Hearing - Science topic

Dear colleagues, I have summarized five sets of puzzles faced by fundamental information science and called them 'clouds' — some of which have been emphasized by Pedro on many occasions. I am now glade to hear everyone's different opinions. Best wishes, Xueshan Yan

City walks enable us to think and feel more intricately, and by living through them – hopefully less ostentatiously - through experiences and relations that genuinely matter. This sort of spatial syntagma is made of many correlations based on knowing what happens in cities, feeling what attributes are important, and articulating a set of relations...

This case study presents a 49-year-old female patient with a history of bilateral dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) who reported progressive bilateral visual blurriness, ocular pain, and hearing difficulties. Initial clinical assessment revealed a visual acuity of 5/60 in the left eye and 6/24 in the right eye. Examination findings, including Sugiura'...

In recent times, many important publications have emerged that deal with the importance of implicit communication in the therapeutic relationship [1-3]. They assume that success or failure is largely due to the handling of this event. The Saarbrücken research group has shown empirically that this is a valid assumption [4]. Since communication alway...

Purpose Vocabulary, grammar, and discourse skills represent distinct dimensions of language ability in young children. Research suggests that individuals with hearing loss often have difficulties with language skills as compared to their hearing counterparts. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to analyze the effectiveness of lin...

Background Children with hearing loss face unique challenges in acquiring speech and language, as hearing impairment significantly influences their natural interactions with caregivers. Understanding the characteristics of speech input that children with hearing loss typically experience, as compared to normal-hearing children and adults, is crucia...

Purpose Dialect and accent factors can impact speech-in-noise testing outcomes. This study investigated these effects on the Integrated Digit-in-Noise (iDIN) test among young adults with normal hearing. Method Dialects involve variations in grammar, vocabulary, and syntax, while accents influence only pronunciation, reflecting geographical or soci...

The Anita Thomas Clarence's hearing has a lot of implications for the Americans, Black Americans, Black women, and the global entity. It is a counter to the belief in race, depicting that merit is valued highly and above race. Anywhere in the world, merit is an outstanding disposition that has the capacity to down other possibilities. It creates a...

2024 zal de geschiedenis ingaan als het jaar waarin AI doorbrak bij het grote publiek. Bij het verschijnen van dit boek, in 2025 zitten we midden in een duizelingwekkende reeks aan lastig te duiden ontwikkelingen. In Europa kijken we de kat uit de boom en voeren vooral discussies over ethiek, terwijl de twee andere economische grootmachten massaal...

Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are a growing problem with increasing global prevalence and the most common cause of mortality worldwide. Knowledge about the disease and risk factors reduces exposure to modifiable risk factors and, as a result, contributes to prevention. As diabetes is a prevalent disease and there is limited research...

Isolated Sign Language Recognition (ISLR), which seeks to automatically align sign videos with corresponding glosses, has recently gained considerable attention from the artificial intelligence community. This technology has the potential to bridge the communication gap between hearing people and the deaf community. However, the development of ISLR...

Imla is one of the important skills in learning Arabic. However, many students have difficulty writing correctly, in writing letters, punctuation, and grammar. This ability often hinders students' ability to master Arabic in its entirety. Therefore, this study aims to optimize the application of the drill method (Repetitive exercise) in imla' learn...

Individuals can make judgments on a person's personality and socioeconomic status in as little as 30 s after hearing their voice. This study investigates the perceptions of Cuban and Peninsular Spanish varieties by native Cuban and Peninsular Spanish speakers, second language (L2) Spanish learners, and monolingual English speakers. Specifically, it...

Background Dental anxiety is a pervasive problem worldwide, leading to avoidance of dental care, resulting in oral health problems and impacting daily life through social withdrawal and work absenteeism. Addressing this fear is an important public health concern. This study aimed to identify factors that are negatively (e.g., regular dental visits)...

Inner ear disorders are among the predominant etiology of hearing loss. The blood-labyrinth barrier limits the ability of drugs to attain pharmacologically effective concentrations within the inner ear; consequently, delivering drugs systemically is insufficient for effectively treating inner ear disorders. Hence, it is imperative to create efficie...

This paper reports on a design‐based research (DBR) study that aims to devise an artificial intelligence (AI)‐powered teachable agent that supports secondary school students' learning‐by‐teaching practices of mathematics learning content. A long‐standing pedagogical practice of learning‐by‐teaching is powered by a recent advancement of generative A...

As artificial intelligence (AI) systems become increasingly integrated into enterprise operations, the need for robust governance frameworks is more critical than ever. AI governance refers to the policies, processes, and structures that guide responsible AI development and deployment. This abstract explores the strategic imperative for organizatio...

We hear a lot these days about dysfunctional families, so much so, that it's almost a cliché. But the sad fact is that some families are harmful for children.

A pesquisa desenvolveu um mapa tátil que possui como temática, as características de um mapa político do estado do Rio de Janeiro que compõe um dos 26 estados da República Federativa do Brasil. Apresentamos um exemplo de mapa tátil com características multidisciplinares que pode ser construído por professores e por profissionais que atuam nas salas...

My early impulse, to be a philosopher in the American tradition working on problems in education, has proven fortuitous. My teachers were well-meaning but not wise in thinking I could not make a meaningful career following the path I set out to follow. Sanity is putting one foot in front of another, not in doing the done thing or making the smooth...

Hearing and Speech impairment can be congenital or acquired. Hearing and speech-impaired students often hesitate to pursue higher education in reputable institutions due to their challenges. However, the development of automated assistive learning tools within the educational field has empowered disabled students to pursue higher education in any f...

Background Hidden hearing loss can be observed and exacerbated by noise when the medial olivocochlear bundle is lesioned. Purpose Assess the medial olivocochlear reflex (MOCR) in right-handed persons with normal hearing, using auditory brainstem response (ABR). Subjects and methods The current study included 20 normal-hearing, right-handed subjec...

In occupational medicine, monitoring individual stress-related physiological responses is an effective tool for minimizing health risks at the workplace. From an audiology perspective, this particularly concerns the effects of auditory stress, which leads to increased listening effort with subsequent hearing fatigue. A study was conducted to invest...

Lately, our daily news is engulfed with billowing clouds of despair as democracy slips away and is replaced with emboldened form of authoritarianism. We live in dark times. Global disasters are multiplying with no end in sight. Powerful institutions get away with hypocrisy unchecked. And, history is being rewritten with a force that disrupts the so...

Understanding speech in noisy environments is a primary challenge for individuals with hearing loss, affecting daily communication and quality of life. Traditional speech-in-noise tests are essential for screening and diagnosing hearing loss but are resource-intensive to develop, making them less accessible in low and middle-income countries. This...

Most of our everyday life experiences are multisensory in nature, they consist of what we see, hear, feel, taste, smell, and much more. Almost any experience, such as eating a meal or going to the cinema, involves a magnificently complex sensory world. In recent years, many of these experiences have been increasingly transformed through technologi...

Children often simplify adult speech when they start talking by using some sound error patterns known as Phonological Processes (PPs) and those are considered typical until the age of six. However, for some children, these processes do not follow the typical pattern. For example, children with Cochlear implants (CI) start to hear and develop an und...

Background Recently, the P300 has been extensively explored to assess cognitive function and contextual knowledge in humans. The study's main aim is to determine whether the scores obtained in a behavioral test for Working Memory (WM), the Reading Span Test (RST), are correlated with an electrophysiological test, P300. A total of 60 participants in...

Objective This study aimed to investigate the peripheral and central auditory performance of circadian chronotypes at different times of the day. Materials and Methods The participants, whose chronotypes were determined using the morningness eveningness questionnaire, underwent acoustic immittance measurements, Otoacoustic Emission test, Pure To...

Recently, one typically hears a weighty emphasis on managing plastic waste globally. Thisis due to its detrimental effect on the environment, human health, and the ecosystem. It has been noted that the African continent produces less plastic waste than the global waste landscape. Yet, Africa stands among the most vulnerable continents regarding the...

"Wanneer een emotie of een daad in natuurlijke bewoordingen beschreven wordt, ontdekken we in onszelf de waarheid van wat we horen en waarvan we niet wisten dat we die in ons hadden, zodat we de neiging hebben degene die dat gevoel in ons wakker roept, lief te hebben, want hij heeft ons niet zijn eigen rijkdom maar de onze laten zien, en zo maakt d...

Introduction Research on pre-surgical education and discharge planning for head and neck cancer (HNC) remains limited. To address this gap, this qualitative study aims to assess patient and caregiver perspectives on pre-surgical education and discharge planning in HNC surgery. Methods and Materials Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 13...

The self-prioritization effect (SPE) reflects the ability to efficiently discern self-relevant information. The self-voice emerges as a crucial identity marker because of its inherent self-relevance, and previous work has demonstrated the perceptual and cognitive advantages of the self-voice over other voices. Yet, the extent to which humans priori...

Garden art and painting art are indispensable art forms, so how do they influence and shape each other? This paper takes European and American gardens as the research object, and deeply explores the internal relationship between the two through the sensory perspective of user experience such as vision, touch, hearing and smell. The study found that...

Hearing spoken words can enhance the recognition of visual object categories. Yet, the mechanisms that underpin this facilitation are incompletely understood. Recent proposals suggest that words can alter visual processes by activating category-specific representations in sensory regions. Here, we tested the hypothesis that neural oscillations serv...

Purpose The purpose of this work is to describe the conversation initiation rates in families of toddlers who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) as compared to those with typical development. Method Analysis of daylong acoustic recordings was used to describe the conversational dynamics in 78 families, comprising 51 families with a DHH toddler (23...

Introdução: O citomegalovírus congênito (CMVc), principal causa de infecção viral congênita, provoca deficiências sensoriais, neurológicas e cognitivas em neonatos, como perda auditiva, disfunção vestibular e microcefalia, transmitido via placenta durante viremia materna. A patogênese das sequelas, especialmente em casos assintomáticos, ainda é par...

I often hear students say that the reason there's no mass movement for revolution is that things haven't gotten bad enough yet. I argue back, explaining why worse doesn't automatically lead to better. Yet, I must admit, as a political activist, I routinely emphasize the depths of the latest crisis and warn of worse to come. If the path to liberatio...

Background. Facing the Qibla is a requirement for valid prayer. There is an issue of shifting the direction of the Qibla in Indonesian mosques due to an earthquake. The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) held a hearing and issued a fatwa. The fatwa caused public unrest because it did not comply with the agreement of experts in the science of Falak and...

Objective and design This cross-sectional study aimed to compare occupational performance of cochlear implant (CI) users to that of adults with hearing impairment without CI and those with normal hearing (NH). We used the Amsterdam Checklist for Hearing and Work to assess job characteristics, hearing activities, need for recovery and other outcomes...

Music lessons are specific forms of manifestation of mental activity of the child's personality. The development of more musical hearing of students through musical abilities. The process of performing music lessons in secondary schools is one of the most important tasks.

When setting Ira Gershwin’s lyrics for “It Ain’t Necessarily So,” a song in which the literal veracity of the Bible stories is treated with skepticism, George Gershwin turned to Ashkenazi liturgical music for inspiration. The attentive listener will hear the strains of the traditional Blessings of the Torah as the character known as Sportin’ Life t...

Hearing loss is among the most prevalent sensory impairments globally. Hearing aids assist individuals with hearing impairments in perceiving sound more effectively, serving as essential tools for reconnecting them with the world. Herein, an MXene/Polyvinyl Alcohol sound sensor (MPSS) capable of recognizing weak sound signals is developed. It can n...

Hadih, CSFS Executive Director of Justice This report that you are about to read will outline the incredible resiliency that so many communities and community members encompass along Highway 16. There are gaps and challenges that persist in the face of violence against Indigenous women and in this partnership between Carrier Sekani Family Services,...

Purpose Due to limited auditory capabilities, students with hearing impairments rely more on visual stimuli, making short-form videos a key information source and potential addiction risk. However, research on this topic is exceedingly scarce. This study aimed to investigate the demographic characteristics of short-form video addiction among studen...

When we think about music and emotions, we often approach them from a spiritual or artistic perspective. But in reality, sound has a much deeper impact on us than we usually realize influencing not only our feelings, but even our thoughts and decisions, sometimes without us noticing. So, how does this actually work? What is the science behind it? C...

Objetivo: avaliar os benefícios do uso do SMR em crianças ouvintes diagnosticadas com TEA. Métodos: trata-se de revisão integrativa da literatura. A busca foi realizada em diferentes bases de dados e foram incluídos estudos que avaliaram o uso do SMR em crianças ouvintes diagnosticadas com TEA. Resultados: seis estudos foram incluídos. Quatro estud...

Despite a well-known inverse association between education and dementia risk, the mediating mechanisms are not well understood. We explored how lifestyle and health risk factors across the life-course mediate the relationship between education and dementia among adults aged 70 + years. We included 7,655 participants with dementia diagnoses and educ...

Background Children with hearing impairment have less opportunities for adequate language exposure which results in delayed narrative and discourse language development. Previous intervention studies have mainly focused on the early developing language forms, with little focus on narrative intervention. The aim of the current study was to develop t...

Momentum and reversal effects are critical in understanding stock performance, yet their dynamics within the diverse U.S. technology sector remain underexplored. This study investigates the behavioral dynamics of momentum and reversal, analyzing their effects across the five largest industries by market capitalization in the U.S. technology sector,...

Between the 1980s and 1990s, the HURIER model was developed by Brownell and consist of six interrelated components, which are represented in these acronyms (Hearing, Understanding, Remembering, Interpreting, Evaluating, and Responding). This model can be considered as a framework of the behavioral approach which can be used to improve students’ lis...

We are thrilled to invite contributions for our upcoming edited book titled " 𝐍𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐈-𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐑 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬", to be published by 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 ! This forthcoming book explores the intersection of AI, HR analytics and Virtual Reality in enhancing employee psychology, well-be...

Background. Formal civil law is based on several existing legal foundations. One of them is the principle of judicial trilogy, also known as the principle of easy, fast, and low cost. E-Court is a site for all registered account owners to register cases online and find out about online advances, online payments, calls made through electronic channe...

There is a lack of virtual reality (VR) user studies that have been conducted involving people with vision/hearing impairments. This is due to the difficulty of recruiting participants and the accessibility barriers of VR devices. Based on the authors' experience conducting VR user studies with participants with vision/hearing impairments, this pos...

This study investigates the effects of disclosing an autism diagnosis on non-autistic listeners’ empathy and social interest towards the autistic discloser. In Study 1, participants (non-autistic students in the social sciences/humanities [n = 99; 70% female]) watched a video of an autistic adult sharing an autobiographical story and reported how t...

Iconicity, understood as a resemblance relationship between meaning and form, is an important variable that has important psycholinguistic effects in lexical processing and language learning across modalities of language. With the growing interest in iconicity, clear operationalizations in terms of the different ways in which iconicity is construed...

In the summer of 1799 Friedrich Hölderlin worked intensively on the «Iduna»-project, a «humanistic journal» which was intended to earn him prestige and a steady income. As the difficulties increased and important authors declined his invitation to contribute, the enterprise was abandoned. Based on Hölderlin’s letters and drafts, this essay focuses...

Objetivo: Descrever os valores do Componente de Interação Binaural do Potencial Evocado Auditivo de Longa Latência (verbal) em adultos jovens típicos. Método: Trata-se de um estudo observacional descritivo. Dez adultos com limiares auditivos normais, sem queixas auditivas e com processamento auditivo central e cognição normais, foram avaliados. Tod...

Building Condition Auditing (BCA) is a critical process for managing the physical integrity and operational efficiency of buildings. It ensures that structures are maintained in optimal condition and compliant with safety and sustainability regulations. However, the auditability of building condition assessments often faces numerous challenges, inc...

Background Hearing loss (HL) significantly impacts quality of life and economic status worldwide. Chronic inflammation is suggested to influence hearing, yet the connection with inflammation‐related indexes in the general population is not well understood. Methods This cross‐sectional study analyzed data from 7231 adults from six cycles (2005–2012...

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Through this study, it is proposed to examine Chinese thought from a perspective that moves away from the limitations of Eurocentrism, which tends to relegate non-Western philosophies to the realm of myth or religion. To this end, a methodological approach will be adopted that prioritizes the analysis of primary sources, complemented by empirical r...

Reading spy fiction has imprinted its traces on the thinking patterns of the readers that encourage them to consider it as a real event in their life. This case study is about a 37 year old woman, referred by a senior clinical psychologist with complaints of having the feeling of being monitored through a device and hearing the voices of the people...

The behavioral immune system can produce strong perceptual responses to pathogen-prevalent stimuli. This experiment was designed to examine whether the presence of pathogen-prevalent auditory stimuli would provide a greater distraction – and thus, cause decreased retention of information – compared to the presence of neutral (i.e., non-pathogen-rel...

Noise‐induced synaptopathy and relevant hidden hearing loss (NIS and NIHHL) have been a hot topic in hearing research for almost 15 years. The progress is summarized in this review to address the reversibility of the synaptic damage after the initial loss, and the role of functional deficit in the repaired synapses as the reason for hearing impairm...

The main objective of this article is to specify and analyze the categories that (re)construct the social representation (SR) of the deaf within the discourse of the social group itself. We view SR as an amalgam of several skills that guide and enable the subject-subject, subject-object and subject-world interactions. The discourse intermediates th...

Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the auditory brainstem response (ABR) of infants with asymmetric intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) in response to different stimuli and to compare the findings with those of term infants. Method A total of 20 infants with asymmetric IUGR who had no risk factors for hearing loss and 20 term hea...

With current advances in experimental techniques, there is a renewed interest in studying communication behavior, reflecting a desire to improve our understanding of hearing disability and the effects of treatment interventions at the level of in-the-moment behaviors. Group conversations are among the most challenging situations for people with hea...

Objective This study investigated whether patients’ perception of their hearing loss accurately reflects their measured hearing thresholds on their audiogram, specifically relating to a mild to moderate hearing loss, which is the determining candidacy for over‐the‐counter (OTC) hearing aids. Study Design Retrospective review. Setting Audiology cl...

The exposure of the shooter's hearing when firing handguns is primarily caused by the muzzle blast. The key input variable of models for assessing the exposure and the risk of hearing damage is the sound pressure time curve at the ear. For the investigation of such exposure models, reliable source models of the muzzle blast are required that prov...

Introduction: Cochlear implant (CI) users may require increased effort to process auditory information and may rely more on visual cues during speech perception in comparison to those with normal hearing (NH). Audiovisual integration can improve speech perception and reduce listening effort in noisy environments, especially in individuals with hear...

Purpose Vibrant Soundbridge (VSB) is an active middle ear implant that serves as a solution for people unable to use conventional hearing aids properly. Surgical techniques for VSB implantation have progressively advanced, improving its outcomes. Traditionally, VSB processor activation transpires around four weeks after the surgery to provide enoug...

We aim to explore the contributing factors to intrinsic capacity (IC) in middle-aged and older patients after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Intrinsic capacity comprises six core domains: cognition, locomotion, vitality, psychology, vision, and hearing. Each domain was assessed in detail using different scales, based on which the composi...

The intrinsic capacity (IC) and balance function of older adults are closely related to falls. IC is not only directly related to falls but may also play a mediating role in balance and falls. This study aims to explore the mediating role of IC in balance and falls. A total of 284 elderly patients were divided into fall group (n = 131) and non-fall...

This paper explores ethical challenges faced by court interpreters in Poland, who, like their counterparts in other countries, are experiencing significant changes in their profession due to the shift from face-to-face to distant communication. Polish court interpreters have a code of ethics, but it only sporadically addresses the complexities asso...

Objective In the present study, we intended to describe and compare the interaction between mothers and infants at risk for hearing loss (Group 1) and mothers and infants who could hear (Group 2). Method A total of 25 dyads participated in each group and were filmed while free playing. The films were examined using the observation adapted protocol...

Neural entrainment to certain acoustic features can predict speech-in-noise perception, but these features are difficult to separate. We measured neural responses to both natural speech-in-noise and stimuli (auditory figure-ground) that simulate speech-in-noise without any acoustic or linguistic confound such as stress contour and semantics. The fi...

Este trabalho tem como objetivo identificar elementos relacionados ao Letramento Docente a partir de pesquisas que versam sobre a formação docente de professores que ensinam matemática. Como fontes, foram selecionados artigos publicados entre 2019 e 2023, em periódicos da Educação Matemática. Após o exame inicial dos artigos que compuseram o corpus...

This paper presents a sign language conversation system based on the See-Through Face Display to address the challenge of maintaining eye contact in remote sign language interactions. A camera positioned behind a transparent display allows users to look at the face of their conversation partner while appearing to maintain direct eye contact. Unlike...

This study was conducted to analyze former President Rodrigo Duterte's responses during the Quad Committee hearing on the Philippine drug war through the lens of Grice's conversational maxims. An analysis of Duterte's dialogue revealed frequent violations of the maxims of Quantity, Relation, Manner, and Quality. These violations manifested as exces...

Investigative interviews are crucial for gathering evidence within the criminal justice system, yet they are also socially and cognitively demanding encounters for autistic interviewees. In this exploratory study, we used a novel qualitative methodology to examine factors that potentially impact police suspect interviews with autistic people, as we...

Objetivo: o presente artigo tem por objetivo examinar o direito das crianças e dos adolescentes de participar das sessões de mediação familiar, manifestando os seus pontos de vista, desejos, anseios e preocupações em audiências judiciais nas quais podem ser tomadas decisões que afetem direta ou indiretamente os seus interesses. Método: cuida-se de...

Background: Dementia patients often experience a decline in both their cognitive and sensory functions, particularly hearing, which significantly impacts their quality of life. This study evaluates the effectiveness of a combined Digital Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (DKST) and online hearing training intervention in enhancing the quality of life o...

Presbycusis, or age-related hearing loss, is caused by changes in both the peripheral and the central auditory system. Many of the peripheral structures that degrade with age have been identified and characterized, but there is still a dearth of information pertaining to what changes occur in the aging central auditory pathway that are independent...

Der Begriff Neuromythen kennzeichnet falsche bzw. durch Vereinfachung verfälschte Darstellungen neurowissenschaftlicher Forschungsergebnisse im wissenschaftlichen Diskurs, in der öffentlichen Wahrnehmung und in pädagogischen Praxisfeldern. Bislang vorliegende Befunde belegen das Vorherrschen von Neuromythen in pädagogischen Kontexten. Düvel et al....

A otite média (OM) é definida como um processo de natureza inflamatória, infecciosa ou não que ocupa focal ou generalizadamente a orelha média. Umas das preocupações em relação à OM é a perda temporária da audição frequentemente associada a ela, que pode resultar na privação da entrada auditiva durante períodos críticos do desenvolvimento auditivo...

The rise of industrial machinery and military training activities has significantly contributed to low-frequency noise pollution, which can penetrate traditional passive noise isolation methods and pose serious health risks, including irreversible hearing damage. To address this challenge, this study proposes a hybrid active noise control (HANC) sy...

People with special needs have achieved great feats in all careers. Nevertheless, students with special needs face many problems when engaging in the learning activities with normal students. When they get involved in classroom activities with normal students, they face a lot of difficulties. According to this, the purpose of this study was to dete...

Evaluate extended high-frequency (EHF) hearing sensitivity in individuals with normal hearing based on audiometric assessments across various adult age groups.

In this study, I focused on the narrations narrated by Ibn Ishaq through his sheikh Muhammad bin Jaafar bin Al-Zubayr, whose biography is considered one of the oldest copies that did not reach us in its entirety, but rather reached us through the sayings of his students. It was one of the most famous copies that reached us through Ibn Hisham (d. 21...

The science of information security has increased in importance to encounter the espionage and information theft. This research proposes a new steganography framework that utilizes simulated annealing (SA) as an artificial intelligence algorithm to support the process of hiding a binary secret message file within an audio wave file. The best path f...

Objective: This study aims to determine the incidence of persistent tympanic membrane perforation following intratympanic steroid injection and to identify potential factors associated with delayed healing. Additionally, it aims to estimate the time required for perforation closure in prolonged cases to avoid unnecessary interventions. Materials an...

The idea of bringing ENT services closer to the community remains a key component of reducing the burden of ENT conditions across low and middle-income countries such as Ghana. Yet there remains a shortage of special ENT clinics and specialists to manage these conditions. In light of this, the study aimed to assess the effects of non-existent ENT c...

Sign language is a crucial medium of communication for individuals with hearing impairments. Recently, many researchers have been working to develop an automatic sign language recognition system for English, Arabic, and Japanese languages to ease communication complexity between deaf and non-deaf communities. However, few systems have been develope...

The authors developed a new disease-specific patient-reported outcome measure to capture the multifaceted impacts of vestibular schwannoma on daily life, the Vestibular Schwannoma Quality of Life (VSQOL) Index, which contains 40 items grouped into eight categories: hearing problems; dizziness and imbalance; pain, discomfort, and tinnitus; problems...

As editors and scholars, we have concerns with investigations that emphasize the contribution of one major factor to the development of a complex entity such as, for example, language or literacy. This phenomenon is known as the single-factor fallacy. Basically, this is asserting that there is one all-encompassing factor that causes or influences a...

Down syndrome is a genetic condition arising from an extra copy of chromosome 21, which influences various physical, cognitive and health-related traits. This study explores it's primary symptoms and the importance of individualized medical and developmental support. A review of clinical and observational research was conducted to assess the effect...