Seyede Faranak Emami

Department of Audiology, faculty of Rehabilitation, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences. Hamadan, Iran.

[ 1 ] - Acoustic Sensitivity of the Saccule and Daf Music

  Introduction:   The daf is a large Persian frame drum used as a musical instrument in both popular and classical music which can induce a percussive sound at low frequencies (146–290 Hz) with peaks of up to 130 dBspl. The percussive sounds have a power distribution in the region of saccular sensitivity. In view of the saccular stimulation by sound in humans, we decided to use cervical vestibu...

[ 2 ] - بررسی ارتباط بین حساسیت صوتی سیستم دهلیزی و توانایی تشدید رفلکس عضلانی برانگیخته صوتی گوش میانی در بزرگسالان دارای شنوایی طبیعی

Introduction & Objective: The vestibular system is sound sensitive and the sensitivity is related to the saccule. The vestibular afferents are projected to the middle ear muscles (such as the stapedius). The goal of this research was studying the relationship between the vestibular hearing and the sound-evoked muscle reflex of the middle ear to 500 HZ. Materials & Methods: This study was a cr...

[ 3 ] - Effect of Ossicular Reconstruction on Tinnitus

Background and Objective:Tinnitus is hearing a sound without an external source, which occurs anywhere in the head and one or both ears. It is one of the most common symptoms associated with hearing loss due to chronic otitis media. This study aimed to determine the effect of autologous primary ossicular reconstruction on the recovery of tinnitus due to chronic otitis media. Materials and Meth...

[ 4 ] - Effect of Nanocurcumin on Tinnitus

Background and Objective: Oxidative stress is one of the causes of tinnitus. The therapeutic effect of nanocurcumin on the antioxidant processes of various diseases has been confirmed; however, no study, to the best of our knowledge, has been conducted on its therapeutic effect on tinnitus. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the effect of nanocurcumin on treating tinnitus. Materia...