introduction: sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ssnhl) is a true emergency that must be diagnosed and treated immediately. the purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of treatment with intratympanic dexamethasone plus oral prednisolone daily or every other day with that of treatment with oral prednisolone alone. materials and methods: sixty-three patients with ssnhl that had been pres...

BACKGROUND Very few older people with severe hearing loss use hearing aids to reduce the negative consequences of reduced hearing in daily functioning. AIM Assessment of a screening test and a standardised auditory rehabilitation programme for older people from the general population with untreated severe hearing loss. DESIGN OF STUDY Intervention study and qualitative exploration. SETTIN...

INTRODUCTION  Research on the workplace has emphasized the effects of noise exposure on workers' hearing, but has not considered the effects of agrochemicals. AIM  To evaluate and correlate the hearing level and tinnitus of workers exposed simultaneously to noise and organophosphates in their workplace and to measure tinnitus distress on their quality of life. METHOD  A retrospective clinic...

PURPOSE To compare the audiological results of elderly subjects based on the classifications according to the criteria of Davis and Silverman and of the recommendation 02/1 of the Bureau Internacional d'Audiophonologie (BIAP). METHODS The records of 140 elderly subjects, 79 female and 61 male, with average age of 69.75 years, were analyzed. Data regarding their clinical history and the result...

BACKGROUND rock and roll has as one of its main characteristics the excessive sound pressure levels. Several studies have demonstrated that the sound levels of rock concerts can range from 100 to 115dB (A), with peak levels of 150dB (A). AIM to study the hearing of rock and roll musicians, analyzing the results of the audiological evaluation and verifying the influence of time of exposure to ...

Presbycusis, a bilateral sensorineural hearing loss caused by changes in the inner ear, is related to multiple factors such as noise exposure and otologic disease. In institute-based studies, we tried to determine the incidence of presbycusis in Korean populations living in Seoul, Kyunggi and Kangwon provinces by gender and age groups. The subjects were people who had visited health promotion c...

OBJECTIVE To assess the accuracy of threshold using the multiple auditory steady state responses (MASSR) to bone conduction stimuli in a group of patients with conductive hearing loss. METHOD Thirty patients with conductive hearing loss were assessed by MASSR and by pure-tone audiometry, and compared the results of these two methods. RESULT The thresholds of MASSR and those of PTA were sign...

The purpose of the study was to verify the presence of any symptoms and otorhinolaryngological pathologies and to determine any discomfort and psychophysical changes among workers in the tanning industry. The study involved 129 subjects working in tanning industries in the Chiampo valley (Veneto region of Italy). Their clinical history was recorded and they underwent objective ENT examination a...

OBJECTIVE To compare hearing performance relating to the peripheral and central auditory system between solvent-exposed and non-exposed workers. METHODS Forty-eight workers exposed to a mixture of solvents and 48 non-exposed control subjects of matched age, gender and educational level were selected to participate in the study. The evaluation procedures included: pure-tone audiometry (500 - 8...

AIM The objectives of this study were to describe preconceptions and expectations of older adults about getting hearing aids and to explore the influence of hearing loss (HL), hearing aid experience, gender, age, and marital status on these preconceptions and expectations. METHODS A total of 174 participants aged above 65 years were randomly selected from a waiting list for hearing aid fittin...