INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Assess the improvement of quality of life in osseointegrated implanted patients, taking into account the indication as well as the use of the implant, and the presence of pre- and postoperative tinnitus. METHODS Sixty-nine patients implanted between June 2004 and November 2010 were included. The average age of the patients was 40 years. The instruments used to quan...

OBJECTIVE To study the long-term results (use, care, satisfaction, ear infections, and audiometry) of the application of a bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA) to patients with conventional indications who had previously used air-conduction hearing aids. DESIGN Follow-up study (mean duration, 9 years). SETTING Tertiary referral center. PATIENTS The study population comprised 27 patients with ...

Ants of the genus Solenopsis Westwood in the Arabian Peninsula are revised. Six species are treated: Solenopsis elhawagryi Sharaf & Aldawood sp. n., S. geminata (Fabricius, 1804), S. omana Collingwood & Agosti, 1996, S. saudiensis Sharaf & Aldawood, 2011, S. sumara Collingwood & Agosti, 1996, and S. zingibara Collingwood & Agosti, 1996. Solenopsis elhawagryi is described from Beljorashi Governo...

Tapinoma wilsonisp. n. is described and illustrated from Saudi Arabia based on the worker caste collected from Al Baha, Saudi Arabia. It closely resembles Tapinoma lugubre Santschi 1917, from Zimbabwe in body measurements but can be distinguished from the latter species by the yellowish brown color; the yellowish pubescence, the two pairs of hairs present on the anterior part of the head; and t...

An osseointegrated implant (e.g. bone-anchored hearing aid, BAHA) is a surgically implantable device for unilateral sensorineural and unilateral or bilateral conductive hearing loss in patients who otherwise cannot use or do not prefer a conventional air conduction hearing aid (ACHA). The specific indications for an osseointegrated implant are evolving and dependent upon the country or regulato...

-Iron deficiency (ID) is the leading single nutrient deficiency in the world. Maternal IDA has been linked to higher risk of low birth weight, preterm delivery and infant IDA, which in turn can permanently impair intelligence, motor and behavioral development, and increase risk of future IDA in the offspring. During pregnancy, the maternal body requirement for iron increases to approximately 10...

Burn injuries, a unique form of trauma which is sometimes avoidable,1 are categorized among the most severe injuries an individual can experience. 2,3 Burns represent a major health problem worldwide, with high mortality and morbidity,4-7 and economic loss, even with small burns.1,8 Causes, types and incidence of burns vary from one community to another and are influenced by age, sex, economic ...

OBJECTIVE Up to now, treatment modalities of unilateral deafness consist of no treatment, conventional contralateral routing of signal (CROS), or Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid (BAHA) hearing aid. Cochlear implantation makes a new treatment modality available for patients with single-sided deafness. The aim of this study is to evaluate the use of unilateral electrical stimulation with normal hearing...