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Hearing Loss in Adults - Silent Epidemic

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2023
Introduction: Hearing loss affects 15% of Poles, i.e. more than 5.7 million people. Despite this, it is still underdiagnosed and insufficiently often treated.
Inga Magda, Magdalena Gaik, Ewa Uram, Rafał Bogacz, Magdalena Osuch, Justyna Woźniak, Karol Womperski   +6 more
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Co-occurrence of hearing loss and posttraumatic stress disorder among injured military personnel: a retrospective study

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and hearing loss are hallmark public health issues related to military service in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Andrew J. MacGregor, Antony R. Joseph, G. Jay Walker, Amber L. Dougherty   +3 more
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Hearing Loss in Mucopolysaccharidosis [PDF]

International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2020
Abstract Introduction Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) is a set of rare diseases caused by deficiency of lysosomal enzymes that lead to the accumulation of glycosaminoglycans (GAG) in tissues and organs, which, in turn, is responsible for the multisystemic clinical, chronic, and progressive symptoms.
Cibele Gomes Bicalho, Emília Katiane Embiruçu de Araújo Leão, Álvaro Muiños de Andrade, Angelina Xavier Acosta   +3 more
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Bone-anchored hearing aids for people with bilateral hearing impairment: a systematic review [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Bone-anchored hearing aids (BAHAs) are indicated for people with conductive or mixed hearing loss who can benefit from amplification of sound.
Sheehan, P.Z., Clegg, A.J., Colquitt, J.L., Mitchell, T.E., T.E. Mitchell, A.J. Clegg, P.Z. Sheehan, D.M. Baguley, Loveman, E., D.W. Proops, P. Harris, J. Jones, Harris, P., Welch, K., K. Welch, J.L. Colquitt, Jones, J., Baguley, D.M., Proops, D.W., E. Loveman   +19 more
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Diphtheria and hearing loss [PDF]

Public Health Reports, 2001
To determine if infectious diseases usually experienced in childhood have an effect on hearing ability later in life.The Epidemiology of Hearing Loss Study (N = 3,753) is a population-based study of age-related hearing loss in adults aged 48 to 92 years in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. As part of this study, infectious disease history was obtained and hearing
C R, Schubert, K J, Cruickshanks, T L, Wiley, R, Klein, B E, Klein, T S, Tweed   +5 more
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Vestibular aqueduct in sudden sensorineural hearing loss [PDF]

, 2008
Objective: To evaluate the vestibular aqueduct in patients with sudden sensorineural hearing loss. Methods: We evaluated 19 patients (12 men and seven women; age range, 22279 years) with unilateral sudden sensorineural hearing loss, using computed ...
Sugiura, M., Ishida, I M., Nakata, S., Naganawa, S., Nakashima, T., Yoshida, T., Teranishi, M.   +6 more
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Hearing loss prevalence and years lived with disability, 1990–2019 [Elektronisk resurs] : findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

, 2021
Background: Hearing loss affects access to spoken language, which can affect cognition and development, and can negatively affect social wellbeing. We present updated estimates from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study on the prevalence of hearing ...
Orru, Hans,, GBD 2019 Hearing Loss Collaborators   +1 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, Herrmann, Bjorn, Johnsrude, Ingrid   +2 more
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Coping together with hearing loss: a qualitative meta-synthesis of the psychosocial experiences of people with hearing loss and their communication partner [PDF]

, 2017
Objective – To examine the psychosocial experiences of hearing loss from the perspectives of both the person with hearing loss and their communication partner. \ud Design - A meta-synthesis of the qualitative literature.
Barker, Alex, Ferguson, Melanie A., Paul Leighton, Ferguson, MA, Barker, A., Melanie A. Ferguson, Barker, AB, Leighton, P, Alex B. Barker, Ferguson, M., Leighton, P., Leighton, Paul   +11 more
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Detection of Cochlear Hearing Loss Applying Wavelet Packets and Support Vector Machines

, 2004
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the application of the wavelet packet transform (WP) and support vector machines (SVM) to transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAE) in order to achieve a detection of frequency-specific hearing loss. We introduce
Weiss, Stephan, S. Weiss, H. Dietl, Dietl, H., Weiss, S., Dietl, Hubert   +5 more
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