tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "Improvement in hearing after chiropractic care: a case series"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Improvement in hearing after chiropractic care: a case series. | Chiropractic Osteopathy BioMed Central Case report Open Access Improvement in hearing after chiropractic care a case series Joseph O Di Duro Address Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research 741 Brady Street Davenport IA 52803-5287 Email Joseph O Di Duro - Corresponding author Published 19 January 2006 Chiropractic Osteopathy 2006 14 2 doi I86 I746-I340-I4-2 Received 24 May 2005 Accepted 19 January 2006 This article is available from http content 14 1 2 2006 Di Duro licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background The first chiropractic adjustment given in 1895 was reported to have cured deafness. This study examined the effects of a single initial chiropractic visit on the central nervous system by documenting clinical changes of audiometry in patients after chiropractic care. Case presentation Fifteen patients are presented 9 male 6 female with a mean age of range 34-7I . A Welch Allyn AudioScope 3 was used to screen frequencies of I000 2000 4000 and 500 Hz respectively at three standard decibel levels 20 decibels dB 25 dB and 40 dB respectively before and immediately after the first chiropractic intervention. Several criteria were used to determine hearing impairment. Ventry Weinstein criteria of missing one or more tones in either ear at 40 dB and Speech-frequency criteria of missing one or more tones in either ear at 25 dB. All patients were classified as hearing impaired though greater on the right. At 40 dB using the Ventry Weinstein criteria 6 had hearing restored 7 improved and 2 had no change. At 25 dB using the Speech-frequency criteria none were restored II improved 4 had no change and 3 missed a tone. Conclusion A percentage of patients .