Universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) was begun in the United States in several geographic locations, the states of Rhode Island, Hawaii, and Colorado in the early 1990s. Since that time, evidence-based research indicates that universal newborn hearing screening results in earlier identification of congenital hearing loss leading to the provision of earlier intervention. Outcome data of ch...

Objective: To determine the relationship of sensori neural hearing loss and surgery for chronic otitis media. Methodology: This study was designed as a clinical trial on 90 patients with chronic otitis media (COM), who were admitted in hospital for Tympanoplasty and Mastoidectomy who were selected for the study. A pre and post, bone conduction hearing test was performed in frequencies 250 to 40...

Purpose: An epidemic of subacute optic neuropathy with sensori-neural hearing loss and peripheral neuropathy has affected Tanzania. The primary objective of this thesis was:To describe the clinical features of the disease. To describe the magnitude of the epidemic To investigate the aetiology of the disease To determine if daily oral B-complex supplements improved prognosis. Methods: 225 acute ...

A case of sarcoidosis and sensori-neural deafness in which the lesion was thought to be cochlear in position is presented and the audiometric findings are discussed in detail. A review of the reported cases shows that sarcoid lesions may involve the hearing mechanism at any point along its neural axis.

800x600 how to cite this article: amirsalari s, radfar sh, ajallouyean m, saburi a, yousefi j, noohi s, tavallaie sa, hassanalifard m, ghazavi y. prevalence of epileptiform discharges in children with sensori-neural hearing loss and behavioral problems compared to their normal hearing peers. iran j child neurol. 2014 spring 8(2):29-33. objective overactivity and behavioral problems are common p...