conclusions according to the results, hearing impairment in high frequency sounds was more common in the diabetics than the healthy individuals. also, the severity of hearing loss in patients with diabetes was associated with the levels of creatinine (diabetic nephropathy). the hypothesis of the relationship between diabetes and hearing loss through nephropathy should be more examined in future...

objectives: in september 2002 university of social welfare & rehabilitation sciences established a pilot universal newborn hearing screening program in two crowded maternity hospital in tehran. our objective was to assess the feasibility of implementing universal newborn hearing screening in iran. methods: between september 2002 and march 2004 a total of 7718 newborns were screened for hearing ...

Background: Taxi drivers have the most important role in the public transport services. They are exposed to various harmful agents and occupational hazards. Noise is a harmful occupational factors and hearing loss is its most important effect. Protection of drivers against hearing loss is essential. This study was performed to determine the prevalence of hearing loss among taxi and agency drive...

introduction: neonatal hypernatremia dehydration (nhd) is a dangerous condition in neonates, which is accompanied by acute complications (renal failure, cerebral edema, and cerebral hemorrhage) and chronic complications (developmental delay). children begin learning language from birth, and hearing impairment interferes with this process. we assessed the hearing status of infants with hypernatr...

Introduction:Noise in dental offices is one of the risk factors in the workplace. One of the major effects of noise is hearing loss. This study aimed to determine the effects of noise on hearing thresholds of dentists of Babol city. Methods:This descriptive analytical cross-sectional study was performed on 40 dentists in Babol City (as case group) and 40 office workers (as control group). He...

hearing loss can affect physical, mental and social health of deaf adults and lead cause depression, anxiety, isolation, suspicion and stress. this study was aimed to compare mental health in the hearing-impaired elderly with hearing aid and hearing-impaired elderly without hearing aids referring to ahvaz imam khomeini hospital. in this cross- sectional study, the participants included 72 heari...

ra (rheumatoid arthritis) is a chronic multisystem disease with a variety of systemic manifestations. one of these manifestations, is hearing disorder, so study of the relation between ra and hearing disorders is seem important. this was a case-control study which has done from december 2004 to august 2006. this study compared 50 patients with ra, with age, sex and job-matched as control. audio...

introduction: hearing loss is one of the most common problems in elderly people. functional side effects of hearing loss are various. due to the fact that hearing loss is the common impairment in elderly people; the importance of its possible effects on auditory memory is undeniable. this study aims to focus on the hearing loss effects on auditory memory.   materials and methods: dichotic audit...

introduction: hearing loss after surgery is reported rarely. its prevalence rate is different and reported to be between 3-92%. hearing loss is often subclinical and not diagnosed without audiometry. the aim of this study was to determine rate of hearing changes after spinal anesthesia in patients undergoing surgery with spinal anesthesia. methods: in this descriptive study, forty male patients...