The aetiology of hearing loss in humans is multifactorial. Besides genetic, environmental and infectious causes, several endocrine and metabolic abnormalities are associated with varying degrees of hearing impairment. The pattern of hearing loss may be conductive, sensori-neural or mixed. The neurophysiology of hearing as well as the anatomical structure of the auditory system may be influenced...

97 Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome is generally a rare multisystemic autoimmune disorder involving with pigmented structures, such as the eye, meninges, inner ear and skin. The syndrome typically presents as an episode of bilateral panuveitis after prodromal symptoms similar to aseptic meningitis. Auditory disturbances include tinnitus, hearing loss and vertigo. We report the case of a 74-year-ol...

Oto-spondylo-megaepiphyseal dysplasia (OSMED) is considered to be an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by sensorineural hearing loss, short extremities in spite of normal body length, and abnormally thick joints. We present audiologic results and follow-up of two siblings (normal mother, affected father, 3 of 4 affected children). Given the severity of the hearing loss and, in some cas...

Background: Hearing impairment is one of the leading health concerns in world and various problems are often found associated such children. This study was planned to find nutritional status, disabilities children.Methods: A total 234 children age group 5–18 years with hearing loss, from an educational institution catering Central Kerala, were studied. Data analysis done using statistical packa...

objective(s): non-syndromic sensorineural hearing loss (nshl) is a common disorder affecting approximately 1 in 500 newborns. this type of hearing loss is extremely heterogeneous and includes over 100 loci. mutations in the gjb2 gene have been implicated in about half of autosomal recessive nshl (arnshl) cases, making this the most common cause of arnshl. for the latter form of deafness, most f...

Here we describe a patient with epilepsy (secondary to left parieto-temporal brain damage) suffering from the paroxysmal unilateral experience of hearing a person in her near extrapersonal space. The paroxysmal auditory experience was associated with a deficit in spatial auditory perception and other paroxysmal disorders of somatognosia. Based on these findings, it is suggested that the paroxys...

All of 1,420 children seen for clarification of a hearing disorder or to follow up for known difficulty in hearing were questioned as to whether they experienced tinnitus. The interview was carried out after a hearing test was conducted, which was based on play audiometry or normal pure-tone threshold audiometry, depending on the age of the child. When being interviewed, 102 children reported t...

OBJECTIVES To determine if patients on Anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) develop hearing impairment. DESIGN The comprehensive care clinic (CCC), Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), Nairobi. SETTING Case controlled study. SUBJECTS Two hundred and seventy one human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive patients on ARVs were matched for age and sex with 273 HIV positive patients who were not on ARV...

INTRODUCTION Hyperbilirubinemia is a common health problem in newborns. Its effects can be different according to the level and duration of the hyperbilirubinemia. The toxic effect of bilirubin on the auditory system can be seen as a sensory neural hearing loss or auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD). OBJECTIVE The purpose of our study was to determine the effects of toxic bilirubin l...