evaluation of communication abilities in the elderly is crucial for activities which will be performed to improve their quality of life. a valid and reliable questionnaire is needed for assessing communication abilities. we aimed to translate and validate the speech, spatial, and qualities of hearing scale (ssq) in iran. the forward-backward procedure was applied to translate the questionnaire ...

background: kallmann syndrome (kal s) is an isolated form of hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism in combination with a defect in smell sensation. depending on the genetic form of the disease, a number of non-reproductive, non-olfactory abnormalities may also be existent. in the present report, we describe a male with kal s associated with hearing loss, and the successful treatment of his sexual and ...

16 Insects display signs of aging, despite their short lifespan. We focus on the aging of adult locusts and 17 their subsequent hearing ability. Our results indicate that younger adults (two weeks after maturity) 18 have a greater neurophysiological response to sound, especially for low frequencies (<10kHz), as well as 19 shorter latency to this neural response. Interestingly, when measuring di...

In the course of comparative studies of Testing mammalian hearing, we have recently begun to examine the hearing abilities of horses.' There are several standard behavioral proOur choice of horses as subjects for auditory cedures currently used to determine the research was based on theoretical considerhearing abilities of mammals.' The proceations related to their size as well as to the dure w...

background: reading is known as one of the most important learning tools. research results consistently have shown that even a mild hearing impairment could affect the reading skills. due to the reported differences in reading comprehension skills between hearing impaired students and their normal hearing peers, this research was conducted to compare the differences between the two groups. the ...