Self-Reported Hearing Loss and Pure Tone Audiometry for Screening in Primary Health Care Clinics. [PDF]
Objective: To evaluate the performance of self-reported hearing loss alone and in combination with pure tone audiometry screening in primary health care clinics in South Africa.
Louw C, Swanepoel W, Eikelboom RH.
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Prevalence and characteristics of tinnitus after leisure noise exposure in young adults [PDF]
The main goal of this study was to assess the prevalence and characteristics of tinnitus among students after exposure to leisure noise. In addition, the effects of tinnitus on otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) in participants suffering from chronic tinnitus ...
Corthals, Paul+3 more
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Automated speech audiometry: Can it work using open-source pre-trained Kaldi-NL automatic speech recognition? [PDF]
A practical speech audiometry tool is the digits-in-noise (DIN) test for hearing screening of populations of varying ages and hearing status. The test is usually conducted by a human supervisor (e.g., clinician), who scores the responses spoken by the listener, or online, where a software scores the responses entered by the listener.
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Relationship between pure tone audiometry and tone burst auditory brainstem response at low frequencies gated with Blackman window [PDF]
Andrea Canale+4 more
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HEARING STATUS OF CHILDREN WITH BEHÇET’S DISEASE: A PROSPECTIVE PRELIMINARY STUDY
Objective: We aimed to evaluate the hearing status of children with Behçet’s Disease (BD). Materials and Method: It is a prospective, cross-sectional, controlled study.
Nuray Aktay Ayaz+7 more
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Association between obstructive apnea syndrome during sleep and damages to anterior labyrinth: Our experience [PDF]
The obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is a chronic condition characterized by frequent episodes of collapse of the upper airways during sleep. It can be considered a multisystem disease.
Gallina, S.+3 more
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Audiological assessment and otoacoustic emissions in patients with head and neck cancer
Purpose: to describe the audiological and otoacoustic emission findings in patients who had head and neck cancer and compare them with individuals without the disease. Methods: a comparative, cross-sectional, observational study encompassing two groups:
Pâmela Fukazawa+3 more
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Effects of Obesity on the Auditory Function of Children and Adolescents
Introduction Childhood and adolescent obesity is associated with insulin resistance, abnormal glucose metabolism, hypertension, dyslipidemia, inflammation, liver disease, and compromised vascular function.
Engin Başer, Havva Nur Peltek Kendirci
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Recovery from repeated sudden hearing loss in a patient with Takayasu’s arteritis treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy: the first report in the literature [PDF]
Hearing loss has been rarely reported in Takayasu's arteritis, presents as sudden sensorineural hearing loss and usually responds well to corticosteroid therapy.
ALTISSIMI, Giancarlo+8 more
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