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Multifrequency tympanometry in infants [PDF]
International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2012 Introduction: The use of conventional tympanometry is not sufficiently sensitive to detect all cases of middle ear changes, and this hinders accurate diagnosis.
Moraes, Tamyne Ferreira Duarte +2 more
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Delayed-onset hearing loss in first-grade students who previously passed the newborn hearing screening [PDF]
Frontiers in PediatricsIntroductionNewborn hearing screening is essential for the early detection of hearing loss, enabling timely intervention that supports communication and academic success.
Reem Elbeltagy +6 more
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Performing tympanometry using smartphones
Communications Medicine, 2022 Chan et al. develop an open-source smartphone-based tympanometer to evaluate middle ear function. The authors test their device in a group of paediatric patients at an audiology clinic and report a high level of agreement in audiologists’ classification ...
Justin Chan +7 more
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South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 2021 Background: Limited research exists on the sensitivity and specificity of wideband acoustic immittance (WAI) in adults living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Ben Sebothoma +3 more
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Prevalence rate of hearing loss in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Advanced Biomedical Research, 2023 Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common chronic inflammatory disorder that can be associated with some hearing impairments. Hence, we aimed to evaluate the prevalence rate of hearing loss (HL) in RA patients.
Simin Almasi +3 more
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Prevalence of Asymptomatic Otitis Media with Effusion in Children with Adenoid Hypertrophy and its Relation to Adenoid Size: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022 Introduction: Otitis Media with Effusion (OME) occurs as a sequelae of adenoid hypertrophy. But most often hearing loss due to OME goes unnoticed in children. This causes poor cognitive development, inattention and thus poor scholastic performance. Aim:
Sherin Maria Augustian +2 more
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South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 2018 Background: Literature suggests that there is a correlation between video otoscopy and standard tympanometry findings. However, there is limited evidence on whether these two measures are comparable in the identification of middle ear pathologies in ...
Ben Sebothoma, Katijah Khoza-Shangase
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The benefit of tympanometry for certain ear diseases
Basrah Journal of Surgery, 2021 Tympanometry is an objective test measure the mobility (compliance) of the tympanic membrane as a function of applied air pressure in external canal, It is particularly useful in assessing the secretory otitis media during childhood.
Hussam Salman +2 more
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Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 2021 Objective Documentation of middle ear pressure at different stages of balloon Eustachian tuboplasty and assessing risk of barotrauma with this procedure.
Roya Azadarmaki +3 more
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Tinnitus, medial olivocochlear system and music exposure in adolescents [PDF]
, 2017 The most common cause of tinnitus is the exposure to noise; in the case of adolescents, music is the main sound source they are exposed to. Currently, one of the hypotheses about the genesis of tinnitus is related to the deterioration in the functioning ...
Biassoni, Ester Cristina +5 more
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