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Recent studies involving guinea pigs have shown that noise can damage the synapses between the inner hair cells and spiral ganglion neurons, even with normal hearing thresholds—which makes it important to investigate this kind of impairment in humans ...
Alessandra Giannella Samelli +5 more
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Serum levels of retinol and other antioxidants for hearing impairment among Japanese older adults.
BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to assess the relation between serum levels of retinol and other antioxidants and hearing impairment in Japanese older adults.
Asakura, Keiko +10 more
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Fluência verbal semântica e fonológica: estudo comparativo em deficientes auditivos e ouvintes [PDF]
PURPOSE:To compare the performance of hearing-impaired and normal-hearing people on phonologic and semantic verbal fluency tests. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 48 hearing-impaired adults and 42 individuals (control group) with no ...
Chiari, Brasilia Maria +4 more
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Leitura da fala como mediadora da comunicação [PDF]
Purposes:To compare the speechreading between individuals with hearing impairment and with normal hearing levels to verify the factors that influence the speechreading among hearing impaired patients.Methods:Forty individuals with severe-to-profound ...
Chiari, Brasilia Maria +2 more
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ABSTRACT Background Poststroke fatigue (PSF) and frailty share substantial overlap in their manifestations, yet previous research has yielded conflicting results due to the use of heterogeneous frailty assessment tools. Objective To evaluate the independent impact of frailty on PSF using a unified measurement system (Tilburg Frailty Indicator, TFI ...
Chuan‐Bang Chen +6 more
wiley +1 more source
Estimating preferences for medical devices: does the number of profile in choice experiments matter? [PDF]
Background: Most applications of choice-based conjoint analysis in health use choice tasks with two profiles, while marketing studies routinely use three or more.
Bridges, John P.F. +2 more
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INF2‐Related Charcot–Marie–Tooth Disease in a Japanese Cohort: Genetic and Clinical Insights
ABSTRACT Background INF2 mutations cause focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease (CMT). Accurate genetic diagnosis is critical, as INF2‐related FSGS is typically resistant to immunotherapy yet rarely recurs after transplantation, and its associated neuropathy can mimic treatable immune‐mediated disorders such as ...
Chikashi Yano +27 more
wiley +1 more source
Expanding Hereditary Spastic Paraplegias Limits: Biallelic SPAST Variants in Cerebral Palsy Mimics
ABSTRACT Objective Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSP) are rare neurodegenerative disorders marked by spasticity and lower limb weakness. The most common type, SPG4, is usually autosomal dominant and caused by SPAST gene variants, typically presenting as pure HSP.
Gregorio A. Nolasco +18 more
wiley +1 more source
Prediction Model for Etiologic Differentiation of Isolated Vestibular Syndrome in Emergency Settings
ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to develop and validate a predictive model for differentiating central from peripheral etiologies in patients with isolated vestibular syndrome (VS). Methods In this multicenter retrospective cohort study, 506 patients with isolated VS from five hospitals were divided into derivation (n = 301) and validation (n = 205)
Guo Wenting +12 more
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The Case of a 25‐Year‐Old Woman With Isolated Head Tremor
ABSTRACT This study reported a 25‐year‐old woman with isolated head tremors as the main manifestation, along with type 1 diabetes, bilateral hearing loss, and leukoencephalopathy, who was diagnosed with mitochondrial disease due to a single large mtDNA deletion (m.8647‐16082del).
Ying Zhao +5 more
wiley +1 more source

