BACKGROUND Auditory evoked potentials in children with phonological disorder. AIM To characterize the long latency auditory evoked potentials (LLAEP) results N1, P2, N2 and P300 of children with phonological disorder and to verify the improvement of such potentials with speech therapy. METHOD 25 children without phonological disorder (control group) and 41 with phonological disorder (study ...

AUDIOLOGICAL medicine is a relatively new specialty in the British Isles and the editor of this two volume work is one of the outstanding British specialists in this field. He has gathered together most of the leading audiological physicians in this country and quite a few of distinction from overseas. In the preface he states that his plan is to cover all clinical aspects of this specialty, wi...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Hearing impairment is one of the associated problems seen particularly in children with cleft palate rather than cleft lip alone. This has received very little attention in the area of cleft care although research shows that hearing impairment affects language development The present study was carried not to find out the type and pattern of audiogram in cases attending a ...

Tests of speech intelligibility play an essential role in many audiological procedures, including diagnostic assessment, verification of hearing aid and cochlear implant fittings, outcome assessment following intervention, and screening of applicants for hearing-critical jobs. The Hearing In Noise Test (HINT) [1] is a speech intelligibility test commonly used for these purposes. A limitation of...

INTRODUCTION We assessed clinical and etiological association between vestibular pathology and idiopathic scoliosis concerning seven members of three families with idiopathic scoliosis. CASE PRESENTATION The families were referred to neurotology center for evaluation of balance problems. Patients were evaluated thorough anamnesis to relevant vestibular and audiological studies in addition to ...

Klippel-Feil syndrome (KFS) is defined as a short neck with decreased movement and low posterior hairline. Radiologically, there is a failure of cervical segmentation. Deafness is a well known associated feature and may be of sensorineural, conductive, or mixed type. The audiological assessment of 44 patients with KFS is reported. Thirty five were found to have abnormalities on audiological tes...