Hearing Loss - Diagnosis
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Patterns of hearing loss after microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to analyse audiological data after microvascular decompression (MVD) for hemifacial spasm (HFS), and to compare the data with hearing before surgery. METHODS: Auditory functions were studied before and after ... Read more...

Eye on the elderly. Screening for hearing loss, risk of falls: a hassle-free approach.

30 Aug 2009 Simply asking elderly patients whether they have trouble hearing is an effective start to screening for hearing loss. Refer elderly patients with suspected hearing impairment for audiologic diagnosis and nonmedical rehabilitation treatment, ... Read more...

Development and validation of the University of Washington Clinical Assessment of Music Perception test.

30 Jul 2009 OBJECTIVES: Assessment of cochlear implant outcomes centers around speech discrimination. Despite dramatic improvements in speech perception, music perception remains a challenge for most cochlear implant users. No standardized test exists to ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hearing Loss - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Clinical Reasoning: a 28-year-old pregnant woman with encephalopathy. 11 Oct 2009
• Patterns of hearing loss after microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm. 29 Sep 2009
• Eye on the elderly. Screening for hearing loss, risk of falls: a hassle-free approach. 30 Aug 2009
• Development and validation of the University of Washington Clinical Assessment of Music Perception test. 30 Jul 2009
• Radiology Case of the Month. Hearing loss, neck pain, and weakness. Diagnosis: Neurofibromatosis type 2. 29 Jun 2009
• Hearing loss attributable to a cerebellopontine-angle arachnoid cyst in a child. 13 Jun 2009
• [Ear and nose: an aid to diagnosis for the general practitioner] 2 Jun 2009
• Changes in transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions in the first month of life. 30 May 2009
• Infant air and bone conduction tone burst auditory brain stem responses for classification of hearing loss and the relationship to behavioral thresholds. 30 May 2009
• Hearing loss in children. 30 May 2009
• The large Chinese family with Y-linked hearing loss revisited: clinical investigation. 30 May 2009
• An evaluation of the preservation of residual hearing with the Nucleus Contour Advance electrode. 30 May 2009
• Middle ear disease in Aboriginal children in Perth: analysis of hearing screening data, 1998-2004. 16 May 2009
• Tracking population health based on self-reported impairments: Trends in the prevalence of hearing loss in US adults, 1976-2006. 16 May 2009
• Implementation of neonatal screening for hearing impairment: influence on pediatric otitis media surgery in The Netherlands. 10 May 2009
• Production and evaluation of a Polish version of the LittlEars questionnaire for the assessment of auditory development in infants. 10 May 2009
• The clinical value of the multiple-frequency 80-Hz auditory steady-state response in adults with normal hearing and hearing loss. 29 Apr 2009
• Medial or medio-lateral graft tympanoplasty for repair of tympanic membrane perforation. 26 Apr 2009
• [Attitudes towards prenatal diagnosis of deafness among parents to children with cochlear implants] 18 Apr 2009
• Intratympanic membrane congenital cholesteatoma. 14 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Hearing Loss'

Definition: A general term for the complete or partial loss of the ability to hear from one or both ears.

Descriptor UI: D034381

Alternative terms: Hearing Loss; Loss, Hearing; Hypoacusis; Hypoacuses; Hearing Impairment;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C09.218.458.341; C10.597.751.418.341; C23.888.592.763.393.341;

History Note: 2003; use DEAFNESS 2000-2002

Technical Notes: GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics