• 제목/요약/키워드: Difficulty in Hearing

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청신경초종 수술 후유증 환자 증례 1례 (Clinical study on a case of a patient with sequelae caused by removal of vestibular schwannoma)

  • 김재우;현진오;현민경;신원용;임성우;최은영
    • 대한한방내과학회지
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    • 제25권3호
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    • pp.551-558
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    • 2004
  • The purpose of this study is to develop an aproach to diagnosis and treatment of sequelae after removal of vestibular schwannoma through Oriental Medicine. An eighty year-old woman with sequelae after removal of vestibular schwannoma was observed and treated. She had difficulty of hearing, facial nerve palsy, dizziness and was generally weak. She was treated with herb medications for these symptoms. Having been treated for 27 days in hospital her symptoms improved. This report provides evidence for application of herbal medicine in treatment of sequelae. However, more cases are required for an in depth study of oriental treatments for this ailment in order to open this method of treatment to general application.

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머신러닝과 립 모션을 활용한 지화 번역 시스템 구현에 관한 연구 (A Study on Finger Language Translation System using Machine Learning and Leap Motion)

  • 손다은;고형민;신행용
    • 한국정보처리학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국정보처리학회 2019년도 추계학술발표대회
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    • pp.552-554
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    • 2019
  • 농아는 청각장애인과 언어장애인을 말하며 청각장애인과 언어장애인은 음성으로 의사소통하는 것에 어려움이 있기 때문에 수화나 구화 등을 이용하여 의사소통을 한다. 그러나 수화는 모든 사람들이 사용하는 통신 수단이 아니기 때문에 수화를 알지 못하는 사람과의 의사소통하는 데 있어 한계가 생길 수밖에 없다. 본 논문에서는 장애인과 비장애인이 어려움 없이 의사소통할 수 있는 수단으로 지화 번역 시스템을 제안하고 설계 및 구현하였다. 립 모션으로 지화를 인식하였고 인식률을 높이기 위해 머신 러닝 기술을 이용하여 지화 데이터를 스스로 학습시켰다. 구현 및 실험 결과를 통해 제안한 알고리즘 적용으로 인식률 개선이 이뤄졌음을 확인하였다.

IgG κMonoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance와 연관된 운동신경 다발성 신경병증과 다발선 뇌신경병증 (Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy and Multiple Cranial Neuropathies Associated with IgG κMonoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance)

  • 전성호;김윤봉;이영배;박종호;신원철;박현미;신동진
    • Annals of Clinical Neurophysiology
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    • 제6권1호
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    • pp.48-51
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    • 2004
  • The occurrence of polyneuropathy in association with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) is quite common. However, reports of MGUS associated cranial neuropathies are rare. A 63 year-old women was presented with diplopia and swallowing difficulty. Neurological examination showed limitation of abduction of right eye, right peripheral facial palsy, decreased hearing and gag reflex, left side deviation of uvula, and decreased DTR. Sensorimotor polyneuropathy were observed with elctrophysiological studies. Protein and immunoelectrophoresis revealed IgG ${\kappa}$monoclonal gammopathy. She was treated with intravenous immunoglobulin and steroid, and her symptoms and signs were improved. This case suggested that she had sensorimotor polyneuropathy and multiple cranial neuropathies associated with IgG ${\kappa}$MGUS.

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한국인 고혈압 환자의 의료접근성 및 미 충족 의료실태와 위험요인 분석 (Prevalence and Risk Factors of Unmet Healthcare Needs among Korean Adults with Hypertension)

  • 오희영;길은하
    • 성인간호학회지
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    • 제29권1호
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    • pp.22-31
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    • 2017
  • Purpose: The purposes of this secondary analysis study was to examine prevalence, risk factors and unmet healthcare needs among adults with hypertension. Methods: A sample of 3,386 adults over the age of 40 with hypertension were drawn from the Korea Health Panel Study (2013). Using SPSS 22.0 version, descriptive statistics including frequency, percentage, chi-square and logistic regression were performed. Results: Results showed that 18.9% of the sample reported unmet healthcare needs with the most frequently cited one was financial burdens (43.2%). The reported experiences of unmet healthcare needs differed by gender, marital status, vision or hearing impairment, memory problem, impaired mobility, subjective health status, total family income, depressive episode and the difficulty in making decisions. The sample participants were more likely to report unmet healthcare if they had vision impairment, low income and perception that their health status as moderate to poor. Those without vision impairment were less likely to report unmet healthcare needs. Conclusion: The identified risk factors of unmet healthcare needs should be addressed which would enhance access both to health care and to resolution of unmet healthcare needs. Since visual ability seems to impact perception of unmet healthcare needs, it may be useful to find ways to address this factor.

장애학생을 위한 스마트기기 앱 접근성 개선방안 (The Improvement of Smart Devices Apps Accessibility for Student with Disabilities)

  • 홍경순;민홍기
    • 재활복지공학회논문지
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    • 제8권2호
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    • pp.125-131
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    • 2014
  • 본 논문에서는 특수교육대상 장애학생이 모바일 애플리케이션을 이용하는데 필요한 접근성 준수 실태를 조사하고 개선방안을 제시하는 것이다. 특히, 신체적 장애로 모바일 애플리케이션을 사용하는데 어려움이 많은 시각, 청각 및 상지지체장애인 등에게 도움이 되는 미래부에서 고시한 모바일 애플리케이션 접근성 지침15개 항목 중에서 12개 항목을 대상으로 전문가 평가를 실시하여 접근성을 준수하지 않은 모바일 애플리케이션의 문제점을 분석하고 개선방안을 도출하여 장애인이 모바일 애플리케이션을 이용할 수 있는 방안을 제시하였다.

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노인 스트레스 측정 도구(SESS)의 신뢰도 및 타당도 검증 연구 (A Study on the Verification of the Profile of Seo구s Elderly Stress Scale (SESS))

  • 서현미;유수정;하양숙
    • 대한간호학회지
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    • 제31권1호
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    • pp.94-106
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    • 2001
  • The purpose of this study was to verify the use of Seo's Elderly Stress Scale (SESS), which was developed in 1996. Through the modified tool, it is possible to examine the stress of Korean elders and to contribute to the welfare of them. The subjects were 350 elders over 65 years old who live in Seoul, Kwang-Ju, Yang-Ju Gun Kyung-ki Do, Ui-Jong Bu, and Young-Am Kun, Jeun-Ra Nam Do. the data of 331 elders (94%) were analyzed. Data were collected between January and March in 1996 and analyzed using the SPSS Win 8.0. The result are as follows: 1. Items with low correlation with the total items were removed. So 27 items were removed and 37 items remained. This 37 items were death in the family and/or close friends, family member's behavior not meeting expectations, marriage of daughter, marriage of son, friction with daughter- in-law, argument among children, children refuse to live with parent, children leaving home, sex injury or accident, in frequest visits from children and grandchildren, providing care for your daughter or daughter-in-law post-partum, decrease in decision making and authority in home, Lunar new year and the harvest featival, house sitting, working in the house, performing a sacrificial rite, missed birthday, not living with the eldest son, decreased eyesight, decreased strength, decreased memory, sleep pattern changes, thoughts about death, loneliness, decreased hearing, change of dental condition, change in your diet or eating style, difficulty in self care, moving because of disease or aging, argument with friend or neighbour, travel, dealing with the procedure of heritage, loss of money or property, not enough pocket money, hearing on elderly neglect in television or radio, hope of going home and ignorant from others. 2. Overlapped items were discussed by colleagues and were modified. 'marriage of daughter' and 'marriage of son' were modified in 'marriage of children'. 'self injury or accidents' and 'family accidents' were modified in to self or family accidents. 3. Factor analysis was done in order to identify validity and three factors were obtained from the result. The first factor familial relation area, included 17 items. The second factor, physical area, included 9 items. The third factor, psycho-socio-economic area, included 9 items. Cronbach coefficient alpha for the 35 items was .923. 4. Pearson's correlation was .704 between SESS and SOS (Symptoms of Stress) in order to confirm construct validity. Based on the result, the following is suggested; 1. The modified SESS needs to be reverified with elder. 2. Korean elder's health promotion can be made by development of stress intervention which was accurately measured with SESS.

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Responses and adverse effects of carboplatin-based chemotherapy for pediatric intracranial germ cell tumors

  • Ji, Sun-Tae;Chueh, Hee-Won;Kim, Ju-Youn;Lim, Su-Jin;Cho, Eun-Joo;Lee, Soo-Hyun;Yoo, Keon-Hee;Sung, Ki-Woong;Koo, Hong-Hoe
    • Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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    • 제54권3호
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    • pp.128-132
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    • 2011
  • Purpose: Cisplatin-based chemotherapy has been commonly used for the treatment of intracranial germ cell tumors (IC-GCTs). However, this treatment exhibits some adverse effects such as renal problems and hearing difficulty. Carboplatin-based chemotherapy was administered to pediatric patients with IC-GCTs from August 2004 at the Samsung Medical Center. In this study, we assessed the responses and adverse effects of carboplatin-based chemotherapy in pediatric IC-GCTs patients according to the risk group, and compared the results with those of the previous cisplatin-based chemotherapy. Methods: We examined 35 patients (27 men and 8 women) diagnosed with IC-GCTs between August 2004 and April 2008 and received risk-adapted carboplatin-based chemotherapy at the Samsung Medical Center. Patients were divided into either low-risk (LR) or high-risk (HR) groups and a retrospective analysis was performed using information from the medical records. Results: Although hematological complications were common, hearing difficulties or grade 3 or 4 creatinine level elevation were not observed in patients who underwent carboplatin-based chemotherapy. The frequency of febrile neutropenia did not differ between the risk groups. The overall survival was 100% and event-free survival (EFS) was 95.7%. The EFS rate was 100% in the LR group and 90% in the HR group, respectively. Conclusion: Despite their common occurrence in high-risk patients, no lethal hematological complications were associated with carboplatin-based treatment. The current carboplatin-based chemotherapy protocol is safe and effective for the treatment of pediatric patients with IC-GCTs.

우리나라 중소도시 뇌졸중 환자의 임상적 특성과 재활서비스 수혜 실태에 관한 연구 (The study of clinical pictures and received rehabilitation service patterns of stroke patients)

  • 배성수;이진희
    • The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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    • 제13권3호
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    • pp.799-814
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    • 2001
  • This study was performed to investigate the clinical pictures and rehabilitation service patterns of stroke patients in cities of kimchon(kumi), jinju. pohwang, jeonju and jeju from January 1,2001 to march. Authors developed structured questionnaire, and distributed it to each physical therapist. Total number of distributed questionnaire was 400, and 301 questionnaire were col looted and analysed finally.1. The occurrence rate of hemorrhagic stroke(60.5%) was higher than that of ischemic stroke(39.5%). The highest incidence of the stroke was noted in the group of 50 years and ratio of male to female 1.3 : 1. 2. The several warning sign is motor deficit(42.5%). headache. dizziness, vomitting(31.9%) and difficulty speaking or understanding(10.6%). 3. The most important contributing factor of stroke was hypertension both hemorrhagic(50.0%) and ischemic stroke(40.3%). 4. In the painful stroke patients(53.2%). the major problems were shoulder pain(51.3%) and shoulder-hand syndrom(31.3%). 5. In hemorrhagic stroke. the seasonal preference was autumn and summer. In ischemic stroke. the seasonal preference was autumn and winter. 6. In the surgery, hemorrhgic stroke(44.5%) was higher than that of ischemic stroke(20.2%). 7 The major impairment were motor deficit(95.3%), psychological deficits(24.4%), hearing and speech deficit(23.4%). vision deficit(14.7%) and perception deficit(12.7%). 8. The rehabilitation services for stroke patients were physical therapy(98.0%), occupational therapy(41.5%), oriental therapy(35.1%), speech therapy(17.5%) and psychological therapy(7.4%). 9. The start of rehabilitation service was different according to surgery. 36.5% of patients started physical therapy in 4 week and 32.0% of patients started in 8 week later in surgery and 53.1% of patients started physical therapy in 2 week in not surgery( P<0.05). 10. The highest frequency of rehabilitation service was six times per week.

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초등학생을 위한 소음 환경교육 프로그램의 개발과 적용 (The Development and Application of Noise Environmental Education Program for the Elementary Student)

  • 천혜경;최돈형
    • 한국환경교육학회지:환경교육
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    • 제20권3호
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    • pp.18-30
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    • 2007
  • This study was concentrated on the development of the effective noise environmental education program(NEEP) for elementary student. And through this program, the student who is remaining as a spector or has not active attitude for noise problems will be encouraged to solve the troubles spontaneously. The object of this study was the two classes in H elementary school where is near to the Daegu international airport. One class that is a group for experiment has five NEEP lessons during five weeks in the time for the creative discretional activities. The other class, which was compared with the experimental group was given no lessons. NEEP was made on the bases that are the contents related with noise in 7th elementary education policy and the data developed by previous researchers. This program is containing basic concepts for noise and the effects of noise problems on human body or studying in class. And after using NEEP, students became more sensitive for noise environments than previous. And also students showed the positive attitude for solving noise troubles. It was meaningful in the level of p<.001 that the result of noise knowledge and awareness in the pre-post test within experiment group. However, all of the results in comparison group didn't represent statistically meaningful difference. And there were meaningful differences between experiment and comparison group after carrying out NEEP. In the area of noise knowledge and awareness, there were clearly meaningful results in the level of p<.001. Although the difference in noise attitude was a little, it was analyzed to have not a meaningful result. What suggested for researches in future are as follows. First, because until now the concrete research for the elementary student who exposed to noise and experienced a difficulty in hearing is deficient, many studies are needed. Second, NEEP with more lessons is required because the change of effective attitude needs long term. Third, due to the student who exposed to noise generally has low ability for concentration, NEEP compensated with activities is needed.

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Detection of Traumatic Cerebral Microbleeds by Susceptibility-Weighted Image of MRI

  • Park, Jong-Hwa;Park, Seung-Won;Kang, Suk-Hyung;Nam, Taek-Kyun;Min, Byung-Kook;Hwang, Sung-Nam
    • Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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    • 제46권4호
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    • pp.365-369
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    • 2009
  • Objective : Susceptibility-weighted image (SWI) is a sensitive magnetic resonance image (MRI) technique to detect cerebral microbleeds (MBLs). which would not be detected by conventional MRI. We performed SWI to detect MBLs and investigated its usefulness in the evaluation of mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) patients. Methods : From December 2006 to June 2007, twenty-one MTBI patients without any parenchymal hemorrhage on conventional MRI were selected. Forty-two patients without trauma were selected for control group. According to the presence of MBLs, we divided the MTBI group into MBLs positive [SWI (+)] and negative [SWI (-)] group. Regional distribution of MBLs and clinical factors were compared between groups. Results : Fifty-one MBLs appeared in 16 patients of SWI (+) group and 16 MBLs in 10 patients of control group [control (+)], respectively. In SWI (+) group, MBLs were located more frequently in white matters than in deep nucleus different from the control (+) group (p<0.05). Nine patients (56.3%) of SW (+) group had various neurological deficits (disorientation in 4, visual field defect in 2, hearing difficulty in 2 and Parkinson syndrome in 1). Initial Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)/mean Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) were $13.9{\pm}1.5/4.7{\pm}0.8$ and $15.0{\pm}0.0/5.0{\pm}0.0$ in SWI (+) and SWI (-) groups, respectively (p<0.05). Conclusion : Traumatic cerebral MBLs showed characteristic regional distribution, and seemed to have an importance on the initial neurological status and the prognosis. SWI is useful for detection of traumatic cerebral MBLs, and can provide etiologic evidences for some post-traumatic neurologic deficits which were unexplainable with conventional MRI.