thomas Fritze   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Hearing Impairment Increases Economic Inequality

open access: yesClinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology, 2021
Objectives We evaluated changes in income levels in a hearing-impaired population. Methods The study subjects were selected from the Korean National Health Insurance Service-Health Screening Cohort data from 2002 to 2015 of Koreans ≥40 years old.
So Young Kim   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Hearing Impairment

open access: yesPediatric Practice Guidelines, 2020
The Report of the Special Education Review Committee (SERC) (1993) described a person with a hearing impairment as one whose hearing is affected to an extent that renders the understanding of speech through the ear alone, with or without a hearing aid ...
Don A. Harrington
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Hearing impairment in Stickler syndrome: a systematic review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
BACKGROUND: Stickler syndrome is a connective tissue disorder characterized by ocular, skeletal, orofacial and auditory defects. It is caused by mutations in different collagen genes, namely COL2A1, COL11A1 and COL11A2 (autosomal dominant inheritance ...
Acke, Frederic   +3 more
core   +5 more sources

Cognitive Improvement After Cochlear Implantation in Older Adults With Severe or Profound Hearing Impairment: A Prospective, Longitudinal, Controlled, Multicenter Study

open access: yesEar and Hearing, 2020
Objective: To compare the cognitive evolution of older adults with severe or profound hearing impairment after cochlear implantation with that of a matched group of older adults with severe hearing impairment who do not receive a cochlear implant (CI ...
G. Mertens   +22 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

NT5E upregulation in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: A novel biomarker on cancer-associated fibroblasts for predicting immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2022
Despite tremendous progress made in the diagnosis and managements, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC) remains a global medical dilemma with dismal clinical prognosis and high mortality.
Xue-min Chen   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

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