conclusions according to the results, hearing impairment in high frequency sounds was more common in the diabetics than the healthy individuals. also, the severity of hearing loss in patients with diabetes was associated with the levels of creatinine (diabetic nephropathy). the hypothesis of the relationship between diabetes and hearing loss through nephropathy should be more examined in future...

background and aim: hearing impaired students experience binaural hearing like normal peers and school age is challenging time for using dichotic listening. lack of research was found on relationship of persian hearing impair­ed children with central auditory processing (cap). one of the aims of this study was a comparison between persian dichotic digit test (ddt) score in children with mild an...

background and aim: hearing impairment is one of the common disabilities quality of life of mothers of children with hearing impairment are often lower than others. this study aimed to evaluate the effects of life skills training (lst) on the quality of life of mothers who have children with hearing impairment. methods: an experimental research method (pretest, post-test with control group desi...

purpose: the association between deafness and ocular abnormalities is well established however the nature and prevalence of these problems are diverse across the globe. methods: a team of optometrists and social worker visited one hundred fifty eight deaf boy students at their schools and those who needed more detailed evaluation were referred to the farabi eye hospital's strabismus clinic...

conclusions although there was not a significant relation shown between vitamin d levels between the two groups in our study, the vitamin d level in ome patients was less than in the control group. therefore, it seems that measuring the level of vitamin d in these patients is necessary, and a deficiency of vitamin d must be treated. in order to achieve certain results with more detail we sugges...

introduction: the prevalence of hearing loss in neonates is 2-5 out of every 1,000 live births. global health committee, american academy of otolaryngology, and american academy of pediatrics have recommended that hearing loss in infants be identified, and treated when possible, prior to 6 months of age. this study was designed with the aim to screen the hearing of neonates in mashhad, iran. me...

objectives: inclusive education is a process of enabling all children to learn and participate effectively within mainstream school systems. it does not segregate children who have different abilities or needs. this article explores the attitudes of regular and itinerant teachers about inclusion of hearing impairment children in their schools in general education. methods: in a descriptive surv...