PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to examine the speaking fundamental frequency (SFF) and pitch sigma (individual SFF variability) of African American and Caucasian children ages 6 through 8 years. METHOD Participants in this study included 63 Caucasian and African American children recruited from 6 urban schools and 1 day care center. All participants passed hearing and speech-language s...

from the perspective of abdul razzaq kashani, hearing of extra-sensory has different types that include: acceptable and binding hearing, hearing of interpretative, hearing of guidance and hearing of divine. the purpose of divine hearing is that in which god is heard in each of his revelation. this research’s question is: how can divine hearing in kashani’s mystical thought is to be explained? t...

Mutations in SLC26A4, which encodes pendrin, are responsible for hearing loss with an enlarged vestibular aqueduct and Pendred syndrome. The most prevalent mutation in East Asia is p.H723R (His723Arg), which leads to defects in protein folding and cell-surface expression. Here we show that H723R-pendrin can be rescued to the cell surface by an HSP70 co-chaperone DNAJC14-dependent unconventional...

The purpose of this interpretive phenomenological study was to explore the meaning of loneliness in community-dwelling older adults and to understand their daily practices in coping with loneliness. The sample consisted of 8 women and 4 men. Interviews were conducted with the 12 participants utilizing several tools, including 3 separate interview guides and the UCLA Loneliness Scale, Version 3 ...

BACKGROUND The present study measured the performance of the Papanicolaou (Pap) test and detection of cervical carcinoma in situ (CIS) and cancer in participants of organized cervical cancer screening in South Korea, and examined differences in the proportion of CIS according to socio-demographic factors. METHODS Data were obtained from the National Cancer Screening Program and National Healt...

OBJECTIVES Cirrhotic patients must receive an abdominal ultrasound every 6 months as part of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) screening. The aim of this study was to assess if HCC screening was performed as recommended by the literature and to observe the differences between the private and public services in Brazil. METHODS We analyzed data from the HCC screenings of 253 cirrhotic patients fro...

BACKGROUND Loop-mediated isothermal DNA amplification (LAMP) methodology offers an opportunity for point-of-care (POC) molecular detection of asymptomatic malaria infections. However, there is still little evidence on the feasibility of implementing this technique for population screenings in isolated field settings. METHODS Overall, we recruited 1167 individuals from terrestrial ('road') and...

abstract  background: low birth weight neonates are confronted with some problems after  birth, they should be followed up and evaluated at different ages of life.the aim of this study was to determine the impact of birth weight on the risk of sensorineural hearing impairment on children.  method: this cross sectional and retrospective study determined the prevalence  of hearing problems in low...

original article   extended exposure to noise can cause permanent hearing damage. this study aimed to determine the incidence time of hearing loss and its effective factors in workers exposed to noise. this retrospective cohort study, was conducted on a total of 273 workers in various sectors of kerman copper by-industries co. their hearing status and the incidence of hearing loss (hearing thre...

BACKGROUND Obstetric fistula continues to have devastating effects on the physical, social, and economic lives of thousands of women in many low-resource settings. Governments require credible estimates of the backlog of existing cases requiring care to effectively plan for the treatment of fistula cases. Our study aims to quantify the backlog of obstetric fistula cases within two states via co...