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Trials, 2021 Background This systematic review aimed to identify, compare and contrast outcome domains and outcome instruments reported in studies investigating interventions that seek to restore bilateral (two-sided) and/or binaural (both ears) hearing in adults ...
Roulla Katiri +5 more
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Cochlear implantation in the elderly: surgical and hearing outcomes [PDF]
BMC Surgery, 2013 At the present time, 50 to 60% of the population above 70 years of age suffers from a hearing impairment and from 0.6 to 1.1% has a severe to profound loss, which cannot benefit from an hearing aid. Moreover, it is expected that this prevalence will grow by more than two-fold in the next 40 years.
Alice, Benatti +4 more
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UNILATERAL PROFOUND DEAFNESS – A POSSIBLE MECHANISM [PDF]
Journal of IMAB, 2021 Purpose: To explain the clinical findings of patients with profound unilateral deafness who have recovered the hearing function after a combined treatment of hyperbaric oxygenation and dehydrant therapy.
Konstantin Georgiev, Yana Pacholova
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Outcomes of Children with Hearing Loss [PDF]
Ear & Hearing, 2015 The primary objective of this article was to describe recruitment, data collection, and methods for a longitudinal, multicenter study involving children with bilateral mild to severe hearing loss. The goals of this research program were to characterize the developmental outcomes of children with mild to severe bilateral hearing loss during infancy and ...
J Bruce, Tomblin +5 more
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Mutational analysis of EYA1, SIX1 and SIX5 genes and strategies for management of hearing loss in patients with BOR/BO syndrome. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 BACKGROUND: Branchio-oto-renal (BOR) or branchio-otic (BO) syndrome is one of the most common forms of autosomal dominant syndromic hearing loss. Mutations in EYA1, SIX1 and SIX5 genes have been associated with BOR syndrome.
Mee Hyun Song +7 more
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Modeling and Predicting Hearing Aid Outcome [PDF]
Trends in Amplification, 2003 Following a brief tutorial on the application of factor analysis to hearing aid outcome measures, three studies of hearing aid outcome measures in elderly adults are presented and analyzed. Two of the studies were completed at Indiana University (IU-1 and IU-2), and one was a collaborative multisite study by the Veterans Administration and the National
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National Board of Examinations Journal of Medical SciencesIntroduction: Chronic otitis media mucosal disease with tympanic membrane perforation is commonly treated using type I tympanoplasty. Traditionally performed using a microscope, the advent of endoscopic ear surgery has introduced a minimally invasive ...
Malavika Kozhiparambil Sajeevan +3 more
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Frontiers in NeurologyBackgroundTotal deafness-type sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) represents one of the most challenging subtypes of SSNHL due to its poor response to initial therapy and uncertain prognosis.
Yong Li +7 more
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Hearing Aids Reduce Daily-Life Fatigue and Increase Social Activity: A Longitudinal Study
Trends in Hearing, 2021 People with hearing loss experience fatigue, and it is unknown whether this is alleviated by treatment with hearing aids. The objective of this study was to address this issue and to investigate the possible concomitant effect of hearing-aid fitting on ...
Jack A. Holman +2 more
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Clinical Trials and Outcome Measures in Adults With Hearing Loss
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Clinical trials are designed to evaluate interventions that prevent, diagnose or treat a health condition and provide the evidence base for improving practice in health care.
Kevin J. Munro +4 more
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