UNLABELLED Studies have reported compatibility between hearing and electrophysiological thresholds in the auditory brainstem response (ABR) with tone burst stimuli. AIMS to verify waves I, III, V and their latency times for tone bursts at 500, 1000, 2000 and 4000 Hz and at 80 dB HL, and to compare tone burst electrophysiological thresholds with those obtained from audiological and psychoacous...

UNLABELLED Alcoholism is considered the most relevant addiction in the international arena and few investigations have examined the association between sensorineural hearing loss and alcohol abuse, with conflicting results. AIM To analyze the effects of alcohol abuse on the auditory system of alcoholics in abstinence taking into account the duration of alcohol abuse and associated noise expos...

UNLABELLED Some pharmaceutical products are capable of damaging the human auditory system. Technological progress has provided numerous resources to monitor hearing but there still is some controversy regarding the selection of the most sensitive and specific tests. OBJECTIVE to analyze audiological procedures used in the auditory monitoring of individuals exposed to ototoxic medication. ME...

OBJECTIVE To medically and audiologically characterize a population of children diagnosed as having auditory neuropathy (AN). STUDY DESIGN Retrospective medical chart review. SETTING/SUBJECTS We identified 22 patients from a pediatric otology clinic in a tertiary care pediatric hospital setting. RESULTS A genetic factor in AN is suggested by our identification of 3 families with 2 affecte...

Just over ten years ago, Gatehouse (1994) provided research evidence of the powerful impact that psychological variables may have on adjustment to hearing loss, as well as hearing aid benefit, use, and satisfaction. Using a regression model analysis, Gatehouse found that none of the audiological variables that he included in his study actually entered into the equation for social and psychologi...

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate audiological outcomes following adenoidectomy by the classical method and by endoscopically-assisted adenoidectomy using a powered instrument (microdebrider).   Materials and Methods: This study was conducted in a tertiary care center. It included 40 patients divided into two equal groups of 20 each. Group-A patients underwent classical a...