Ingresso e permanência na Universidade: alunos com deficiências em foco Ingress and stay in the University: students with disabilities in focus by Laura Ceretta Moreira, Maria Augusta Bolsanello, Rosangela Gehrke Seger

“…Seven students were interviewed (three with blindness, two with physical disabilities, one with multiple disabilities and one with deafness), in seven courses in the UFPR, in order to know the trajectory of these students at the University and the institutional actions related to their process of inclusion. …”
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Analysis of the cytoprotective effect of amifostine on the irradiated inner ear of guinea pigs: an experimental study Análise do efeito citoprotetor da amifostina na orelha interna... by Ricardo Miranda Lessa, José Antônio Aparecido de Oliveira, Maria Rossato, Thomaz Ghilardi Netto

“…Radiation can cause damage to the inner ear, from a simple hearing loss all the way to profound deafness. Amifostine is a cytoprotective substance extensively used during radio-chemotherapy for malignant tumors. …”
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Application of Reproductive Technologies to the Critically Endangered Baw Baw Frog, <i>Philoria frosti</i> by Aimee J. Silla, Rebecca J. Hobbs, Deon J. Gilbert, Damian Goodall, Marissa L. Parrott, Adam Lee, Justine K. O’Brien, Phillip G. Byrne

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Profil Penderita Otitis Media Supuratif Kronis by Harry Agustaf Asroel, Debi Rumondang Siregar, Askaroellah Aboet

“…The most hearing impairments were conductive deafness (58.82%). In Schuller projections, 62.18% were found the imaging of chronic mastoiditis with cholesteatoma. …”
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Moving beyond the cost–loss ratio: economic assessment of streamflow forecasts for a risk-averse decision maker by S. Matte, M.-A. Boucher, V. Boucher, T.-C. Fortier Filion

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Grainyhead-like 2 is required for morphological integrity of mouse embryonic stem cells and orderly formation of inner ear-like organoids by Blaise Forrester-Gauntlett, Blaise Forrester-Gauntlett, Linda Peters, Björn Oback, Björn Oback, Björn Oback

“…Mutations in the transcription factor gene grainyhead-like 2 (GRHL2) are associated with progressive non-syndromic sensorineural deafness autosomal dominant type 28 (DFNA28) in humans. …”
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A Multinational Cost-Consequence Analysis of a Bone Conduction Hearing Implant System—A Randomized Trial of a Conventional vs. a Less Invasive Treatment With New Abutment Technolog... by Marc van Hoof, Stina Wigren, Johan Ivarsson Blechert, Mattias Molin, Henrik Andersson, D. J. M. Mateijsen, Steven J. H. Bom, M. N. Calmels, Antoon J. M. van der Rijt, Mark C. Flynn, Mark C. Flynn, Joost van Tongeren, Joost van Tongeren, Janny R. Hof, Jan Wouter Brunings, Lucien J. C. Anteunis, Jaime Marco Algarra, Robert Jan Stokroos, Manuela A. Joore

“…Subjects with conductive or mixed hearing loss or single-sided sensorineural deafness were included.Results: During the first year, in the Netherlands (NL), France (FR), and Spain (ES) a net cost saving was achieved in favor of the test intervention because of a lower cost associated with surgery time and adverse event treatments [NL €86 (CI −50.33; 219.20), FR €134 (CI −3.63; 261.30), ES €178 (CI 34.12; 97.48)]. …”
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Peripheral Vestibular Dysfunction Is a Common Occurrence in Children With Non-syndromic and Syndromic Genetic Hearing Loss by Alicia Wang, A. Eliot Shearer, A. Eliot Shearer, Guang Wei Zhou, Guang Wei Zhou, Margaret Kenna, Margaret Kenna, Dennis Poe, Dennis Poe, Greg R. Licameli, Greg R. Licameli, Jacob R. Brodsky, Jacob R. Brodsky

“…In addition, many animal and in vitro models of deafness use vestibular hair cells as a proxy to study cochlear hair cells. …”
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Two novel ECHS1 variants, affecting splicing and reducing enzyme activity, is associated with mitochondrial encephalopathy in infant: a case report by Miaojuan Wu, Wenqi Gao, Zhifang Deng, Zhisheng Liu, Jiehui Ma, Han Xiao, Yu Xu, Dan Sun

“…Mitochondrial diseases resulting from ECHS1 mutations are often characterised by encephalopathy, deafness, epilepsy, optic atrophy, cardiomyopathy, dystonia, and lactic acidosis. …”
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Intensity of perinatal care for extremely preterm babies and outcomes at a higher gestational age: evidence from the EPIPAGE-2 cohort study by Andrei Scott Morgan, Babak Khoshnood, Caroline Diguisto, Laurence Foix L’Helias, Laetitia Marchand-Martin, Monique Kaminski, Jennifer Zeitlin, Gérard Bréart, François Goffinet, Pierre-Yves Ancel

“…Morbidity-free survival (survival without sensorimotor (blindness, deafness or cerebral palsy) disability) and overall survival at age two were examined. …”
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Clinical Outcomes of Soft Tissue Preservation Surgery With Hydroxyapatite-Coated Abutments Compared to Traditional Percutaneous Bone Conduction Hearing Implant Surgery—A Pragmatic... by M. van Hoof, S. Wigren, J. Ivarsson Blechert, M. A. Joore, D. J. M. Mateijsen, S. J. H. Bom, J. Stalfors, Måns Eeg-Olofsson, O. Deguine, A. J. M. van der Rijt, M. C. Flynn, M. C. Flynn, J. Marco Algarra, R. J. Stokroos, The Angelfish Collaborative

“…Background: Soft tissue preservation using a hydroxyapatite-coated abutment in bone conduction hearing implant surgery may lead to improved clinical outcomes over the short (1 year) and long term (3 years).Methods: In this open multi-center, randomized (1:1), controlled clinical trial, subjects with conductive, mixed hearing loss or single-sided sensorineural deafness were randomly assigned to receive the conventional intervention, a titanium abutment with soft tissue reduction surgery (control), or a new intervention, a hydroxyapatite-coated abutment with soft tissue preservation surgery (test). …”
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The FOXP2-Driven Network in Developmental Disorders and Neurodegeneration by Franz Oswald, Patricia Klöble, André Ruland, David Rosenkranz, Bastian Hinz, Bastian Hinz, Falk Butter, Sanja Ramljak, Ulrich Zechner, Ulrich Zechner, Holger Herlyn

“…Complementary literature screening uncovered many connections to human developmental (autism spectrum disease, schizophrenia, Down syndrome, agenesis of corpus callosum, trismus-pseudocamptodactyly, ankyloglossia, facial dysmorphology) and neurodegenerative diseases and disorders (Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Huntington’s diseases, Lewy body dementia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). Links to deafness and dyslexia were detected, too. Such relations existed for single proteins (e.g., DCDC2, NURR1, PHOX2B, MYH8, and MYH13) and groups of proteins which conjointly function in mRNA processing, ribosomal recruitment, cell–cell adhesion (e.g., CDH4), cytoskeleton organization, neuro-inflammation, and processing of amyloid precursor protein. …”
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Cochlear organoids reveal transcriptional programs of postnatal hair cell differentiation from supporting cells by Gurmannat Kalra, Danielle Lenz, Dunia Abdul-Aziz, Craig Hanna, Mahashweta Basu, Brian R. Herb, Carlo Colantuoni, Beatrice Milon, Madhurima Saxena, Amol C. Shetty, Ronna Hertzano, Ramesh A. Shivdasani, Seth A. Ament, Albert S.B. Edge

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Doença de Charcot-Marie-Tooth: estudo clínico em 45 pacientes Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease: clinical features in 45 cases by Marcos R. G. de freitas, Osvaldo J. M. Nascimento, Gabriel R. de freitas

“…In 9 cases there were rare features as mental retardation, trigeminal nevralgia, optic atrophy, deafness and calf enlargement. In most of our cases the clinical course was very slow progressive. …”
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Estudo fitoquímico e alelopático do extrato de caule de sucupira-branca (Pterodon emarginatus) Phytochemistry and allelophatic study of Pterodon emarginatus stem extract by M.G. Hernández-Terrones, S.A.L. Morais, S. Ferreira, D.Q. Santos, E.A. Nascimento, R. Chang

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WFS1 autosomal dominant variants linked with hearing loss: update on structural analysis and cochlear implant outcome by Hui Dong Lim, So Min Lee, Ye Jin Yun, Dae Hee Lee, Jun Ho Lee, Seung-Ha Oh, Sang-Yeon Lee

“…Remarkably, p.Ala684Val in WFS1 is associated with early-onset severe-to-profound deafness, revealing a strong candidate variant for CI. …”
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Audiological biomarkers of tinnitus in an older Portuguese population by Haúla F. Haider, Haúla F. Haider, Diogo Ribeiro, Diogo Ribeiro, Sara F. Ribeiro, Nuno Trigueiros, Helena Caria, Helena Caria, Luís Borrego, Luís Borrego, Iola Pinto, Iola Pinto, Ana L. Papoila, Derek J. Hoare, João Paço

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Lassa fever. Part 1. Etiology, epidemiology and clinical manifestations by Elena I. Kazachinskaia, V. S. Aripov, A. V. Ivanova, A. M. Shestopalov

“…Severe disease is complicated by abnormal bleeding, generalized edema, respiratory failure, hypotension, proteinuria, transaminitis, encephalopathy. Deafness develops in about 20% of cases. Multiple organ failure and open bleeding lead to death. …”
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Individualised sensory intervention to improve quality of life in people with dementia and their companions (SENSE-Cog trial): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Jemma Regan, Eric Frison, Fidéline Collin, Piers Dawes, Mark Hann, Ines Himmelsbach, Emma Hooper, David Reeves, Zoe Simkin, Chryssoula Thodi, Fan Yang, Iracema Leroi, for the SENSE-Cog Trial Development Team

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Exposure to blast shock waves via the ear canal induces deficits in vestibular afferent function in rats by Yue Yu, Jun Huang, Xuehui Tang, Jerome Allison, David Sandlin, Dalian Ding, Yi Pang, Chunming Zhang, Tianwen Chen, Nathan Yin, Lan Chen, William Mustain, Wu Zhou, Hong Zhu

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