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...

MATERIALS and METHODS: Cortical auditory evoked potentials were obtained from nine female and seven male patients with auditory neuropathy, ranging in age from 19 to 48 years. The control group comprised 15 (9 males and 6 females) age-matched, normally hearing adults. Cortical auditory evoked potentials were recorded in both groups. Audiological assessments were performed in both groups, which ...

UNLABELLED Tympanometry is used in evaluating middle ear functional conditions. Before six months of age its results may be misleading. High frequency studies aim to provide more valid procedures. AIM To describe and discuss tympanometric measurements and the interpretation in normal hearing neonates at 226, 678 and 1000Hz. METHOD 110 neonates that were analyzed had normal otoacoustic emiss...

Background. Acute otitis media (AOM) is often treated with antibiotics. However, initial observation is recommended. Denmark has a low use of antibiotics compared with other countries, but the total use of antibiotics has increased by 32% during the last decade, and it is important to know whether general practitioners (GPs) prescribe antibiotics according to guidelines. Objective. The aim of t...

BACKGROUND HIV infection, a multi systemic disease has been identified as one of the causes of hearing loss in man. OBJECTIVES To compare the effect of HIV infection on the middle ear dynamics of HIV infected and non-HIV infected individuals using tympanometry. DESIGN A prospective cross sectional study. SETTING HIV Clinic at University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) in 2010. SUBJECT...

OBJECTIVES This study describes the prevalence and nature of auditory and otological manifestations in adults with HIV/AIDS through clinical examinations and self-reported symptoms across stages of disease progression. DESIGN Descriptive cross-sectional group design. STUDY SAMPLE Two hundred HIV positive adult patients (56.5% male; 43.5% female; mean age: 37.99 ± 6.66 years) attending the I...

Transiently evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAE) should be used clinically as an objective and noninvasive screening test for auditory dysfunction in children. The features of TEOAE measured by "ILO88" with non linear click stimuli are discussed. The following results were obtained: 1) The normal range of a power spectrum was determined using 42 adults with normal hearing and compared with data...

Audiology the science of Hearing is developing in a rapid pace. The Clinician and Audiologist have a number of modern Audiological tools at their service for easy diagnosis of Ear problems. This Article summarizes some of the relevant developments which will be useful for the Clinician and Scientist. Discussed topics include Otoreflectance Audiometry, Multi Frequency Tympanometry, Fast Spin Ech...