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P De Temmerman

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PubMed1987

[The child with defective hearing. Medical, educational, sociological and psychological aspects].

Hearing impairment in children is considered in its various aspects: medical, sociological, psychological, and educational. After a review of the aetiologies, the biological consequences of early auditory deprivation are underlined. The necessity of avoiding or reducing them justifies the efforts made to insure early diagnosis and adequate intervention. Screening and diagnostic techniques are described and illustrated by current results. The particular features of deafness, which stands out among other physical handicaps by the fact that it has given birth to a language, sign language, are stressed and the resulting socio-cultural implications are described. The relationships between deafness and psychology are treated so as to point out that there are no psychological features which characterize deafness, but that it can lead to several cognitive and behavioural consequences. The multiple interventions requested by a child's hearing impairment are detailed, emphasizing that medical or surgical actions must be part of a team work. The physician is called upon to play an essential part in this work, which he can correctly fulfill only by taking into account the sociological, cultural, psychological, educational and prosthetic aspects. The principles of prosthetic adaptation and the different types of prosthetic devices are presented, with special mention of recent and prospective developments. After a historical survey of deaf education, the evolution of ideas and methods from 1972 to 1987 is related, and the presently utilized methods are described and discussed. The different educational structures and their respective merits are outlined, as well as the action in favour of deaf children and their families of social services and parental cooperation.

Audiometry↗
PubMed1976

Clinical and bacteriological evaluation of amikacin in severe gram-negative infections.

Amikacin was administered to 51 patients with serious Gram-negative infections. A favorable clinical outcome was observed in 32 patients (62 per cent). No major untoward effects were noted. The severity of the underlying disease and the site of the infection were important for the outcome. Urinary tract infections responded in 21 (78 per cent) out of 27 patients, but bronchopulmonary infections responded in only 3 out of 10 patients (30 per cent). The degree of antibacterial activity of the serum of the patients receiving amikacin was found to be related to the outcome. An activity greater than or equal to 1/8 was associated with 78 per cent of favorable responses and was found more often in patients receiving 1500 mg daily.

Adult↗
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[Peutz-Jeghers syndrome. Description of a case and literature review].

The authors describe the case of a 7 year old boy who presented an intestinal intussusception due to a large jejunal hamartomatous jejunal polyp. The preoperative diagnosis of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome was based on typical mucocutaneous pigmentation and confirmed by radiological examination including computerized tomography of the abdomen. Following recent data from the literature, a long-term surveillance is justified after diagnosis of this syndrome, since malignant degeneration may occur within the intestinal polyps as well as in other organs.

Child↗