PURPOSE To evaluate hearing aid handling skills for new and experienced users and to assess if such skills influence user's benefit and satisfaction. METHODS Seventy four participants (mean age of 70.43), experienced (n=37) or new hearing aid users (n=37) performed the tasks of "Practical Hearing Aid Skills Test" (PHAST), which were scored on a five-point Likert scale - higher scores indicate...

Background and Purpose—There is inconclusive evidence of the effectiveness of psychological interventions for depression after stroke. We report the results from a randomized controlled trial of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Methods—Stroke patients admitted to hospital were invited to complete mood questionnaires 1, 3 and 6 months after stroke. Patients who were depressed were invited to ...

BACKGROUND Vertigo Symptom Scale (VSS) is a proper instrument for assessing the patient status, clarifying the symptoms, and examining the relative impact of the vertigo and anxiety on reported handicap. Our aim is the translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the VSS into Persian language (VSS-P) and investigating its validity and reliability in patients with peripheral vestibular disorders...

Since very little is understood about the exact aetiology of tinnitus, this has made treatment of the condition difficult. Even though approximately 10-15% of the general population suffer from tinnitus, only 2% consider it serious enough to warrant any treatment. The main problem arising from tinnitus is the disturbance it causes not only in day to day life but also in sleep, leading to fatigu...

OBJECTIVE To assess vestibular function in a large group of vestibular schwannoma patients so that we could determine whether simple vestibular exercises speed vestibular dysfunction recovery after tumor removal surgery. STUDY DESIGN A prospective investigation of the vestibular dysfunction experienced by patients in the first 12 weeks after surgery. SETTING Vestibular investigation unit at...

UNLABELLED Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo is the most common peripheral vestibular disorder, especially in the elderly and presents as the predominant etiology in this population of the degeneration of the utricular macula. AIM To compare the effectiveness of the approaches after Epley maneuver. STUDY DESIGN longitudinal cohort. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study included 53 volunteers...

Aim: Tinnitus is a common disorder with a considerable amount of distress that affects the patient`s daily life. No objective tools were approved for measuring tinnitus distress. It can be estimated only by subjective scales and questionnaires, albeit, the Electroencephalography (EEG) studies have reported some alterations regarding tinnitus distress network. This study aimed to investigate the...

Audiometric disturbances are recognised as potential complications after spinal or epidural anaesthesia; however, incidences of tinnitus occur less frequently. We report a case of a patient with severe bilateral tinnitus post-lumbar puncture who was treated with an epidural blood patch. A 40-year-old ASA I lady (a medically fit patient with no known medical problem) presented with ongoing bilat...

Objetivo: analisar o efeito dos exercícios vestibulares na qualidade de vida e intensidade tontura idosos com hipofunção vestibular unilateral. Método: participaram do estudo sintomas tontura. A foi avaliada pela versão brasileira Dizziness Handicap Inventory a por uma escala visual analógica. Para cada participante desenvolvido um protocolo personalizado acordo seus sintomas. Utilizou-se teste...