UNLABELLED Hearing loss and tinnitus impact the lives of workers in every instance of their lives. AIM This paper aims to investigate the existence of a dose-response relationship between hearing loss and tinnitus by determining whether higher levels of hearing loss can be associated with increased tinnitus-related discomfort. MATERIALS AND METHOD This cross-sectional case study assessed 28...

PURPOSE The possible relationship between audiometric hearing thresholds and cognitive performance on language tests was analyzed in a cross-sectional cohort of older adults aged ≥65 years (N=98) with different degrees of cognitive impairment. MATERIALS AND METHODS Participants were distributed into two groups according to Reisberg's Global Deterioration Scale (GDS): a normal/predementia grou...

INTRODUCTION Auditory steady-state responses (ASSR) are an important tool to detect objectively frequency-specific hearing thresholds. Pure-tone audiometry is the gold-standard for hearing evaluation, although sometimes it may be inconclusive, especially in children and uncooperative adults. AIM Compare pure tone thresholds (PT) with ASSR thresholds in normal hearing subjects. MATERIALS AND...

BACKGROUND The objective of the study was the evaluation and comparison of hearing threshold values extrapolated from Auditory Steady State Responses, using 2 commercial systems and the estimation of correction factors applicable to the ASSR data. MATERIAL/METHODS One hundred ten subjects participated to the study. All subjects were initially examined with otoscopy, pure-tone audiometry and a...

Purpose: To establish the audiological profile of agricultural drivers simultaneously exposed to noise and hydrocarbons. Methods: The study comprised analysis of the medical records of agricultural drivers with hearing complaints, from an agricultural company of Lençóis Paulista (SP), Brazil, within the Environmental Risk Prevention Program. The information analyzed included age, period of simu...

BACKGROUND This study examined hearing loss prevalence and hearing aid usage rates among Korean elders by comparing the differences between those with and without hearing loss, and between those who used and did not use hearing aids. METHODS This study was based on data collected during the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey V (2010-2012). The study sample consisted of 5,...

OBJECTIVE To determine the hearing levels of participants of a randomized group using a smartphone hearing application and to compare these results with the results from a pure-tone audiogram. MATERIALS AND METHODS A heterogenous group consisting of both normal-hearing and hearing-impaired participants were included in this study. Pure-tone audiogram thresholds were measured from 250 Hz to 80...

UNLABELLED Pop-rock musicians are at risk of developing hearing loss and other symptoms related to amplified music. AIM The aim of the present study was to assess the satisfaction provided by the use of hearing protection in pop-rock musicians. STUDY DESIGN Contemporary cohort study. MATERIALS AND METHODS A study of 23 male pop-rock musicians, aged between 25 to 45 years. After audiologic...

Surgical treatment of otosclerosis with stapedotomy leads to the improvement of subjective and objective problems in patients with otosclerosis. A prospective study included patients who had been treated surgically at the Department for Ear, Nose and Throat in Novi Sad in the period from September 2006 to September 2007. On the basis of the appropriate diagnostic procedures, 33 patients were di...

Pure tone audiometry was obtained for both ears of 32 children by a general practitioner using a simple audiometer in his surgery, and by audiometricians in a hospital department on the same day. Comparing the worst hearing threshold at any of the three tested frequencies, the general practitioner did not find any ears to hear more than 10 dB better than the hospital (no false negatives). Howev...