Abstract Background and Aims Many similarities exist between the nephron & ear infrastructures, making them vulnerable to same risk factors. Idiopathic sensory neural hearing loss is frequent in pediatric patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Our aims were determine prevalence, type, degree of impairment CKD patients. Method This cross-sectional study was carried out at dialysis nephr...

BACKGROUND Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) is still a complex and challenging process which requires clinical evidence regarding its etiology, treatment and prognostic factors. Therefore, determination of prognostic factors might aid in the selection of proper treatment modality. AIMS The aim of this study is to analyze whether there is correlation between SSNHL outcomes and (1) sys...

In this article, current status of noise exposure in workplaces, trend of workers with noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), and prevalence of NIHL in workers by industry and job category in Korea were reviewed. In addition, trends of research on the audiological effects such as hearing loss from noise and occupational hearing loss from non-noise in Korea were addressed through reports in industri...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The auditory profile of a large number of persons with late onset auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) is recently described in the Indian context. The purpose of study was 1) to profile data on routine audiological parameters, cortical evoked potentials, and temporal processing, 2) to analyze the benefit from hearing aids for persons with ANSD, and 3) to under...

AIM to analyze the audiological profile of elderly patients seen in a clinic from an audiology school clinic in the city of Belo Horizonte. METHODS we studied all the charts from the patients who underwent audiologic assessment from April of 2004 and August of 2007 in an audiology clinic in the city of Belo Horizonte. RESULTS We studied the 313 audiological tests from patients 60 years of a...

Objective: Otosclerosis has long been a clinical, audiological and tympanometric diagnosis. The definitive role and value of imaging is yet unclear in the clinical practice. In this work we aimed to study the temporal bone density using CT scan in patients clinically diagnosed as otosclerosis, not only to ascertain the value of CT scan, but also to study the correlation between the bone density...

OBJECTIVES To determine (1) detailed retinal and audiological features of probands harboring the A3243G mitochondrial DNA mutation (m.3243A>G) and their asymptomatic maternal relatives, (2) intrafamilial and interfamilial phenotypic variability, and (3) the presence of other systemic features. METHODS Seven probands harboring the A3243G mitochondrial DNA mutation and 36 asymptomatic maternal ...

UNLABELLED Individuals with psychiatric disorders can present perception, attention and memory deficits, raising doubts about peripheral and/or central hearing loss. Thus, the aim of this study is to describe the audiological and electrophysiological results of individuals with psychiatric disorders, looking for peripheral and/or central auditory disorders. METHODS 20 individuals with autism ...