The effect of induction loop system use training on adults with hearing aids.

Background/aim: The study aimed to investigate the effect of training on hearing aid users to benefit from induction loop systems.

Materials And Methods: A five-question scale was developed to evaluate whether individuals using hearing aids could use the induction loop system effectively. In the first step, validity-reliability studies were performed with 264 individuals using hearing aids.

Changes in P1 latencies of children with normal hearing and those with cochlear implants.

Background/aim: The aim of this study was to determine the age-related latency interval of P1 latencies of children with normal hearing, and to evaluate the P1 latency changes after surgery in children who underwent cochlear implantation.

Materials And Methods: We evaluated 60 children with normal hearing and 16 children with cochlear implants aged 0–6 years using cortical auditory evoked potentials. P1 latencies were measured only once in the children with normal hearing, and on the postoperative first day, and the first, third, and sixth postoperative months in the children with cochlear implants.

The Reliability and Validity of "Dokuz Eylül University Meniere's Disease Disability Scale".

Objective: Ménière's Disease (MD) is a chronic, non-life threatening inner ear disease, with attacks of disabling vertigo, progressive hearing loss, and tinnitus as the major symptoms. All three symptoms, separately or in combination, cause great distress and have a considerable impact on the quality of life of the patients. The aims of this study were to develop a disease-specific quality of life survey for patients with MD and to analyze the relationships between the audiovestibular findings and the survey.