Hearing loss in Stickler's syndrome: a family case study.

abstract：:Hearing and balance problems are prevalent among the elderly. Primary care physicians (PCPs) are important pivotal points of entry for ensuring that patients receive needed audiology services. New Medicare beneficiaries are entitled to one-time preventative examinations including hearing/balance screenings. A 35-item ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Johnson CE,Danhauer JL,Koch LL,Celani KE,Lopez IP,Williams VA

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Words-in-Noise (WIN) test uses monosyllabic words in seven signal-to-noise ratios of multitalker babble (MTB) to evaluate the ability of individuals to understand speech in background noise. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the criterion validity of the WIN by comparing recognition performances under MTB ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Wilson RH,Carnell CS,Cleghorn AL

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The middle latency response (MLR) first came to light as an auditory evoked potential in 1958. Since then, it has aroused substantial interest and investigation by clinicians and researchers alike. In recent history, its use and popularity have dwindled in tandem with various other auditory evoked potentials...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Musiek F,Nagle S

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been scattered accounts reported in the oncology literature of progressive hearing loss following the conclusion of chemotherapy. In this case study, we report the audiologic findings of such a case. These data underscore the need for post-therapy monitoring in cases where threshold shifts are discovered du...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Sweetow RW,Will TI

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report reviews research from the 1930s to the present that has extended our understanding by investigating the characteristics of tinnitus that can be studied using psychoacoustic techniques. Studies of tinnitus masking and residual inhibition began in the 1970s, leading to the therapeutic use of tinnitus masking...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Henry JA,Meikle MB

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hearing aids today often provide both directional (DIR) and omnidirectional (OMNI) processing options with the currently active mode selected automatically by the device. The most common approach to automatic switching involves "acoustic scene analysis" where estimates of various acoustic properties of the l...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Summers V,Grant KW,Walden BE,Cord MT,Surr RK,Elhilali M

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wideband middle ear power (WMEP) measurement is a method of middle ear analysis that may provide improved diagnostic capability over single-frequency tympanometry. However, normative data, information about test-retest reliability, and results in clinical disorders are needed for clinical application. Normative and re...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Hunter LL,Tubaugh L,Jackson A,Propes S

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 48-item questionnaire was administered to 100 older adults to determine their expectations regarding hearing aid use. The sample consisted of volunteers from a variety of senior citizen organizations and ranged in age from 55 to 92 years. Only individuals who reported no prior hearing aid usage were included in the ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Kricos PB,Lesner SA,Sandridge SA

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in endoscopic optics and miniature video camera technology have made video otoscopy (VO) accessible to audiologists in a practical way. Seven categories of VO applications are presented with clinical examples: (1) general examination of the earcanal and tympanic membrane, (2) physician communication/te...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Sullivan RF

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 34-year-old female presented to our clinic with complaints of hearing loss, tinnitus, and severe rotational vertigo. A test battery including complete audiometric testing, auditory brainstem response (ABR) audiometry, electronystagmography (ENG), electrocochleography (ECoG), and dehydration testing was performed. Mo...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Yellin MW,Waller M,Roland PS

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of stimulus rate and gender on the auditory middle latency response (AMLR) waveforms were examined in 20 young adult male and female subjects. Four different repetition rates were presented to subjects (1.1/sec, 4.1/sec, 7.7/ sec, and 11.3/sec). Stimulus repetition rate had a significant effect on Pa laten...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Tucker DA,Dietrich S,Harris S,Pelletier S

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 52-year-old male was evaluated by the authors after initially reporting fullness in his left ear while traveling on an airplane. A unique feature of the patient's complaint was the development of severe bilateral hyperacusis (loudness discomfort levels of between 20-34 dB HL) in spite of the fact that the hearing lo...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Valente M,Goebel J,Duddy D,Sinks B,Peterein J

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although audiologists have been using support personnel for over 45 yr, controversy and variability continue with respect to the entry-level education, training methods, and scope of practice. PURPOSE:As part of a larger clinical practices survey, this report focuses on use of audiology assistants (AAs) for...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Karzon R,Hunter L,Steuerwald W

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Binaural hearing improves our ability to understand speech and to localize sounds. Hearing loss can interfere with binaural cues, and despite the success of amplification, ∼25% of people with bilateral hearing loss fit with two hearing aids choose to wear only one (e.g., Brooks and Bulmer, 1981). One explana...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Leigh-Paffenroth ED,Roup CM,Noe CM

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central deafness has been linked historically to bihemispheric involvement of the temporal lobe, with more recent findings suggesting that compromise of other cortical and subcortical structures can also result in this disorder. The present investigation extends our understanding of the potential anatomical correlates...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Musiek FE,Charette L,Morse D,Baran JA

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A model that can accurately predict speech intelligibility for a given hearing-impaired (HI) listener would be an important tool for hearing-aid fitting or hearing-aid algorithm development. Existing speech-intelligibility models do not incorporate variability in suprathreshold deficits that are not well pre...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Bernstein JG,Mehraei G,Shamma S,Gallun FJ,Theodoroff SM,Leek MR

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose was to assess the proportion of patients seeking help for tinnitus and/or hyperacusis who have severe hyperacusis and to examine factors associated with severe hyperacusis. RESEARCH DESIGN:This was a retrospective cross-sectional study based on 362 consecutive patients who attended a National Healt...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Aazh H,Moore BCJ

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Gaps-In-Noise (GIN) test is a new procedure used in the diagnosis of central auditory processing disorders. Performance on the GIN is recorded as approximate gap detection threshold and percent correct. In order to utilize the GIN test clinically, it is important to know how presentation level influences performan...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Weihing JA,Musiek FE,Shinn JB

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sentence understanding scores for patients with cochlear implants (CIs) when tested in quiet are relatively high. However, sentence understanding scores for patients with CIs plummet with the addition of noise. PURPOSE:To assess, for patients with CIs (MED-EL), (1) the value to speech understanding of two n...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Dorman MF,Natale S,Loiselle L

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of a digital hearing aid with a directional microphone was examined in a school-aged population. Twenty children (9 with a mild-to-moderately-severe hearing loss and 11 with a moderate-to-severe hearing loss) between 7 1/2 and 13 2/3 years of age wore the study hearing aids binaurally for 30 days prior to...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Kuk FK,Kollofski C,Brown S,Melum A,Rosenthal A

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Wideband acoustic immittance (WAI) measures provide information about middle-ear function across the traditional audiometric frequency range from 0.25 to 8.0 kHz. Recent studies have found that WAI is effective in predicting the presence of conductive hearing loss (CHL). It is not known whether WAI can accur...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Feeney MP,Sanford CA,Putterman DB

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the influence of technology, demographic factors, and prefitting expectations, attitudes, and adjustment to hearing loss on hearing aid outcome. Clients obtaining new hearing aids completed questionnaires measuring personal adjustment to hearing loss, expectations of and attitudes toward hearing ai...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Jerram JC,Purdy SC

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measures of the sound pressure level (SPL) near the eardrum were determined at discrete frequencies between 500 and 4000 Hz on 50 ears using TDH-39P and ER-3A earphones with the attenuator of an audiometer fixed at 90 dB HL. Results revealed significant differences in the measured SPL between the two earphones at all ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Valente M,Potts LG,Valente M,Vass W,Goebel J

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrocochleography (ECochG) has evolved as an important tool in the diagnosis/assessment/monitoring of Ménière's disease/endolymphatic hydrops (MD/ELH). This manuscript provides an update on the use of ECochG for these purposes. The material presented includes descriptions of the components of the electrocochleogram...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Ferraro JA,Durrant JD

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it has been reported that smoking has deleterious effects on the middle ears of smokers, including their eustachian tubes, investigators have failed to find differences in the tympanometric characteristics of smokers and nonsmokers. In the present study, however, we found that the Valsalva-induced tympanometr...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Steiger JR,Champon TA

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Untreated sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is associated with chronic health-care conditions, isolation, loneliness, and reduced quality of life. Although hearing aids can minimize the negative effects of SNHL, only about one in five persons with SNHL seeks help for communication problems. Many persons wait...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Johnson CE,Danhauer JL,Ellis BB,Jilla AM

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Macintosh computer-based audiometer (Virtual 320) was evaluated for reliability and validity of high-frequency (8-20 kHz) thresholds by comparison with a well documented laboratory high-frequency evaluation system (PARVA-HF). High-frequency earphones originally provided with the V320 for high-frequency testing requi...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Fausti SA,Frey RH,Henry JA,Knutsen JL,Olson DJ

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The visual speech signal can provide sufficient information to support successful communication. However, individual differences in the ability to appreciate that information are large, and relatively little is known about their sources. PURPOSE:Here a body of research is reviewed regarding the development ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Auer ET

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this research was to study the effects of several stimulus parameters on adaptation characteristics of the auditory brainstem response (ABR). Recordings were obtained from normal hearing adults to separate trains of 5 rarefaction and 5 condensation clicks with interclick intervals of 10 msec and intertrain ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Ballachanda BB,Moushegian G,Stillman RD

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary aim of the present study was to investigate parent satisfaction with a neonatal hearing screening program through use of a valid and reliable questionnaire developed for this purpose (Parent Satisfaction Questionnaire with Neonatal Hearing Screening Program; PSQ-NHSP). Eighty parents whose children had rec...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Mazlan R,Hickson L,Driscoll C

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00