background and aim: children with hearing loss and children with intellectual developme­ntal disorders have defects in organizing and sensory integration. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of hearing impairment and intellectual disability on children's static and dynamic balance. methods: this cross-sectional comparative stu­dy was conducted on 17 boys with congenital severe to ...

Brief summary: This paper describes the pilot data for UK 100 000 Genomes Project, including Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) on 4660 participants from 2183 families, and covering 161 disorders. They made a genetic diagnosis in 25% of probands; diagnoses were more likely probands who presented with intellectual disability, hearing, or visual disorders (range 40% to 55%) cases had WGS family trios ...

Childhood hearing impairment is a common chronic condition that may have a major impact on acquisition of speech, social and physical development. Numerous literature states that injury to the vestibular organs may result in accompanying balance and motor development disorders. But still postural control and motor assessments are not a routine procedure in hearing impaired children. Hence, we a...

background: ototoxic chemicals can impair the sense of hearing and balance. in the past decades, the ototoxicity of solvents and their interaction with noise have become evident. this study has been carried out in the shoe manufacturing factory in tehran (iran) with the aim of evaluating the combined effects of noise and toluene on the workers' hearing. materials and methods: this cross-se...

Introduction: Presbyopia and presbycusis are common disorders in aging people leading to various negative consequences, such as social problems, cognitive disorders, depression, and imbalance. The combination of vision and hearing loss has been correlated with various adverse outcomes. Regarding the adverse effect of presbyopia and presbycusis on communication skills and quality of life in indi...

The article highlights the categories of children that belong to with psychophysical developmental disorders and shows their age characteristics. It is noted these are aged 6–7 10–11 years who have been diagnosed hearing impairment (deaf, reduced hearing); visual (blind, low vision); intellectual (mentally retarded, delayed mental development); speech disorders; musculoskeletal system; a comple...

OBJECTIVE To identify the prevalence of hearing loss for the population in the urban area. METHODS A cross-sectional household survey based on the World Health Organization Ear and Hearing Disorders Survey Protocol was conducted in 298 households in the urban area of Monte Negro, Rondonia, Northern Brazil, from 2005 to 2007. Ear examinations, behavioral audiometry and pure tone audiometry wer...