Hearing screening with otoacoustic emissions and patient age in a pediatrician's practice

This paper presents a study of the effectiveness of a neonatal hearing screener (the GSI AUDIOscreener, which is usually used in hospitals to test newborns), in a pediatrician's offices to test infants and children up to age 5-1/2 years.

A comparison of the QuickSIN and TEN tests: two recent tests designed to predict patient benefit from high frequency amplification

This paper presents a comparison of two tests designed to predict which hearing impaired patients may benefit from high frequency amplification.

Patient perception of disability following acoustic (vestibular) schwannoma removal via gamma knife and microsurgical techniques

This study evaluates patient's short and long-term balance function after microsurgical tumor removal and gamma knife radiosurgery using an unvalidated qualitative questionnaire and the Dizziness Handicap Inventory.

Patient satisfaction in the Central Institute for the Deaf Clinic

This paper discusses a patient satisfaction survey developed for the Central Institute for the Deaf Clinic. The goal of the survey project was to establish a patient satisfaction for services baseline and to examine factors affecting patient satisfaction, such as degree of hearing loss, gender, age, and experience of the audiologist.