Misophonia is an affective sound-processing disorder characterized by the experience of strong negative emotions (anger and anxiety) in response to everyday sounds, such as those generated by other people eating, drinking, chewing, and breathing [1-8]. The commonplace nature of these sounds (often referred to as "trigger sounds") makes misophonia a devastating disorder for sufferers and their f...

Conflict of interest: non-existent The phonological disorder is one of the speech sound disorders with a higher incidence in children1,4-9 and can negatively impact the health and quality of life of children. Because of it early diagnosis and intervention become essential to prevent further improvement of the disorder and the appearance of other alterations1. Children with phonological disorder...

background: the basic requirements for monitoring anesthetized patients during surgery are assessing cardiac and respiratory function. esophageal stethoscopes have been developed for this purpose, but these devices may not provide clear heart and lung sound due to existence of various noises in operating rooms. in addition, the stethoscope is not applicable for continues monitoring, and it is u...

Tinnitus is an auditory disorder very difficult to treat. Whereas up until now there not a “cure” for tinnitus, the most extended treatment combines counselling with sound therapy. When this broadband noise in audio frequency band, protocol named tinnitus retraining Even though was proposed at beginning as stimulus therapy, many other sounds have been subsequently and used, including tones, ban...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: The aim of this study was to assess the association between the clinical and cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) findings in relation to bony changes in patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMD).METHODS: According to the research diagnostic criteria for temporomandibular disorder (RDC/TMD), forty-one patients with type II TMD (42 TM joints) and type III TMD (40 TM joi...

Localizing a sound source involves the detection and integration of various spatial cues present in the sound waves at each ear. Previous studies indicate that the brain circuits underlying sound localization are calibrated by experience of the cues available to each individual. Plasticity in spatial hearing is most pronounced during development but can also be demonstrated during adulthood und...