Oxidative Stress as a Risk Factor for Hearing Changes in HIV-positive Normal Listeners [PDF]
OBJECTIVES: Human immunodeficiency virus-positive (HIV+) individuals can experience a decrease in antioxidants. Such deficiency can make inner ear cells and synapses more vulnerable to oxidative stress, resulting in auditory alterations, even in the ...
Carla G. Matas +3 more
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Dichotic sentence identification test in Portuguese: a study in young adults
Introduction: Among the currently-applied auditory processing tests, dichotic listening tests have been widely used, since they allow investigating the hemispheric and inter-hemispheric function and their respective skills to process the received ...
Maristela Julio Costa +2 more
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Current status of newborn hearing screening in low-income families in the southeastern region of Korea [PDF]
OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to analyze the current status and problems of hearing screening tests for newborns in low-income families in the southeastern Korea.
You Sun Chung, Su-Kyoung Park
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Purpose: to analyze the Brazilian bibliographic production, in the last decade, regarding the most used behavioral tests to assess central auditory processing in children.
Amanda Maião Franklin Avanzi +1 more
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Mandarin speech perception in combined electric and acoustic stimulation. [PDF]
For deaf individuals with residual low-frequency acoustic hearing, combined use of a cochlear implant (CI) and hearing aid (HA) typically provides better speech understanding than with either device alone.
Fu, Qian-Jie +3 more
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Results obtained with a low cost software-based audiometer for hearing screening
Summary Introduction: The implementation of hearing screening programs can be facilitated by reducing operating costs, including the cost of equipment.
Deborah Viviane Ferrari +4 more
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MASAVE: A mobile test system for audio-visual experiments at home
We present a mobile apparatus for audio-visual experiments (MASAVE) that is easy to build with a low budget and which can run listening tests, pupillometry, and eye-tracking, e.g., for measuring listening effort and fatigue.
Strasser Ewald +2 more
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Hearing Conservation Program For Marching Band Members: A Risk For Noise-Induced Hearing Loss? [PDF]
Purpose: To examine the risk for noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) in university marching band members and to provide an overview of a hearing conservation program for a marching band.
Carney, Edward +3 more
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Choir Singing Practice and Temporal Ordering in the Elderly
Introduction The importance of temporal ordering and sequencing in the auditory system is discussed because these are considered basic functions for language.
Debora Bonizio Zukowski +4 more
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Can unilateral, progressive or sudden hearing loss be immune-mediated in origin? [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to demonstrate that the positivity of nonspecific immunological tests could be found not only in bilateral hearing loss but also in unilateral cases, either sudden or progressive. METHOD: An observational case
Atturo, Francesca +4 more
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