Objectives: The prevalence of newborn hearing disorders is 1-3 per 1,000. Crucial for later outcome are correct diagnosis and effective treatment as soon as possible. With BERA and TEOAE low-risk techniques for early detection are available. Universal screening is recommended but not realised in...

The prevalence of newborn hearing disorders is 1-3 per 1000. Crucial for later outcome are correct diagnosis and effective treatment in the first year of life. With BERA and TEOAE low-risk techniques for early detection are available. Universal screening is recommended but not realised in most...

The prevalence of newborn hearing disorders is 1-3 per 1000. Crucial for later outcome are correct diagnosis and effective treatment in the first year of life. With BERA and TEOAE low-risk techniques for early detection are available. Universal screening is recommended but not realised in most...

Aim of the study Hypercholesterinaemia is considered to be one of the major risk factors for arteriosclerosis, and the use of statins as cholesterol lowering drug has extensively increased during the last years. Considering the large number of patients with hypercholesterinaemia, this increased...

Vor dem Hintergrund der dynamischen Entwicklung des Bedarfs an Gesundheitsleistungen und der Zunahme älterer Bevölkerungsanteile birgt die Versorgung von Patienten mit Hirnleistungsstörungen im Alter eine wachsende medizinische, soziale und gesundheitspolitische Herausforderung. Diese Gruppe...

Hintergrund und Fragestellung: Die phototherapeutische Keratektomie mit dem Excimer-Laser (PTK) wird bei rezidivierenden Hornhauterosionen, oberflächlichen Hornhautdystrophien, zentralen Hornhautdegenerationen, oberflächlichen Hornhautnarben und -irregularitäten mittlerweile weit verbreitet...