BACKGROUND Collapsed ear canals typically occur when an outside force, such as a headset for audiometric testing, is present. However, when a collapsed ear canal occurs without external pressure, this creates a challenge not only for performing audiometric testing but also for coupling a hearing aid to the ear canal. PURPOSE This case report highlights the challenges associated with fitting a...

INTRODUCTION Deafness is a major problem in developing countries. Rural communities tend to be affected more than urban ones, and chronic otitis media is common. The World Health Organization has proposed primary ear care as a method of providing otological services in developing countries. This study aimed to assess the diagnostic otoscopy skills of community ear assistants in rural Western Ne...

seven maize inbred lines were crossed in a complete diallel cross design at the seed and plant improvement institute, karaj, iran, during the 2006 growing season. the parents and 42 f1 hybrids were grown in the research field of islamic azad university of firoozabad, firoozabad, iran, using a randomized complete block design (rcbd) with three replications, during the 2007 growing season. the ha...

performing cochlear implantation in patients with inner ear malformation has always been a matter of dispute. this study was designed to analyze the operative findings,complications, and postoperative performance of patients with inner ear anomalies who underwent cochlear implantation. six patients with inner ear malformations underwent implantation in our academic tertiary referral center from...

a field study was conducted to determine the effects of planting method, density and nicosulforon on corn (ksc704) and weeds grown in corn at agricultural and natural resources research center of khorasan-razavi province, iran in 2009-2010 growing season. the treatments were: three planting methods (one row, two row and in-row), two planting density (75000 and 90000 plants/ha) and three doses o...

We report the case of a 51-year-old woman with multiple otologic and vestibular symptoms. She presented two different types tinnitus in her right ear, vertigo, fluctuating aural symptoms left ear. also complained disequilibrium; chronic headache; hyperhidrosis; amenorrhea; insomnia; broadened hands feet; widened, thickened, stubby fingers. The patient underwent careful collection medical histor...

Hearing aid is an electronic device fitted to the ear and designed amplify deliver sound ear. Upon fitting a hearing aid, patients are required make earmold impression material for fixation based on patient's personal preference, shape texture of

— In this paper multiple geometrical feature extraction (such as shape, Euclidian distances of side of a triangle and angles of a triangle as a feature vector) of ear based method to identify a person using ear biometrics has been proposed. The human ear is a perfect source of data for passive person identification in many applications. In a growing need for security in various public places, e...

An ear recognition system represents a powerful tool in forensic applications. Even in case the facial characteristic of a suspect is partly or fully covered an image of the outer ear may suffice to reveal a subject’s identity. In forensic scenarios imagery may stem from surveillance cameras of environments where image compression is common practice to overcome limitations of storage or transmi...