hearing loss and meningitis were correlate in some aspects. hearing loss is the situation that can be shown in cochlear or retrocochlear defects. cochlear hearing loss is caused by inner or outer hair cell damage (however cochlear hearing loss has another causes, such as defect of arterial spiral ganglion, basilar and tectorial membrane) and retrocochlear hearing loss has neural origin and meni...

AUTHOR Stenton, Jan TITLE Otitis Media: Implications of Fluctuating, Conductive Hearing Loss on Learning and Behaviour in High School Age Students. PUB DATE 1997-00-00 NOTE 16p.; Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education (Brisbane, Australia, November 30-December 4, 1997). PUB TYPE Information Analyses (070) Reports Descriptive (141) -Speec...

Hearing loss and meningitis were correlate in some aspects. Hearing loss is the situation that can be shown in cochlear or retrocochlear defects. Cochlear hearing loss is caused by inner or outer hair cell damage (however cochlear hearing loss has another causes, such as defect of arterial spiral ganglion, basilar and tectorial membrane) and retrocochlear hearing loss has neural origin and meni...

consanguineous marriage is strongly favored in many large human populations. in the most parts of south asia, consanguineous marriage account for 20%  to over 50% of the general population. the effect of consanguinity on hereditary deafness has been well studied and documented. many authors have suggested that approximately one half  of sensory neural hearing loss in children can be attributed ...

the study was conducted on a group of 90 traffic policemen aged 20-50 years and working in and around patiala district to assess their knowledge, attitude, and practices toward the ill effects caused by traffic noise on health. the subjects were required to fill up a questionnaire regarding their self‑assessment of hearing ability, noise‑related attitudes, and the use of personal protective equ...

background and aims: this is a pilot study investigated the prevalence of hearing impairment and the impact of the known risk factors for hearing loss on infants at risk born in kuwait. methods: two hundred infants with risk of hearing impairment who met the joint committee on infants hearing (1990) criteria were screened. all newborns were included in this study if they had hospital stay for m...

original article   extended exposure to noise can cause permanent hearing damage. this study aimed to determine the incidence time of hearing loss and its effective factors in workers exposed to noise. this retrospective cohort study, was conducted on a total of 273 workers in various sectors of kerman copper by-industries co. their hearing status and the incidence of hearing loss (hearing thre...

introduction: hearing loss is one of the most common occupational diseases. in most workplaces, workers are exposed to noise and solvents simultaneously, so the potential risk of hearing loss due to solvents may be attributed to noise.  in this study we aimed to assess the effect of exposure to mixed aromatic solvents on hearing in the absence of exposure to hazardous noise.   materials and met...