Publications by authors named "G Mertens"
Climate anxiety is a phenomenon that is gaining importance due to the general public's increased awareness of the worsening climate crisis. At present, climate anxiety is not operationalized consistently across the existing literature. It is important to gain more consensus on the definition and operationalization of climate anxiety to facilitate reliable and generalizable research and to further develop interventions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: This study assessed the relevance of auditory brainstem response (ABR) thresholds in evaluating cochlear implantation (CI) candidacy by studying their correlation with functional hearing in patients with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL).
Design And Study Sample: In this retrospective study, we examined correlations between ABR thresholds, speech perception scores in quiet and pure-tone audiometry in 191 adults. We compared these correlations between individuals with different degrees of SNHL to discern differences in potential CI candidates and individual with less severe SNHL.
Panic disorder (PD) is a debilitating mental health condition, characterized by a preoccupation with the occurrence of panic attacks. Previous research has found that PD patients display increased fear generalization, which entails inflated fear responses to ambiguous stimuli (e.g.
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- The study focuses on how otolaryngologists approach testing for congenital sensorineural hearing loss, specifically looking at cCMV infection and genetic testing methods.
- A survey of 20 otolaryngologists showed that 90% use cCMV and genetic tests, with 95% applying cCMV testing in their practices, and many pursue broader genetic screening if initial tests return negative.
- The findings also highlight reimbursement rates for these tests, revealing that a majority of respondents receive coverage for cCMV, genetic variant testing, and wider genetic screening.
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- Approximately 400 million people worldwide experience hearing loss, which is linked to cognitive decline, often influenced by factors like vestibular dysfunction, anxiety, and depression.
- A study involving 42 older adults with moderate-to-severe hearing loss and 42 matched normal-hearing controls assessed cognitive functioning using various tests, revealing significant cognitive deficits in those with hearing loss.
- The findings showed that participants with hearing loss scored lower on overall cognitive tests, particularly in visuospatial skills and attention, suggesting that hearing loss adversely impacts cognitive abilities in older adults, regardless of vestibular function.