OBJECTIVE To determine if a smartphone application could be used as a calibrated screening audiometer with real-time noise monitoring for school screening using automated test sequences. DESIGN The investigation comprised three studies. Study 1 evaluated calibration accuracy across four Samsung S5301 smartphones (Android v4.0.4) using commercial Sennheiser HD202 headphones. Study 2 involved r...

Turkish is the 16th most spoken language in world, with approximately 83 million users. Today, based on social reasons, bilingualism and multilingualism are prevalent. Similarly, studies or literature have been increasing. This study aims to show preliminary results of word recognition performance Turks (Turkish-German bilinguals) living Germany. In this study, 60 early late bilingual subjects ...

In 1954 Cline, Houseworth and Pitts reported on an ototoxicity study of 100 patients treated in this institution with intermittent streptomycin. I t was felt that this study should be compared with a similar series treated with streptoduocin, a mixture of equal parts of streptomycin and dihydrostreptomycin, to see if there was any significant difference in a degree or type of ototoxicity. Mater...

Mv own interest in these conditions commenced when I met James Seymour at the Middlesex Hospital six years ago. The stimulus which he gave me then has been the major factor in producing this paper to,night. Seymour, six years ago, knew from his clinical association with the late Garnett Passe (1945, 1951, 1953) that certain labyrinthine disorders responded to local vasodilation-either by drugs,...

BACKGROUND The effects of radio frequency (RF) and microwave radiation on humans have been the subject of continuous investigation. Clinical investigations related to occupational RF/microwave exposure have been reported by investigators (1). Since one of the major groups occupationally exposed to RF and microwave radiation includes those working in radio broadcasting and TV transmitter station...

With the deployment of broadband networking technology, many clients are enabled to receive various Video on Demand (VoD) services. To support many clients, the network should be designed by considering the following factors: viewer's waiting time, buffer requirement at each client, number of channel required for video delivery, and video segmentation complexity. Among the currently available V...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate Interaural Attenuation (IA) in frequency base in the insert earphones that are used in audiological assessments. METHODS Thirty healthy subjects between 18-65 years of age (14 female and 16 male) participated in our study. Otoscopic examination was performed on all participants. Audiological evaluations were performed using the Interacoustics ...

PURPOSE To compare a Teflon prosthesis to a piston-type wire/Teflon prosthesis assessing auditory results post-Stapedectomy. MATERIAL AND METHODS We conducted a randomized controlled blinded clinical study from June 2003 to August 2004 at the Otorhinolaryngology, and Head and Neck Surgical Wards at the highly specialized medical unit of "La Raza" General Hospital National Medical Cen ter in M...