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Comprehensive Audiometric Analysis of Hearing Impairment and Tinnitus After Cisplatin-Based Chemotherapy in Survivors of Adult-Onset Cancer Open
Purpose Cisplatin is widely used but highly ototoxic. Effects of cumulative cisplatin dose on hearing loss have not been comprehensively evaluated in survivors of adult-onset cancer. Patients and Methods Comprehensive audiological measures…
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Effects of Recreational Noise on Threshold and Suprathreshold Measures of Auditory Function Open
Noise exposure that causes a temporary threshold shift but no permanent threshold shift can cause degeneration of synaptic ribbons and afferent nerve fibers, with a corresponding reduction in wave I amplitude of the auditory brainstem resp…
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Hearing Impairment Is Associated with Smaller Brain Volume in Aging Open
Although recent studies show that age-related hearing impairment is associated with cerebral changes, data from a population perspective are still lacking. Therefore, we studied the relation between hearing impairment and brain volume in a…
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Severe hearing impairment and risk of depression: A national cohort study Open
Severe hearing impairment increased the risk of depression independently of age, sex, region, past medical histories, and income (in low and high income persons but not in middle income persons).
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Hidden hearing loss selectively impairs neural adaptation to loud sound environments Open
Exposure to even a single episode of loud noise can damage synapses between cochlear hair cells and auditory nerve fibres, causing hidden hearing loss (HHL) that is not detected by audiometry. Here we investigate the effects of noise-induc…
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Hearing Tests Based on Biologically Calibrated Mobile Devices: Comparison With Pure-Tone Audiometry Open
The method of hearing self-test carried out on mobile devices with bundled headphones demonstrates high compatibility with pure-tone audiometry, which confirms its potential application in hearing monitoring, screening tests, or epidemiolo…
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Acoustic Trauma Modulates Cochlear Blood Flow and Vasoactive Factors in a Rodent Model of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Open
Noise exposure affects the organ of Corti and the lateral wall of the cochlea, including the stria vascularis and spiral ligament. Although the inner ear vasculature and spiral ligament fibrocytes in the lateral wall consist of a significa…
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Discrepancy between self-assessed hearing status and measured audiometric evaluation Open
Older age, lower education level, occupation, abnormal TM, non-hearing aid use, and tinnitus were related to both overestimation and underestimation groups. Male gender was related to underestimation, and stress and anxiety/depression were…
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Effect of Cigarette Smoking and Passive Smoking on Hearing Impairment: Data from a Population–Based Study Open
Current smoking was associated with hearing impairment in both speech-relevant frequency and high frequency across all ages. However, except in the ages of 40s, passive smoking was not related to hearing impairment in either speech-relevan…
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Work-Related Noise Exposure in a Cohort of Patients with Chronic Tinnitus: Analysis of Demographic and Audiological Characteristics Open
Work-related noise exposure is one of the major factors contributing to the development of adult-onset hearing loss and tinnitus. The aim of this study was to analyze, in patients with chronic tinnitus and long-term occupational noise expo…
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Prognostic Factors for Recovery from Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Retrospective Study Open
Age, severity of initial pure tone threshold, duration from onset to treatment, initial speech discrimination, and initial pure tone threshold are statistically significant prognostic factors related to hearing improvement in ISSNHL. IT st…
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Going wireless and booth-less for hearing testing in industry Open
Comparable performance may be obtained with the WAHTS in occupational audiometry and valid thresholds may be obtained in diverse test locations without the use of sound-attenuating enclosures.
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A review of the perceptual effects of hearing loss for frequencies above 3 kHz Open
BACKGROUND: Hearing loss caused by exposure to intense sounds usually has its greatest effects on audiometric thresholds at 4 and 6 kHz. However, in several countries compensation for occupational noise-induced hearing loss is calculated u…
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Prevalence of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Among Tanzanian Iron and Steel Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study Open
Iron and steel factory workers in Tanzania are likely to develop noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) due to exposure to high sound levels. Studies on hearing status in this population are lacking. The aims of this study were to determine pre…
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Non-Monotonic Relation between Noise Exposure Severity and Neuronal Hyperactivity in the Auditory Midbrain Open
The occurrence of tinnitus can be linked to hearing loss in the majority of cases, but there is nevertheless a large degree of unexplained heterogeneity in the relation between hearing loss and tinnitus. Part of the problem might be that h…
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Extended high-frequency audiometry in healthy adults with different age groups Open
Background It was well-documented that extended high-frequency (EHF, above 8 kHz) hearing test could be more sensitive comparing with the conventional measurement on frequency below 8 kHz, regarding the early prediction of auditory damage …
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Hearing Preservation Outcomes With a Mid-Scala Electrode in Cochlear Implantation Open
The mid-scala electrode evaluated allows preservation of low-frequency hearing in patients undergoing cochlear implantation at rates and degrees of preservation close to other reports in the cochlear implant literature.
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Occupational noise-induced hearing loss in auto part factory workers in welding units in Thailand Open
Objectives Most workers in auto part factories in Thailand are usually exposed to excessive noise in their workplace. This study aimed to assess the level of occupational noise-induced hearing loss and investigate risk factors causing hear…
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Age- and Gender-Related Mean Hearing Threshold in a Highly-Screened Population: The Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2010–2012 Open
The data from KNHANES 2010-2012 showed gender differences at hearing thresholds of 3 kHz, 4 kHz, and 6 kHz in a highly-screened population. The most significant gender difference in relation to hearing threshold was observed at 4 kHz. The …
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Effectiveness of Earplugs in Preventing Recreational Noise–Induced Hearing Loss Open
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Online Machine Learning Audiometry Open
Objectives: A confluence of recent developments in cloud computing, real-time web audio and machine learning psychometric function estimation has made wide dissemination of sophisticated turn-key audiometric assessments possible. The autho…
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Smartphone Based Audiometric Test for Confirming the Level of Hearing; Is It Useable in Underserved Areas? Open
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 c…
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Tinnitus Is Associated With Extended High-frequency Hearing Loss and Hidden High-frequency Damage in Young Patients Open
Objectives: To analyze the results of extended high-frequency (EHF) and high-frequency hearing tests in young patients with tinnitus who show normal response in conventional pure-tone audiometry (PTA), and to explore the correlation betwee…
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Patterns of hearing changes in women and men from denarians to nonagenarians Open
BACKGROUND: Hearing loss needs to be diagnosed and treated early, especially in older individuals, since presbycusis potentially increases the risk of depression and dementia. However, standard data on hearing thresholds across the life-sp…
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Effects of sustained release dexamethasone hydrogels in hearing preservation cochlear implantation Open
It has been shown that glucocorticoids reduce the hearing threshold shifts associated with cochlear implantation. Previous studies evaluated the administration of glucocorticoids immediately before surgery or the repeated pre- or periopera…
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Assessment of Hidden Hearing Loss in Normal Hearing Individuals with and Without Tinnitus Open
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the functions of cochlear structures and the distal part of auditory nerve as well as dead regions within the cochlea in individuals with normal hearing with or without tinnitus by using electrophysiological tests. …
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Age-Related Hearing Loss Is Accelerated by Repeated Short-Duration Loud Sound Stimulation Open
Both age-related hearing loss (ARHL) and noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) may share pathophysiological mechanisms in that they are associated with excess free radical formation and cochlear blood flow reduction, leading to cochlear damage…
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Hearing loss before and after cisplatin-based chemotherapy in testicular cancer survivors: a longitudinal study Open
Cisplatin is associated with a hearing loss particularly at higher frequencies. Age appear to be an important factor for hearing loss regardless of treatment. The ASHA definition overestimates the hearing problem.
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Hearing Preservation Outcomes Using a Precurved Electrode Array Inserted With an External Sheath Open
Objectives: Describe audiologic outcomes in hearing preservation cochlear implantation (CI) using a precurved electrode array inserted using an external sheath and evaluate association of electrode positioning and preservation of residual …
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Hearing Loss in Type 2 Diabetes in Association with Diabetic Neuropathy Open
These findings suggest that hearing loss is common in T2DM subjects, with predominantly high frequency involved. Diabetic neuropathic factors may explain the underlying mechanism of the association between diabetes and hearing loss.