ABSTRACT
Alcohol has a local and general influence. A specially harmful effect is observed when it is abused--used frequently and in high concentrations. Chronic excessive drinking of alcohol results in sight deterioration, hearing loss and psychical disorders. The study aimed at evaluating the degree and place of the hearing organ damage in 30 alcoholics. They were subjected to audiologic examinations including: pure-tone and impedance audiometry, otoacoustic emissions and evoked brain stem responses tests. The patients were diagnosed with sensorineural hearing loss, lack of otoemission indicating the damage of outer hear cells as well as hearing pathway damage in the brain stem.
Subject(s)
Alcoholism/complications , Hearing Loss, High-Frequency/diagnosis , Hearing Loss, Sensorineural/diagnosis , Adult , Audiometry, Pure-Tone , Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem , Hearing Loss, High-Frequency/etiology , Hearing Loss, Sensorineural/etiology , Humans , Middle Aged , Otoacoustic Emissions, SpontaneousABSTRACT
Clinical observations of children hospitalised due to head injuries made us try to define some features of personality characteristic for this group of children. The examinations of 63 children aged 8-12 were carried out with R.B. Porter and R.B. Cattell test: What do you like doing? and What do you like to think about?. This method facilitates selection of 14 personality traits. The results proved that personalities tested in the group included the following dominating characteristics: aggressiveness, great excitability, and IQ exceeding average.
