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Comorbidities in aging patients with sickle cell disease. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Sickle cell disease (SCD) in general and sickle cell anemia in particular is a highly complex disorder both at the molecular and clinical levels. Although the molecular lesion is a single-point mutation, the sickle gene is pleiotropic in nature causing ...
Ballas, Samir K.
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Reduced spiral ganglion neuronal loss by adjunctive neurotrophin-3 in experimental pneumococcal meningitis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Background Hearing loss is a frequent long-term complication of pneumococcal meningitis (PM). Its main pathological correlate is damage to the organ of Corti and loss of spiral ganglion neurons.
Angele, Barbara   +6 more
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From urinary tract infection to cochlear implantation: A case report [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Severe infections can cause difficult neurologic sequelae, sensorineural hearing loss included. In this case report, we describe a 58-year-old female, who had lost hearing in her right ear due to pneumococcal sepsis and meningitis 10 years earlier.
Hirvonen J, Jero J, Salonen J, Sarin J
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Post meningitis hearing loss, labyrinthitis ossificans and cochlear implantation: a case report and review of literature [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Cochlear implant is a known neural prosthesis for children with severe to profound deafness. Meningitis causes fibrosis and ossification within the cochlea lumen (Labyrinthitis Ossificans). We present a 15-months boy with bilateral profound hearing loss,
Md Daud, Mohd Khairi   +3 more
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Improving health-related quality of life in single-sided deafness: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Unilateral severe-to-profound hearing loss, or single-sided deafness (SSD), impairs listening abilities supported by the use of two ears, including speech perception in background noise and sound localisation.
Kitterick, Pádraig T.   +2 more
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Aminoglycoside- and glycopeptide-induced ototoxicity in children: a systematic review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Background: Ototoxicity has been reported after administration of aminoglycosides and glycopeptides. Objectives: To identify available evidence for the occurrence and determinants of aminoglycoside- and glycopeptide-related ototoxicity in children ...
Diepstraten, F. A.   +6 more
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Predicting and grading the degree of difficulty of cochlear implant surgery by evaluating temporal bone using high resolution computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Background: The current study was designed to assess the challenges that arise during cochlear implantation. Hence imaging based grading system, using a structured, 12-point scoring chart was developed with an aim to assess various anatomical factors of ...
Agrawal, Ruchi R.   +3 more
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The Site of Lesion in Hearing Loss: Advances in Otoneuroradiology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The last decade has witnessed significant advances in imaging of the middle and inner ear and the auditory pathways. High resolution computerized tomography (CT) scanners and new magnetic resonance (MR) sequences have been implemented in clinical ...
Casale, Silvia   +4 more
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