Rehabilitation for hearing disorder

P114: Rehabilitation for Inflammatory Disorder in the Brain

The diversity of neurological sequelae that may occur after an inflammatory disorder in the brain (brain abscess, encephalitis, or meningitis) provides a range of challenges to the rehabilitation team. The therapist must identify the problems underlying the individual’s movement dysfunctions without the template of the cluster of “typical” problems available with some other ne...

Aural rehabilitation programs for hearing aid users

Many hearing aid users experience substantial communication difficulties that may affect their participation in daily life situations negatively. This experience can be addressed using follow-up rehabilitation programs, yet the overall availability of such programs in general clinical practice (GCP) is low. The overall aim of this thesis was to evaluate, explore, and clinically apply aural reha...

Key Words Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis Management Hearing Aids Cochlear Implants Rehabilitation

Background. Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) has been reported in up to 10% of all children with hearing loss. It is widely accepted that it can be difficult to identify and manage children with ANSD through typical clinical procedures, in comparison to children with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). An important limitation in managing children with ANSD is that behavioral pure-ton...

Harp: an autonomous speech rehabilitation system for hearing-impaired people

Neuro-rehabilitation Approach for Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss.

Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) is characterized by acute, idiopathic hearing loss. The estimated incidence rate is 5-30 cases per 100,000 people per year. The causes of SSHL and the mechanisms underlying SSHL currently remain unknown. Based on several hypotheses such as a circulatory disturbance to the cochlea, viral infection, and autoimmune disease, pharmaco-therapeutic approaches h...