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 diagnosis of Menière’s disease is based on clinical and audiometric criteria, which, although internationally acknowledged, are still subject to discussion. patient’s history complemented by functional investigations, while in recent years imaging endolymphatic hydrops has been accomplished means nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR).

This Standard specifies maximum permissible ambient noise levels (MPANLs) allowed in an audiometric test room that produce negligible masking ( 2 dB) of test signals presented at reference equivalent threshold levels specified in ANSI S3.6-1996 American National Standard Specification of Audiometers. The MPANLs are specified from 125 to 8000 Hz in octave and one-third octave band intervals for ...

The Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit (APHAB) is a self-report questionnaire that is used to quantify the impact of a hearing problem on an individual's daily life. In this investigation, the relationships were explored between typical clinical audiometric data and the four subscale scores of the APHAB administered in the unaided (without-amplification) condition. Sixty subjects provid...

This article describes a patient with documented sudden, severe, unilateral, sensorineural hearing loss occurring four days after audiometric evaluation for nonspecific complaints. He was hospitalized immediately; treatment included I.V. histamine and oral steroid therapy. He noted improvement within two days, and serial audiometry has documented recovery to the initial audiometric levels. We b...

Howell, R. W., and Hartley, B. P. R. (1972). Brit. J. industr. Med., 29,432435. Variability in audiometric recording. A study of initial and repeat audiograms by two operators on 143 young male new entrants to industry (free of previous occupational exposure) has shown that mean values (mean of both ears, readings at 3 and 4 kHz) differed significantly between operators, and that this differenc...