It is well established that the thyroid status of neonates and children has a significant long-term impact on their behaviour, locomotor ability, speech, hearing and cognition (Legrand 1986). Delay in restoring normal thyroid status in the neonate can lead to irreversible damage. Prompt thyroid supplementation following the diagnosis of neonatal hypothyroidism can restore neurodevelopment to wi...

Interstitial deletions of chromosome 6q are very rare. Since the first case was reported in 1975, just over 65 cases have been reported in the literature [1,2]. Patients with 6q25 deletions present with variable characteristics depending on the location, size and break points of the deletion. Published cases of this deletion report a wide array of dysfunctions [1-6]. Intellectual disabilities, ...

Eskander and Papsin1 may be somewhat disingenuous in their plea for neonatal screening for deafness. Underlying this notion is the unspoken concept that, having detected a hearing impairment in an infant, it is required that we treat him or her with a cochlear implant. Although early placement of cochlear implants may well foster acquisition of the spoken language of the larger community, as im...

The relationship between poor health and cognitive impairment is not fully understood yet. People with Down syndrome are prone to a number of health problems, including congenital heart defect, visual impairment, hearing loss, autoimmune diseases, epilepsy, early-onset Alzheimer's disease and intellectual disability. Our aim was to assess the impact of impaired health on cognitive performance i...

Objective. Bilateral congenital cholesteatoma is a very rare condition. We describe the first case of an adult patient presenting with bilateral congenital cholesteatoma with labyrinthine fistula. Case report. We present a 34-year-old woman of bilateral congenital cholesteatoma with labyrinthine fistula, inducing leftsided mixed conductive-sensorineural hearing loss and vertigo, subsequently ac...

Hearing tests: quantify the hearing abilities of people with both normal hearing and hearing impairments Speech reception threshold (SRT): SNR level at which the speech recognition rate of a person is 50% – Evaluating a listener’s hearing capabilities and diagnosing hearing loss – Adjusting the CI parameters and analyze the impact of new developments in CI devices – Provides useful data for psy...

The aim of the present study was to compare emotional and behavioral problems in children adolescents with without hearing impairments Peshawar. It hypothesized that i) having impairment would show high behavior than normal hearing; ii) be comparatively more hyperactive iii) Children score on peer problem hearing. sample consisted 150 students age’s 4-16 years were recruited from special school...

The study of the structure hearing pathology in schoolchildren Eastern Siiri was carried out with help RegionLor information system. regional features among were revealed, correlating results studies we conducted earlier.
 Purpose. To increase effectiveness specialized personalized medical care for children impairments Siberia based on analysis otopathology using system.
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Perinatal HIV infection and congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection may increase the risk for hearing loss. We examined 1,435 infants enrolled in the Surveillance Monitoring of ART Toxicities (SMARTT) study of the Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study (PHACS) network, a prospective study of the safety of in utero antiretroviral (ARV) exposures. We determined the proportion of perinatally HIV-expos...