Hearing impairment, working life conditions, and gender

Working with hearing impairment in Australia: policies and their impact.

Australia is a highly developed country in the Southern Hemisphere. The 6 largest country by total land mass, included amongst its areas of natural beauty are the Great Barrier Reef, alpine heaths and tropical rainforests. A multi-cultural, egalitarian society that prides itself on giving one and all ‘a fair go’, Australia ranks highly in many international comparisons of performance, including...

HEARING IMPAIRMENT CAUSED BY WAR

120 cases of Iranian soldiers complaining of hearing loss, were studied over a period of three years at the Ghaem Medical Center in Mashad,Iran. There was adequate information in III cases that their engagement in different types of explosions had caused their hearing impairment. The following aspects were evaluated: 1- Categorization of their hearing impairment. 2- The otoscopic findings...

Birth weight and the risk of childhood hearing impairment

 Abstract  Background: Low birth weight neonates are confronted with some problems after  birth, they should be followed up and evaluated at different ages of life.The aim of this study was to determine the impact of birth weight on the risk of sensorineural hearing impairment on children.  Method: This cross sectional and retrospective study determined the prevalence  of hearing problems in lo...

DFNA5: hearing impairment exon instead of hearing impairment gene?

BACKGROUND Three mutations in the DFNA5 gene have been described in three families with autosomal dominant non-syndromic hearing impairment. Although these mutations are different at the genomic DNA level, they all lead to skipping of exon 8 at the mRNA level. We hypothesise that hearing impairment associated with DFNA5 is caused by a highly unusual mechanism, in which skipping of one specific ...

Class - Specific Gender Gaps in Health . the Role of Gender and Working Conditions within Classes