Search for dissertations about: "hearing impairment"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 87 swedish dissertations containing the words hearing impairment.
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1. Hearing impairment and deafness : genetic and environmental factors - interactions - consequences : a clinical audiological approach
Abstract : OBJECTIVES - Hearing impairment (HI) can be due to genetic or environmental factors, e.g. noise. More than 50% of HI cases are thougt to be hereditary. READ MORE
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2. Employees with Aided Hearing Impairment : An Interdisciplinary Perspective
Abstract : In Sweden 13% of the general adult population (16-84 years), with or without hearing aids (HAs), report that they have difficulties following a conversation when more than two people are involved. This means that more than one million people in Sweden (9 500 000 inhabitants in total) report subjective hearing difficulties. READ MORE
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3. Hearing as behaviour : psychological aspects of acquired hearing impairment in the elderly
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4. Clinical and Genetic Studies of Hearing Impairment
Abstract : Monogenic disorders offer a possibility for studies of genetic disturbances in hearing impairment—a knowledge which could be essential for development of future treatment options. In this thesis, the underlying genetic disturbances in neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2) and familial Meniere’s disease (FMD) were evaluated, and familial X-linked hearing impairment was described from a clinical point of view. READ MORE
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5. Less is more? Loudness aspects of prescriptive methods for nonlinear hearing aids
Abstract : In Sweden, about 10% of the adult population experienceshearing problems that cause them difficulties in everydaycommunication, and approximately 60 000 people are providedwith hearing aids each year. Despite the fact that modernhearing aids can facilitate speech communication in a widerange of listening environments, many hearing-aid users aredissatisfied with their hearing aids. READ MORE