OBJECTIVE To investigate risk factors for sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) in children after liver transplantation. DESIGN Retrospective medical record review. SETTING Pediatric tertiary care hospital. PATIENTS One hundred twenty-five consecutive children who received liver transplants between March 1, 1987, and June 30, 1996. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The presence of SNHL (bone conduction...

Sensorineural hearing loss is one of the most common neurosensory disorders in humans. The incidence of SNHL is estimated to be 1 in 500-1000 newborns. In more than half of these patients, the hearing loss is associated with genetic causes. In Japan, genetic testing for the patients with SNHL using the Invader assay to screen for 46 mutations in 13 deafness genes was approved by the Ministry of...

Objective: Aim of current study was to determine the causes hearing impairment among patients visited hospital. Study Design: Observational Place and Duration: Frontier medical college, Abbottabad, May, 2021 April, 2022. Methods: Total 122 both genders had complained were included. After obtaining informed written consent detailed demographics recorded. An extensive history, thorough E.N.T. exa...

IntroductIon The field of pediatric otolaryngology has undergone significant changes over the past two decades. These changes have resulted in new areas of investigations and challenges. This article will summarize some of the more recent advances and challenges facing this field. Specific focus of this grand challenge will include: (1) Role of biofilms in infectious diseases in otolaryngology,...

Background Hearing loss is the most common congenital disorder the incidence of which is further increased in the presence of risk factors for hearing loss among newborns admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The aim of this study was early diagnosis and intervention for hearing loss in newborns discharged from NICU. Materials and Methods This prospective cohort study was conduct...

background and aim: hearing loss is one of the most prevalent disabilities. children with severe-to-profound sensorineural hearing loss (snhl) normally experience numerous problems. however, the extents of educational and communicational problems are not usually diagnosed in these children. therefore, the aim of the current study was to compare children with hearing loss using hearing aids with...

The cause of unilateral sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) remains unclear in many clinical cases. Perilymphatic leakage through a fissula ante fenestram (FAF) fistula is one possible reason. We present four clinical cases with proven FAF fistula, discovered during surgical exploration. All patients experienced partial hearing recovery after surgical coverage of the fistula. We suggest FA...

Background. Congenital CMV (cCMV) is the leading non-genetic cause of sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) in the U.S. Approximately 40-60% of infants with symptomatic cCMV infection develop long term sequelae such as hearing loss. Currently, there are no identified predictors of hearing loss. The objectiveis to determine clinical predictors of SNHL in infants with symptomatic cCMV infection. Meth...

Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is a heterogeneous family of hearing disabilities with congenital (including genetic) as well as acquired etiology. Congenital SNHL of genetic etiology is further sub-divided into autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive and X-linked SNHL. More than 60 genes are involved in the etiology of autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing loss (ARNSHL) commonly manifest...

OBJECTIVE Approximately 8-10% of newborns with asymptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection develop sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). However, the relationship between CMV load, SNHL and central nervous system (CNS) damage in cCMV infection remains unclear. This study aimed to examine the relationship between urinary CMV load, SNHL and CNS damage in newborns with cCMV infection. ...