Background. Degenerative disc disease may cause severe low-back pain, a large public
health problem with significant economic and life quality impact. Chronic cases often require …

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 …

Autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing impairment (NSHI) is a heterogeneous
condition, for which 53 genetic loci have been reported, and 29 genes have been identified …

Abstract Characterization of pluripotent stem cells is required for the registration of stem cell
lines and allows for an impartial and objective comparison of the results obtained when …

Conclusions Our study data demonstrate the additional benefit derived from continued use
of a contralateral hearing aid (HA) post-cochlear implantation for speech recognition ability …

Conclusion. A high rate of hearing preservation during cochlear implantation for electric
acoustic stimulation (EAS) is possible, even when surgery is conducted by a number of …

Objective To evaluate the frequency and duration of episodes of definitive vertigo in
Ménière's disease. Design Prospective longitudinal study. Setting Multiple tertiary referral …

This protocol describes how to isolate primary cardiomyocytes from adult zebrafish hearts
and culture them for up to 4 weeks, thereby using them as an alternative to in vivo …

Binaural hearing allows listeners with normal hearing to understand speech better in silence
and noisy conditions and is an essential requirement for spatial hearing and sound …

Conclusion: The use of a hearing aid (HA) in combination with a cochlear implant (CI)
significantly improved performance for speech perception in quiet, in noise, and for …