Objective To assess long-term hearing outcomes in patients treated with third-generation bisphosphonates for otosclerosis-related progressive sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). Study Design Retrospective case series review. Methods We performed a retrospective case series review of patients with otosclerosis and progressive SNHL. Patients were treated with either risedronate or zoledronate ...

INTRODUCTION Cardiomyopathy may cause disruptions in the micro-vascular system of the stria vascularis in the cochlea, and, subsequently, may result in cochlear degeneration. Degeneration in the stria vascularis affects the physical and chemical processes in the organ of Corti, thereby causing a possible hearing impairment. The objective of this study was to assess the hearing profiles of patie...

INTRODUCTION Hearing impairment is the most frequent sensorial congenital defect in newborns and has increased to 2-4 cases per 1,000 live births. Sensory-neural hearing loss (SNHL) accounts for more than 90% of all hearing loss. This disorder is associated with other congenital disorders such as renal, skeletal, ocular, and cardiac disorders. Given that congenital heart diseases are life-threa...

While there have been remarkable advances in hearing research over the past few decades, there is still no cure for Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SNHL), a condition that typically involves damage to or loss of the delicate mechanosensory structures of the inner ear. Sophisticated in vitro and ex vivo assays have emerged in recent years, enabling the screening of an increasing number of potentiall...

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...

Dire consequences can occur after any medical or surgical procedure. Certain procedures may even cause sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). Previous studies have demonstrated that certain surgical and medical procedures may result in hearing losses of varying degrees. Although hearing loss is a well-known phenomenon, little consistent information exists about hearing loss after medical or surgica...

OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of refractive and nonrefractive ophthalmologic abnormalities in children with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) and to evaluate the overall utility of routine ophthalmological examination in children with SNHL. DESIGN An institutional review board-approved retrospective analysis of ophthalmologic findings in children (18 years and younger) with SNHL seen...

patients and methods in this cross-sectional study, 791 infants were recruited via non-random sampling. demographic and clinical characteristics of the subjects were gathered, and the automated auditory brainstem response (aabr) test was performed upon admission. afterwards, the subjects were followed-up and re-assessed, using the aabr test. for infants with abnormal aabr results, the auditory ...

As a group, adults with bilateral symmetric sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) who receive a monaural hearing aid fitting experience a progressive decline in their word recognition score (WRS) for monosyllabic word materials in the unaided ear but not in the aided ear. However, adults with binaural fittings do not demonstrate a similar deterioration in their WRS. In an effort to determine the ro...