This study examined demographic and clinical data from a specialty deaf inpatient unit so as to better understand characteristics of severely and chronically mentally ill deaf people. The study compares deaf and hearing psychiatric inpatients on demographic variables, psychiatric discharge diagnoses, a language assessment measure, a cognitive ability measure, and a measure of psychosocial funct...

RATIONALE Alström syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by hearing loss, blindness, obesity, non-insulin dependent diabetes, and others. PATIENT CONCERN A 10 years old Saudi girl, who presented with diabetic ketoacidosis and found to have hearing loss and blindness. DIAGNOSIS Alström syndrome. INTERVENTIONS Multidisciplinary team approach, with echocardiography, hearin...

Objectives: Hearing impairment in children is considered as an important public health problem. Auditory function in these children is poor and depends on their hearing aids efficacy and also their ears’ status. Hearing aids are very expensive and ear disease deteriorates its performance. Therefore detecting the ear disease and offering proper treatment is necessary. The aim of this study is to...

INTRODUCTION Fabry disease is an X-linked lysosomal storage disorder resulting in a multiple-system disorder with a wide spectrum of physical signs and symptoms, predominantly affecting the central and peripheral nervous systems, skin, heart, kidneys, and eyes. CASE PRESENTATION We describe the case of a 26-year-old European Caucasian man who had Fabry disease and who presented with episodic ...

1 Speech and hearing therapist (MS student in Human Communication Disorder Federal University of Santa Maria) 2 Speech and Hearing Therapist; PhD in Human Communication Disorders Federal University of São Paulo Paulista School of Medicine (Associate Professor Department of Otorhinolaryngology/Speech and Hearing Therapy Federal University of Santa Maria) 3 MD; PhD in Human Communication Disorder...