Introduction: To identify changes in OAEs parameters in treatment course of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (iSSNHL). Materials and Methods: In aprospective studyfromAugust 2005 to January 2009, 26 patients with iSSNHL underwent conventional audiometry/tympanometry and two types of OAEs (TEOAEs and DPOAEs) before and after the completion of standard drug therapy.The changes in p...

a recently described species of dysdercus, named dysdercus stehliki schaefer, 2013 (hemiptera: heteroptera: pyrrhocoridae), found in viçosa, minas gerais state, brazil, feeds upon the seeds of fallen fruits of sterculia chicha a. st. hil. (malvales: sterculiaceae). the biology and immature stages’ descriptions of d. stehliki were assessed in two environments: laboratory and field. individuals o...

since hospitals are an important and integral part of the overall health delivery system, this study was carried out to measure the effectiveness of this institution within the system. the records of 633 hospitalized patients in the pediatrics ward of ghaem hospital in mashhad during 1357 (21 march 1978-20 march 1979) has been consulted. more than half of the patients were hospitalized with the...