Diagnostic outcome of referred neonatal hearing screening in a secondary healthcare center at Elmahalla , Gharbia, Egypt. [PDF]
Ain Shams Medical JournalBackground: An early detection of congenital hearing loss and appropriate hearing rehabilitation are mandatory for both individuals and societies. Aim and objectives: To estimate incidence and identify type, degree, possible causes of congenital hearing ...
Nadia Kamal, Aalaa Dawood, Eman Galal
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Pure Tone Audiometry Findings before and after Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer Patients: A Hospital-based Prospective Interventional Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023 Introduction: Radiotherapy is still the major treatment modality for Head and Neck malignancies preferred by patients as well as surgeons. Temporal bone and brain stem are mostly included in the portals.
MD Taher Ahmed Mazumder +3 more
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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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Current amplification models of sensorineurall and conductive hearing loss [PDF]
Specijalna Edukacija i Rehabilitacija, 2012 The main function of a hearing aid is to improve auditory and language abilities of hearing impaired users. The amplification model has to be adapted according to age, degree and type of hearing loss.
Ostojić Sanja +2 more
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Cochlear Hearing Loss Detection System Based on Transient Evoked Otoacoustic Emissions [PDF]
, 2004 The aim of this paper is to evaluate the application of the discrete wavelet transform (DWT) and support vector machines (SVM) to transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAE) in order to achieve a detection of frequency-specific hearing loss (HL).We ...
Weiss, Stephan +3 more
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Re – evaluation of Rinne Test with Aluminum Alloy Tuning Fork 256 Hz and 512 Hz
Siriraj Medical Journal, 2019 Objective: To study the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of the 256 Hz and 512 Hz aluminum tuning fork in the detection of conductive hearing loss by quick Rinne test.
Patcharaporn Phonpornpaiboon, M.D. +2 more
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A longitudinal framework to describe the relation between age-related hearing loss and social isolation [PDF]
Many older adults live with some form of hearing loss and have difficulty understanding speech in the presence of background sound. Experiences resulting from such difficulties include increased listening effort and fatigue.
Motala, Aysha +2 more
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TAP deficiency syndrome: chronic rhinosinusitis and conductive hearing loss [PDF]
, 2008 Nose-ear-throat manifestations of immunodeficiency disorders represent a diagnostic challenge for clinicians as these diseases often constitute the initial sign for connective disorders or autoimmune disease.
Carter, Rachel +6 more
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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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