BACKGROUND We aimed to investigate predictors of change in pure-tone hearing thresholds in older adults. METHODS Data were drawn from a pooled sample from the Dynamic Analyses to Optimise Ageing (DYNOPTA) project (N = 4,221, mean age = 73.6, range: 50-103 years). Pure-tone hearing thresholds were tested for frequencies between 0.5 and 8 kHz, on up to four occasions over a period of 11 years. ...

BACKGROUND Childhood hearing impairment is a significant cause of disability in developing countries. Otitis media and meningitis are leading infectious causes of preventable hearing loss in children. It is estimated that the Pacific Islands have among the greatest global burden of childhood hearing impairment due to infectious causes, and yet there is currently very little in the research lite...

We, as normal people, have access to a potent communication tool, which is sound. Although we can continuously gather, analyse, and interpret sounds thanks our sense of hearing, it be challenging for people with hearing impairment perceive their surroundings through Also known PWHI (People Hearing Impairment). Auditory/phonic one the most prevailing sensory deficits in humans at present. Fortun...

BACKGROUND audiological function is impaired in people with dementia and poor hearing is known to exaggerate the effects of cognitive deficits. OBJECTIVE the objective of this study was to assess the effects of increasing auditory acuity by providing hearing aids to subjects with dementia who have mild hearing loss. METHOD subjects were screened for hearing impairment and fitted with a hear...

Postmeningitic hearing impairment is an important public health problem with implications for both paediatric and audiology services. A recent population study has shown that, by the age of 3 years, the proportion of children with a known bilateral profound hearing impairment who have an acquired impairment is approximately 20%. Of these acquired impairments, 90% are probably due to bacterial m...

CONTEXT Although the pupil light reflex has been widely used as a clinical diagnostic tool for autonomic nervous system dysfunction, there is no systematic review available to summarize the evidence that the pupil light reflex is a sensitive method to detect parasympathetic dysfunction. Meanwhile, the relationship between parasympathetic functioning and hearing impairment is relatively unknown....

introduction: some of the studies have shown that ra (rheumatoid arthritis) may cause hearing disorders. these disorders can result in problems later in life, so survey of correlation between rheumatoid arthritis and hearing disorders is important . methods: this was a case-control study which has done from december 2004 to august 2006 at shaheed sadoughi hospital in yazd. in this study, 50 rhe...

The goals of this study were to find out how the identifiability of Cantonese tones was affected by the degree of hearing impairment and for two stimulus conditions. Twenty-two subjects were assigned to three subject groups: normal hearing (n = 8), moderate-to-severe hearing loss (n = 6), and profound hearing loss (n = 8)A tonal identification task of the segmental unit /fu/ and the So & Varley...

The Saami are the only indigenous population in Europe and their traditional living area is northern Scandinavia. Hearing impairment (HI) among Saami has not been studied before. The objective was to investigate the presence and type of HI among Saami adults, aged 49-77 years (median age 61 years), living in northern Finland. In addition, the presence of self-reported hearing difficulties, diff...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: The aim of oral health education is to prevent oral diseases. Literature review indicates that oral hygiene is poor in children with hearing impairment. Different methods have been used to teach oral health to children with hearing impairment. This systematic review was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of different methods of oral health ...