Relevance of Pure Tone Average (PTA) as a Predictor for Incus Erosion

High -density lipoprotein cholesterol as a predictor for diabetes mellitus

Background: Diabetes is a prevalent chronic disease around the world. To evaluate risk of diabetes comprehensively, we developed a score model for the risk prediction with HDL-C as a protective factor. Methods: We extracted physical examination data of 2728 individuals. The data contain 18 demographic and clinical variables. To identify the statistical significant feature variables, the backwa...

Tone as a Predictor of Mutual Intelligibility of Chinese Dialects

This paper attempts to establish the importance of differences in the tone inventories for the mutual intelligibility of 15 Chinese dialects. Tone influence for mutual intelligibility was tested in two studies. In the first study mutual intelligibility was measured through opinion testing. The fable “The North Wind and the Sun” was read by one male speaker in each of 15 Chinese dialects with me...

assessment of the effect of honey as a topical therapy for intra oral wound healing in rat.

چکیده ندارد.

A Pure Tone Audiogram for Students

Hearing Outcomes after Revision Stapedectomy Managed with Total Ossicular Prostheses.

OBJECTIVES (1) To describe the use of total ossicular prostheses (TOPs) in the setting of stapedectomy requiring an incus bypass procedure. (2) To analyze the short- and long-term audiometric results of TOP utilization in the setting of stapedectomy for an incus bypass procedure. STUDY DESIGN Case series with chart review. SETTING Tertiary neurotologic referral center. SUBJECTS AND METHOD...