Introduction: Tinnitus is a common otologic symptom that can seriously affect a patient’s quality of life. The purpose of the present study was to translate and validate the Iowa Tinnitus Handicap Questionnaire (THQ) into the Persian language, and to make it applicable as a tool for determining the effects of tinnitus on a patient’s life.   Materials and Methods: The main version of the THQ was...

OBJECTIVE To describe the quantitative treatment outcomes of patients undergoing acoustic coordinated reset (CR) neuromodulation at a single independent audiology practice over a 22- to 26-week period as part of an open label, non-randomized, non-controlled observational study. METHODS Sixty-six patients with subjective tonal tinnitus were treated with acoustic CR neuromodulation with a retro...

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Purpose: The study aimed to evaluate the effect of thymoquinone on cardiac tissue in MTX-induced toxicity rats with various parameters.
 Materials and Methods: Group I (n:8) was administered intraperitoneal saline for 10 days. Intraperitoneal olive oil applied II III a single dose 20 mg/kg Methotrexate (MTX) (500 mg/20 ml) intraperitoneally 1st day experiment. Since liquid form, no solvent...

in the residential area of the north coast of the persian gulf, consumption of fish is a possible source of exposure to heavy metals and other pollutants, all of which may act as potential risk factors for serious syndromes and fatal diseases. health risks associated with pb, cd, and hg were assessed based on the target hazard quotients (thq), which can be derived from concentrations of heavy m...

The current study assessed the ecological–health risks of potentially toxic arsenic (As) and antimony (Sb) in vegetable Centella asiatica , topsoils, mangrove sediments sampled from Peninsular Malaysia. As concentrations ranged 0.21 to 4.33, 0.18 1.83, 1.32 20.8 mg/kg dry weight, for leaves, stems, roots vegetable, respectively. ranges Sb were 0.31–0.62, 0.12–0.35, 0.64–1.61 children’s target h...