BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate surgical interventions and hearing rehabilitation in patients with chronic middle ear disease of only hearing ears. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Thirty-one patients with chronic middle ear disease of only hearing ears were enrolled in this retrospective study. Patients were classified into three groups according to the hearing level: gro...

Objectives: To our knowledge this study, conducted in 2007, was the first of its kind. The purpose was to compare a self-fitted personal sound amplification product (PSAP) with professionally-fitted hearing aids in terms of real-ear aided gain, audibility, and speech understanding in background noise. A second objective was to quantify subjects’ reactions to the PSAP used in this study. Design:...

OBJECTIVE To investigate saccular function using vestibular evoked myogenic potentials in children with congenital or early acquired sensorineural hearing loss. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING Pediatric tertiary referral center. PATIENTS Twenty-three children with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss (severe to profound in 22 cases, moderate in 1 case) underwent evaluation of s...

This case study reports the management of hearing loss in a patient with Alzheimer disease (AD) living at home with a spouse care giver. The report highlights the interaction between symptoms associated with AD and hearing loss and the lack of data regarding remediation of hearing loss in this population. Specifically, the case illustrates the modifications in evaluation and verification of the...

Hearing loss in Paget's disease, a metabolic bone disease, has been reported in as many as 60% of cases, and is presumably related to changes in mineral density of the otic capsule. We describe a 59-year-old man with Paget's disease who had severe to profound hearing loss and was referred to us for cochlear implantation. Preoperative evaluation revealed poor communication skills despite signifi...

INTRODUCTION This case illustrates that superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome can be associated with a "pseudo"-conductive hearing loss, a symptom that overlaps with the clinical appearance of otosclerosis. CASE PRESENTATION We present the case of a 48-year-old German Caucasian woman presenting with hearing loss on the left side and vertigo. She had undergone three previous stapedec...

BACKGROUND Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic, inflammatory disease that affects 1% of the population. The auditory system may be involved during the course of disease; however the association of RA and hearing impairment has not been clearly defined. OBJECTIVE The objective of this review is to evaluate published clinical reports related to hearing impairment in patients with RA. Furthe...

INTRODUCTION Unilateral hearing loss is characterized by a decrease of hearing in one ear only. In the presence of ambient noise, individuals with unilateral hearing loss are faced with greater difficulties understanding speech than normal listeners. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the speech perception of individuals with unilateral hearing loss in speech perception with and without competitive noise,...

Purpose: Initiation of an multimodal, customer focused service network across the service sectors for multimorbid patients: for example the hard-of-hearing. Context: The lack in accessibility of services, flexibility of appointments and handicap-oriented communication skills often prevents the geriatric patient from partaking in the medical services offered. The geriatric hearcare service and i...