This study investigated the Cantonese tone production ability of children with hearing impairment studying in mainstream schools. The participants were 87 Cantonese-speaking children with mild-to-profound degrees of hearing loss aged 5.92-13.58 in Hong Kong. Most of the children were fitted with hearing aids (n = 65); 17 of them had profound hearing impairment, one who had severe hearing loss h...

Background: Hearing is the ability to perceive sound. A person said have hearing loss when he/she not able hear as well someone with a normal threshold of 25 dB or better in both ears. Binocular function plays an important role it helps coordinate eyes.Methodology: prospective study was conducted 103 subjects. After taking permission authority and impairment school, consent taken from participa...

INTRODUCTION The family of each hearing-impaired child has its own cultural, social, educational, and financial background, and its own special needs. The objectives of our study were to explore the information and support needs of parents of children with severe-to-profound hearing impairment and to investigate the effects of the parents' level of education and economic status on the score att...

The main goal of early detection of hearing impairment in children is early intervention. There is growing interest in early detection of hearing impairment in developing countries. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the spoken language development in severe to profound hearing impaired children and compared their speech intelligibility with normal hearing children at the same ag...

objectives: the aim of present study was evaluation of saccule function in cochlear implant candidates with severe to profound sensory neural hearing loss before and after cochlear implantation methods: in this study 35 cochlear implant (ci) candidates with bilateral severe to profound sensory neural hearing loss before and about 30 days after cochlear implant and 20 normal-hearing cases as a c...

OBJECTIVE To identify the prevalence of hearing loss for the population in the urban area. METHODS A cross-sectional household survey based on the World Health Organization Ear and Hearing Disorders Survey Protocol was conducted in 298 households in the urban area of Monte Negro, Rondonia, Northern Brazil, from 2005 to 2007. Ear examinations, behavioral audiometry and pure tone audiometry wer...

Objectives: The aim of present study was evaluation of saccule function in cochlear implant candidates with severe to profound sensory neural hearing loss Before and after cochlear implantation Methods: In this study 35 cochlear implant (CI) candidates with bilateral severe to profound sensory neural hearing loss before and about 30 days after cochlear implant and 20 normal-hearing cases as ...

Background: Hearing impairment is the most common otolaryngologic manifestation of aging. Objectives: Few studies have focused on Hearing Loss (HL) in the Iranian “normal” elderly population. This study aimed to evaluate audiological problems in the normal elderly people of the rural areas of Rasht City in the north of Iran. Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2...

background and aim: autobiography is a kind of narrative writing about a person written by that same person. indeed, it is a type of writing about self that is full of subjectivity and experience. the present study investigated the effect of autobiography method on the comprehension skill of hearing-impaired students. methods: international standardized reading literacy questions (2001) was emp...