Sir Joshua Reynolds' deafness.

Gerard Van Swieten and his Time

cold and earache at the Vatican. If his ears had discharged at the Vatican or afterwards at least one of his biographers, or Reynolds himself in his diary, where he carefully recorded his eye symptoms, would have made some mention of it. Hilles quotes many of Reynolds' letters, in some of which he refers to his poor sight, but never to his poor hearing. Thus it would seem that Sir Joshua Reynol...

Use of Intrathecal Fluorescein in Recurrent Meningitis after Cochlear Implantation-A Case Report

Introduction: Congenital anomalies of the cochlea and labyrinth can be associated with meningitis and varying degrees of hearing loss or deafness. Despite antibiotics, meningitis remains a life threatening complication.   Case Report: We report a case of recurrent meningitis following episodes of otitis media in a cochlear implantee child with bilateral vestibulocochlear malformation, due to f...

Long-Term Cochlear Implant Outcomes in Children with GJB2 and SLC26A4 Mutations

OBJECTIVES To investigate speech and language outcomes in children with cochlear implants (CIs) who had mutations in common deafness genes and to compare their performances with those without mutations. STUDY DESIGN Prospective study. METHODS Patients who received CIs before 18 years of age and had used CIs for more than 3 years were enrolled in this study. All patients underwent mutation s...

Investing in human and natural capital: An alternative paradigm for sustainable development in Awassa, Ethiopia

مقایسه سطح ادراک شنیداری و وضوح کلامی بعد از کاشت حلزون در بیماران پره‌لینگوال مبتلا به کم‌شنوایی عمیقی ارثی و غیرارثی مراجعه کننده به بیمارستان حضرت رسول اکرم(ص)

    Background & Aim: When inner ear is disturbed, both hearing sensitivity and selective property decrease. Early rehabilitation for proper progression of speech and language appropriate to age is mandatory. Several studies were performed to compare factors that affect the results of cochlear implantations to select the best candidates on the basis of different criteria. This study was underta...