hearing impairment caused by war

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...

Autosomal dominant inherited hearing impairment caused by a missense mutation in COL11A2 (DFNA13).

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 ...

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 ...

A Decade Later, How Much of Rwanda's Musculoskeletal Impairment Is Caused by the War in 1994 and by Related Violence?

BACKGROUND In 1994 there was a horrific genocide in Rwanda following years of tension, resulting in the murder of at least 800,000 people. Although many people were injured in addition to those killed, no attempt has been made to assess the lasting burden of physical injuries related to these events. The aim of this study was to estimate the current burden of musculoskeletal impairment (MSI) at...

Peri-Operative Hearing Impairment

Peri-operative hearing impairment is a poorly reported morbidity following any type of anaesthesia. We report a case where the patient developed temporary hearing impairment after a gynaecological surgery. This recovered in a couple of week time. The causes of such hearing impairment in various types of anaesthesia are discussed.

Treatment of Hearing Impairment