Introduction: Hyperbilirubinemia is a common neonatal problem with toxic effects on the nervous system that can cause hearing impairment. This study was conducted to assess the risk factors for sensorineural hearing loss and other coexisting problems in icteric infants.   Materials and Methods: In a case-control study, 200 term infants with bilirubin levels higher than 20 mg/dl admitted to the...

BACKGROUND To establish the prevalence of hearing deficit in children with Down syndrome (DS) in Hong Kong as measured by brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEP). The secondary objective is to examine the agreement between BAEP and clinical questioning in detecting hearing deficit in DS. METHODS Consecutive DS patients attending the Down's Clinic in a regional pediatric referral center we...

A representative sample of 6421 Saudi children were clinically examined and screened for hearing loss. Hearing impairment was detected in 494 children (7.7 per cent). In 326 of the children it was due to chronic secretory and suppurative otitis media (5.07 per cent) and in 168 of them sensorineural hearing loss (2.6 per cent). The study revealed that parental education, low income, and employme...

introduction: since middle ear surgery may lead to sensory neural hearing impairments, this study was carried out to evaluate the sensory neural hearing level after middle ear surgeries in kashani’s educational and therapeutic center, affiliated by isfahan university of medical sciences during 2002-4. materials and methods: this study was designed as a clinical trial. 90 cases with chronic otit...

BACKGROUND Children with bilateral permanent hearing impairment often have impaired language and speech abilities. However, the effects of universal newborn screening for permanent bilateral childhood hearing impairment and the effects of confirmation of hearing impairment by nine months of age on subsequent verbal abilities are uncertain. METHODS We studied 120 children with bilateral perman...

AIM The aim was to examine risk factors for hearing impairment among Hispanic/Latino adults with diabetes. METHODS Findings are based on 3384 participants aged 18-76 years with diagnosed or previously undetected diabetes who completed audiometric testing as part of the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. We defined hearing impairment as the pure-tone average (PTA) >25 decibels h...

The objectives of the present study were to study the (i) prevalence of hypertension and hearing impairment in iron and steel industry workers, (ii) association between hypertension and hearing impairment, (iii) association between hypertension and hearing impairment, with duration of exposure, and (iv) correlation between levels of sound and noise induced health problems viz. hypertension and ...

This study established the facilitators and barriers to career choices for persons with hearing impairment in selected workplaces higher institutions of learning Lusaka, Zambia. A qualitative approach a descriptive design were used study. In-depth interviews collect data from twenty (26) participants that included ten (10) students impairment, six (6) Lecturers individuals Hearing Impairment. T...

Many animals use sound to communicate with each other, and hearing is particularly important for survival and reproduction. In species that use sound as a primary means of communication, their hearing is typically most acute for the range of pitches produced in calls and speech. Human is one such species and Fig. 1 shows a human ear consisting of the outer, middle and inner ear. The eardrum of ...

We encountered 6 rare cases of acute-onset unilateral psychogenic hearing loss in adults. All were women in their 20s and 30s. Three cases had severe hearing impairment characterized by hearing loss at every frequency; 2 cases had profound hearing impairment, and 1 case had low-frequency hearing impairment. Of the 6 cases, 3 had a history of hearing loss, and 1 had a history of psychogenic visu...