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Case study suggesting mtDNA mutation as a tinnitus factor: ND1:m.3394T>C
Konadath et al report a genetic case study of a 24-year-old female experiencing reduced hearing sensitivity and tinnitus along with a blocked sensation in her right ear, sudden onset one year prior with no other otological complaints. Standard audiometry along...
Scientific Foundations of Audiology: Perspectives from Physics, Biology, Modeling and Medicine
Scientific Foundations of Audiology – Perspectives from Physics, Biology, Modeling and Medicine is a unique textbook which discusses a wide range of state-of-the-art topics in hearing, vestibular and brain science. The editors purport that this book is geared towards doctoral...BSA Scientific Meeting 2023
Fiona Kukiewicz, Clinical Scientist (Audiology), Head of Clinical Services MED-EL UK & Ireland. The British Society of Audiology Scientific Meeting was a showcase for high quality research, development and service improvement. It was a chance for special interest groups (SIGs)...
Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Hearing Devices - Second Edition
This is a detailed resource for hearing-related healthcare professionals. It comprehensively addresses various aspects of cochlear implant care across 22 very readable chapters. Three of these chapters are new in this second edition; including single-sided deafness, auditory neuropathy, and the...
Comparison of linguistic profiles in three groups of children with hearing loss and specific language impairment
Spoken language deficits in children with hearing loss early in life are attributed to auditory speech perception limitations. It is assumed that hearing following cochlear implants (CIs) will improve these language deficits. However, the studies have shown that although cochlear...
Active intervention in small schwannomas associated with higher incidence of long-term hearing loss
This article represents collaborative data of hearing outcomes from tertiary centres in Norway and the United States. They studied data of patients with less than or equal to 3cm vestibular schwannoma who underwent observation, primary microsurgery and Gamma Knife surgery...
Scoring system to predict hearing impairment following hemifacial spasm surgical treatment
The authors analysed brain stem auditory evoked potentials prospectively in 100 patients undergoing endoscopic microvascular decompression for management of hemifacial spasm over a period of two years. They then developed a scoring system based on electrophysiological events to predict the...
An understandable backup
This small study comparing the auditory temporal processing of seven younger adults with that of seven older adults does not show anything breathtakingly new in its conclusions. After the assessment to rule out compounding factors such as middle ear pathology,...
Supporting parents in improving their child’s hearing device use time
On the topic of supporting parents with improving their child’s hearing device time, The Hearing Journal recommends sharing a video from Hearing First (video provided online by Hear Jour; produced by www.hearingfirst.org) and provides a unique printable resource for parents...Dr Huw Cooper, Consultant Clinical Scientist: upcoming Chair of British Society of Audiology
Can you start by telling me something about your own background? After my first degree in Psychology at Reading and a year doing other things, I went to Southampton to do the MSc in 1982. My first job after that...The role of prediction and gain in tinnitus
Dr Will Sedley is a Clinical Academic Neurologist who has done groundbreaking work in the field of tinnitus mechanisms. Here, he introduces and explains the concepts of prediction and of gain as they relate to troublesome tinnitus. This article focuses...
