introduction: glaucoma is one of the leading causes of blindness throughout the world. some studies have suggested a relationship between glaucoma and sensorineural hearing loss, while others have found no evidence of an association. we performed a study to determine whether there is a significant difference in hearing of patients with glaucoma and a match control population. methods: in this c...

The average asymmetry between the hearing threshold levels in the left and right ears was analyzed in a random population (n = 3487) representing a normal population. Males and females of age groups 5-10 years, 15-50 years and over 50 years were analyzed separately. A significant average inferiority of the hearing in the left ear was found at high frequencies, especially at 3-6 kHz, among adult...

noise induced hearing loss (nihl) is one of the most important occupational disease worldwide. nihl has been found potentiate by simultaneous carbon monoxide (co) exposure. free radicals have been implicated in cochlear damage resulted from the exposure to noise and due to the co hypoxia. this study examined whether α-tocopherol administration, as a free radical scavenger, causes the attenuatio...

OBJECTIVE To introduce and verify an algorithm designed to administer adaptive speech-in- noise testing to a specified reliability at selectable points on the psychometric function. DESIGN Speech-in-noise performances were measured using BKB sentences presented in diffuse babble-noise, using morphemic scoring. Target of the algorithm was a test-retest standard deviation of 1.13 dB within the ...

Introduction "Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic disorders characterized by elevated blood sugar and abnormalities in insulin secretion and action" (American Diabetes Association). Previous literature has reported connection between diabetes mellitus and hearing impairment. There is a dearth of literature on auditory temporal resolution ability in individuals with diabetes mellitus type ...

Military Service Members are often exposed to high levels of occupational noise, solvents, and other exposures that can be damaging to the auditory system. Little is known about hearing loss and how it progresses in Veterans following military service. This epidemiology study is designed to evaluate and monitor a cohort of Veterans for 20 years or more to determine how hearing loss changes over...

background: lead still remains an important problem for poor, inner-city, ethnic minority children, with a particular emphasis on lead paint and dust. in egypt, there is no national survey about the prevalence of elevated blood lead level among children. objective: to assess the environmental lead level as well as to determine blood lead level among primary school children and find out its rela...