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The Influence of Skin Pigmentation on Cochlear Functioning: A Study on Individuals with Normal Hearing Sensitivity

Auditory and Vestibular Research
Background and Aim: Melanocytes are cells in the skin, hair, and eyes that generate pigment called melanin, which is primarily responsible for the pigmentation of these structures. These melanocytes, known as the Cochlear Melanocyte, are also present in
Shubhaganga Dhrruvakumar, Kamalakannan Karupaiah, Perpetua Nancy Sahayaraj, Shakthi Samyuktha Thiyagu, Prashanth Prabhu, Bhuvaneswari Kumaar   +5 more
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Insights Into Elevated Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions In Sickle Cell Disease: Comparisons of Hydroxyurea-treated and Non-treated Young Children [PDF]

, 2006
Distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) were examined in 15 normal- hearing African-American children between the ages of 6 and 14 years with homozygous sickle cell disease (SCD), who were on a regimen of hydroxyurea (HDU), a drug that reduces ...
Adams, Ajulo, Andrew Stuart, Ashoor, Atsina, Belcher, Benkerrou, Berlin, Berlin, Brown, Brun, Cevette, Chen, Chies, Conran, Crawford, Downs, Drexl, Elion, Forman-Franco, Friedman, Gaskill, Gentry, Gladwin, Gorga, Gorga, Gorga, Halsey, Haupt, Hillery, Huang, Huynh, Jacobson, Kakigi, Kaul, Kemp, Kemp, Kim, Kimberley, Koga, Koussi, Kujawa, Letitia J. Walker, Lonsbury-Martin, Lonsbury-Martin, MacDonald, Mom, Morgenstein, Nicol, Odetoyinbo, Okpala, Onakoya, Owens, O’Rourke, Piltcher, Prieve, Raveh, Ryan, Saleh, Saleh, Scheibe, Schweinfurth, Schweinfurth, Shera, Sherri M. Jones, Slepecky, Stuart, Styles, Suzuki, Talmadge, Telischi, Todd, Walker, Whitehead, Zhang, Zorowka   +75 more
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Sensory Systems as Cybernetic Systems that Require Awareness of Alternatives to Interact with the World: Analysis of the Brain-Receptor Loop in Norwich's Entropy Theory of Perception [PDF]

, 2009
Introduction & Objectives: Norwich’s Entropy Theory of Perception (1975 [1] -present) stands alone. It explains many firing-rate behaviors and psychophysical laws from bare theory.
Nizami, Lance
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Auditory alterations for occupational exposition in musicians

International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2008
Introduction: Exposure to music has become an interest among experts in hearing and acoustics, once it's related to the professional and social activity and to the high prevalence of Hearing Loss.
Melo, Ana Dolores Passarelli, Santos, Karlos Thiago Pinheiro dos, Lopes, Andréa Cintra, Amorim, Raquel Beltrão, Lauris, José Roberto Pereira   +4 more
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Mercury Exposure in a Riverside Amazon Population, Brazil: A Study of the Ototoxicity of Methylmercury

International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2015
Introduction Mercury poisoning causes hearing loss in humans and animals. Acute and long-term exposures produce irreversible peripheral and central auditory system damage, and mercury in its various forms of presentation in the environment is ototoxic.
Ana Hoshino, Heloisa Pacheco-Ferreira, Seisse Gabriela G. Sanches, Renata Carvallo, Nathália Cardoso, Maurício Perez, Volney de Magalhães Câmara   +6 more
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Distortion product otoacoustic emissions in patients with haemophilia [PDF]

, 2010
Includes bibliographical references (p. 22-24)."A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Science (Speech and Hearing Sciences), The University of Hong Kong, June 30, 2010."Thesis (B.Sc)--University of Hong ...
Leung, Hei-tin, 梁曦田
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Otoacoustic emissions as an instrument of epidemiological surveillance in the health of the workers

International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2011
Introduction: The noise is a harmful agent to the hearing, being frequent in urban and work environments. Among the structures of the hearing system, the outer hair cells are the first to be injured, and otoacoustic emissions identify minimal cochlear ...
Oliveira, Priscila Feliciano de, Raposo, Oscar Felipe Falcão, Santos, Any Caroline Aragão dos, Santos, Luana Araujo dos   +3 more
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Is there auditory impairment in Parkinson's disease?

Revista CEFAC
Objective: to describe the audiological profile of a group of patients with Parkinson's disease and to investigate the association between hearing loss and the disease.
Marcia da Silva Lopes, Ailton de Souza Melo, Ana Paula Corona, Ana Caline Nóbrega   +3 more
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The utilization of transient evoked otoacoustic emissions and tympanometry in hearing screening of hearing-impaired children [PDF]

, 1999
Thesis (B.Sc)--University of Hong Kong, 1999"A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Science (Speech and Hearing Sciences), The University of Hong Kong, May 14, 1999."Also available in print ...
Lee, Juvy
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Triagem auditiva: concordância entre os métodos comportamental e objetivo Hearing screening: agreement among behavioral and objective methods

Revista CEFAC, 2012
OBJETIVO: verificar a concordância entre os resultados da triagem auditiva por meio de observação de respostas comportamentais e de emissões otoacústicas evocadas transientes.
Bruna Machado Correa, Larissa Lautenschlager, Tania Tochetto, Luciane da Costa Pacheco, Celina Rech Maggi, Maiara Santos Gonçalves   +5 more
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