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 ...

Background: Congenital hearing loss delays many aspects of a child's development, including speech and socio-cognitive development. The aim of this study was determine the results of infant hearing screening with transient evoked otoacoustic emission (TEOAE) in Moradi Hospital, Rafsanjan, Iran: 2014. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study from 6017 infants born in Nik...

introduction: the present study seeks to describe and analyze the syntactic features of children with severely hearing loss who had access to the hearing aids compared with children with normal hearing, assigning them to the same separate gender classes.   materials and methods: in the present study, eight children with severe hearing impairment who used a hearing aid and eight hearing children...

Introduction: Cochlear implantation can facilitate the development of communication skills in children with profound hearing loss. The objectives of our study were to determine the average ages at suspicion and diagnosis of hearing loss, amplification, intervention, and performing the cochlear implantation and to investigate the effects of the parents’ level of education and economic circumsta...

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...

Introduction: Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) is an important otological emergency. Up to 90% of the cases are idiopathic. Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is an extremely rare identifiable cause as it only represents 0.5% of all strokes.   Case Report: In this paper, an unusual case of bilateral SSNHL secondary to bilateral CVT with rapid and complete recovery is reported. The patie...

Introduction: There is insufficient information about the correlation between hearing and visual impairments. Its importance arises when trainers should care about medical issues of their clients. Refractive errors of the eye are one of the main causes of visual loss in the society. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between refractive errors in the eye (by the type of r...

Introduction: Noise is one of the most common and harmful physical factors in the working environment and has physical and psychological effects on individuals. In this study, the audiometry results of industrial workers were modeled and the effect of noise and other factors on hearing loss was examined.   Materials and Methods:                                                 ...

Background: Previous studies showed that one of the complications of rheumatoid arthritis disease was auditory disorder. The goal of the present study was to compare the auditory status in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and healthy individuals. Methods: In the present case-control study, 30 normal persons and 60 persons with rheumatoid arthritis with mean age of 46.72 and standard deviatio...