Introduction: The hallmark of vitiligo is the disappearance of melanocytes from the skin due to an as yet unidentified mechanism. The presence of melanocytes in the auditory apparatus suggests that this system could possibly be affected by vitiligo, which targets the melanocytes of the whole body and not just the skin.The purpose of this study was to assess the incidence of auditory alteration...

Accepted: July 15, 2016 Study carried out at Multiprofessional Residency Program in Hearing Health, Audiological Research Center – ARC, Cochlear Implant Section, Hospital of Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies – HRAC, Universidade de São Paulo – USP Bauru (SP), Brazil. 1 Hospital of Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies – HRAC, Universidade de São Paulo – USP Bauru (SP), Brazil. 2 Cente...

fourteen patients with bilateral low frequency sensorineural hearing loss were found with disproportionate speech discrimination scores. these patients were submmitted to a comprehensive audiological, electrophysiological, neurological, and radiological battery of investigation. the results pointed to a lesion probably in the central auditory pathway.

OBJECTIVES Selecting patients with asymmetrical sensorineural hearing loss for further investigation continues to pose clinical and medicolegal challenges, given the disparity between the number of symptomatic patients, and the low incidence of vestibular schwannoma as the underlying cause. We developed and validated a diagnostic model using a generalisation of neural networks, for detecting ve...

Multiple private and public insurers compensate workers whose hearing loss can be directly attributed to excessive exposure noise in the workplace. The claim assessment process is typically lengthy requires significant effort from human adjudicators who must interpret hand-recorded audiograms, often sent via fax or equivalent. In this work, we present a solution developed partnership with Workp...