The prevalence of hearing impairment in infants and children with down syndrome a cross sectional study in a Tertiary Care Center.

Down syndrome is the most common chromosomal disorder in humans. Hearing impairment is a common feature of Down syndrome. To assess the prevalence of hearing impairment in children with DS attending the Mansoura University Children's Hospital.

The role of diffusion tensor imaging in idiopathic sensorineural hearing loss: is it significant?

Purpose: To assess the role of diffusion tensor imaging metrics in the evaluation of the microstructural integrity of the central auditory tract in patients with idiopathic sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), and to compare these patients with healthy controls.

Material And Methods: This prospective study, which was conducted upon 30 subjects (21 males, 9 females; age range from 16 to 65 years, mean age 45years) with SNHL proven by audiometric tests. Ten age- and sex-matched healthy volunteers were included as a control group.

Developing a functional assessment tool for the auditory performance of Arabic-speaking Egyptian hearing impaired children.

Background: Auditory performance outcome of children with hearing impairment has been widely studied, and the related factors of the performance have been explored among different age groups for English speaking hearing impaired children.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to construct Arabic questionnaires for the evaluation of the auditory abilities of hearing impaired Egyptian Arabic-speaking children.

Methods: Three Arabic questionnaires targeting the auditory abilities were constructed by selecting items from different English-based questionnaires and translating them into Arabic and adapted to Egyptian culture.