BACKGROUND Hearing loss is a common and considerable disability that harms educational performance of school children in developing countries like Iran. Lack of a simple and practical screening protocol often deters routine and systematic hearing screening at school entry. METHODS This study was to establish a practical screening model for hearing loss in school-aged children based on a commu...

OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to evaluate the effects of perforation edge approximation and direct application of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) each alone on the healing of large traumatic tympanic membrane perforations with inverted edges in humans. STUDY DESIGN Prospective, sequential allocation, three-armed, controlled clinical study. SETTING University-affiliated teaching...

Introduction. Chondroid syrinoma of the external auditory canal is an extremely rare benign neoplasm representing the cutaneous counterpart of pleomorphic adenoma of salivary glands. Less than 35 cases have been reported in the international literature. Case Presentation. We report a case of a 34-year-old male in whom a rapidly growing, well-circumscribed tumor arising from the external auditor...

We present the case of a 38-year-old male in treatment for morbid obesity for 6 years, who had lost 20 kg of weight in the previous 12 months and who attended consultation after being assessed by 3 other professionals. The patient had also undergone placement of a ventilation tube in the left ear due to a sensation described as auditory ‘‘vibration’’ and autophony in the left ear, with 1.5 year...

PURPOSE International Healthy Hearing Program developed by International Special Olympics in Washington DC performs hearing screening during athletics competitions of athletes with mental retardation. The aim of this study was to introduce hearing screening performed according to Special Olympics Incorporated (SOI) Healthy Athletes Program. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study was performed in Poli...

Eustachian tube dysfunction can cause fluid to collect within the middle ear cavity and form a middle ear effusion (MEE). MEEs can persist for weeks or months and cause hearing loss as well as speech and learning delays in young children. The ability of a physician to accurately identify and characterize the middle ear for signs of fluid and/or infection is crucial to provide the most appropria...

Hearing impairment substantially affects child's ability to normally acquire the spoken language. Such negative effects create problems for the child not only in terms of communication but also in terms of achievement in school as well as social and emotional growth. The aim of this research is to study the prevalence of hearing disorders and its relationship to age and gender among primary sch...

OBJECTIVES To compare oral health and hearing outcomes from the Clinical Standards Advisory Group (CSAG, 1998) and the Cleft Care UK (CCUK, 2013) studies. SETTING AND SAMPLE POPULATION Two UK-based cross-sectional studies of 5-year-olds born with non-syndromic unilateral cleft lip and palate undertaken 15 years apart. CSAG children were treated in a dispersed model of care with low-volume ope...

The causes, and characteristics of hearing-impairment were determined prospectively among six thousand, four hundred and twenty-eight (6,428) patients who reported at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) with hearing problems. The purpose of the study was to determine the characteristics and some causes of hearing loss of patients who report for management at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Despite the advancement of concurrent chemoradiotherapy, inner ear symptoms such as hearing loss, tinnitus, or vertigo/dizziness are still experienced in irradiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) survivors. This study utilized an inner ear test battery to assess the causes and sequence of inner ear deficits in irradiated NPC survivors with a mean interval of 10 years after...