Introduction: Chronic otitis media (COM), a persistent and durable inflammation and infection of the middle ear, is a common disorder. Alterations in the contralateral ear in sufferers have been observed in recent years. Because only a few studies have been reported in this area, we performed this study in order to assess alterations in the contralateral ear of patients with COM.   Materials an...

Neurology treats brain and spinal cord problems. Neurological devices that improve hearing vision can diagnose, prevent, treat many neurological disorders conditions, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, major depression, epilepsy, injury, damage. Neurovascular stents for aneurysms are a promising new treatment. This article discusses the latest US device regulatory framework marketing approval ...

introduction: in recent years, music has been employed in many intervention and rehabilitation program to enhance cognitive abilities in patients. numerous researches show that music therapy can help improving language skills in patients including hearing impaired. in this study, a new method of music training is introduced based on principles of neuroscience and capabilities of persian languag...

BACKGROUND Hearing disorders have been associated with occupational exposure to music. Musicians may benefit from non-amplified and low-intensity music, but may also have high risks of music-induced hearing loss. AIMS To compare the incidence of hearing loss (HL) and its subentities in professional musicians with that in the general population. METHODS We performed a historical cohort study...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this case report was to investigate the relationship between sleep disorders and audio vestibular symptoms. CASE REPORT A case of undiagnosed sleep disorder, presenting as a temporary auditory processing difficulty, is presented. The disorder was initially treated as sudden deafness with dizziness. A 23-year-old male patient complained of acute hearing disturbance desp...

Auditory processing disorders (APD) are defined as difficulties in hearing and understanding speech in the presence of normal peripheral hearing. Children with APD appear to be uncertain about what they hear, and have difficulties listening in background noise, following oral instructions, and understanding rapid or degraded speech. Suspicious behaviors include: "not listening", "unable to foll...

Abstract This study aims to use data from 57 patients at Rantauprapat Hospital train a Neural Network using quantization learning vector method for the categorization of ear, nose, and throat disorders. The input factors were fever, tiredness, nausea, breathing pain, sore throat, hearing loss, allergies, chills sweating, thick transparent mucus. studied ear canal infections, pharyngitis neck, s...

Background: Ototoxic chemicals can impair the sense of hearing and balance. In the past decades, the ototoxicity of solvents and their interaction with noise have become evident. This study has been carried out in the shoe manufacturing factory in Tehran (Iran) with the aim of evaluating the combined effects of noise and toluene on the workers' hearing. Materials and Methods: This cross-sect...

As infants are being identified earlier and earlier by universal newborn hearing screening programs, there is a need to establish principles for professionals involved in habilitative processes. Recently, a panel of experts was convened for a 2-day conference entitled "Habilitative Issues for Infants with Hearing Loss," the Bruton Conference on Audiology/Communication Sciences, UTD/Callier Cent...

Inherited hearing impairment is a highly heterogeneous group of disorders with an overall incidence of about 1 in 2000 newborns. Among them, prelingual, severe hearing loss with no other associated clinical feature (non-syndromic) is by far the most frequent. It represents a serious handicap for speech acquisition, and therefore early detection is essential for the application of palliative tre...