Bacterial meningitis is the most common cause of acquired postlingual profound sensorineural hearing loss and labyrinthitis ossificans. This article reviews the underlying mechanisms including bacterial etiology responsible for bacterial meningitis-related hearing loss, time course of hearing impairment, sites of histological damage, routes of infection from meninges to labyrinth, suppurative l...

introduction: hearing impairment and hearing loss are kinds of latent handicap in children. any abnormality in hearing can affect different aspects of life. otoacoustic emissions have been accepted as an appropriate method for screening of hearing loss in neonates. in this study we assessed the hearing status of infants admitted in icu wards in yazd.materials and methods: this was a cross-secti...

Non-syndromic hearing impairment is one of the most heterogeneous hereditary conditions, with more than 40 reported gene localisations. We have identified a large Dutch family with autosomal dominant non-syndromic sensorineural hearing impairment. In most patients, the onset of hearing impairment is in the first or second decade of life, with a slow decline in the following decades, which stops...

Before the onset of universal newborn hearing screening, children with hearing loss are not identified until they fail to meet important speech and language milestones at 2 years old and beyond. With the current widespread implementation of universal newborn hearing screening programmes, more infants with hearing loss can now be identified in the first few weeks of life and be fitted with ampli...

INTRODUCTION Behavioral and electrophysiological auditory evaluations contribute to the understanding of the auditory system and of the process of intervention. OBJECTIVE To study P300 in subjects with severe or profound sensorineural hearing loss. METHODS This was a descriptive cross-sectional prospective study. It included 29 individuals of both genders with severe or profound sensorineur...

The main barrier to communication for people who are hearing impaired is the lack of consideration by others. These patients can face prolonged or unnecessary illnesses due to inadequate communication with their health care providers. However, by being prepared, and by preparing the patient, health workers can ensure good communication, thereby giving patients access to appropriate and effectiv...

BACKGROUND Because of the problems measuring subjective well-being in people with severe and profound intellectual disabilities, there are no studies to date which explore the factors contributing to the subjective well-being in these groups. We wanted to explore the client and service characteristics contributing to the subjective well-being of persons with severe and profound intellectual dis...

We hereby report on the audiological and genetic findings in individuals from a Brazilian family, with the following mitochondrial mutation A1555G in the 12SrRNA gene (MT-RNR-1). Nine individuals underwent speech, audiologic (tonal audiometry and logoaudiometry) and genetic evaluations. Eight individuals among the A1555G carriers were affected by hearing impairment and one person had normal hea...

Introduction: Hearing impairment and hearing loss are kinds of latent handicap in children. Any abnormality in hearing can affect different aspects of life. Otoacoustic emissions have been accepted as an appropriate method for screening of hearing loss in neonates. In this study we assessed the hearing status of infants admitted in ICU wards in Yazd.Materials and methods: This was a cross-secti...