Otoacoustic emissions, middle ear muscle reflexes, and auditory brain stem response (ABR)
often are presented as ''objective and infallible hearing screening tools.''They are not …

It is estimated that about 1 in 500 children are born with a significant hearing loss. 1 Non-
syndromic recessive hearing loss (NSRHL) represents a major aetiologic factor in childhood …

Inherited hearing impairment affects one in 2,000 newborns. Nonsyndromic prelingual forms
are inherited mainly as autosomal recessive traits, for which 16 genes are currently known …

We studied a family with hereditary sensory motor neuropathy and deafness accompanying
a missense mutation in the MPZ gene. Pathological examination of the cochlea in one of the …

The introduction of cochlear implants with the capability of measuring the response of the
auditory nerve to electrical stimulation from an intracochlear electrode has tremendous …

Abstract Objectives/Hypothesis Auditory neuropathy is a relatively recently described pattern
of hearing loss characterized by preservation of outer hair cell function despite absent …

Abstract Objective/Hypothesis: The hypotheses of the study were that congenital hearing
impairment in infants can result from the isolated loss of inner hair cells of the cochlea and …

Aims: to determine the benefit of bilateral cochlear implantation in a child on speech and
language development. Method: This child got her first implant, a Nucleus 24-system, on the …

The cochlear implant is best characterized as a device that provides access to the sound
environment. The device enables the hearing pathway to respond to environmental and …

Objectives–To report audiological and neuroradiological findings in patients with primary
auditory neuropathy (PAN) from a tertiary institution in south India. Material and methods …