Sökning: "Dual sensory loss"

Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade orden Dual sensory loss.

  1. 1. Older Adults with Dual Sensory Loss : Prevalence, Diagnoses & Rehabilitation Services

    Författare :Elin Lundin; Stephen Widén; Agneta Anderzén-Carlsson; Moa Wahlqvist; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Dual sensory loss; Healthy aging; Older adults; Prevalence; Rehabilitation services; Qualitative content analysis; Funktionsnedsättning och samhälle; Disability research;

    Sammanfattning : Introduction: Globally, the population aged 65 years and older are predicted to double within 30 years. The risk of developing vision loss in combination with hearing loss – dual sensory loss (DSL) increases with age. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Adult patients with severe-to-profound hearing impairment : a clinical, register-based, and interview study

    Författare :Satu Turunen-Taheri; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : In Sweden, roughly 25,000 individuals in the adult population have severe-to-profound hearing impairment, a prevalence rate of 0.2-0.3%. This patient group often needs extended audiological rehabilitation. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Diabetic osteopathy : a study in the rat

    Författare :Tashfeen Ahmad; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Diabetes mellitus type 2; Goto-Kakizaki rat; bone mineral density; insulin-like growth factor-I; insulin-like growth factor binding protein 1; insulin-like growth factor binding protein 4; peripheral neuropathy; substance P; calcitonin gene-related peptide; neuropeptide Y; Diabetes mellitus type 2;

    Sammanfattning : The present study on non-obese Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rats with type-2 diabetes and neuropathy was an attempt to describe and define pertinent features of diabetic osteopathy. Altogether, the study included 33 GK rats aged 12 and 20 months, and 36 age-matched Wistar rats as controls. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Transcriptional regulation of neuronal differentiation in the developing CNS

    Författare :Vilma Rraklli; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : The central nervous system (CNS) is responsible for our intellectual and cognitive functions and it comprises the brain and spinal cord. Generation of the CNS occurs during embryonic development from the neural tube that initially consist of a pool of immature progenitors that will give rise to all the neurons in the brain and spinal cord. LÄS MER