OBJECTIVES To investigate factors influencing the effectiveness of intensive sound masking therapy on tinnitus using logistic regression analysis. DESIGN The study used a retrospective cross-section analysis. PARTICIPANTS 102 patients with tinnitus were recruited at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, China. INTERVENTION Intensive sound masking therapy was used as...

Please cite this article in press as: Guest, H., e stem-response measures to avoid audiomet In Guest et al. (2017), we tested for associations between tinnitus and electrophysiological measures of cochlear synaptopathy in young humans with normal hearing sensitivity. Tinnitus and control groups were matched closely for age, sex, and audiometric thresholds up to 14 kHz. The groups did not differ...

Hyperacusis is a frequent auditory disorder where sounds of normal volume are perceived as too loud or even painfully loud. There is a high degree of co-morbidity between hyperacusis and tinnitus, most hyperacusis patients also have tinnitus, but only about 30-40% of tinnitus patients also show symptoms of hyperacusis. In order to elucidate the mechanisms of hyperacusis, detailed measurements o...

This study examined noise pollution from sawmilling in Ilorin metropolis, Nigeria. Noise measurements wer using HD600 digital data logging sound level meter in conjunction with structured questionnaire which was designed to elicit noise related information. The results of the study showed that the background noise within the sawmills was 58.1-64.86 dB(A) while machine equivalent noise the noise...

This paper presents a dual-channel fully integrated audiometric system, which generates the complete set of audio and control signals required for exhaustive audiometric tests. The system includes a novel signal generator, based on the direct digital synthesis technique, which fulfills the requirements of advanced audiometric tests. The proposed system faces two different problems, namely, the ...

UNLABELLED Otospongiosis is a primary osteodystrophy of the otic capsule that affects genetically predisposed individuals and leads to a progressive hearing loss. AIM To evaluate the applicability of audiometric evaluation during drug treatment for otospongiosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS A prospective, randomized, controlled, double-blind study involving 26 patients with clinical, audiometric ...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the aided benefits, speech recognition in quiet and in noise, change in hearing and subjective report of satisfaction on mixed hearing loss adults implanted with Vibrant Soundbridge (VSB) middle ear implant. METHODS Eight Cantonese speaking adult patients with mixed hearing loss were enrolled in a single-subject, repeated measures prospective study design. Audiometri...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the phenotype in a 5-generation DFNA13 family with a missense mutation in the COL11A2 gene that causes autosomal dominant, presumably prelingual, nonsyndromic sensorineural hearing impairment. DESIGN Family study. SETTING University hospital department. PATIENTS Twenty mutation carriers from a large American kindred. METHODS Cross-sectional analysis using pure-tone ...

AIM To present a unique case of Alport's syndrome in monozygotic twins with two different treatment modalities - renal transplantation and hemodialysis, and to evaluate the effects of therapy on hearing and ophthalmological findings. METHODS Pure-tone audiogram and ophthalmologic examinations were performed in both twins at the age of 30. At the age of 46, 4 years after renal transplantation ...