Background and Objectives Client Oriented Scale of Improvement (COSI) has been designed to identify client needs, changes in listening ability, and final listening ability in situations important to each client. The aim ...

The severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which emerged in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, has spread rapidly to over a dozen countries. Especially, the spike of case numbers in South Korea sparks pandemic ...

Mutations of MYO15A are generally known to cause severe to profound hearing loss throughout all frequencies. Here, we found two novel MYO15A mutations, c.3871C>T (p.L1291F) and c.5835T>G (p.Y1945X) in an affected individual ...

SARS-CoV-2 is very contagious and has rapidly spread globally. Due to various symptomatic and asymptomatic cases and the possibility of asymptomatic transmission, there is a pressing need for a fast and sensitive detection ...

Objectives. This study was conducted to evaluate the user satisfaction, efficacy, and safety of round window (RW) vibroplasty using the Vibrant Soundbridge (VSB) in patients with persistent mixed hearing loss after ...

Hearing loss is one of the most common sensorineural disorder. More than half of congenital bilateral profound deafness cases have been estimated to be attributed to genetic cause. Identification of genetic cause can provide ...

Advances in molecular biology and molecular genetic technologies have revealed extreme etiologic heterogeneity of genetic hearing loss. Genes known to contribute to deafness have been reported to be involved with a variety ...

Mumps virus infections usually involve the parotid glands. It usually spreads from a human reservoir by airborne droplet ofinfected saliva. Therefore, early proper diagnosis and isolation of patients can help to inhibit ...

Background and Objectives The Musical Background Questionnaire (MBQ) has been developedto assess formal musical training and listening enjoyment. The aims of this studywere to translate MBQ into Korean with subsequent ...

Background and Objectives The Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ) was designed to measure self-reported auditory disability in a wide variety of listening situations. Its 49 items cover many aspects of ...