Journal Reviews

Hearing protection and hearing loss

1 May 2015 | | Hearing loss, hearing protection, noise, speech recognition

This study examined the interaction of hearing protection for noise reduction and hearing loss with speech recognition performance. Forty five subjects with four hearing loss profiles were fitted with two different level dependent hearing protectors (circumaural and inserts) in two...

Cochlear implantation in Ménière’s disease

1 March 2015 | | ENT | speech recognition, cochlear implant, bilateral profound sensorineural hearing loss, Meniere's disease, quality of life, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, IMPACT, ADULTS

This was a Belgian retrospective study of seven patients with Ménière’s disease who underwent cochlear implantation. All patients had bilateral severe to profound hearing loss and all met AAO-HNS criteria for Ménière’s disease. Follow-up for patients ranged from six months...